It's World Book Day - Roosevelt Island Is A Great Place To Read Outside

From the Roosevelt Island Twitterverse:

#WorldBookDay Joy of reading a good book again is priceless. At #RooseveltIsland pic.twitter.com/lhPMeN9oii
— Maxy Sosa (@MaxySosa_) April 23, 2014

Roosevelt Island's Meditation Steps is a great place to read a book. Do you have a favorite spot? I like the outdoor patio at Starbucks but there are many others.

Roosevelt Island Gallery RIVAA Book Reading Of The Luminist From Author David Rocklin On Sunday March 24

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An invitation from Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA.

Dear Friends,

Please come next Sunday, March 24th, to hear David Rocklin read from his novel, The Luminist, at Gallery RIVAA.

Gallery RIVAA
527 Main Street
Roosevelt Island, NY 10044

Start: 4pm
Books on sale

http://www.davidrocklin.com/

Thanks so much and hope to see you there.

Here's an interview with Mr. Rocklin discussing The Luminist.

This Weekend At Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA - Deborah Feldman Reading From Her Best Selling Memoir Unorthodox On Saturday and Jazz Salon On Sunday

Here's what's coming up this weekend at Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA. From Gallery RIVAA:

Deborah Feldman, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Unorthodox, will be reading at Gallery RIVAA.

Reading and book signing, Saturday, March 31st, 5pm.

Image From Gallery RIVAA

More on Unorthodox from this CNN interview with Deborah Feldman.



The interview continues here.

There's even more from Gallery RIVAA this weekend:

RIVAA Jazz Salon

Come and dance to some classic Jazz tunes!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

4-7pm

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A couple of interesting programs at Gallery RIVAA this weekend. Come listen to Ms. Feldman's book reading, dance a little jazz, enjoy the art, time with your friends and meet some of your neighbors you don't currently know.

One Steppe At A Time - A Roosevelt Island Resident Shares Her Peace Corps Experience In Kazakhstan Sunday Afternoon At Gallery RIVAA - New Exhibit of Buddhist Mandalas Opening Today At Octagon Gallery Too

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From Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA:

One "Steppe" at a Time
An Islander's Peace Corps Experience in Kazakhstan
Sunday, March 25, 2012
4pm

R.I. resident Rebecca Dougherty shares her experiences serving in Kazakhstan.

Sounds like an interesting event. Come listen to Ms. Dougherty's Peace Corps adventures , enjoy the art, time with your friends and meet some of your neighbors you don't currently know.

Last week Gallery RIVAA celebrated its 11th Anniversary. Roosevelt Island resident David Stone attended and shares this brief tour of the festivities.

You Tube Video of Gallery RIVAA Vernissage 11 Crowd Scene from David Stone

There's also a new exhibit at the Octagon Gallery (888 Main Street) - a collection of Buddhist Mandalas from Nepal opening today.

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Roosevelt Island Resident and Rethink Group Founder Denise Shull Reading From Her New Book Market Mind Games At Gallery RIVAA - Very Interesting Discussion On Understanding Emotion For Investing and Any Other Decision Making Process

 Image of Denise Shull's New Book Market Games In Barnes & Nobles 5th Avenue Store Window

Reported earlier this month on Roosevelt Island resident and founder of The ReThink Group Denise Shull's new book Market Mind Games: A Radical New Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk. Ms. Shull gave a reading from her book and answered question from a well attended gathering  of Roosevelt Islanders at Gallery RIVAA on Sunday February 12.

Here's what happened. It began with a welcome from Gallery RIVAA representative and then Ms. Shull talked about her new book, followed by a Question and Answer period.



There were problems with my video camera at this point causing several minutes of Ms. Shull's presentation to be missing but then continues here.



It was a very interesting and thought provoking discussion. Would like to see more such events here on Roosevelt Island.

You can buy Ms. Shull's Market Mind Games at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Roosevelt Island Resident and Rethink Group Founder Denise Shull Reading From Her New Book Market Mind Games - A Radical New Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk On Sunday At Gallery RIVAA 4 PM

Are you a Wall Street Master of the Universe, independent day trader or just interested in making better decisions to manage your own money. If that's the case, you may be interested in a new book written by Roosevelt Island resident and founder of The ReThink Group Denise Shull -  Market Mind Games: A Radical New Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk.

 Image of Denise Shull's New Book Market Games In Barnes & Nobles 5th Avenue Store Window

According to the Chicago Sun-Times:

...  Denise Shull, author of Market Mind Games (McGraw Hill, 2012), is an internationally recognized pioneer in the new psychology of risk and uncertainty. She’s the founder of ReThink Group Inc., a New York-based consulting firm that helps increase performance by using the science called neuro-economics, an interesting approach to behavioral economics. Basically, what Shull advises is not that you try to beat down all your emotions so they don’t impact your investment performance. She says that’s not only impossible — but counter-productive. Every decision includes an emotion. So instead, Shull advises that you recognize the impact of those emotions — the meaning they are imparting to your thinking. After all, it isn’t the emotion that needs to be controlled, it is the action you take that need to be directed...

and:

... Market Mind Games reads more like a mystery romance novel than a psychological dissertation. It is must-reading for anyone who intends to do more than just invest a regular amount monthly into a diversified 40l(k) portfolio. That’s not to say that a regular dollar investment is a bad idea. In fact, for most people, who have neither the time nor the self-discipline to read this book, a long-term monthly investment plan is truly a better solution.

