Supporting Cast Members

Integrated Wealth Management is our main sponsor and is what allows us to produce new episodes, and events like our first community enrichment event on September 29th. For events like that one though, we've looked to a couple other local businesses to help us promote. They are our Supporting Cast Members and are chosen because we feel like we can form an equally benefiting partnership. The business helps us reach out to their client base, and Willow Glen In Motion provides an event that could be of value to their customers.

The two Supporting Cast Members for The Art and Technology of Storytelling are Treehouse in the Glen and Babybuzz Cafe.

Published at: Sept. 1, 2010

Uh Oh... The Retail Poll's Not Working

It looks like our current poll for retail stores has stopped counting votes. We're not sure exactly when it stopped working, but it's been at least a couple of days, and our web designer is currently working on the issue. If you've recently voted, please try again next week. We'll announce via facebook and twitter when exactly the poll is working again so make sure you like our page and follow us. We're sorry for the inconvenience and hope your vote still gets counted.

P.S. Once it does start working again, we'll extend the voting period.

Published at: Sept. 1, 2010

Part Of The Willow Glen Founder's Day Celebrations

"On September 8, 1927, Willow Glen voted to incorporate as its own town in order to block the Southern Pacific Railroad from going through their neighborhood. Throughout the years, Willow Glen has continued to maintain that unique quality of our own little town."

The celebrations in Willow Glen during the month of September are meant illustrate that the strong sense of community is the same as it was over eighty years ago. Our community enrichment event on September 29th will now be part of the celebrations. The events on the 5th and 12th, and ours will bring the community together and show that it is "Personal, Friendly, and Different."

To see the WGBA event description click here.

To see our community enrichment event description click here.

Published at: Aug. 23, 2010

TV Show Scheduling for the Next Few Months

We stated earlier that for our next two shows we would be featuring San Jose State University. Since the 2010 Fall semester starts on August 25th and the people we would be filming are busy preparing for it, we have decided to film in September. So for our next two episodes we will be filming the Lincoln Avenue favorite restaurants (Top Nosh, The Grapevine, and Aqui) and three non-profit organizations. We're scheduled to film on the 30th; the episodes will air in September. The SJSU episodes will air in October.

Remember we have a new time! Willow Glen In Motion now airs on Fridays at 6:00pm on Comcast channel 15. Want to see what non-profit orgs we'll be filming? Follow us on twitter.

Published at: Aug. 16, 2010

The Favorite Food and Beverage Establishments!

After a month of voting and over 1000 votes received we have found the favorite eating and drinking establishments on Lincoln Avenue. The favorites are Top Nosh, The Grapevine, and Aqui. We will film them in an episode later this month and it will air in September.

We will be starting a new poll this week in order to find the favorite retail stores on Lincoln. Just like the restaurants, the top three will be featured in a future episode. While your waiting for that poll, vote in our interim poll and help us plan future community enrichment events.

Published at: Aug. 9, 2010

About Deborah T. Simon: Speaker at Our First Event

Deborah is an education administration professional who is also a lecturer, writer, public speaker child advocate and minister who talks stories. Drawing from her rich family history inspired by Momma Tee, and using stories from around the world, she weaves vivid, colorful, powerful pictures that tell of a time past, a time present, and a time yet to come. She talks stories to teach lessons, she talks stories to entertain and delight, she talks stories that challenge our beliefs, and she talks stories that touch our heart.

Deborah received her B.A. in Fine Arts and Masters in Education from San Francisco State University and received a Masters in Divinity from the four year Meru Seminary in San Jose California. Deborah was ordained an interfaith Minister in 2005.

The heart of her ministry is building bridges to foster communication and respect amongst the world's religions. A powerful speaker, she touches the heart and engages the listener in the story. Deborah uses the story to illuminate, inspire; and to provoke thought, contemplation, and reflection.

Listening to Deborah talking stories is magical. A great storyteller she tailors the story or writes a customized story to meet the needs of diverse audiences including business leaders, parents, educational professional developers, and workshop leaders in the educational arena; and audiences of all ages.

Deborah has presented as keynote speaker at conferences and conventions, her stories have set the tenor of business and professional development seminars. She has worked with the Art Council Silicon Valley as a teaching artist placed in preschool classrooms and an early education professional and educator. As a lecturer, she includes stories to set the foundation for discussion, stories that provide a window into a subject area, and stories that can be used in the classroom to connect two or more subject areas; Deborah also teaches "storytelling" for educators at San Jose Community College in San Jose.

