Message from the Mayor: Moon, TMTTR, Benefits, Various Updates
Posted on: September 1, 2017 - 12:56pm
Fellow residents;
Artistic events, causes and updates highlight this transition moment at the end of the summer and back to school.
How High the Moon
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This unique celebration of Hasting’s role in Lunar history, tag-teamed by the Arts Commission and the Hastings Historic Society, kicks off with an Opening Reception on Thursday, September 7th from 6 to 8PM at the Municipal Building. This multimedia art exhibit and Village-wide celebration of man’s fascination with the moon includes a juried art exhibit showcasing 21 works selected from approximately 150 submissions. The show puts the spotlight on 21 individual responses to the question, “How does the moon move you?” The exhibit also includes the background on Hastings’ Draper family – which took the first successful photographs of the moon and carried out pioneering work in astrophotography. On Sunday, October 1, award-winning author Dava Sobel (who wrote the acclaimed book The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars) will speak about Hastings’ residents Anna Palmer Draper and Antonia Maury at the Hastings Library from 2 pm - 4 pm (free). Other events will also unfold over the next seven weeks. Lisa Oswald of the Arts Commission who has curated this effort, and Natalie Barry of the Hastings Historical Society have led a remarkable effort. Visit the Arts Commission on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HastingsArtsCommission
Take Me To The River
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The 10th annual Take Me to The River is on Saturday, September 9th at Draper Park. Doors open at noon and the bands play until around 9PM. There’s a host of local and regional musical talent on two stages, as well as the creative activities that make this event so memorable.. As always, food and drink are on site. To say this is “fun for all ages” understates the magic of this event. It’s clever, laid-back, wildly creative, easy-going, high-quality, varied, and ridiculously reasonable in price. This is the premier musical event of lower Westchester County – I’ve made all ten over the years and they have been great fun each time. Sadly, this may be the last one under Liz’s tutelage, so you really have to go to make sure you squeeze out one last wonderful moment at the cusp of the end of summer.
If you order tickets now at www.12milesnorth.nyc, they’re only $20 – which comes to $1.05 a band. When was the last time you paid $1.05 to see a band? There’s a lower senior/student admission rate with ID at the door at only: $10.00 (last year was $15) with kids 10 and under still free. This is the time you invite your friends from out of town and lay back, let the kids enjoy the events, and bask in the coolness of the day.
Benefits
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The Mill will host a benefit for our volunteer Fire Department on Monday, September 18th from 7pm to 10pm with live music from local bands. Hard to resist. So don’t, and go.
Hasting’s own Family-to-Family charity is partnering with a grassroots organization in the Houston area to help families in need as a result of the Hurricane Harvey disaster. Click here to donate. (DONATE HERE)
Other news
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Demolition work continues on the last structure on the waterfront (“Building 52”). BP Arco’s contractors are working their way through the building from south to north, on schedule to have it down in the next month. The demolition wastes are being carted off by barge.
Meanwhile, we expect to be issuing a survey around September 10th to the Village seeking your input on the future of the water tower. The tower must come down as part of the clean-up. We want your feedback on whether it should be saved so it can be one day restored to the waterfront, or replaced by a new water tower, or removed for good. There will be more on this in a following mailing.
Finally, school starts Tuesday. That means that the streets are going to be full of children on their way back to school, and traffic will be slower as a result. Plan accordingly and do not compensate by aggressive driving or speeding. Also, make sure you have cut back vegetation if it blocks sidewalks or street signs or makes crossing the streets unsafe. Kids are counting on you. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Peter Swiderski
Mayor