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October 21, 2006 |
Roosevelt Island is an Island of the Arts today (Saturday, October 21).
Fall for Arts starts at 11:00 and runs to 5:00 in a variety of locations where Islanders will perform, paint, or read the written word.
Some highlights:
• A "Wall of Art" on Meditation Lawn, with a noon performance by Dagmar Spain in which she dances and draws. Those attending the festival will be invited to paint a section of the wall.
• A five-hour continuing showcase of Islanders, Roosevelt Island’s Got Talent, in the Eastwood Amphitheater, starting at 11:30.
• Swing-dance instruction at 3:00 at Sportspark.
• A recital by pianist Roy Eaton, drawing from his albums, The Meditative Chopin and Joyful Joplin, in the rotunda at Octagon Park Apartments.
• Gospel singer Juanita Fleming will sing gospel and blues following Eaton’s performance.
• Visual art will be featured at multiple locations: The auditorium at the south campus of Coler-Goldwater Hospital, Gallery RIVAA, and the Senior Center.
There’s a full listing of events, as supplied by the event sponsor, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, program on page 11.
Cooperating in the mounting of Fall for Arts were RIVAA (Tad Sudol, Esther Cohen, Arline Jacoby), RIRA (Margie Smith with Vicki Feinmel), Coler-Goldwater Recreation (Ron Becker), the PTA (Lydia Tang), and The Child School / Legacy High School (Marla Kleinman).
Program for today’s Fall for Arts Festival (Saturday, October 21)
| 10:00-1:00 | Pastel Class (Georgette Sinclair) Sportspark | |
| 11:00 | Festival opens | |
| Ongoing | Abstractions – works by Edel Stuhmke and Valerie Boborelu | Gallery RIVAA |
| Arts of the Senior Center (painting, crafts, sculpture, digital creations) | Senior Center | |
| Color My World (exhibition of Coler-Goldwater residents’ art) |
Goldwater Auditoriu (south campus) |
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| 11:30-2:30 | Kidstage | Coler (north) Campus Blue Tent |
| 11:00 Steven Zelin, music | ||
| 11:30 Joyce Mincheff, poetry | ||
| 12:00 Antoinette Davis, singer/guitarist) | ||
| 12:30 Hilary Chaplin, clowning | ||
| 1:15 April Armstrong, storyteller | ||
| 1:45 Catskill Puppet Theater | ||
| 11:30-4:30 | Roosevelt Island’s Got Talent | Eastwood Amphitheater |
| 11:00 David Cirenta, guitar |
Rain location: Good Shepherd Community Center |
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| 11:30 Naomi Imbrogno, poet | ||
| 12:00 Alan Siegel, guitar | ||
| 12:30 Skocne Old-Time Klezmer Band |
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| 1:00 David Kraut, guitarist/folksinger/songwriter | ||
| 1:30 Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance, excerpts from musicals | ||
| 2:00 Matthew Katz, guitar/singer | ||
| 2:30 Coler-Goldwater Poets | ||
| 3:00 Martin Samstag, guitar | ||
| 3:30 Blair Strain, rhythm and blues songs | ||
| and More to be announced | ||
| 12:00 | Outlines dance performance by Dagmar Spain | Meditation Lawn |
| 12:00, 2:00, 3:30 | Tours by Roosevelt Island Historical Society | Blackwell House (north-side plaza) |
| 12:15-1:00 | Paint the Music interactive music and art workshop | Meditation Lawn |
| 1:00 | Outlines dance performance by Dagmar Spain | Meditation Lawn |
| 1:15-3:00 | Sumi-e Workshop (Marla Kleinman) | Meditation Lawn |
| 2:00-2:45 | Paint the Music interactive music and art workshop | Meditation Lawn |
| 3:00 | Swing-dance instruction | Sportspark |
| 3:30 | Roy Eaton Piano Recital (Meditative Chopin, Joyful Joplin) | Octagon Rotunda |
| 3:30 | Mad Hot Ballroom Dancers from Roosevelt Island School | Sportspark |
| 4:00 | Swing-Dancing with the Blue Saracens | Sportspark |
| 4:30 | Juanita Fleming vocal recital (gospel, blues, and more) | Octagon Rotunda |
| 4:30 | Dance Visions of Isadora Duncan by Andrienne Ramm | Gallery RIVAA |