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Events for June
06/12/2010
For the Love of Books Club: The Late, Lamented Molly Marx, Sally Koslow
Join us each month for a wine and cheese book chat as we host great guest authors in a lively discussion about all things literary and not so literary. Authors and guests have fun discussing the writing process, exchanging titles, sharing informal book reviews and debating about wireless reading devices! June's featured book is The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by special guest author Sally Koslow.
"A smart, entertaining, and heartfelt novel about a woman coming to terms with decisions she can never reverse.
Molly Marx led an enviable life—until she was found dead along the bank of the Hudson River. A young wife and mother, Molly now finds herself in The Duration, where, with the help of a refreshingly unorthodox guide, she can observe the friends and family she left behind: her plastic surgeon husband who even in mourning can’t control his wandering eye, the handsome colleague she found irresistible, a fiercely competitive twin sister, her controlling mother-in-law, a loyal but confused friend, and—most important—her purest love, a three-year-old daughter. As Molly watches them try to untangle the events leading to her mysterious end, she relives her past and learns the fates of those she cherished most (and least)."
Exploring marriage, fidelity, friendship, family, and mortality, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx is a playful yet tender love story about a flawed but charming woman, forced—better late than never—to take responsibility for the choices in her complicated life.
Sally Koslow, former editor-in-chief of McCall’s and Lifetime Magazines, is the author of three novels: Little Pink Slips, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx (a bestseller last summer in Germany,) and With Friends like These, which Ballantine will publish next summer. Sally’s fiction has been translated into nine languages and her articles and essays appear frequently in venues including More, Real Simple, O the Oprah Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Readers’ Digest, WowoWow.com, and The Huffington Post. She has previously taught at the Writing Institute of Sarah Lawrence College as well as with the New York Writers’ Workshop and is also a freelance editor.
06/14/2010
The Culinary Experience: June 2010 - Sara Moulton
Learn the secrets of preparing and enjoying deliciously healthy food and take part of the Lake Austin Spa Resort experience home with you! June 14-20 Culinary Week's special guest chefs are Sara Moulton and Molly Fowler.
Monday, June 14
Cooking Sessions with Special Guest Chef from the Food Network: Sara MoultonSara worked for two years as an instructor at Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (renamed the Institute of Culinary Education), where she discovered her love of teaching, a passion that would give focus to her subsequent work in television.
Sara Moulton is one of the most trusted names in the food biz. As the host of “Cooking Live,” “Cooking Live Primetime,” and “Sara’s Secrets” between 1996 and 2005, she was a founding Food Network personality. She’s been Food Editor of ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” since 1997. In the spring of 2008, she hosted “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” for public television. Sara was Gourmet’s executive chef from 1987 until the magazine was shuttered in October of 2009. She is the author of Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals and Sara Moulton Cooks at Home. Her next cookbook, Sara’s Everyday Family Dinners, will be published by Simon & Schuster in the spring of 2010.
06/17/2010
The Culinary Experience: June 2010 - Molly Fowler
Learn the secrets of preparing and enjoying deliciously healthy food and take part of the Lake Austin Spa Resort experience home with you! June 14-20 Culinary Week's special guest chefs are Sara Moulton and Molly Fowler.
Thursday, June 17
Cooking Session with Special Guest Molly Fowler, The Dining DivaMolly Fowler, The Dining Diva, is a traveling culinary instructor, television personality, recipe developer, product spokesperson, and cookbook author who demonstrates entertaining with ease, flair and impact. Her credo, “Make every day an occasion”, reflects her attitude and approach to cooking.
Author of Menus for Entertaining, Molly hosts her own 30-minute television cooking show, All the Right Ingredients, airing in Houston. Molly is a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Agriculture, and is a frequent speaker and presenter at various civic venues. She also sponsors culinary tours throughout Europe. She makes regular appearances on Houston, Dallas and Arlington television stations and is an oft-requested instructor for Texas’ HEB Central Market Cooking Schools. Molly’s skill, humor, and food artistry come together in presentations that provide a delicious serving of information and entertainment.