All the stories written and all stories shared by Reverend Simon are her offerings to the world for reconciliation and peace. Deborah Simon gives you stories for your heart, your souls, and your Spirit.

Deborah just published Whispered Blessings: Stories to Inform, Illuminate, and Inspire; a book of short stories all told by Momma Tee. More about the book can be found at the publisher's website.

Published at: Aug. 6, 2010

The Next Episode to Be Filmed: San Jose State University

For our next two episodes we will be featuring the great university in Willow Glen's backyard: San Jose State. You may think it's just another school in the CSU system, but did you know that some the programs offered are nationally ranked? Or that it is the only California State University to have a meteorology program? How about that the library is the biggest library in the United States shared between a college and a city; or that inside, it has the largest Beethoven collection outside of Europe? We'll start filming near the end of August and look for the two episode series in September to learn more facts and information about this wonderful close-to-home school. In the meantime, next Wednesday will be the start of a two episode series dedicated to Scouting. Starting on Friday August 20th Willow Glen In Motion will be aired on Fridays at 6:00pm.

Published at: Aug. 3, 2010

First Community Enrichment Event 9/29

The date and theme for our first Community Enrichment is set! It will be on Wednesday September 29th; the theme will be kids and family. We are currently looking for a speaker, and have a few people in mind from outside of the area, but if you live in Willow Glen and do work within the theme, and would like to be a part of this we would love to incorporate you. Boosting community involvement is something we always encourage; please email spencer.wgnm@gmail.com. These events are meant to educate the community and bring people together; if you think your interested in this theme then email the address above and we will let you know more information as soon as we have it. If your not interested in this subject then tell us what does interest you by taking our survey or by going to our contact page. If you have any other questions feel free to contact us.

Published at: July 29, 2010

WGIM moves to Primetime in August!!

Don't try and stay up to watch the newest Willow Glen In Motion episode anymore! Starting August 15, 2010, new episodes will be airing Fridays at 6:00pm on Comcast channel 15 through CreaTV. Of course you can still catch our show anytime of the day here, on our website.

What's coming up next? Ask us on facebook or twitter, but here's a hint: You might see them on your doorstep every year with cookies and popcorn.

Help us with an episode in the Fall tell us your favorite food and beverage establishment on Lincoln Ave. You can do so by voting in our Poll.

Published at: July 8, 2010

What's Your Favorite?

As part of our second season of the TV show, we want to do an episode on the food and drink establishments in Willow Glen. Since there are too many wonderful places to cram into a 30 minute episode we have left the decision to you, the Willow Glen residents. After the poll is finished on August 6th, we'll film an episode featuring the three top businesses. Maybe it's the food you come for, maybe it's the people that serve you, or maybe... it's... just... the BEST! Whatever it is let us know. Go to our homepage or Community page to vote. Each household only gets one vote so choose wisely and make sure you tell your friends. Now what are you waiting for? Go vote!

Published at: July 7, 2010

A Bigger Perspective

Willow Glen In Motion is more than happy to be back for this second season. As you can see from the episodes, our format has changed slightly. This new format is not the only change though. Since we have had such a success with the TV show, now we’ll be taking on a bigger perspective towards our community involvement. Our goal is to bring people together. This will be done by announcing all Willow Glen activity and events on our website, twitter, and facebook. We want to make sure everyone is informed about everything. We will also be hosting community enrichment events; these will be social gatherings with a keynote speaker on a topic of interest to the community. All of these events will be open to the public and the first will be held in September. For more information you can email (spencer.wgnm@gmail.com), call 408.288.7886; or follow us on twitter and facebook. If you would like to tell us your interests so we can schedule speakers to fulfill them CLICK HERE.

Published at: June 29, 2010

Dancing on the Avenue!

Well it was another fantastic year of Dancing on the Avenue. What a great event we have here in Willow Glen. The music was good, the food was delicious, an of course, the people were great. Here are a couple of pictures we snagged during the festival. If you would like to share your pictures with us you can do so on our Facebook group page

Our spin-art booth where kids came to make messy, cool paint designs.

