Strollers Strollers Everywhere

FYI: Hip Baby Gear in Marblehead is having a sale on BOB strollers. Check 'em out!

And if you're slightly overwhelmed by all the stroller options in the world, then check out our Baby Stroller 101 class on Saturday, February 21 at 10am.

Hip Baby Gear will demo six of their most popular strollers, including standard, all-terrain and lightweight models. Best of all, class participants will receive a discount coupon for Hip Baby Gear merchandise! (Please Note: Certain brand restrictions apply.)

This event is free, but please RSVP space is limited.

Year of the Ox

Celebrate the Chinese New Year on Friday, January 30th at PEM!

The following events are FREE with admission from 10:30 am - 5 pm:

10:30 am - 1 pm Learn about the Chinese animal zodiac, make your own animal finger puppets, and find your animal in the museum collection.

10:30 - 11 am & 2:45 - 3:15 pm Explore Chinese art during this fun look at some of the special objects in the museum's collection.

11:30 am - noon Watch a high-energy lion dance performance and Martial Arts Demonstration by Nam Pai Kung Fu Academy of Chinatown.

12:15 pm KUNG FU CINEMA! Iron Monkey, 1993, 85 minutes,Yuen Woo-ping, the acclaimed choreographer of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, supplies sensational, nonstop martial arts in Iron Monkey, the spirited tale of a mysterious Chinese legend.

1 - 3 pm Celebrate the Lunar New Year by making a giant paper dragon in East India Marine Hall!

1:30 - 2 pm Martial arts expert Lin Lin Choy returns to PEM to perform a dramatic fan dance in the museum's Atrium.

2:30 - 3 pm Students from Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy return for an encore performance of their lively lion dance and kung fu skills

3:15 pm, KUNG FUN CINEMA! Drunken Master, 1978, 110 minutes. Drunken Master cemented Jackie Chan's stardom with dizzying kung fu acrobatic sequences. Chan plays Wong Fei Hung - the rebellious son of a kung fu master - who is apprenticed to another master with a unique "drunken" fighting style.

The following events are $7 and take place from 6:30 - 9:30 pm:

6:30 - 8 p.m. Explore Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese House and take part in zodiac animal art making activites 7:30 - 8 p.m. Watch a high-energy lion dance performance by Nam Pai Kung Fu Academy of Chinatown

8 - 9:30 p.m. Hear the Devil Music Ensemble accompany a rare screening of the 1929 film, Red Heroine Saturday, January 31st

For details, call 866.745.1876 or visit www.pem.org.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Snow Day!

CGB will be closed on Wednesday, January 28 for a Snow Day.

We will be open all day today (Tuesday, January 27) and all events this evening will take place as planned.

We will also be open our regular hours on Thursday, January 28. But please note: The Winter CSA will not be starting this Thursday, but next Thursday (February 5). If you haven't yet received an email about this change, please expect one very soon.

Any questions, please call Jennie or Amy at 978.741.0800 or email crunchygranolababy@verizon.net.

Enjoy the "12 feet of snow" we'll be getting tomorrow!

Get Creative for the Playground!

Parents United of Salem needs auction items, raffle baskets and food/wine/beer for its upcoming Spring Equinox Celebration, a playground fundraiser to be held at historic Hamilton Hall on the first Saturday in spring, March 21, from 7 to 10 p.m.

They are looking for auction items, baskets to raffle, and restaurants/caterers/liquor retailers to donate wine, beer, and food (hors d'oeuvres and desserts to be paired with wine/beer) ... and they need your help brainstorming.

In addition to items (current donations include Red Sox tickets and a painting by a local artist) Parents United welcome services (current donations include a session with a local photographer and Italian lessons).

They also encourage interested individuals to group together and offer an auction item - host a dinner party, kids' birthday party, babysitting sessions - or come up with a theme (Baby? Barbecue? Beach?) and put a basket together for our raffle.

Each item donated will receive 1 free ticket, worth $50. Because Parents United is a nonprofit, we can provide tax receipts for donations if you provide them with the value.

Parents United would also love for you to forward this to all your connections in the area (or out!).

For more information or to send ideas or offer items/services, contact the committee at salemcommon@gmail.com.

Yoga Day USA

Join thousands across the country for Yoga Day USA, a history-making celebration where yogis, novices, couch potatoes and tri-atheletes, young, old and everyone in between join together to stretch the mind, body and spirit through the practice of yoga.

In the spirit of karma yoga, the service to others, all Yoga Day USA classes and workshops at North Shore Yoga are free or nearly free. The brainchild of the Yoga Alliance, this powerful annual event is held in yoga studios, parks, beaches and communities throughout the US.

Here is what you can expect at North Shore Yoga:

8:30-9:30 AM: Vinyasa Yoga w/ Marnie Memmolo
9:30-10:00 AM: Creating Your Own Mantra w/ Laurie
10:00-11:00 AM: Prenatal Yoga w/ Marnie Memmolo
11:15-12:45 PM: Beating the Sugar Blues Lecture w/ Susan Himml
1:00-2:00 PM: Absolute Beginner Yoga w/ Marnie Memmolo
2:30-3:30 PM: Family Yoga for ages 2 and up! w/ Marnie

All classes are FREE with a suggested tax deductible, charitable donation of $15 per event for Girls,Inc.of Lynn, MA.

North Shore Yoga is located at 180-186 Cabot Street in Beverly, MA. Contact them at 978-857-9063.

Please note: Walk-ins are most certainly welcome, however space is limited and a reservation is highly recommended. To reserve a space in class, kindly email: marnie_mysnyk@hotmail.com

1.20.09

"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."

President Barack Obama

hope. change. shop.

Inaugural Ball.

Tonight.

Be there.

(And while we may not carry ball gowns - but Modern Millie does! - we do have a great sale happening that you should check out.)