From 06/24/2010 to 06/26/2010
Improving with Improv with Special Guest: Charlie Allenson
Improving with Improv: How to Think on Your Feet. And Look Good Doing It. with special guest Charlie Allenson!Thursday, June 24
Becoming Aware of Your Thought and Observational Processes- Learn find common ground even when you disagree with another person
- Learn how to get to the heart of what needs to be said
- Learn how to get on the same page as others, even when you have no idea what page it is
- Analysis and discussion
Friday, June 25
Stretching Your Brain- Learn how juggle multiple thoughts from multiple sources simultaneously
- Learn how to think on a non-linear path
- Learn how to logically build on what others say
- Learn how use body language as a starting point
- Analysis and discussion
Saturday, June 26
Get Ready for Prime Time- Learn to fly without wings
- Learn how start and maintain a 2-person scene
- Learn how to use walk-ons
- Perform a full-on improv
- Analysis and discussion
Charlie Allenson conducts his workshops at a variety of businesses and organizations. He has worked with executives in fields that include law, finance, culinary arts, information management, education, healthcare, and publishing. Charlie’s background includes training and performing improv comedy at the renowned Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City (alumni include Amy Poehler of Saturday Night Live, and cast members of the Daily Show). As an award-winning copywriter in advertising Charlie has written for, and worked such luminaries as Robin Williams, The Fruit of the Loom guys, and Charlie the Tuna.
He lives in NYC where every day is unscripted, and improvising is the key to survival.
06/25/2010
Living Sun Smart with SkinCeuticals' Allison Sperling
Allison Sperling, an active mother of 2 young girls shares the myths and facts about sun protection and the role that Ultra Violet light plays in aging skin. She will have on hand a dermal scope that will allow you to see below your skin’s surface. She will help assess your skin and make recommendations to preserve what you love and to correct what you want to improve. Join us for this fun and informative talk.
Allison Sperling has enjoyed 25 years in the skin care industry as a spa consultant, esthetic specialist and in sales management. She has worked with leaders in the skincare industry such as La Costa Resort and Spa, Neill Corporation and for the last 15 years in the cosmeceutical field with SkinCeuticals. Ms. Sperling holds a certificate in esthiology from the state of Texas and shares her passion for skin care while developing and training skin care professionals in the art and science of esthetics. She has had the privilege of studying under J Lamar Callaway Professor Emeritus, Dr. Sheldon Pinnell, Aveda Founder, Horst Rechelbacher and Hollywood Makeup Artist, Marvin Westmore.
Today, Allison resides in Austin, Texas with her husband Scott and daughters Shelby and Sydney and is dedicated to raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and for the American Cancer Society. Raising awareness about sun protection and the dangers of cumulative UV exposure is her passion.
From 06/28/2010 to 06/29/2010
Feng Shui Style with Billy Yamaguchi - June 2010
Feng Shui Style with Feng Shui Hair Stylist Billy Yamaguchi - Billy Yamaguchi will be speaking and available for private appointments on June 28 and June 29.
As president and co-owner of Yamaguchi Enterprises, Billy Yamaguchi has developed a series of salons that offer unsurpassed services in luxurious settings in multiple California locations. The salons truly exemplify the holistic principles that guide his vision of beauty. Billy combines the elements of Feng Shui and Western tradition of hair design into an entirely innovative approach to beauty and harmony.
Billy has participated in countless fashion shows, photo and make-up shoots and television commercials. He is one of the spokespersons for Schwarzkopf, Inc., a renowned hair color manufacturer, and he has conducted educational classes and led seminars and workshops throughout the United States and abroad.
Billy is the author of Yamaguchi Feng Shui: The Art & Science of Color Formulation for the salon professionals, as well as Billy Yamaguchi Feng Shui Beauty.
Recognized as a "Holistic Hair Artist" by Town and Country and as a "Feng Shui Artist" by Bridge Magazine, USA, his work as also been showcased in Salon Today, Modern Salon, American Salon, and Hairspa. Billy has made numerous appearances on national and international television shows: ABC News, KCAL News, CBS News, CNN, KNBC, E! Entertainment, Style Network, Behind the Scenes on Showtime, Rikki Lake, Life Time Channel's New Attitudes, Fuji TV, Early Morning Show on Tokyo TV, CBS Early Morning Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and the Dr. Phil Show.