Taken from the balcony outside the office of our sponsor, Integrated Wealth Management A view from the avenue

Published at: June 29, 2010

Filming on June 21st

We just filmed two more episodes this week. The subjects of them are alternative medicine and producing local TV. There were a few things different for this shoot. One was the scenery; we moved from the Grapevine Wine bar to the other side of the avenue (and what seemed like back in time) to Park Place Vintage. Stan Harris, our wonderful director, also crossed the wires, stepped under the lights, and wound up on the other side of the camera. Now the episodes are running through the cutting room and they'll air in a couple of weeks so stay tuned to Channel 15 and also our Website. What's next you ask? Ask us on twitter or facebook and we'll let you know.

Published at: June 23, 2010

Twitter and Facebook

As mentioned in the last blog, Willow Glen in Motion is expanding its services to the community. Now instead of just producing new episodes we'll be investing our time in unifying the whole community. We plan on doing this by informing the public of all communal activity. In the "Affiliations" blog we stated we are having some technical difficulties with adding new pages. Once we solve these problems (which will be soon!) we will be adding a "Community" page too. This is where we'll post all events happening in Willow Glen (along with anything else benefiting the community). On twitter we will post more frequent updates of these events and competitions we will be hosting. So it is important that you follow us on twitter as well as checking in on our website. On twitter will also post discussion topics for people to share their thoughts on. We believe that part of bringing people together is allowing them to discuss their opinions and ideas; these discussions can go even further on our facebook page. On facebook we will also keep an updated account of all upcoming events in the area, but there will be a discussion board too. Here people can start their own discussion thread or contribute to an existing one. While we do not have our own opinion towards any topic we still believe it is important to create a space for community members to talk about subjects of interest or concern with their neighbors. The facebook page is meant for you, the community member, so in addition to the discussion board feel free to post pictures, stories, or anything else you want to share on our wall. As you can see, this website is only part of Willow Glen in Motion. To get the full experience you need to "follow" us on twitter and "like" us on facebook; and together we can continue to keep 'Willow Glen in Motion.'

To go to our twitter page click HERE

To go to our facebook page click HERE

Published at: June 16, 2010

Affiliations Page

We are having some technical difficulties with our affiliation page. The page should be up and running soon, but until then we will be posting our affiliates through this blog. Click on the name of each and you will be redirected to their website. The Locations We've Filmed This Summer

The Grapevine: Wine, Cheese, and Tasting Bar 1389 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 (408) 293-7574 Click here to go to their website.

Park Place Vintage 1318 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, CA 95125-3010 (408) 294-9893 Click here to go to their website

Fraternal and Community Service organizations:

The Elk To view the Elks national website click here Website.

The Eagles To view the Eagles national website click here

The American Legion To view the American Legion national website click here

The Lions To view the Lions Club national website click here

Kiwanis Club To view the Kiwanis Club national website click here.

Churches and Congregations from the Religions and New-Thought Religions in Willow Glen Episode:

The Stone Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Congregation Sinai

Church of Latter Day Saints

Center for Spiritual Living

Second Church of Christ Scientist

Published at: May 21, 2010

Celebrating the Holiday Spirit

In one of my previous blogs I announced Richard Bliss had won our show idea contest. When he was contacted to make arrangements to award him his prize he asked that the prize money, $200, be given to InnVision, Silicon Valley´s leading provider of housing and services for homeless families and individuals headquartered here in Willow Glen.

If you are interested in joining Richard in supporting this organization, please contact InnVision or visit their website at www.InnVision.org

InnVision the Way Home, 974 Willow Street, San Jose, CA 95125 Phone: 408-292-4286

Published at: Dec. 1, 2009

A glimpse into next year

Willow Glen in Motion has concluded it's first year of programming with a Holiday Special that breaks the standard Willow Glen in Motion mold of show development.

As we look at programming for 2010 we continue to look for ways to make our programming more interesting and informative. In our first few shows we will be exploring new programming structure and editing in an attempt to reach as many people as possible with the richness, beauty and opportunity that makes Willow Glen such a great place to live, work, shop and play.

Published at: Dec. 1, 2009

WGIM Finds a New Host

Welcome to Emma Hopp, a Senior at Willow Glen High School,who answered the 'Casting Call' and assisted with the production of 'Teens in Willow Glen'. Emma did a great job as the host of Willow Glen in Motion. She has now been tapped to replace Kevin C. Swanson as the regular host. . . NOT! Hopefully though we will see Emma again in a future episode of Willow Glen in Motion.

