From the Island of Art”, an exhibition by longtime RIVAA artist and Island
resident, Georgette Sinclair will open on April 1, 2023 at the Octagon, 888
Main Street.
Her pastels will be on view there until June 30, 2023. Join us at
the opening reception on Sunday, April 2, 2023 from 5-8 PM. You will experience
familiar Island sights from Georgette’s unique perspective and see them in a
new light.
Ms Sinclair adds:
All the pieces are inspired from Roosevelt Island and that explains the title of the show. The idea is to raise awareness and appreciation of our unique and beautiful surroundings.
Here are some scenes from Ms Sinclair's 2021 exhibition at RIVAA Gallery.
Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.
RIVAA Gallery is proud to present -Infinite Imagination- an exhibition in partnership with the students of PS/IS 127 on the island.
Join us as we celebrate and encourage a rising generation of artists that remind us of the creative within ourselves, and the spirit of youth that remains throughout our whole life so long as we choose it!
The opening reception will be on Saturday April 1, 2023 at the RIVAA Gallery, 527Main Street.
The exhibition will be on view there until April 23, 2023. Were excited to see you there! Opening reception on Saturday, April 1st, from 2-4PM. The exhibition will run from March 31st - April 23rd 2023.
The Roosevelt Island Farmers Market returns to it's Spring/Summer Fall Home at
Good Shepherd Plaza this Saturday April 1
from it's Motorgate Plaza Winter home.
The Roosevelt Island Saturday Farmers Market is a beloved member of our
community - a place to purchase locally grown, healthy and deliciously tasting
fresh fruits, vegetables and much more. It's also a gathering spot to meet with our neighbors and learn about the latest neighborhood news and gossip.
The Roosevelt Island Saturday Farmers Market at Good Shepherd Plaza is open early morning to mid afternoon on Saturdays in good weather and bad.
Support your Local Farmers, Eat Healthy!
See you Saturday at Good Shepherd Plaza for the Roosevelt Island Farmers Market
Starting Saturday, April 1st, the Haki Compost Collective will be located at Good Shepherd Plaza next to the picnic tables.
Please stop by to learn more or write to hakicompost@gmail.com to join our next volunteer orientation on April 8th from 11am to Noon or to express interest in an upcoming orientation. You can also follow us on Instagram @hakicompost
Earth Month tips to try on Roosevelt Island:
Did you know that batteries are hazardous waste that cannot go into the trash or be recycled? Thankfully, Islanders can drop all dead batteries at the Public Safety Office on Main Street for proper disposal.
Unused medicines can be dropped at Walgreens/Duane Reade in the drop box near the pharmacy.
Now that Skip The Stuff legislation has passed, restaurants no longer need to spend money on plastic forks and cutlery, which will now only go out when requested, so remember to skip the stuff when ordering take out food.
Unfortunately, thin film plastic like bread bags and plastic bags are not recyclable in your building’s plastic recycling bins. Sometimes we might wish-cycle items we think should be recycled (place them in the wrong receptacle and “wish for the best”). For plastic, follow signage examples and know that rigid plastic is key to what can be recycled in your building.
Bring your own - if you have a picnic, bring your own reusable cup, cutlery, and napkins. The carry, in-carry out method reduces single use plastic waste which ends up in landfills.
Start collecting electronics for an upcoming Electronic Waste Collection, currently scheduled for April 14th 11 am to 3 pm and 15th from 10 am to 3 pm, sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger.
Leave the leaves - leaves wrap around the butterfly chrysalis until temperatures are consistently 50 degrees for five days or more. Encourage your building management to adopt sustainable gardening practices in your green spaces.
Save the Date: Earth Love Day on April 22nd, 11 am - 2 pm
On Roosevelt Island, Earth Love Day will be held at the Meditation Lawn and Blackwell House Plaza, and will include a book swap/drop, clothing drop, used battery drop, and fun activities for all ages. Come meet Haki volunteers, participate in the Tree Tally, and learn more about the many group efforts to restore the land, air, and water.
Hope to see you at the bins at Good Shepherd Plaza soon.
Here's more Greening Of Roosevelt Island info from the Haki Compost Collective volunteers.
In June 2021, a Haki Compost Collective volunteer described Haki's compost activities to a visiting group of
Big Reuse Compost Bike Tour riders.
Stop by the Roosevelt Island Food Scrap Bin on Saturday, drop off your food scraps and learn about volunteer opportunities with the good folks at Haki Compost Collective.
Welcome to Roosevelt Island's local, hometown
Fusion Salon located
at 523 Main Street (212-688-0055).
Our mission has always been to provide exceptional
hair care services for men, women
and children in a safe, modern, relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. We provide
the finest selection of
professional hair care products – We
are a Certified Concept Salon featuring expert Hair Care, Cuts, Styles,
Highlights, Color and Keratin Treatment. Our experienced stylists are
dedicated, well trained professionals who provide our clients with a
phenomenal salon experience that will allow you to always look your best.
At Fusion Salon We have created a warm and friendly family atmosphere where
our aim is to always exceed your expectations and to ensure a safe and
superb experience time and time again.
