[words] owner Jonah Zimiles lends his voice to a recent Financial Times of London article analyzing outlook trends among entrepreneurs across the world. He offers his perspective on entrepreneurship, earned through MBA training from Columbia Business School and management of [words], especially the ability to “seize unusual opportunities.”
[words] is delighted to have prolific local author Marc Aronson back to discuss his latest book, Master of Deceit, on May 19 at 7:30 pm. Marc is an author, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian who believes that young people, especially pre-teens and teenagers, are smart, passionate, and capable of engaging with interesting ideas in interesting ways. He has a doctorate in American History – his focus was on William Crary Brownell, Edith Wharton’s editor, and he published conclusions as a lengthy essay in the New York Times Book Review. He periodically reviews books for the Los Angeles Times Books Review, and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and publishes essays in journals devoted to reading and literature. He lives in Maplewood with his wife, the author Marina Budhos and their two sons.
Over the past two months, JLOSH partnered with the Cleveland School to transform a classroom into an inviting space where school children can obtain new and gently used books they can take home and keep.
More than 8,200 books were secured from various donors and book drives, including a recent event JLOSH sponsored at [words] Bookstore in Maplewood on Sunday, March 25, 2012. About 30 children and their parents came out to hear a reading by children’s author Hallie Durand and music by Kelly Heinze of Music & More.
We are excited to announce that our bookstore has been named “Best Independent Bookstore” in New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly magazine. This is the third year that we have been chosen for this award — an honor that we have received each of the three years that [words] has been in business.
Find the write up on the New Jersey Monthly magazine website (njmonthly.com)
and on book trade website, Shelf Awareness (shelf-awareness.com)
Career Camp 2012
Monday – Friday / 9am-3pm
Camp activities will focus on vocational exploration, appropriate work behaviors, and social skills development.
For students with mobility and/or cognitive impairments
July 30 – August 10
For students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
August 13 – August 24
For more information, please contact:
Lauren A. Klein: 973-674-6330 ext. 237 Lklein@jvsnj.org
Theatre for Everyone!
Fridays, April 13 – May 25, 3:45 pm- 4:45 pm
Paper Mill Playhouse presents “Theater for Everyone!” its first creative drama class for students with disabilities ages 9 to 12. In collaboration with VSA-NJ, providers of arts programming for children and adults with disabilities, this brand new class will include theatre improvisation, storytelling, music, movement and some visual art. The series creatively addresses and includes diverse learning styles and modes of communication.
For more information: class flyer / VSA-NJ website / mmcnany@papermill.org / 973-315-1669
Beginning March 11, 2012
ages 8 yrs and up
Tryout for the West Essex YMCA Special Olympics Swim Team “Piranhas”
Participants must be able to swim 1 length of the pool (25 yards) unassisted on their front or back.
Learn more: Piranhas Special Olympics 2012
SoHo design firm Barker DZP highlights its volunteer branding of [words] Bookstore, and explain the process behind the creation of the name and logo.
[words] is thrilled to have local author Tricia Tunstall featured at our store. A resident of Maplewood, Tunstall is a writer and music educator who has spent the past several years researching El Sistema, a music education model, in Venezuela. This interest has been captured in her recent book, Changing Lives. Tunstall has also shared her previous book with us, Note By Note, a memoir that explores the joys and rewards she has experienced as a piano teacher as well as her own process of learning to play the piano.
In their February issue, Entrepreneur published a follow-up to their 2010 article on [words], highlighting the progress made towards [words]‘ unique social mission.
Garrison Keillor brought his folksy charm to [words] to discuss his childhood in Minnesota and his book A Christmas Blizzard. Watch it here!
MAY 24 / THU / 7:30 pm
7:30 presentation by Harold Kwalwasser on his book Renewal: Remaking America’s Schools for the Twenty-First Century, followed by a reception with refreshments.
Teachers & administrators will receive discounts on books, surprise gifts, and tons of gratitude!
with author Justin A. Frank, M.D.
MAY 18 / FRI / 7:30 pm
Justin Frank, M.D., a practicing psychoanalyst and the author of the New York Times bestseller Bush on the Couch – brings a new patient into his office, and the results of his sessions are not only fascinating, but they provide valuable insights that will help readers in their frustrating pursuit of the President Obama’s character.
with author Marc Aronson
MAY 19 / SAT / 7:30 pm
In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, accomplished historian Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Bureau—J. Edgar Hoover—his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world.
with author Harold Kwalwasser
MAY 24 / THU / 7:30 pm
Renewal offers a clear picture of how to move away from the mass-production style of education that most schools offered throughout the twentieth century to a new, more innovative, and flexible model that can meet this country’s promise of truly educating every child and preparing each of them for the challenges ahead.
with author Jon Gertner
MAY 31 / THU / 7:30 pm
Bell Laboratories, which thrived from the 1920s to the 1980s, was the most innovative and productive institution of the twentieth century. It was a citadel of science and scholarship as well as a hotbed of creative thinking. It was, in effect, a factory of ideas whose workings have remained largely hidden until now.
with illustrator Rick Parker
JUNE 1 / FRI / 7:30 pm
The hit science fiction novel series gets the Papercutz Slices parody treatment, right before the release of the big-budget film adaptation! All three books from “The Hunger Games” trilogy get sliced up by parody team Rick Parker and Stefan Petrucha, who refuse to pull any punches in this comedic romp.
with author Harvey Araton
JUNE 2 / SAT / 2:00 pm
At turns tender, at turns laugh-out-loud funny, and teeming with unforgettable baseball yarns that span more than fifty years, Driving Mr. Yogi is a universal story about the importance of wisdom being passed from one generation to the next, as well as a reminder that time is what we make of it and compassion never gets old.
with author Mary Amato
JUNE 3 / SUN / 4:00 pm
First Slurpy is fishnapped, then other things from Mrs. Blackwell’s room start to disappear. Odder still, whoever is committing these crimes leaves a note written in poetry. Edgar has it all covered in his “crime investigation notebook”–but so does Patrick Chen, who has copied Edgar and is trying to solve the case first.
with author Julie Burstein
JUNE 5 / TUE / 7:30 pm
In Spark, Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first century’s most influential and creative artists and thinkers. Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal the sources of these artists’ inspiration and the processes that bring their work into being.