Hudson River Environmental Society Conference 2012
CLEAN WATER ACT AT 40: FACING THE FUTURE
Monday May 7th, 2012 – 8:30AM to 6:00PM
Student’s Building, Multi-Purpose Room
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Invited Speakers 9:00-3:30, Poster Session and Social 3:30-6:00
TITANIC
A Centennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the Noble Maritime Collection
featured work by
Matthew J. Benchimol
Denise Mumm
Diane Matyas
Nelleke Nix
Ann Marie McDonnell
Malissa Priebe
Rudolph Montanez
Mary Rouncefield
Reception Sunday, April 15, 2012, from 2 to 4 pm
The Noble Maritime Collection
1000 Richmond Terrace, Bldg. D
Staten Island, NY 10301
Acoustical Acclamations
By
The Tribe of Uncles:
Tom Virzi, Joe Jacovino, Joe Del Giodice
Saturday
March 24th, 20012
3:00 pm
Free Will Offereing
at
Community Church of Hoboken
600 Garden Street
Hoboken, New Jersey
Sponsers:
Dr. Michael Kelly, The Spine and Sports Health Center – Hoboken
The Guitar Bar – Hoboken
Expanding Public Access
A panel discussion of Goal #1 of the
Vision 2020: NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
Join in a discussion on improving connectivity & continuity, ensuring high quality open spaces, and funding parks & public access! Hear perspectives from NYC regulatory agencies, community activist groups, and planning & design perfessionals.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012
6-8 pm
Cornell University AAP – Architecture, Art and Planning Studio
50 W. 17th st., 2nd floor (at 6th ave.), Manhattan
The Community Church of Hoboken Presents
Guevara – Zhelezova Piano Duo
Dance on the Keys: from Waltz to Tango
featuring works by Brahms, Mozart, Ravel, Rachmaninov and Piazzolla
Saturday
January 14, 2012
2:00 PM
Free Admission
On the Water’s Edge
Panel Discussion
Sunday, November 13, 2011
3 pm
The East River shoreline in Western Queens is one of the few major stretches of waterfront in New York City where community access is not blocked by a highway or railroad. As industry has moved out of the area, issues around what to do with the shoreline remain.
In a panel discussion bringing together a noted planner/architect, a community activist, and two artists involved in The Noguchi Museum/Socrates Sculpture Park project, Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, Diana Balmori, Katie Ellman, Natalie Jeremijenko, and George Trakas will discuss the reinvention of Long Island City’s post-industrial urban waterfront.
Moderated by Carter Craft, Principal of Outside New York.
EVENT LOCATION: the Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City
Hoboken 2011
Artists Studio Tour
with Joseph Greenberg
Paintings and Drawings will be on display
at The Community Church of Hoboken
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Nov. 5 & 6, 2011
12:30 pm – 5:30 pm
&
Fire Dance Squad
performing
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
1 pm
The Waterfront: a Brooklyn model for Preservation and Change
Conference
October 26th, 2011
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
This conference will explore the tensions between preservation and change that are now playing out along Brooklyn’s waterfront from Greenpoint to Coney Island
EVENT LOCATION: Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Presented by:
THE STEVEN L. NEWMAN REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE
BROOKLYN WATERFRONT RESEARCH CENTER
CUNY INSTITUTE FOR URBAN SYSTEMS
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Summer Concert
Gerald Steichen, conductor
at the end of the Park on the big lawn
Rossini, The Barber of Seville Overture
Strauss, Jr., Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Jr., Roses from the South
Smetana, Excerpt from The Moldau
Strauss, Radetzky March
Berlin, arr. Ades Irving Berlin—A Symphonic Portrait
Gershwin, arr. Steichen “Strike Up the Band”
Rogers, arr. Bennett The Sound of Music Overture
Armstrong, arr. Cionek Suite on “Satchmo”
From the Municpal Art Society calendar of tours:
August 6, 2011
GOVERNORS ISLAND: HEART OF THE HARBOR
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
11:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
The bike rack to the West of the Battery Maritime Building. MAP
Governors Island offers a singular vantage point from which to see the last 200 years of the life of New York Harbor and a glimpse into the next 200. Join us for a look at the island of today as well as the opposing waterfronts of tomorrow. We’ll also take in the award-winning Harbor School and discuss the opportunities and challenges the island offers as it enters its new life as a public space. Visit the Municipal Art Society webpage for more information.
June 5, 2011
SECRET GARDENS, presented by the Hoboken Historical Museum
Sponsored by Hufnagel Landscaping, Inc.
