Bulletin Board. October 2024
Local news Items for this fall:
After many years in Piermont, Ned Kelly & Company has moved to Tappan. They are still offering interior design services and floral arrangements. While the new space at 99 Main Street is smaller, they offer an eclectic mix of interesting home furnishings in the shop. Open Thursday through Saturday.
Rockland Coaches has added more bus times to their schedule. Riders can now download a Coach USA app to see bus schedules, buy tickets and learn if the bus is on time or running late. The early morning buses seem to arrive 3-11 minutes late, but many make up time and arrive on time, an improvement from pre-Covid days. We are still advocating that they add later buses for the return trip to Palisades. Consider leaving your car at home and taking the bus to keep ridership healthy. Visit www.coachusa.com for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS. Roost Union Arts Center News. Upcoming musical events include a classical concert by Vassily Primakov on October 13 and November 3. November 17, Oxama Mikhailoff will perform an all-Chopin concert. November 6, rock performer Jessica Star will be appearing with a full band. December 5, jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum will be performing.
An art exhibition at Union Arts Center featuring Palisadian Joan Hooker and Mitch Eiss runs from 9/10/24 to 1/7/25. Joan will be showing still lifes and landscapes in oils, Mitch with a selection of his photographs. Union Arts Center is at 2 Union Street, Sparkill.
Saturday, October 19, 10:00 to 4:00 pm, Lamont-Doherty Open House take place on its Palisades campus on Route 9W. Open House is free and open to the public with a $5 suggested donation.
Climate Disasters Inspired by Great Masters, 26 canvases by Mary Tiegreen, will be on display during Lamont's 75th Anniversary year celebration. This series of images grew out of a combination of things. I have been working on a climate change website for the past seven years, designing the site and creating graphics. So, with climate change always on my mind, I added a healthy curiosity about AI and its text to image capabilities. I gave it a try, asking it to create a climate disaster. For example I asked to see sea level rise as if painted by James McNeill Whistler. And voila, in about 20 seconds there it was! Eighteen months later I'm still dazzled with the outcomes that are possible. The display is in the Monell Building at Lamont from October 19 through the spring. To see the entire series of paintings, visit climatechangesources.org
Palisades Library Farm Day (10:00 am to 2:00 pm) and Fall Harvest Dinner (6:30 pm) at Lomar Farms returns on October 14.
After a long pandemic-related absence, GraceMusic is back with a full season at Grace Church/Nyack at 4:00 pm except New Year's Eve at 7:00 pm. 10/20/24: Angelica Women's Ensemble. 12/15/24: Messiah Sing. 12/31/24: New Year's Eve recital with West Point's organist, Craig Williams. For more details, email mia@ldeo.columbia.edu.
Community Conversations is thriving. Upcoming dates are October 3 and 17, November 7 and 21. Meetings are at 1:00 pm at the Palisades Church. All are invited.