Published at: Oct. 15, 2009

SHOW CONTRIBUTION CONTEST WINNER

Congratulations to Richard Bliss who submited the best show idea. Richard suggested that Willow Glen was a dog friendly community and we should look at the dog's experience from the dog's perspective. His suggestion lead to the creation of the "Pets in Willow Glen" show. Take a look!! Thanks Richard!

Published at: Oct. 15, 2009

CASTING CALL

The Willow Glen in Motion Team is looking for someone special to host a show. This special person should be a Junior or Senior in High School and be able to set aside one school day in early October from 10am to 4pm. The title of this show is "Teens in Willow Glen". They will be interviewing historians, teachers, parents and the Director of a local youth chorus. They will be working under the Direction of local film producer Stan Harris and working with the experienced film crew from Willow Glen in Motion. Their show will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 15 as well as available for viewing on the web. Call Willow Glen in Motion at 288-9808 to set up an audition.

Published at: Sept. 11, 2009

Show #10 Scheduled to Shoot

In November 2008, I was introduced to the potential of public service television at CreaTV by a fellow San Jose State Football fan. Our first show was finished in April and we have now scheduled our 10th show for shooting. We have had over 1,175 people watching our show on the Web and countless others watching on Comcast Channel 15 on Wednesday nights at 9:30pm. The Willow Glen Resident will be publishing a story on us tomorrow and hopefully our viewership will increase rapidly. It has been an amazing ten months! I look forward to see what the future brings for this show. Join us in our creation and growth. Send us your show ideas. We really do read them:-)

Published at: Sept. 10, 2009

JOIN THE CROWD!!

Willow Glen in Motion is now being watched by over 525 individual households in the Willow Glen area on this website alone. Our shows are also being viewed on CreaTV cable channel 15, Wednesday nights at 9:30pm and on Youtube. Join the crowd and tell a friend.

Published at: Aug. 5, 2009

Did You Know . . .

Our Director, Stan Harris, has been a part of Willow Glen for many years. We were recently talking about how much both of us have learned about Willow Glen through the making of Willow Glen in Motion. Every show has something neither of us knew prior. That is what we are attempting to do for you.

Do you know something about Willow Glen that you think should be shared? Go to the Show Ideas tab on this site and share it with us.

Published at: July 18, 2009

Build It and They Will Come

My vision was to create a show about Willow Glen for Willow Glen. As we are wraping up our fifth episode and beginning our sixth, the number of people from Willow Glen watching our show has been limited due to our ability to reach out to the community and make them aware of our existance. This last week our show has doubled its viewers in three days due in large part to postings on the eList and blogs on the web. A lot of time and resources from a number of individuals go into making this show a reality. We want to provide a show that is of interest and value to the Willow Glen community. Let us know what you think of the show and let others know about it. Thank you to our current viewers and a special thanks to those who have made public comments that raise the awareness of our show.

Published at: July 18, 2009

Website Launch

It has been easier to assemble a team, dream up shows, shoot and edit the shows and get them on the television and web than it has been in building a functional website. It is always about the team and I'm glad Lee Brooks introduced Willow Glen in Motion (WGIM) to Mohammad Mohtasham our new web designer. He was able to rebuild our site from the ground up and make it easy to edit and update. Looking for a good web designer? Send me an email and I'll introduce you.

Published at: June 15, 2009

The Vision

Being a Bay Area native, I thought I knew a lot about my home. When I was in High School we had an exchange student stay at our home for a year. As we went with him to see the "Points of Interest" I learned that I didn't know as much as I thought.

As the owner of Integrated Wealth Management in Willow Glen and an active member of the Willow Glen Business Association for a number of years, I realized that the there was a richness to the culture, the history and the people that made Willow Glen special. I wanted to explore that richness and share it with the community of Willow Glen. I want to share the "Points of Interest" that make up the Willow Glen's culture from the past and into the future.

I brought my ideas to Stan Harris, the owner of etc. . .group in Willow Glen, and with the assistance of the Willow Glen Business Association, Willow Glen Neighborhood Association, CreaTV San Jose, and a staff of volunteers and students from San Jose State University, the vision became reality . . . Willow Glen in Motion.

Published at: June 8, 2009