Our employees regularly take a test for COVID-19. Our employees will wash
hands or sanitize after each client, sanitize station and chairs after each
client.
All our Employees have completed Covid-19 training rules regarding
precautions and safety for everybody.
At Fusion Salon we are always happy to discuss your hair care needs or
styling questions. Ask your stylist which products or treatments are most
appropriate for your type of hair. We appreciate how important your hair is
and how it affects the way you feel.
Join us for a concert of violin & viola duos this Thursday, March 30th, at Good Shepherd Center at 7:30 pm.
The program will consist of the first duo Mozart wrote for such a
pairing, a piece written by Martinu during his brief time in the US, and
a jig by the prolific fiddler Mark O'Connor. Interspersed between these
three duo mainstays will be various inventions Bach Inventions - works
for two voices that belong to no particular instruments, lovingly
adopted by our musicians for this concert.
On violin will be your Roosevelt Island Orchestra concertmaster, Kobi
Malkin, joined by a new friend to RIC, Tanner Menees, on viola. Please
help us give them a warm welcome as they bring their superb musicianship
to Roosevelt Island.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K .423
Bohuslav Martinu: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Mark O’Connor: F. C.’s Jig for Violin and Viola
J.S. Bach: Various Inventions
The series is made possible by the Musicians Emergency Fund, Roosevelt
Island Public Purpose Fund, Hudson/Related’s Riverwalk Crossing, and
our generous audience and supporters.
Your generous contribution keeps the series affordable:
Roosevelt Island Historical Society
(RIHS) President Judy Berdy shares a photo taken yesterday afternoon (Sunday,
March 26) of the long line of people waiting to get on the Roosevelt Island
Tram. The line of waiting Tram passengers stretched from the top of the
Manhattan station down the staircase to Second Avenue and 59th Street waiting to
get on the Tram.
Does
Roosevelt Island Operating Corp
(RIOC) President
Shelton Haynes
have any plan to alleviate the expected large number of tourists with
accompanying long lines for the Tram this spring and summer?
Is RIOC prepared for the annual April invasion of visitors?
Every year we see a large increase in visitors. It is time to prepare for
this event since Easter, Passover and Cherry Blossoms all are within days of
each other.
I just opened my calendar for April:
April 6-14 NYPL Schools Closed
April 5-13 Passover
Easter April 9
Plus Cherry Blossoms starting around April 10-29
Do we have portable toilets ordered?
Do we have extra trash containers?
What plans are being made to make arrangements for residents and visitors?
Yesterday, the line to the Manhattan tram station was until Second Avenue.
When will be be getting OMNI?
We look forward to meeting with you and making sure that arrangements are
finalized. As a business at the Tram Plaza, we see the problems that many
visitors encounter.
Before the jam session began musician Andrew Baird
gave the audience a brief history of the Jazz Guitar.
According to Mr Baird:
What happened is jazz, along with a lot of musicians and people were
moving North during the Great Migration from New Orleans to Chicago. ... a blues musician from New
Orleans named Lonnie Johnson moved up to Chicago and started hearing the
sounds of jazz and the bands started getting bigger and louder.
Another musician who was actually from Pennsylvania named Eddie Lane who was
an Italian-American came over to Chicago and started hearing bands and
playing and they formed a Duo. They were actually the first group to
popularize jazz guitar with two guitars together on a recording and that was
from 1928....
... Charlie Christian, and if you've never heard that name I would say go
check him out and listen to him. He's one of the most important figures in
jazz for a lot of reasons but primarily being he was the first lead guitar
player in a Jazz Ensemble big band setting to be featured as a soloist...
After the jazz guitar history lesson, the duo of Susheel Kurien and Andrew
Baird gave a wonderful performance. Here's a sample.
Susheel Kurien adds:
Following the guitar duo, the program continued with a range of jazz
standards that were representative of different genres of jazz...and with
the addition of the bass player Bruno Razafindrakoto,and Jeff Brown on drums
RIVAA Gallery
has been a focal presence for jazz on Roosevelt Island for over 10 years .
What began as a residents voluntary effort has become a much appreciated and
looked forward to series of events at the Gallery.
Any residents or friends of Roosevelt Island who would like to help with
ensuring that the RIVAA Gallery can continue to share America's original and
classical music with the community will be welcomed.
Most importantly, the gallery seeks sponsors who might wish to host 1 or
more jazz events and keep this tradition alive.
Please contact gallery president Sandra Gavelyte at
s.gavelyte@rivaagallery.org
with your thoughts on how you might help keep bringing jazz to Roosevelt
Island.
Roosevelt Island is a mixed income, racially diverse waterfront community situated in the East River of New York City between Manhattan and Queens and is jurisdictionally part of Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Tramway, which connects Roosevelt Island to the rest of Manhattan, has become the iconic symbol of Roosevelt Island to its residents.
The Purpose of this Blog is to provide accurate and timely information about Roosevelt Island as well as a forum for residents to express opinions and engage in a dialogue to improve our community.
