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Dance Sundays - Live Bands Click here to see photos from recent dances 7:00 - 10:00pm at Ansche Chesed. Co-sponsored with B'nai Jeshurun. Meet great people! Expert instruction (Reba Perez & Eric Hollman) - no experience necessary - "If you can walk, you can dance". Swing, Salsa and Tango dances also includes fabulous Stellar Dance Performances! Free refreshments. Cost is $20 ($15 AC/BJ/MOMC members) per dance. No reservations necessary. Volunteers are needed (in return for free admission). Call Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to volunteer. December 8: SWING BACK IN TIME - Get out your zoot suit, silk stockings & bobby socks - and rock the night away with LIVE Big Band music from Nick & The Flipped Fedoras (the same band that wowed us last year)! Put on your dancing shoes and boogie! Our fun Basic Swing lesson/Social Mixer will have you dancing the night away! Lesson starts at 7:00pm. February 9: SQUARE DANCING (it's back!). Do-Si-Do! Swing your partner! This dance starts at 7:15pm. February 23: SIZZLING SALSA FIESTA! Ride the Latin wave! Our fun basic lesson includes all three popular Latin dances: spicy salsa, cheeky chacha, and rockin’ merengue. Then party to the sensational sounds of a live Salsa Band and a fantastic dance presentation by the Empire Dancers! Lesson starts at 7:00pm. March 30: NOCHE DE TANGO! One of our most popular events. The lesson makes tango easy and fun. Learn about the many sides of tango, from playful to passionate! It’s like no other dance and may be habit-forming! Live Tango Orchestra and Tango Exhibition. Lesson starts at 7:00pm. |
Hiking - Sunday, April 27 - Ringwood State Park - 5.5 mile (4.5 hours) hike on terrain of medium difficulty. Bring hiking boots, lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/MOMC members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, April 21. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions
Hiking - Sunday, May 18 - Ramapo Torne & The Pulpit - 5+ mile (5-6 hours) hike on somewhat hilly terrain of moderate difficulty (this is not an easy hike, hiking boots required). Bring hiking boots, lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/MOMC members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, May 12. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions
Memorial Day Weekend - Friday, May 23 - Monday, May 26 - at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. A fun filled weekend which attracts many people from the Ansche Chesed Outings Group and Young Professional's groups. "Highly recommended!" The low cost early-bird deadline for reservations is Saturday, May 3 and all reservations are due by Friday, May 16. Please make sure to mention this website when you register. Details and reservation forms are available at http://www.ramahberkshires.org/memorialday/
Auto Racing - Monday, Monday, 26 (Memorial Day) - At Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. You've seen the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, now try this - a very different kind of "music". (Hmmm! This is different! What is this activity doing here? I'm glad you asked.) I could classify this as an easy hike as you can (and as I did) walk miles on grassy hillsides around this meandering racetrack to glimpse the action which you can easily get fairly close (and safely) to at this track. Please read my long description of this outing by clicking here. This is also a great "add-on" outing if you are going to the Memorial Day Weekend at Camp Ramah as Lime Rock Park is no more than a one hour drive from Camp Ramah. Get to spend Memorial Day in an "all-American" setting. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) for more information.
Whitewater Rafting - Sunday, June 22 - On the Lehigh River (Class II & III whitewater - it's a dam release day!), Limited to the first 42 paid reservations. Over 60 people wanted to come last year. No experience necessary. "Our most fun trip of the year." Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. $49. Paid reservations due by Friday, May 30. Click here to check out photo's from last year's trip. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) for payment information (prior to sending payment!). Meeting time in NYC is 6:00 a.m. Detailed trip information including what to bring and driving directions
FREE: Live Shakespeare in Central Park (Outdoors) - Saturday, June 28 at 7:00pm. See Much Ado About Nothing; Live Shakespeare in Central Park presented for free in a unique setting. “The great appeal of these productions is that they are adapted to work with the park's natural terrain-the audience follows the performance from place to place, as the plot unfolds from scene to scene. The separation between the performance and the audience is then blurred, as our spectators experience the play as if it were happening at this very instant and all around them”. No tickets or reservations are necessary. The performance starts promptly at 7:00pm at West 97 Street and Central Park West. Ansche Chesed will meet promptly at 6:45pm on the Northwest corner of West 97th Street and Central Park West. For more information check out New York Classical Theatre’s website at http://www.newyorkclassical.org/. This activity is a “show & go” in that there will be no reservations taken. Heavy downpour cancels but a light drizzle may not (this play takes place outdoors!).
Hiking - Sunday, July 13 - West Mountain & Nuclear, two options: 7.4 or 12 miles (4 or 6+ hours) on terrain of moderate difficulty with some hilly sections. Bring hiking boots, lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/MOMC members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, July 7. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions
Canoeing - Sunday, July 27 - On the Delaware River (Class I & II whitewater), $35. No experience necessary. Paid reservations required by Sunday, July 6. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) for payment information prior to sending payment. Car-pooling (reserve early!). Detailed trip information including what to bring and driving directions.
Hiking - Sunday, August 10 - Lake Skenonto - 6.5 mile (5.5+ hours) hike on terrain of moderate difficulty (some hilly sections). Bring hiking boots, lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/MOMC members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, August 4. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions.
FREE: Live Theatre in Central Park (Outdoors) - Saturday, August 16 at 7:00pm. See The Triumph of Love (by Pierre Marivaux); Live theatre in Central Park presented for free in a unique setting. “The great appeal of these productions is that they are adapted to work with the park's natural terrain-the audience follows the performance from place to place, as the plot unfolds from scene to scene. The separation between the performance and the audience is then blurred, as our spectators experience the play as if it were happening at this very instant and all around them”. No tickets or reservations are necessary. The performance starts promptly at 7:00pm at West 97 Street and Central Park West. Ansche Chesed will meet promptly at 6:45pm on the Northeast corner of West 97th Street and Central Park West. For more information check out New York Classical Theatre’s website at http://www.newyorkclassical.org/. This activity is a “show & go” in that there will be no reservations taken. Heavy downpour cancels but a light drizzle may not (this play takes place outdoors!).
Hiking - Sunday, September 21. Wyanokie High Point - an approximately 6 mile (4.5 - 5 hours) hike of medium difficulty. Bring hiking boots, lunch, water (2+ liters), daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/Mosaic members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, September 15. Call Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions.
Open House
for New and Prospective
members of the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club
Tuesday, September 23
at 7:30pm at
Ansche Chesed (251 West 100 Street). A brief presentation will be given about Mosaic and its
events. Leaders will be there to answer your questions. What do I bring on
a hike? How difficult are our hikes? What types of people show up? Ages?
Gender. Whether your new to Mosaic or were always curious what you were
missing each year please come down for a relaxing and entertaining hour.
Refreshments will be served. $5 membership discount if you
join Mosaic at the Open House. For more information contact Lanny Wexler
at 516/938-5721 (7:30 - 10:00pm) or
highpt36@optonline.net.
Hiking - Sunday, October 5 - Storm King Mountain - 4 miles (3-4 hours), moderate hike with some hills and a small amount of rock scrambling. Bring hiking boots, lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/Mosaic members). Limited to 30 people. Telephone reservations required by 6:00pm Monday, September 29. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions