Reports of Orange Handed Tree Climbing Something?

Based on the above evidence there is some truth to the reports of orange handed tree climbing beings roaming Roosevelt Island.

[....At least there were back afew weeks ago during RIOC's Fall for Arts festival.]

Sorry that I have been AWOL for the last few months but I am trying to get back into the swing of things but it is slow.

Fall Arts Festival Oct 4th - Oct 26th

The complete published schedule for the 2008 Roosevelt Island Fall for Arts Festival is listed below. The event is sponsored by the Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association in cooperation with the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation.

The Art Festival kick off on October 4th should make for a very busy October here on Roosevelt Island as the Roosevelt Island KidFest event series is starting that same day and also running through the end of October.

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In the Paper - Main Street Wire - 2007 Oct 20

The headlines of the current issue being delivered this afternoon, and available on-line currently, are as follows:

>RIOC Board Votes to Pursue Possibility of Dual Tram System
>Trouble Finding Parking? On a Small Crusade, Islander Says Too Many Get Illegitamate Free Ride
>Islanders Take to Blogs
>Children’s Book Has Island Setting
>Photos: fall for Arts
>The Encampment Visits Island Past

I am assuming this blog and the Roosevelt Islander are both mentioned in the above listed blog article but as my Adobe file is not working at the moment I will live in suspense until this evening.

Update:

The blog article, was written by Jami Bernard, and features a great profile of the Roosevelt Islander (the public learns his first name) and touches upon this blog and a few other Island related blogs including the RIRA blog, the My Space Roosevelt Island blog, as well as Island Cats and a couple of the building based sites which are each really simple website as opposed to blogs.

I was taken aback by Jami's characterization of my posting a promo poster "on a lamp post" (which is a RIOC no-no) when it was on one of the poster kiosks (the big fat round cement tack boards). Apparently "lamp post" was supposed to be substituted out at a later point but it fell through. It happens ...but I admit I felt like I was labelled a criminal. I got over it.

Fall Arts Festival : Salsa Music

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From about 3:30 om until 4:00 pm a salsa band was contracted to play. By the time we got out they were into an instrumental set. Too bad we had to go off-island for a birthday party, the music sounded great, we needed a pick me up...and salsa woudl have hit the right spot.

Fall for Arts Festival: a Tai Chi Demo

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The Tai Chi demo was relaxing and the change of pace was nice for the kids.

Fall Arts Festival: 360 Deg. View of Rivercross Lawn

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Just a quick 360 degree view of the Rivercross Lawn around past Blackwell House, Riverwalk, the 59th Street Bridge, and the East River.

Fall Arts Festival : "Season of Love" Duet

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Throughout the afternoon, various performers came up to the stage. I did not catch the names of these two individuals. It was nice to see their enthusiasm and to hear their voices singing this now iconic piece from the Broadway show "Rent".

Assembly Member Kellner Announces Roosevelt Island Office Hours at Festival

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New York State Assembly Member Micah Kellner took the opportunity at the 2007 Roosevelt Island Fall for Arts Festival to remind everyone that his office holds weekly office hours each Thursday between 3pm and 7pm at the RIOC located at 591 Main Street.

2007 Fall for Arts Festival - Matt Katz

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As part of the Roosevelt Island Second Annual Fall for Arts Festival there were a number of musical performances staged on the Rivercross Lawn across from Blackwell House. The first performance I got to was that of Matthew Katz who is an accomplished folk / blues guitarist. Matt also happens to be the President of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association. During part of the performance I took a 360 degree look around. Enjoy the video.

10044 - A Cool Code - Fall for Arts Festival

I have always loved the cable show "Cool in Your Code" and seeing the "10044" mural in front of Blackwell House on Saturday was well ... cool. There are very few neighborhoods in the City that are totally distinguishable from those sharing 4 of the 5 digits in their codes but Roosevelt Island is one of them.

As part of this year's Second Annual Fall for Arts Festival there were murals and painting galore. These three murals were among those "professionally" painted but the kids were not to bne left out even if that meant unfortunately painting over someone else's work by the time they got there.

Vendor Mama Robot Gives RI Fall Arts Festival Thumbs Up

Yesterday’s Second Annual Fall Arts Festival appeared to be a resounding success. I have lots of video waiting to be edited. In the meantime here is what one vendor, Mama Robot, had to say about the festival:

“If only all craft fairs could be like Roosevelt Island's Fall for Arts. What other fair provides a free tent, table and chair, free food, volunteers offering to give vendors bathroom breaks, and tons of visitors ready to shop? …….

Thanks to everyone who came out to check out my tent at the fair, my tent at the encampment, or both!”

Pretty cool post. Thanks Mama Robot for coming to Roosevelt Island and by the way you have a pretty cool site and some great stuff.

Tap Jam @ RI Fall For The Arts 2007

"Members of the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance on Roosevelt Island, NYC, perform a "Tap Jam" at the 2007 Fall For The Arts day" - per YouTube.

Direct YouTube Link posted by MSTDA (YouTube web page)

The home page for the Main Street Theatre & Dance Allinace can be found HERE and on the sidebar.

Event Schedule – Roosevelt Island 2nd Annual Fall for Arts Festival – Oct. 6, 2007

Schedule of Events by Venue, All Times are Planned and May Be Subject to Change