A photographic journey to a small village in Senegal. Esther traveled with her son Aaron, who is in the Peace Corp, to his village in southeastern Senegal and to Mbour on the coast. The humility and kindness of the people she met there, left an indelible impression.
Esther Piaskowski Cohen
Reception: May 8, 2010 from 6-8pm
Octagon Gallery
May 1 – June 13, 2010 Hours: 9am-9pm
888 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY 10044
What if we radically changed the way we move garbage through the city? Fast Trash explores this question through the lens of a novel approach to garbage collection that has served Roosevelt Island since 1975. Part infrastructure portrait, part urban history, the exhibition draws on archival materials, original maps, photographs, drawings, diagrams and video interviews to bring an invisible system to the surface, and asks what a community built around progressive policies and technologies can teach us about how we choose our infrastructure.
April 22–May 23, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 22, 6-9pm
Notebook Writer host, poet Mike Marcellino discovers what Voltaire meant by that with his guests – poets Gil Fagiani, Queens, NY, who will read from his new collection about Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, “A Blanquito In El Barrio”(Rain Mountain Press); Jane Ormerod, from New York City, who will read from her new book of poems, “Recreational Vehicles on Fire” (Three Rooms Press); Erica Miriam Fabri, NYC poet & performance artist, author of “Dialect of a Skirt” (Hanging Loose Press) and Babs Martin, Tulsa, OK, songwriter and vocalist with “Babs Martin and the Trip” who will perform songs from her new album, “Awake in the Fog” Mike introduces his new recording, “Alphabet Coffeehouse” and talks with special guest Tad Sudol, president of the non-profit Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association, which operates Gallery RIVAA. Mike, Gil and Jane will perform in a two-part poetry and music series to mark National Poetry Month at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main St., New York at 8pm, Friday, April 9 and 4pm, Saturday, April 24. On the air with Mike are co-host Natalie Bliss, an artist and educator from Auckland, New Zealand, and Adelia Sincliar, assistant producer, a poet and poetry and spoken word curator from New York City. Mike, a correspondent in the Vietnam war, is a national award winning journalist, surfer and poet in a folk band. Show airs 7-9pm CST (8-10pm EST). To listen (or comment) call 646-595-4478 (NYC) or online (register to be on the air) on the show website. Shows are live, archived and Podcast.
FRIDAY NIGHT APRIL 9TH. PART II SUNDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 24TH AT GALLERY RIVAA
