Events
"Mostly
Music "
A well-attended,
lively and successful event was held on Sunday April
30, 2006 with teenage jazz phenom, Matt Savage.
"Mostly
Music" is part of "Bridging the Gap",
an innovative outreach program for adolescents and adults
with autism spectrum disorders and their parents and
family members. The program is designed to entertain
families with live musical performances, in an atmosphere
of friendship and support. Educational workshops dealing
with the challenging life-span issues of autism will
be offered during the year.
The
program is made possible by a grant from The Daniel
Jordan Fiddle Foundation (www.djfiddlefoundation.org).
Press
Release Jan 27, 2006.
For
further information about "Bridging the Gap",
call Madeleine Goldfarb at The Autism Center (973) 972-9422
or email goldfabm@umdnj.edu.
Check
presentation on January 20, 2006, with Dr. Charles
Cartwright, Interim Medical Director; B. Madeleine Goldfarb,
Outreach Coordinator; Linda Walder Fiddle, Executive
Director of The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation; Inya
Chehade, UMDNJ Foundation.
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"In Tune
with Autism"
Our
inaugural spring-time musical fundraiser was held on
Monday April 10, 2006 at the Kasser Theater, Montclair
State University. Following a wine tasting with Eric
Asimov, New York Times chief wine critic, we were entertained
by Composer Steven Sacco and The American Brass Quintet
in recital.
Our sincere
thanks to Steven and Nicoletta Sacco for proposing this
very worthwhile event and generously offering their
time and talents, and to the organizing committee, led
by Madeleine Goldfarb, for a most wonderful evening.
Dr.
Steven Sacco, composer, and Dr. Charles Cartwright
Members of
the American Brass Quintet with Dr. Sacco and Dr. Cartwright
Madeleine
Goldfarb, Outreach Coordinator, and Eric Asimov, Chief
Wine Critic of The New York Times
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"Jazz
it Up for Autism"
The
highly successful Second Annual Benefit
for The Autism Center, "Jazz It Up for Autism,
an evening with Wynton Marsalis", was held on Saturday
October 15, 2005 at the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
in Newark.
Our
grateful thanks to the hosts of the event, Gitterman
& Sacks, LLC, to the title sponsor ING, and to the
organizing committee, headed by Marcy Gitterman of Priceless
Events, LLC (www.pricelessevents.org).
Proceeds from the event will support the clinical, research
and educational programs of The Autism Center.
Link
to New Jersey Medical School Magazine, "Pulse"
- Winter 2006
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Governor-elect
Jon S. Corzine, Ms. Shirley Berger and Dr. Charles
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Jeffrey L.
Gitterman of Gitterman & Sacks, LLC,
Acting
Governor Richard J. Codey
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Dr. Charles Cartwright
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Check
presentation by Title Sponsor, ING:
Jeffrey Gitterman,
Kathy Murphy of ING,
and
Dr. Charles Cartwright
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