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2009 Outings Group Event Archive

Movie & Pizza Night - Saturday, January 24 at 7:00pm - See "Into the Wild" and enjoy kosher pizza at a home on the Upper West Side. The cost (including pizza) is $10.00 for Mosaic/AC members and $13.00 for non-members. Advanced reservations are required. Space is limited. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York.  Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) for more information and reservations. Rain and/or snow do not cancel.

Movie & Pizza Night - Saturday, January 31 at 7:00pm - See "Into the Wild" and enjoy kosher pizza at a home on the Upper West Side. The cost (including pizza) is $10.00 for Mosaic/AC members and $13.00 for non-members. Advanced reservations are required. Space is limited. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York.  Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) for more information and reservations. Rain and/or snow do not cancel.

Winter Party - Saturday evening, February 21 - 7:30pm at Ansche Chesed. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York. Over 200 people came last year to Mosaic's annual Winter Party. The party will start at 7:30pm with Square Dancing. Do-Si-Do! Swing your partner! If square dance caller Allan Brozek (of Camp Ramah Memorial Day weekend fame) can't get you dancing then you must not have feet. Lessons throughout the square dance.  At 9:30pm a live DJ will start pumping out music to dance to.  There will also be mixer games, board games, and free refreshments.  If you're an early bird and register before February 8 then the cost to attend is only $18 and you can register online be clicking here: Click here if registering by February 8 and pay only $18. If you are an early bird and would like to volunteer to help out at the party for an hour then you only pay $8 (a huge bargain!). Click here if registering by February 8 and are willing to volunteer for one hour at the party and pay only $8.  If you don't register early then the price is $25 when you pay at the door. For questions about the party send email to party@mosaic-gny.org.

Hiking - Sunday, April 26 - Black Rock Forest (new route!) - 8.6 miles (5.5+ hours) Join us for hiking on terrain of moderate difficulty (moderate/rolling hills) with some very nice views (i.e. Black Rock, Spy Rock, and Eagle Cliff).  Bring hiking boots (required), 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. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, April 20. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions.

Memorial Day Weekend - Friday, May 22 - Monday, May 25 - at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. A fun filled weekend which attracts many people from the Ansche Chesed Outings Group, B'nai Jeshurun, Mosaic, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Chicago, Maryland, Michigan, Florida,...  "Highly recommended!" The lower cost early-bird deadlines for reservations are May 1 (lowest cost) and May 13 and all reservations are due by 5:00pm on Tuesday, May 19. This year's Weekend Director will be Michael Brochstein. Please make sure to mention "Ansche Chesed" when you register. Details and reservation forms are available at www.WingdaleUniversity.org.

FREE: Live Shakespeare in Central Park (Outdoors) - Saturday, May 30 at 7:00pm.  See King Lear; 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 103rd Street and Central Park West.  We will meet promptly at 6:45pm at the entrance to Central Park on Central Park West at West 103rd Street. Click here to see where we are meeting. 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, June 7 - Ramapo Mountains (new hike!) - 10 miles (6+ hours) Join us for hiking on terrain of moderate difficulty (moderate/rolling hills) with some very nice views.  Bring hiking boots (required), 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. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, June 1. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions.

FREE: The Jewish Museum - Saturday, June 27 at 3:15pm. At over 100 years old and still going strong, the Jewish Museum is a special part of New York’s cultural scene.  Enjoy a free (and air-conditioned) midsummer visit to the museum.  Meet on the north side of East 92nd Street near the corner of Fifth Avenue and the entrance to the museum at 3:15pm promptly. No tickets or reservations are necessary (or will be taken).  More information about the museum is available at www.TheJewishMuseum.org.  A heavy and/or steady rain will cancel (although the museum will be open if you choose to go anyway).

Hiking - Sunday, July 12 - Popolopen Torne (new hike!) - 6 miles (?4.5+ hours) Join us for hiking on terrain of moderate - strenuous difficulty with some truly excellent views.  Bring hiking boots (required), 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. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, July 6. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions.

Cancelled due to rain: Hiking - Sunday, August  9 - Delaware Water Gap (new route!) - 10 miles (6+ hours) Join us for hiking on terrain of moderate - strenuous difficulty with some very nice views.  Bring hiking boots (required), 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. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, August 3. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions (we will be doing "Longer variation #2").

The following hike takes place on erev-Yom Kippur. It will return to NYC well before the start of the holiday.
Cancelled due to rain: Hiking - Sunday, September 27 - Southern Storm King State Park (new hike!) - 4 miles (3 - 4 hours) Moderate hike with some great panoramic views.Bring hiking boots (required), 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. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, September 21. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Click here for detailed trip information including driving directions.

Oneg in the Sukkah - Friday, October 9 (Erev-Shemini Atzeret) in the Ansche Chesed Sukkah. We'll meet at about 8:30pm in the Ansche Chesed sukkah for some schmoozing and noshing under the stars (the oneg ends at 10:45pm). The details are simple; No reservations are needed or will be taken, just show up (and please bring a friend!). If it rains then the event will take place indoors.  Here is what you can do in "preparation" for this event; Invite a friend and (as the noshing is potluck) a box of cookies or other snack or a something non-alcoholic to drink to share with others. Please do remember that it must be kosher (and either dairy or pareve). Suggestions include a box of cookies, some seedless grapes, seltzer, a package of pre-washed baby carrots, something with chocolate etc etc. Bringing your favorite (Shabbat friendly) board game may also be a nice idea. As all good things like this end eventually, the oneg will end at 10:45pm and everyone must be out of the building by 11:00pm. For more information contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm).

Hiking - Sunday, November 1 - Lake Skenonto - 8 miles (5.5+ hours) Join us for hiking on terrain of moderate difficulty (some hilly sections) with some very nice views and lunch at a picturesque lakeside location. We might even see some late fall colors! Bring hiking boots (required), lunch, water, daypack, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, money, etc. Co-sponsored with the Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York and Hazon. Cost is $10 ($5 AC/Mosaic/Hazon members). Limited to 30 people. Reservations are required by 6:00pm Monday, October 26. Contact Michael (212/678-7881 before 9:00pm) to reserve. Rain cancels. Car-pooling. Detailed trip information including driving directions.