Former P.S. 102 becomes City Island’s Fourth Designated Landmark

For anyone who has not been to City Island it's worth a trip. It is hard to imagine a spot in the Bronx was once a center for ship building until you visit the island. The island sports great restaurants and a few fishing charters. Lots of blue’s, flounder, black fish, snappers and striped bass.

http://www.cityisland.com/history.html

Gregory

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At the Council’s Stated Meeting on Wednesday, March 28, the Council voted unanimously in favor of designating the City Island Nautical Museum, the former P.S. 102 and P.S. 17 City Island School, as a New York City Landmark.

The museum, located at 190 Fordham Street, was built in 1898 and served as City Island’s only public school until 1975 when it was replaced with P.S. 175. For the last 30 years, the building has remained significant, serving as a museum that preserves over 100 years of City Island history. It has also served as a meeting place for various community groups of the Island for several decades.

“The City Island Nautical Museum, formerly the community’s only public school, has been a staple of City Island for over a century,” Council Member Vacca said. “What once educated generations of City Island children now preserves 100 years of history and I commend those who have kept it intact over the years. I thank my colleagues for voting in favor of designating this historical building as a New York City Landmark and I am honored to have it in my district.”

City Island Theater Group: Auditions for Alan Ball's Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

By Alan Ball
Directed by Maria Provenzano

The play is a comedy set at the home of the bride in Knoxville, Tennessee during the newly married couple's overdone southern-style wedding reception. The five bridesmaids have found refuge in the room of Meredith, the sister of the bride. The women come to realize, among other things, that they, despite their differences, have more in common with each other than any of them do with the bride. It's a raucous, raunchy comedic romp about life, love, men, marriage and intimacy as seen through the eyes of five very different, yet similar women.

SEEKING: (5 Women + 1 Male)

Meredith Marlow: (early 20's) The bride's nosy, pot-smoking sister who is very sarcastic and much annoyed with the whole fiasco downstairs. Sporting an outwardly tough attitude, she has a lot of hurt and insecurity to hide.

Georgeanne Darby: (early 30's,) Tracy's "ugly sidekick" in middle school. Accepted the invite to be a bridesmaid even though her relationship with Tracy is strained because Tracy's boyfriend once knocked Georgeanne up.

Trisha: (early 30's) One of Tracy's former friends with a supposed bad reputation. She's been with a lot of guys, but not any that measure up.

Frances: (early 20's) The very naive and religious cousin of the bride.

Mindy McClure: (mid - late 30's) The groom's clumsy, outspoken lesbian sister.

Tripp Davenport: (late 20's) An usher who falls for Trisha. The only male in the show.

AUDITIONS:

Friday, January 20th @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 21st @ 2:15 p.m.
AT GRACE HALL, 116 CITY ISLAND AVENUE

Performance Dates Are:

March 2 (Fri), 3 (Sat), 8 (Thurs), 9 (Fri), 10 (Sat) @ 8:00 p.m.
4 (Sun) @ 3:00 p.m.

For more info email: auditions@cityislandtheatergroup.com

City Island Theater Group Conducting Haunted House on Halloween Night

The City Island Theater Group is partnering with The City Island Community Center for a spectacularly creepy Haunted House! Come see some of your favorite CITG actors in their scariest roles yet!

Tonight (October 31st, 2011) from 7pm - 9pm.
Admission is $3 per person with proceeds going to the Community Center.

City Island Theater Group
P.O. Box 45
Bronx, NY 10464-0045
(718) 885-3066
information@cityislandtheatergroup.com

PLEASE NOT: MATURE THEMES, ALL CHILDREN UNDER 12 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT!!!

Ghosts, Goblins, Walking Dead and other Horrific Entities needed for 2011 City Island Haunted House

Here is a fun post for anyone interested in participating in this years haunted House on City Island.

Gregory
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CITY ISLAND HAUNTED HOUSE
ACTOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!

