MamaBlogger365 - Meet Our M.O.M.!

The Museum of Motherhood's fall pop-up museum is now open in NYC! Have you heard about all the great things we're doing?

In addition to our powerful exhibits and weekly schedule of events that include yoga demos and classes, Mommy & Me groups and social media Friday, we're hosting theatre performances, lectures and book signings, day-conferences and more! Visit MOMmuseum.org for more information or call 212.452.9816 to register! Here are just a few of the exciting events and programs we have coming up:

THANK YOU Dr. PHYLLIS CHESLER for your MOM Takes Manhattan Article at Pajamas Media!

Thursday, October 13 - Saturday, October 15
"Sex in Mommyville", a play by Anna Fishbeyn that's described as "a lusty, unbridled Russian Jewish updating of Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House..." by Jewish Week

Tuesday, October 18
Readings by Christen Clifford, solo performer of "BabyLove"

Wednesday, October 19
Laura Tropp presents a lifestyle and education lecture

Thursday, October 20
Stacey Battat and the Museum of Motherhood will host the official book launch and signing for Thin Threads of Moms and Grandmas, compiled by Stacey Battat and Joy Rose, founder of M.O.M., 11 a.m. at the Museum.

That afternoon, we'll be joined by Dr. Joyce Saltman, Laughter Guru, and Stacey Battat to connect our stories and celebrate motherhood, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 22
"She's History", a performance by Amy Simon

Tuesday, October 25
Meet and Greet networking event with the local Chamber of Commerce

Friday, October 28
Aqua Cherry's special Halloween concert at the Museum of Motherhood

Monday, November 7
Mindful Mothering: Practical Tools for Staying Awake and Aware During the Biggest Adventure of All -- a day-long conference at the Museum with guests:

• Cassandra Vieten, PhD, psychologist, Director of Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year

• Lu Hanessian, journalist, former NBC anchor and Discovery Health Channel host, founder of Parent2ParentU and WYSH, and author of Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood

• Jeanne Ohm, DC, publisher and editor of Pathways to Family Wellness, and executive director of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

• Lisa Reagan, Co-founder, Families for Conscious Living and Executive Director, Kindred Community

• Elizabeth Mangum‐Sarach, LCSW, Doula, and Director of BirthFocus, LLC

• Jessica Zucker, PhD, psychologist & parenting expert, author, and contributor to PBS’s This Emotional Life

• Joy Rose, Executive Director, Motherhood Foundation, founder, Museum of Motherhood

Join us for a day of lectures, discussion, small group talks and experiential mindfulness practices that you can take home and use every day to focus on being aware in the present moment, in our bodies and connected with our children, even when the going gets tough.

Like what you see? Spread the word! Tell your friends! Meet us at the Museum of Motherhood and we'll make "herstory"!


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MamaBlogger365 - Still More A MAY ZING 2011 by Amy Simon

Three Shows, Three Days, Two Cities, Three Venues – No Roadies

Amy Simon’s been kind enough to share her May journal entries with us – the travel! the shows! Mama Expo! and more! Want to find out more about her work? Visit ShesHistory.com!

Friday, May 27th

DID YOU HEAR? I HAD A BEER WITH LUCRETIA MOTT’S... great-great-great-great-granddaughter. I still cannot believe it. Who is Lucretia Mott? An extremely fabulous female who has a BIG part in my show and in women’s history! Huge! A founding mother, famous abolitionist, ordained Quaker minister - one of the first women in America to preach in public (Anne Hutchinson tried it in the 1600s and she – the mother of the first amendment – was literally run out of town). After a few emails, Lucretia Coffin Mott’s great-great-great-great granddaughter Marianna invited me to her home. I was so excited I could barely speak. When I emailed asking if I could I bring her coffee, she replied: “Too damned hot for coffee. Bring some chips. We’re having ale.”

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MamaBlogger365 - Still A MAY ZING 2011 by Amy Simon

Three Shows, Three Days, Two Cities, Three Venues – No Roadies

Amy Simon’s been kind enough to share her May journal entries with us – the travel! the shows! Mama Expo! and more! Want to find out more about her work? Visit ShesHistory.com and watch for part three next Sunday! (Missed part one? Click here!)


Tuesday, May 24th
Wake up all excited. SO excited. Shower, Pilates, forced some breakfast down and grab the suitcases, a latte, a cab and am on my way to Marymount Manhattan College on East 71st Street. It is almost 10AM and my cell rings. It is 7:00AM in L.A., and it is the 18-year old.

“Mom? I did not sleep – my throat hurts and I’m gonna kill the cat”.

She goes on for a while – I am not focusing as we are nearing the destination. “Honey, I can’t talk. Gargle with salt and warm water, make the ginger lemon honey drink. Feel better.”

I feel guilty as I pay the $10 fare. The helpful young gals at the reception desk have my badge and conference bag and I ask them if they know who the first woman to run for President was. As usual, no one knows – Geraldine Ferraro’s name is offered and I tell them a bit about the show and am escorted up to the room where I will be presenting.

It is a beautiful room. There is Joy Rose and six or so other women sitting in a circle. Their session before mine is still going on and it is the discussion of the ongoing activities and future of The Museum Of Motherhood.

“Come join us,” Joy invites me and I can hardly focus on what is a really interesting conversation about the goals and identity and branding of this fabulous museum. All I can think of is how long it will take me to set up the room. The session ends and I swing into action – setting up the projector, the laptop – the speakers... unpacking the suitcase and setting up the props and costumes.

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Anna Fishbeyn, Elena Skoko and Amy Simon

About Amy Simon and She's History: Using theater, history, multi-media, lots of audience interaction, treats, and good old-fashioned story telling, She’s History! is chock full of stories, scenes and revelations; true tales of fabulous females, then and now. Going back and forth from the past to the present, poignantly and comically (her trademark) our Modern Mom, Amy Simon, finds the funny as she struggles with raising girls in today’s challenging world. Visit She'sHistory.com to learn more!

MamaBlogger365 needs you! Tell us how you're re-framing motherhood and help the Museum of Motherhood secure a permanent home in 2011!

MamaBlogger365 - A MAY ZING 2011 by Amy Simon

Three Shows, Three Days, Two Cities, Three Venues – No Roadies

Amy Simon’s been kind enough to share her May journal entries with us – the travel! the shows! Mama Expo! and more! Want to find out more about her work? Visit ShesHistory.com for more info and watch this space for part two next Sunday!


“Just get here, I’ll do the rest.” Joy told me back in January, when she asked me to bring SHE’S HISTORY! to the conference. So there I was – a “presenter” at the three day Conference - right smack in the middle of all these really fascinating and accomplished and cool cool cool women.

AND she got me an evening show the same night. I got TWO slots at the conference.... read more

About Amy Simon and She's History: Using theater, history, multi-media, lots of audience interaction, treats, and good old-fashioned story telling, She’s History! is chock full of stories, scenes and revelations; true tales of fabulous females, then and now. Going back and forth from the past to the present, poignantly and comically (her trademark) our Modern Mom, Amy Simon, finds the funny as she struggles with raising girls in today’s challenging world. Visit She'sHistory.com to learn more!

MamaBlogger365 needs you! Tell us how you're re-framing motherhood and help the Museum of Motherhood secure a permanent home in 2011!