Kaleidoscope 2022: A Kaleidoscope of Parties

Party Book

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

ICE SKATING HOST: LAURIE & PETER SKUTS (LAYLA SKUTS) & FIONA & PETER THWAITES (LULU THWAITES)

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Hey New Roads Middle Schoolers…

Isn’t it time to have an ice day? Get your skate on & join us!

Sunday, Feb 27th | 3.45 - 5.45 | $20 includes skate rental, pizza, snacks, drinks, and 2 hours of fun on the ice.

We have the whole rink to ourselves!

All Vaccinated Middle Schoolers & siblings welcome.

Location: Iceland Ice Skating Centre, 14318 Calvert St., Van Nuys. 91401

ON ICE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MOVIE NIGHT

HOST: JENNY VAZQUEZ-NEWSUM & JEN RHONHEIMER

Private watch party:

SING 2

March 6 | 3:00 pm 30 guests Cinemark 18 $20 per person Indoor event Location: 6081 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045 [indoor event]

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MOVIE NIGHT

HOST: DEBBIE PRAWER, SKY BREWER, HOPE MINEO

Sunday, March 13 25 guests $20 per person Movie and time to be confirmed Location: Bay Theatre, Palisades Village [indoor event]

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

HOST: NATALIE MCADAMS, ANNIE SPONG & BETSY WEISBERG

COASTAL CLEAN Saturday, March 20 | 10 am to 12 pm | 40 guests Pizza lunch included UP MORNING $5 per person or $20 per family Cleaning supplies provided by Heal The Bay Location: Tower 26 in Santa Monica

MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL PARENTS

JAPANESE LUNCH BUFFET HOST: IKUKO TAKANO & EMI MILLER

Friday, March 25 | 12:00-2:00 pm 15 guests | $50 per person Come join us and enjoy authentic and healthy Japanese "tapas" style dishes. Experience local favorites prepared in different cooking styles, grill, boil, stew, raw, etc.

We are still in the menu planning phase in consultation with professionals, but we will have seafood, meat, carbs, and a variety of vegetables from land and sea, accompanied by green and brown tea.

It will be a casual, indoor-outdoor dining experience at a private home.

Location: Mar Vista/Venice

21+ ONLY

grown up

grown up GAME NIGHT

GAME NIGHT

HOST: LOLITA CARRICO & NIKKI LEBOW

Saturday, March 26 | 7 pm 25 guests $75 per person includes finger foods and cocktails. Games will be coordinated by a game master who will lead the group through different challenges.

Location: Mar Vista/Venice

21+ ONLY FASHION SWAP & SIP HOST: JULIETTE BOUQUEREL & CATHERINE MASRAFF

Thursday, March 31 5:30 -$25 8:30perpmperson | 30 guests Bring YourNew OldOnes!

Clothes & Get

Here is a fun way to refresh your wardrobe and support the circular economy. Select clothes you love and you are not wearing anymore, bring them to the party, select clothes guests brought you like, and swap.

Leave with new clothes, good memories, and new friends!

Drinks and appetizers to mingle. location: Cheviot Hills

21+ ONLY

ANTE UP FOR NEW ROADS HOST: ANTONIO AND AMAL ESFANDIARI

Try your luck against three-time World Series of Poker champion, Antonio Esfandiari.

Play your cards right for a chance to win some great prizes while making friends and raising funds for the school!

Saturday, April 16 | 5:00 pm Max 45 players Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres included $250 for players / $100 for nonplaying guests Location: Venice [outdoor event]

21+ ONLY

SLICE, DICE, SPICE

HOST: CLARE & ROBERTO ARGUEDAS Friday, April 22 | 6 pm 24 guests | $100 per person Private 3-hour dumpling making class at The Gourmandise School for Elementary School parents.

Wine Included!

Location: The Gourmandise School

21+ ONLY

HOST: JULIETTE BOUQUEREL

Friday, April 22 | 6:30 - 9:30 pm Location: Beverly Hills $30 per person | 25 guests

Join us for the first of many documentary nights for the screening of the Beginning of Life 2. Followed by a Q&A and a conversation with Ana Lúcia Villela, co-producer and a 7th grade New Roads parent. We'll talk about the movie and how we can help foster nature education and exposure within our communities. Genuine connections between children and nature can revolutionize our future.

But is this discovery still possible in the world’s major urban centers?

Scientific evidence indicates that a lack of contact with nature can contribute to physical and mental problems. In the new chapter of “The Beginning of Life,” leading experts on the subject show how this connection can be part of the cure for the biggest challenges facing humanity today and the construction of a happier life with a greater level of well-being.

THE BEGINNING OF

LIFE2 OUTSIDE

21+ ONLY

POETRY & PERSIAN DINNER HOST: NEDA FARAHVASH

Saturday, April 23 | 5:30 pm 30 guests $50 per person Join host, Neda Faravash for an evening of poetry, wine, and an amazing Persian dinner. Bring your favorite poem or an original piece you've written to share!

