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Pysanky: Traditional Ukrainian
Egg Decorating
Saturday • March 20, 2010
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
Only two sessions of
the workshop are available
10:00 am - 12:00 pm or 1:30 - 3:30 pm
There is a $14 materials fee for this workshop
Early registration is required
Master Artist Olga Kobryn has been practicing pysanky since she was ten years old.
The art form was passed down through her family, and she continues
to pass on her knowledge by teaching the craft to her son and other
relatives. She regularly participates in ethnic festivals and holds
instructional workshops. In true Ukrainian fashion, she gives her
expertly decorated eggs to friends and loved ones every Easter.
Participants will learn how to design their own traditional
Ukrainian Easter egg, and will also receive an egg decorating kit to
take home, complete with a stylus, wax, dyes, and patterns. This
workshop is suitable for persons aged 13 and up. For more
information including the registration procedure for this Folklife
program, please call 732.745.4489.
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Palaspas
Traditional Filipino
Palm Weaving Workshop
Saturday • March 27, 2010 • 2 pm
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
Palaspas are coconut palm fronds that are
woven into intricate designs, created especially for Palm Sunday, or Domingo de Ramos,
as it is called in the Philippines. For
centuries, Filipino families have preserved their own weaving patterns
by passing them down orally from one generation
to the next.
Palaspas will be
presented in a bilingual format,
with an interpreter speaking English and Tagalog. Participants will learn how to create this
Filipino folk art under the instruction of master artists from Samahan Cultural Heritage, Eastern Seaboard, Inc. They will
also have the opportunity to taste suman, a dessert made of
sweet rice wrapped in palm leaves, a cultural tradition for the
occasion of Palaspas-making. For more
information or to register for this free Folklife
program, please call 732.745.4489.
Coming in April 2010....
Please call the
Commission for more information.
Jewish Storytelling
April 25, 2010 • 2 - 3 pm
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
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Call the Doctor!
Call the Nurse!
History of Medicine
in New Jersey,
1775 - 1975
Opening May 2, 2010 at the
Cornelius Low House
Museum
1225 River Road, Piscataway
Open between exhibits
Public Hours: 1 - 4 pm,
Tuesday - Friday & Sunday
Office Hours: 8:30 am - 4:15 pm,
Monday - Friday
School & Group Tours by appointment
732.745.4177 for more information
Closed Holidays and Mondays
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ADA: After the Basics,
What Happens Next?
Wednesday • March
10, 2010 • 6 - 8 pm
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
Middlesex County
Cultural and Heritage Commission presents ADA: After the Basics, What Happens
Next? This ADA (Americans
with Disabilities Act) technical assistance workshop will
be led by Commission Executive Director,
Anna M. Aschkenes. Attendance to this workshop assumes
you already are familiar with the general requirements of the ADA
Law. It will focus on: Programmatic Access (specific to cultural
events); Seating and Comfort; Historic Displays and Art Exhibitions;
and Labeling. This workshop is for: Arts and History Organizations;
Museums; Municipal and Civic Groups; and any organization that
presents cultural programming to the public.
Anna M. Aschkenes is the Executive Director for Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, and
one of the founding board members of the Cultural Access Network,
formerly known as the New Jersey Arts Access Task Force. Her agency
has been the sponsor of VSArts New Jersey for more than 25 years. Ms. Aschkenes has long been considered one
of the national leaders regarding issues relating to persons with
disabilities. Ms. Aschkenes helped to prepare Access to the Arts:
An Arts Administration Guide for the National Endowment for the Arts. She has been an ADA
workshop presenter for the Endowment and an ADA trainer throughout
New Jersey for the past 15 years.
This workshop is offered free of charge, registration is required, 732.745.4489.
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Folk Arts Apprenticeship
Grants Workshop
Saturday • March
13, 2010 • 1 - 2 pm
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission
and the Folklife Program for New Jersey invites the community to the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grants Workshop presented by Kim Nguyen from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA). Please join us along with NJSCA to learn how you, a family or community member can preserve and
continue what may be considered a folk art form or cultural
tradition that is vital to continuing your cultural heritage.
Do you know a family member, friend,
organization, or perhaps yourself, who practices some type of skill
or knowledge that is an important part of your culture, or is passed
down from generation to generation and is learned by listening and
observing? Do you or anyone you know make special foods for
important family or religious celebrations? Dance, sing songs, or
any other practices that are only to be found within your culture or
community?
Here are just some of the many traditions and art
forms considered to be a part of what is called Folk Culture:
cultural storytelling; embroidery; handmade quilts; instrument
making; beadwork; metal tin designs; folkloric herbal medicine
practices; doll making; paper cut designs; cultural rituals and
celebrations; weaving; basket making; folkloric dance & music;
silversmiths; cultural food preparation; handmade terra-cotta tiles
or pottery; woodcarving; cultural languages; egg decoration;
needlework; drum making; cultural customs and beliefs; cultural
handmade crafts; and cultural gardening.
For further information please contact Eva Walters, Folklife Coordinator,
732.745.4489, Folklife Program for
New Jersey, Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship
Grants Workshop is offered free of charge, however registration is required. Please contact the Commission, 732.745.4489.
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Middlesex County Cultural
and Heritage Commission announces its newest endeavor - a
free monthly webcast entitled UnCommon History that is available on our website and soon to be available on iTunes under
the same name. Look for our distinctive logo!
This audio series focuses on the bizarre, rare and unknown of New
Jersey, including events, people and places. At the beginning of
every month go back in time to learn new and interesting facts
derived from this wonderful state.
In March, learn what school life was like for
students at the Smalleytown
Schoolhouse in the 1800s.
For more UnCommon
History, click on our podcast page. Have some thoughts? Contact us at culturalandheritage@co.middlesex.nj.us or 732.745.4489 with your feedback
and of course with any unusual and little known facts or tales of
people, places and events from New Jersey.
Are you having trouble opening the
link? The webcast should be downloaded and saved to your computer's
hard drive. Once this is done, double click the file which will then
open using your default media player. Our webcasts can also be
downloaded directly to a portable MP3 player, which is already set
to open MP3 files. You may need to adjust the volume on your media
player. For
further information, please contact the Commission.
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Thank you for voting the
Cornelius Low House
Museum
The Best
Museum
2009
and
One of the Best
Museums in Central Jersey 2005, 2006
& 2007
in the
Home News Tribune
Readers’ Choice Best of Central Jersey Poll |
The January - August 2010
Cultural Calendar
is now available.
Call the Commission
to request a copy,
732.745.4489,
or visit your local library or Senior/Community Center.
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Programs are offered free of
charge
unless otherwise specified.
Please Note: Registration is required for all events, as space is limited. Please call 732.745.4489 for registration information and directions to event locations.
Persons with hearing disabilities may call, 732.745.3888 (TTY
users only), or 711, the New Jersey Relay System.
Program
sites are accessible. An Assistive Listening System is
in use and available during all programs. An American Sign Language
interpreter can be provided with a two-week advance request. Wheelchairs are also available upon request at the
Village and Low House for visitors who may need assistance from the
parking lot to the programs.
All event dates, times and
locations are subject to change.
Please call for more
information.
For changes due to inclement weather, please call
our
Weather-line, 732.296.8966, on the day of the scheduled program. |
