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RiverTalks 2016 opens with a crowd-pleaser—Hudson River Lighthouses—on Jan. 21 Yonkers, N.Y. (January 6, 2016). RiverTalks 2016 opens with Hudson River Lighthouses, a presentation by local historian Scott Craven, on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB). Free off-street parking. Suggested donation $5. CURB, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, NY 10701.
RiverTalks brings together inquisitive minds and a wide range of experts for enjoyable conversation about Hudson River topics. The program is sponsored by Yonkers Paddling & Rowing Club, Sarah Lawrence College’s Center for the Urban River at Beczak, and the Hudson River Valley Environmental Education Institute. RiverTalks Winter 2016 series is curated by Lee Reiser, an avid kayaker, board member of YPRC, and Atlantic division director of recreation and promotion for the American Canoe Association.
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This series, entering its sixth year, is held at CURB, an adaptive reuse of the former social club for Habirshaw Cable & Wire, on the banks of the Hudson River just north of the Yonkers Pier.
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Rivertalks winter 2016 schedule
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Hudson River Lighthouses with Scott Craven, Hudson Valley historian Thursday, January 21 at 7:00 PM Discover fascinating stories of six lighthouses of the lower Hudson and New York Harbor with Hudson Valley historian Scott Craven: the Ambrose Lightship, the Sandy Hook Light, Jeffrey’s Hook Light (the Little Red Lighthouse) the Lighthouse at Sleepy Hollow, Rockland Lake Light—one of the “lost lighthouses of America,” and the Stony Point Lighthouse. Scott Craven speaks extensively about a variety of Hudson River topics and teaches local history to teachers at the Ossining Teachers Center. He is a thirty-year member of the Ossining Police Department. When the Sea Rose 400 Feet: The Hudson Valley and the End of the Ice Ag with Dr. Bill Menke, earth scientist and naturalist Thursday, January 28, at 7:00 PM Travel back in time with Dr. Bill Menke, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and see life emerge in the Hudson Valley as the great continental glacier of the Ice Age melted and receded. Dr. Bill Menke is a naturalist with a great love of the outdoors and a deep appreciation of the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley who teaches at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, whose campus is built atop the Palisades Cliffs. He says, “My studies have taken me to geologic faults, volcanoes, glaciers, and rock formations around the world, but I have always returned to New York, because, to me, it is the most fascinating place of all. I am currently studying the deep roots of the continent beneath our feet.” The Little Things Thursday, February 4, at 6:00 PM Dr. James Cervino, marine biologist Dr. James Cervino will reveal how the “little things”—smaller organisms living in the oceans and rain forests—influence the comfortable temperature you are experiencing, air that you breathe, food that you eat, and global economy. Dr. James M. Cervino is Visiting Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute who is currently focusing on developing biological and chemical probes to detect stress in corals. Past, Present and Future Importance of the Hudson River With Scott Craven, Hudson Valley historian Thursday, February 11, at 7:00 PM Hudson Valley historian Scott Craven tells the fascinating story of how the confluence of unusual people and the Hudson River—itself a geographical oddity—led to shaping the United States as we know them and making New York the Empire State. Includes a fast forward film of the River from 1917! Scott Craven speaks extensively about a variety of Hudson River topics and teaches local history to teachers at the Ossining Teachers Center. He is a thirty-year member of the Ossining Police Department. |
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YONKERS PADDLING & ROWING CLUB (YPRC)
The Yonkers Paddling & Rowing Club, Inc. is an all volunteer-run not-for-profit organization that encourages rowing and paddling sports. YPRC’s programs include rescue and paddling skills clinics, a winter boat-building workshop, and free public kayak sessions at the JFK Marina in Yonkers, which put over 1,190 people on the river in 2015! 2013 marked the “75th Jubilee” of YPRC’s historic boathouse just north of The Center for the Urban River at Beczak. It will be featured in an NBC Sports special airing in early 2016 about Americans competitors at the 1936 Olympics including John Lysak from Yonkers Canoe Club (YCC)—the predecessor of YPRC. YCC is remembered for the two Olympic Gold medals it brought home in 1948. Although the boathouse was submerged in four feet of water during Superstorm Sandy, the members have rebuilt it and continue the club’s long legacy of community involvement. YPRC has been recognized through the receipt of grant support from the City of Yonkers, the State of New York, Westchester Community Foundation, the Hudson River Improvement Fund, Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research, Inc., Toyota, and Public Lands Every Day, a National Environmental Education Foundation Program. |
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For more information on this series contact:
Lee Reiser at 914-374-7954 or Peter Riley at 212-873-9438.
Lee Reiser at 914-374-7954 or Peter Riley at 212-873-9438.
The Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB), formerly the Beczak Environmental Education Center, is a hub for research and education about the Hudson River, and rivers generally, within the urban environment. CURB was launched in June 2013 as an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Hudson River Valley Environmental Education Institute.
Please visit www.centerfortheurbanriver.org
Please visit www.centerfortheurbanriver.org