Location: Mar Vista [outdoor event]

poetry & persian dinner

UPPER SCHOOL

MOVIE NIGHT HOST: THE ASHER & GREENBERG FAMILIES

Saturday, April 23 | 25 guests Cinemark 18 $20 per person *Vaccination cards and ID must be presented upon entry (per theater rules) and masks worn at all times Movie to be decided closer to the date Location: 6081 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045 [indoor event]

Hurry up, don't be late for a very important date!

ES PARENTS & KIDS MAD HATTER TEA PARTY

HOST: JEN AND NINA (3RD) RHONHEIMER

Mad Hatter Tea Party

Join your hosts, the Rhonheimer Family at their home for an Alice in Wonderland-themed backyard party with games, arts and crafts, and lots to eat and drink!

Sunday, April 24,2022 | 2-4 pm 25 guests FUN HATS ENCOURAGED Location: Beverly Hills/Benedict Canyon [outdoor event]

21+ ONLY

BEYOND CATAN: EXPLORE THE WORLD OF EURO BOARD GAMES

HOST: EMMY LAYBOURNE AND GREG PODUNOVICH

Friday, April 29 | 7:00 pm 10 guests $20 per person Beer, wine, and appetizers will be served. A relaxed evening of tabletop game fun - no experience required!

Location: Mar Vista [indoor, proof of vaccination requested]

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

FAMILY OCEAN SWIM

HOST: THE SPONG & DAHL FAMILIES

Saturday, April 30 9 to 11 am 15 guests $50 per family Includes post-swim hot chocolate for all guests Location: Santa Monica Lifeguard tower 26

family ocean swim

12+ YEARS OLD

A TASTE OF ETHIOPIA

HOST: HEATHER COX & CHRIS KOCH, SHARON RICHARDSON & CHRISTOPHER LACHOWYN

Saturday, April 30 | 7-9 pm $75 per person 20 guests - Middle School Parents Ethiopian culture and traditions are built around its distinctive food. Its tradition of communal eating, sitting with friends and family, is at the heart of the soul of this beautiful country.

From its foundation, injera, to its national dish Doro Wat, the tastes are out of this world. Come join us for dinner and enjoy a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony to close out this beautiful evening. We hope you will join us and experience “A Taste Of Ethiopia”. Mar Vista area.

12+ YEARS OLD

WISHBEADS

HOST: ALEXA FISCHER & ANNIE SPONG Saturday, May 7 | 10 am to 12 noon 30 guests | $75 per person

Join us for a sweet Manifestation Morning!

Join Alexa Fischer, creator of Wishbeads, and Annie Spong, creator of Beach Street Bakers for a special morning of wish-making and cheer! You’ll be guided through a visualization where you’ll imagine a moment where you're living your wish. Next, pick your favorite Wishbeads bracelet, you write your wish on a tiny slip of paper, roll it up, and tuck it inside a secret compartment.

When you wear your wish—every day— you’ll be reminded to stay focused and move towards what you want! Come wish with us!

Location: Santa Monica

THE ART OF COLLAGE

HOST: CAROLE SILVERSTEIN & CATHERINE MASRAFF Sunday, May 15 | 4 - 7 pm $50.00 per person | 20 guests

Drinks and bites provided to spark your creativity.

Have fun & enjoy your creative side in a non-judgmental & social space. Bring some magazines and we will provide the rest. Artist, Art Educator & New Roads Mother Carole Silverstein will lead you in a Collage Workshop to create your own personal artwork.

To cut, to tear, disassemble, break down existing forms- and then to re-structure, re-imagine, re-order in new unexpected ways. To take what is given, at hand, and make something new out of it. This workshop is just right for these times!

Contemporary & Art historical images will be shown for depth of meaning & inspiration. No experience necessary, just a willingness to play. And to connect with the lovely New Roads Community!

Location: Cheviot Hills area

Pablo Picasso, "Guitar, Sheet Music & Glass", Collage & Charcoal, 1912

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

BY: D E T S HO R& U A K T JI PARAM Y FLOOD JEFFRE

INDIAN JAZZ

Indi an Jazz

HOST: PARAMJIT KAUR & JEFFREY FLOOD

Get ready for a fabulous evening of traditional Punjabi cuisine and Indian jazz!

Sunday, May 15 | 6:30 pm 30 guests $50.00 per person Location: Santa Monica [outdoor event]

CALLING ALL MOMS

WOMEN'S HEALING

HOST: PATRICIA LATHAN & JEAN WONG Sunday, May 22 | 11-2 pm 8 guests $50.00 per person

A Women's Circle of Guided Breathwork and Movement- Breathing and Body Movement therapy techniques are used to promote healing, spiritual health, as a conduit to self-awareness. Henna tattoos and Brunch to follow.

Location: Santa Monica

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