May 17
Save the date for ROM’s very first Benefit Party! Whoo Hoo!
Details:
The Last Book Store (5th and Spring St in Downtown LA)
Sunday July 1st from 6 – 9pm
Food! Music! Raffle Prizes! and plenty of books and record albums(!) for you to peruse…
Special guest and Advisory Committee member, Carrie Preston (True Blood, The Good Wife)
will be on the scene along with the
boys from the band Whiskey Business!
Mar 26
In cooperation with the LA County Sheriff’s Department and a wonderful non-profit organization called Friends Outside, ROM will develop a Book Club for mothers and their teens on the outside. Stay tuned!
Feb 25
This Wednesday, we begin reading Lev Grossman’s The Magicians – the first in this series…
We also must break the Club into TWO sessions since there is a waiting list and the usual 10 spaces are filled and 10 more students want to join! YAY!
“The Magicians is an enthralling coming-of-age tale about magic practiced in the real world-where good and evil aren’t black and white, and power comes at a terrible price.” – from the NY Times Review
Feb 8
We’ve launched our 2012 Book Club season! Clubs have started up with new books and new members all reading and sharing what they love (or don’t!) about each book.
We’re also in the beginning stages of forming a relationship with the Cornerstone Foundation, a community service non-profit in San Ignacio Belize!
Stay tuned for more news as our relationship develops…
Dec 19
In March of this year we started our first Book Club in the kitchen at VFC, and in September Pasadena Arts Council granted Fiscal Sponsorship.
As we near the end of this glorious year, we have 4 concurrent Clubs, with hopes for 2 more in 2012 and we have raised over $3700! As founder and program director, I want to thank all of those who have given their donations, time, and care to those who participate in ROM’s Book Club programs. ROM exists only by the generous graces of all of you. I wish you health, prosperity and love in the coming year and every year.
Thank You,
Lauren Lovett
Dec 17
Check out this VIDEO of the RACE!
Ok we didn’t WIN, but Brennan’s Pub DONATED $300!!!
Dec 8
Hey folks,
We’re going to the races at Brennan’s Pub in Marina Del Rey on Thursday December 15 at 9:30pm!
Goto our page on RAZOO and donate online and then visit us here on December 16th to see a video of the race!
If our turtle wins, Steve Windmiller, owner of Brennan’s has promised a special prize for ROM if our turtle wins!!
Here’s the Razoo link with all of the info:
http://www.razoo.com/story/Romturtlerace
Join us! All donations are tax-deductible!
Thanks from all of our Club members and staff and ROM!
Nov 15
Ring in 2012 with Reading Opens Minds and Clean3 as we chat via phone every Sunday in January about Martha Beck’s new book:
“Finding Your Way in a Wild New World”
This book reveals a remarkable path to the most important discovery you can make: the knowledge of what you should be doing with your one wild and precious life.
Click below to sign up for FREE!
www.clean2thethird/seminars-and-such
And click the Amazon.com link to the right to purchase the book…
Oct 26
We had our very first Book Club at Bright Star’s after school program yesterday and it was so much fun!We have a group of about 10 high schoolers and two adults…
Oct 23
We’re shakin’ hands and makin’ deals for a Sunday Book Club at LA Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood!
The book is chosen and being generously donated by the author (and one of our wonderful Board Members), the ineffable Meg Howrey! Click the link to discover the title and more about Meg….