Then again, you might want to read this book just for the knowledge of how your emotions rule your brain — and to learn how to recognize the urge to dump your plan, and your stocks, in a moment of panic...

Ms. Shull will be doing a Books & Bites reading from Market Mind Games at Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA starting 4 PM Sunday February 12. According to Ms. Shull, there will be:

crudité, two unusual dips, chocolate coconut almonds, chardonnay and pinot grigio. A small number of books will be for sale.

More on Ms. Shull's ReThink Group:

... We specialize in assisting Wall St. and athletes – teaching highly paid performers a new way to handle the key emotional dimensions of their work. For example, find a quote about the key use of context in The New York Times Sunday Business section from our Founder Denise Shull on the August Market volatility. Adapting findings from the neurosciences of the unconscious, emotion and perception, we deliver a new way to work with Emotional Intelligence, Behavioral Finance and sports psychology....

You can buy Ms. Shull's Market Games at Amazon or Barnes & Nobles and here's an interview with Ms. Shull about her book.

You Tube Interview of Denise Shull

Denise Shull's another interesting Roosevelt Island resident. I watched an excellent Wall Street movie about the collapse of an investment bank's mortgage backed securities holdings last night - Margin Call (trailer) with Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons. I highly recommend it for people who like this kind of stuff. Here's a review.

Author & Roosevelt Island Resident Mary Camper-Titsingh Reads From Her Historical Novel, The Man Who Kow-Towed, At Gallery RIVAA Saturday October 2

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Mary Camper-Titsingh is an 86-year old retired librarian and resident of Roosevelt Island. She is the author of The Man Who Kow-Towed, a historical novel about her ancestor, Isaac Titsingh, who opened the doors for the Dutch East Indies Company to trade with Japan, India, Indonesia and China in the late 18th century.

Ms. Camper-Titsingh will read excerpts from The Man Who Kow-Towed on Saturday, October 2 at 6:00 pm at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street on Roosevelt Island. All are welcome to attend this free event and books will be available for purchase for $15.00.

An excerpt from The Man Who Kow-Towed is below.

Come learn about the beginnings of globalization from a Roosevelt Island author.

Roosevelt Island Family Reads 2000 Books A Year - Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration Begins Today At The Library

Image From NY Daily News

Nice article in today New York Daily News about a home schooled Roosevelt Island Family that reads alot of books at our local Roosevelt Island Library. From the Daily News:

Parents trying to raise young readers should take a page out of this family's book.

The Doyle kids from Roosevelt Island devour some 2,000 books a year, making them one of the New York Public Library's most bookish broods.

"I just find reading fun," said Erin Doyle, 12. "And I like all types of books...

Today, the Roosevelt Island Library is having it's Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration:

Come to the Roosevelt Island Branch library to register for Summer Reading 2010 - and join us for a day of celebration!

Throughout the day, come in to register for the Summer Reading Club - sign up online, create your Summer Reading Avatar, and start earning your badges!

There will be door prizes and raffles throughout the day, as well as prizes for signing up.

Scheduled Events:

10:30 a.m. - Wii Gaming

1:00 p.m. - Wiffle Ball

2:00 p.m. - Cake and Juice

3:00 p.m. - New York City Story Time for ages 5 to 12

3:30 p.m. - NYC Book Bingo!

The NY Daily News also reports that top readers in the NY Public Library's Summer Program will be honored on the field at Yankee Stadium later this year.

As to the future of the Roosevelt Island Library, Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Island Services Committee Chair Aaron Hamburger previously reported:

RI Public Library improvements
ISC met with representative of RICLA (Janet Falk & Lorraine Lasker) to discuss what and how to improve the services of our RI branch New York Public Library (NYPL). We developed a priority list of needs. The highest priority need is to relocate the Library to a substantially larger and more suitable space. Other high priority needs are to provide a bathroom, make the Library more accessible to the disabled (including automatic opening doors), more outlets for computers and other electronic equipment, and a meeting room for public gatherings, lectures, book group events, and showing of films. We will continue to expand the “needs” list.

We are encouraged by a report from RIOC (at the Real Estate Committee meeting) that NYPL is very interested in 504 Main as a future site for the Library. Personnel from the NYPL Capital Fund group inspected 504 Main last week. Also, relocating the Library to Southtown Bldg. #7 may be back in play if Bldg. #7 construction begins by early 2011.