Serving The City Island Community & the Public: 101 Years

Hours are: Mondays and Thursdays 11 AM-7 PM

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 AM- 6 PM

Fridays and Saturdays 10 AM-5 PM

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS- APRIL 2012

Lapsit Program, Birth to 18 months. All welcome for story time and music. Every other Thursday at 11:00 A.M. April 12th and 26th

Read Aloud Story Time Read aloud picture books: Every Thursday at 3:30 P.M. Ages 4-10. April 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Springtime Arts and Crafts- Tuesday April 3rd at 3:30 PM

Enjoy an eclectic display from local artists: Focal Point Gallery

Ron Terner is a professional City Island photographer, who hosts regularly scheduled art exhibits and installations for the public to enjoy. Come on the first Friday of any month.

Ron's work has been featured on Radio and Television, in major photography magazines and is in the private and permanent collections of museums, individuals and corporations.

Marvel at The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens
and enjoy a full week of fun family programming, April 7–15. The Garden is open on Monday, April 9.

The 10th Annual Orchid Show features the vertical garden creations of world-renowned French botanist and artist
Patrick Blanc, highlighting thousands of colorful orchids in ten dramatic walls. In an explosion of alluring design and fragrance, exotic plant walls rise high above, creating this season’s not-to-be missed exhibition for garden lovers, orchid fans, and those desiring a one-day tropical retreat.

Renwen Lecture Series: The Legacy of C.C. Wang as a Great Painter and Connoisseur. He is a celebrated collector and connoisseur of Chinese literati paintings of the 20th century, as well as a talented painter himself, spent over sixty years studying Chinese paintings from the Imperial Collection. For about 40 years, while studying the original works, as well as the published images of these paintings, he recorded private notes. His notes reflect the traditional Chinese way of judging paintings, which he learned from his mentors, the eminent collectors and painters, Gu Lingshi and Wu Hufan.

This series invites audiences to listen to new jazz albums, while also meeting and hearing from the artists who recorded them. Hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ken Druker, these informal discussions are held in the Irene Diamond Education Center, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. The programs are videotaped and available later online at Education Events Online.

Jimmy Owens Listening Party with trumpeter Jimmy Owens
Owens discusses and shows behind-the-scenes video from his new CD, The Monk Project
The Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame