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Monday, February 8, 2016
Bronx Jewish Community Council - Project HOPE Passover Delivery 2016
Spring Art Workshops at Wave Hill
Bronx, NY, February 8, 2016—Let your creativity bloom at Wave Hill this spring with a budding new season of art workshops. Connect with nature while enhancing your skills in photography, painting, collage and more. Led by professional artists, these workshops encourage artistic ingenuity, growth and communion with the outdoors. Space is limited—register today!
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What: Spring Art Workshops
Where: Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence
Schedule: Collage & Mixed Media Series
Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
In this two-part series, learn to use layering techniques and mixed media with artist Wennie Huang.
Sign up for one or both parts. Each session in this two part series is three classes long. $125/$95 Wave Hill Member.
Part I: Nature Morte:
Thursdays, March 17, 24, 31, 10AM‒1PM
Wave Hill’s historic interiors become the setting for studies of Nature Morte, or still lifes. Participants explore complex compositions of personal items mingled with natural objects.
Part II: The New Landscape: Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 10AM‒1PM
Reinvent Wave Hill’s gardens and vistas by combining collage materials and found items.
See the current exhibition in Glyndor Gallery, then explore composition, color and texture, as well as concepts, perspectives and memories related to the natural world, to depict the essence of the landscape.
Nature Photography: Capturing Stillness and Motion: Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 10AM−1PM
What relationship do you desire between still and moving objects in your pictures? Using the exhibition (Not so) Still Life as a reference, photographer Benjamin Swett guides students in experimenting with different methods for capturing both movement and stillness in nature. $260/$200 Wave Hill Member.
Painting: Al Fresco Abstractions: Wednesdays, May 5, 12, 19, 26, 10AM−1PM
Working with pastel, paint, drawing, found images and more, explore the process of deconstructing and reconstructing the observed world with artist Rachael Wren. With Wave Hill’s landscape as a
starting point, work with rhythm, shape, texture, space, scale and composition to depict the inner
spirit of your subject. Rachel Wren’s work is on view in Wave Hill House this spring. $175/$135 Wave Hill Member.
Drop-in Art Workshop: Tree Portraits with Sgraffito: Sunday, May 1, 11AM-2PM
Sgraffito is the Italian art of scratching through a ceramic or plaster surface to reveal a contrasting
color beneath. Join local sgraffito artist Marie Leo to capture the sinuous lines of trunks, branches and twigs while etching a scratch board of your own. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult.
Materials fee: $15/$10 Wave Hill Member per kit, which includes one scratch board, one tool and
scratch-paper practice sheets. Registration not required. Arbor Week event.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
100 PERCENT Saturday Feb. 6, 2016
100 PERCENT
By Robert Press
State of The City
Before I get into the State of The City speech by Mayor Bill de Blasio, we should find out just who will be running in the 17th City Council Special Election on Tuesday morning starting at 10 AM. That is when the Board of Elections will begin hearing arguments as to why or why not any of the 10 candidates that were challenged will remain on the ballot. As I said last week I expect no more than five candidates to remain on the ballot. It seems that unlike in past elections (the 2009 14th City Council race to be specific) the campaign manager of candidate Fernando Cabrera keep on the ballot candidate Yudelka Tapia who then took enough votes away from the incumbent Councilwoman Maria Baez to give candidate Fernando Cabrera the victory. In the 17th City Council Special Election it seems that the same Campaign Manager in this race for the Bronx Democratic County organization candidate Rafael Salamanca wants to knock off the ballot a certain candidate who could be the Yudelka Tapia in this race in 2016. Then again the campaign manager has gotten older, and lost a few elections since 2009. That was the reason I have called candidate Julio Pabon and not the Bronx Democratic County organization candidate the favorite to win the 17th City Council Special Election.
Speaking of the City Council they voted themselves a 38 percent pay raise yesterday, and while you may say that is to big a pay raise it has been ten years since the last pay raise for the council members. It is to bad that every other city employee did not get the same 38 percent pay raise over the last ten years, just ask any police officer.
As for the State of The City Speech by Mayor Bill deBlasio, was it just the luck of the Bronx that the mayor gave it at Lehman College, or was the mayor trying to send a message to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. who has been named as a potential primary challenger to the mayor in 2017. I did not attend Mayor deBlasio's State of The City Speech, as I was doing my duty as a member of Bronx Community Board #8 by attending a very important Land Use Committee meeting. By the way the Land Use Committee of CB 8 voted to reiterate its rejection of both the MIH and ZQA proposals submitted to the City Council, and urged the members of the city council to also reject both. There was discussion that the public and community boards do not have enough time to hold public hearing (such as before), and why the City Council which has fifty days to hold hearings is rushing the process in just one week.
As a member of Bronx Community Board #8 I am up for reappointment this year (my sixth year on BXCB 8), and have been told by two different supporters of 17th City Council candidate Rafael Salamanca who are members of the Bronx Democratic County organization that I had better watch what I write about the Bronx Democratic County organization candidate in the 17th City Council Special Election since I am up for reappointment to BXCB 8.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will be giving his State of The Borough Address on Thursday Feb. 18, 2016 starting at 11:30 AM, at Cardinal Hayes High School located at 650 Grand Concourse. You can call 718-590-6116 to reserve your seat as space is very limited.