Supported by the Hoboken Garden Club
Sunday, June 5, 2011
9am to 4pm
The Annual Secret Garden Tour is your chance to peek behind Hoboken’s late-19th and early-20th century row houses and converted factory buildings into a variety of spaces that reveal gardeners’ creativity and determination to stay in touch with nature in an urban environment.
Visit the Hoboken Historical Museum web site for more information, or the Secret Gardens web site. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the tour.
June 2, 2011
SUNSET SOCA
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Brooklyn Bridge Park
6pm – 9pm
Pier 1 at Brooklyn Bridge Park
SOCA is a fusion of so from American soul and ca from calypso; a popular dance music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago. Sunset Soca is the annual fundraising event for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, featuring Carribean-inspired food, drinks, hot music, kids’ activities, moko jumbie stilt dancers, and more.
For more information, visit the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s web site: http://brooklynbridgepark.org.
May 20, 2011
TWILIGHT ON THE GAZELA
An evening prelude to the Atlantic Salt Maritime Fesitval
Friday, May 20, 2011
7pm until 11pm
The Gazela is considered the largest square-rigged fishing vessel to ply the Grand Banks, the barkentine Gazela Primmeiro was built in 1901 at the shipyard of J.M. Mendes in Setubal, Portgal. The Gazela now sails the eastern seaboard, educating and entrancing visitors and brining America’s maritime heritage to life. For more on this event, contact the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild.
May 18 – 19, 2011
GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN NEW JERSEY
2011 Conference: Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability (CUES)
May 18: Jersey City
May 19: Newark
This event will provide professional education credits for landscape architects, engineers, and planners (3 CEU contact hours).
How can municipalities and counties increase best management “green” practices in New Jersey’s oldest cities? Learn about proven modern approaches which provide urban environmental services. For more information visit the Rutgers Center for Urban Sustainability web site: www.cues.rutgers.edu
May 16, 2011
FLOATING FOLLOW-UP
Check out the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance’s Waterfront Conference on May 16th, 2011: “Floating Follow-Up”.
On Monday, May 16 from 11am – 5pm
Aboard the Spirit of New Jersey
Departing from Pier 61 (Chelsea Piers)
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Floating Follow-Up will pick up from where the 2010 MWA Waterfront Conference left off, discussing waterfront issues of:
- Waterfront and Harbor Governance
- Funding for our Great Water
- Regional Ferry Service
- Dredge Materials Management
With Keynote Speaker Chris Ward, remarks by Speaker Quinn, US Representatives Nadler, Tonko, and Maloney, and more.
Visit the MWA web site for more information: http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/floatingfollowup
May 15, 2011
Music in the Afternoon
Progressive Organ and Piano Concert
Hosted by Three Parishes
Sunday May 15, 2011
2pm -5.30pm
Please join us for an afternoon of music as we experience and enjoy the majesty and intricacy of three of Hobokens’ working pipe organs. Music Directors, organists and an organ builder at three participating parishes will each offer nearly an hour of music and insight. What makes an organ work? What’s the difference between spiritual and secular music? Is there a difference? What was the Church experience like before organs, and what may come next?
Your Free Will offering at each parish is all that is requested for this program. Come to one parish you’ve never visited before, or join us for all three!
Participating Parishes
The Community Church of Hoboken (6th and Garden Streets)
Saints Peter and Paul (4th and Hudson Streets)
Our Lady of Grace (4th and Willow Ave)
Thanks to: David Lamb (Our Lady of Grace); Louis Scarpa (Saints Peter and Paul) and Slavina Zhelezova (The Community Church of Hoboken); Jim Konzelman (Konzelman Organ Restoration of Hoboken)
Sponsored by Outside New York, LLC The Best of The City is Outside!
May 12, 2011
WHOSE PARK IS IT?
Thursday, May 12, 2011
125 East 15th Street, Second Floor
NY, NY
6pm
The Union Square Community Coalition will be hosting its 31st Annual Meeting for members and the public. Speakers include Andrew Berman (Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation); Geoffrey Croft (President of NYC Park Advocates); Michael Hurwitz (Director, GROW NYC (Greenmarket)); Sarah Malloy-Good (Community Liason for Assemblymember Deborah Glick). Visit the Union Square Community Coalition for more details.
January 31, 2009
Join me Saturday, January 31 for the annual waterfront walking tour I lead for the Municipal Art Society of New York. We’ll meet at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, then walk east (some might say “north”) along the East River and take in such sights as the Battery Maritime Building, Pier 6 Heliport, Pier 11 Ferry Terminal and South Street Seaport. Price is $12 for MAS Members or $15 for all others. Click herefor details.