This year, the City Island Theater Group is thrilled to partner with the City Island Community Center on their annual HAUNTED HOUSE. Since 1997, The HAUNTED HOUSE has been an annual tradition on City Island. People from all over the Bronx come to City Island to experience this scary good time. CITG is looking for volunteer actors to play scary characters in the HAUNTED HOUSE.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21, at 8:00 p.m. there will be a meeting at the City Island Community Center for anyone who is interested in volunteering to be characters in the house.

The City Island Community Center is located at 190 Fordham Street.

Contact Person: Joe Burck


The HAUNTED HOUSE will be presented on the following days:

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 (Halloween Eve)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 (Halloween Night)

The HAUNTED HOUSE will begin at 7:00 p.m. and finish at 9:00 p.m.

BoogieDowner Photo: Orchard Beach at Night

The last post about the City Island Theater Group made me reminisce the summer nights spent at my secret spot on City Island. The photo shows crescent shaped Orchard Beach, as seen from City Island. Summers are always to short!!!!

I hope you enjoy the photo,
Gregory

Council Members Vacca and Crowley and Rep. Crowley join Islanders, union officials to renew opposition to closure of Ladder Company 53

Once again City Island residents have to fight for their basic right to have a fire house on their Island. For those that don't know, City Island has one bridge connecting it to the mainland and a large stock of wood frame homes. One fire when the bridge is congested could ravage the entire island. For more information on the rally please see the post below.

Gregory
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Rally to Highlight Devastating Impact of Shuttering City Island Fire Company

Council Members Vacca and Crowley and Rep. Crowley join Islanders, union officials to renew opposition to closure of Ladder Company 53

Monday afternoon, City Council Member James Vacca, City Council Fire & Criminal Justice Committee Chair Elizabeth Crowley, and Congressman Joseph Crowley will join City Island residents and fire union officials to rally against the potential closure of Ladder Company 53. The Mayor’s Executive Budget, announced today, calls for the elimination of 20 fire companies citywide. FDNY has yet to disclose the specific companies on the chopping block, but Ladder 53 has been slated for closure in the past. If Ladder 53 were to close, first-alarm response times on City Island would double to over 10 minutes, compromising life and limb.


WHAT: Rally to oppose potential closure of City Island’s Ladder Company 53

WHO: City Council Member James Vacca,City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, Chair of the Fire Committee, U.S. Congressman Joseph Crowley, Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy, Uniformed Fire Officers Association President Capt. Al Hagan, City Island Residents, Merchants, and Schoolchildren

WHERE: Ladder Company 53, 169 Schofield Street, City Island, NY

WHEN: Monday, May 9, 2011, at 1:30 P.M.

Bronx Film Maker Mark Makowski, "Snow Shark" Film Teaser, Boardwalk Empire and City Island

Here is a fun post about, Bronx film producer and friend, Marc Makowski's next project. Besides the long lists of blockbuster movies his firm has worked on in the past, he also has a long list of low budget movies he produced and SOLD. Some of you might have read the last post on "Slime City Massacre", which was sold and is set for international release on May 10th.

His next project is called "Snow Shark". Please see the film teaser below. It will probably make you laugh, but it's guaranteed to leave you wondering. The teaser received over 2,000 hits in the last week or so since posted on You tube.

Marc has also been active helping Bronx youth understand the film and music industry by conducting symposiums. The last film and music industry symposium was held at "The Point" theatre and community center in Hunts Point. The headliners included executives from Sony records, Bronxnet and heavy weight writer and producer, Terence Winters. The audience was filled with youth, eager to learn about the music and film industry. For those who don’t know, Terence Winters is the writer of many of the HBO shows we love including “the Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire".

For those who have not heard, Boardwalk Empire recently filmed on our beloved City Island. Besides my love for the series, I can’t wait for the new episodes to come out and so we get to see scenes from City Island in “Boardwalk Empire”. Good luck to Marc’s new movie venture and his great symposiums, which I will post more on when scheduled. I look forward to more of his films being shot in our borough and kudos to HBO for remembering the Bronx when planning their production shoots.

Gregory