Lastly I dusted off my crystal ball for a Super Bowl prediction. My crystal ball had a victory by Carolina 27 - 13 over Denver.
If you have any political information (especially about the 17th City Council special election) that you want to share or have checked out, any comments about this column or would like to have an event listed or covered in this column or on this blog, you can e-mail us at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com or call 718-644-4199 Mr. Robert Press.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Statement from CM Cohen re: Compensation and Reforms Legislation
“Today, the New York City Council passed an unprecedented package of reforms. These reforms will significantly improve the transparency of the Council and ensure that we as Council Members focus solely on representing all 8.5 million New Yorkers. As a New York City Council Member, I often work days, nights and weekends throughout my district and at City Hall. I pledged as a candidate that I would not accept any lulus and that I would be a full-time Council Member. I am proud to say that I have kept that promise. I have never accepted a lulu in my capacity as the Chair of the Committee on Mental Health and I closed my law practice in order to dedicate myself fully to working for my constituents. These historic reforms – including the official designation as ‘full time’ - will allow us as legislators to serve the public to the best of our ability.”
The Bronx Chamber of Commerce - African American Heritage Cocktail Reception
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Please mark your calendar and plan on attending some of the following events:
February 11, 2016 Annual Valentine's Business Networking
Marriott Resident Inn 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
February 24, 2016 African American Heritage Cocktail Party
Tosca Marquee 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
March 9, 2016 Irish Heritage Luncheon
Rambling House 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
March 18, 2016 Women of Distinction Luncheon
Villa Barone Manor 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
April 13, 2016 Annual Gala
Marina del Rey Caterers 5:30 pm -10:30 pm
Sincerely,
Nunzio
Nunzio Del Greco
President and CEO
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
"The Network for Business Success"
1200 Waters Place, Suite 106
Bronx, NY 10461
718-828-3900Nunzio@bronxchamber.org
1200 Waters Place, Suite 106
Bronx, NY 10461
718-828-3900Nunzio@bronxchamber.org
Statement from Assemblymember Michael A. Blake following the shooting of two officers at the Melrose Houses in the 79th Assembly District
Our thoughts for recovery are with the two police officers who were shot last night (Thursday) at the Melrose Houses in our assembly district. Yet again, this community has another tragic incident occur where police lights fill the nightsky. It is time for a dramatic change to occur so that our young people don't turn to violence and death but rather are directed to opportunity and hope. The two officers who were shot were doing their job on a patrol, serving honorably and were shot in a stairwell. We are reminded that we need greater community and police relations, to get rid of these guns from our communities, provide economic opportunities so Bronxites don't go down the wrong path and ensure that violence is reduced while trust is gained. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide more updates to our constituents.
A summary of the situation as of 10 p.m. EST:
At approximately 8 p.m. EST last night (Thursday), while three officers were conducting a vertical patrol in the sixth floor stairwell within the 320 East 156th St. building within the Melrose Housing development in our assembly district, they encountered two individuals, one of whom shot at the officers.
Two police officers were shot and wounded inside the stairwell. The suspect then fled into an apartment onto the 7th floor. Responding officers gained access to the apartment, where they discovered several individuals as well as the suspect who was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The officers are at Lincoln Hospital. They have been on the force for two years and are both assigned to the housing bureau's Impact Response Team (IRT) within Police Service Area (PSA) 7 in our assembly district.
The second individual who the officers encountered as well as several other individuals have been taken to the 40th precinct for investigation.
Just before 10 pm, I joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, 16th District City Councilwoman & Chairwoman of Public Safety Vanessa Gibson and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark at a press conference at Lincoln Hospital in The Bronx where updates were provided.
Senator Klein to NFL: Tackle K2 Use
On Super Bowl Weekend Klein Urges Roger Goddell to test players for synthetics after rash of arrests and problems stemming from synthetic cannabinoid use
“The NFL must tackle the problem of K2 use among its players who are role models to our youth and test for these drugs. Synthetic cannabinoids are dangerous, sometimes lethal, and have no place in professional sports and players are sending the wrong message to those who look up to them. The league must take a page out of the New York State Senate’s playbook. We just took serious steps to stop the scourge of synthetics that sent over 6,800 of our citizens to emergency rooms last year. We urge the NFL to do the right thing for the safety of of their players and those they inspire,” said Senator Klein.
Recent reports across the nation have detailed multiple arrests of professional football players for using drugs like synthetic marijuana, K2 or Spice, with other instances ending in trips to the hospital for the highly trained athletes.
In January, the hospitalization of the New England Patriots’ Chandler Jones was reported as a result of K2 use, while Seattle Seahawks player Derrick Coleman recently revealed that he had used K2 prior to committing a hit-and-run in October.
College athletic programs have already taken steps to incorporate synthetic marijuana into their banned substances and drug testing programs. The NCAA added it to its list of banned substances in 2011, and the National Center for Drug-Free Sport offers testing resources to combat this problem.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Bronx Democratic County Committee - Upcoming Events
Below is a list of upcoming events. Attached you will find flyers for each event.
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In solidarity,
The Bronx Democratic County Committee
1640 Eastchester Rd.
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