Riverdale Review, March 29, 2012

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Elaine Eklof Drootin and Carol Frank, members of the Riverdale Art Association will exhibit their paintings during April. Elaine Eklof Drootin’s paintings will include watercolors, acrylics and mixed media. She paints locally at Wave Hill and on Cape Cod. Her plein air landscapes are superbly rendered and working outdoors capture the essence of an immediate impression. Plein air (from the French en plein air) originated in France in 1865 when artists left their studios in search of quality light only found outdoors. Elaine has studied at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Castle Hill in Truro, Westchester College of Art and the Art Students’ League. She exhibits locally and on the Cape. She recently had a solo show at the Riverdale Y. Carol Frank paints abstracts and her work includes photography, collage and pastels. She studied at the New York Botanical Garden and School of Visual Arts. She has exhibited locally at Wave Hill, at the Riverfront Library and with her husband at the Grinton I Will Library in Yonkers. The Reception will be Sunday, April 29 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. The community is invited to celebrate the art at the Riverdale Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture 4450 Fieldston Road Bronx, NY 10471 718-548-4445. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 - 1. Telephone 718-548-4445. Please call ahead when planning your visit. The Riverdale Art Association is a group of local artists who also welcome the community and new members at its meetings. They meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Riverdale Atria, Henry Hudson Parkway East, just south of the Monument. www.riverdaleartassociation.org The next meeting of the Riverdale Art Association is Tuesday, April 10th.

Chabad offers Model Matzah Bakery

With Passover approaching very soon, Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale will offer a one of a kind “Real Model Matzah Bakery”. This Matzah Bakery is an exciting, thrilling and educational experience for all ages of children. With the children actually kneading, rolling and baking their own round, hand-made matzah, it is the best educational tool to enhance the proper observance of the wonderful holiday of Passover. Children will learn, experience and taste the true traditional meaning of this ancient custom of eating hand-made Shmurah matzah on Passover. Participants will also have a chance to take part in pressing grape juice from grapes using an Italian wine press. Free samples of the pressed grape juice will be handed out. Additionally, all children will receive their own grape juice. New for this year, there will be a whole new dimension to the Model Matzah

Bakery. Visitors will be able to grind their own wheat instead of using store bought flour, thus making the program more hand-on and exciting. Located at Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, 535 W. 246th St., the bakery will be open for the public on Sunday, April 1, 10:30am - 12:30pm. Tours will be given 30 minutes past the hour, at 10:30am & 11:30am. Admission is $10.00 per person. All children will receive their own handmade Shmurah matzah to take home. Additional matzah will be available (at cost price). This year, Chabad will be able to accommodate large groups. Arrangements can be made to have the program brought to your school, group or synagogue. For more information please call Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale: (718) 549-1100 Ext. 10

Gallery 18 to exhibit works of Joyce Dutka

The Gallery 18 will be presenting works by Joyce Dutka for the month of April. Ms. Dutka is the president of the Riverdale Art Association which she founded 12 years ago, after the art co-op in City Island closed its doors where she was a member. She has exhibited with the RAA group at the libraries of Bronxville, Eastchester, Yonkers Riverfront, as well as the Atria and Vintage Art Gallery, Society of Ethical Culture and Library on Mosholu Ave. Her art has also been displayed at numerous group shows at the Blue Door Gallery, The Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, The Mamaroneck Artist’s Gallery in Larchmont, the White Plains Library, The Larchmont Library, The New Rochelle Library and in New York City at the Cork Gallery in Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. Her exhibit will be watercolors, mixed media, acrylic paintings, collage and color photography pictures. A reception will be on April 15th at the Riverdale Y from 1:30pm to 3:30 pm. The Y is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue. For more information call the Y at 718-548-8200.

Special receptacle for PrePassover cleaning

Bronx Community Board No. 8 is pleased to announce that it has arranged to have a dumpster placed at one location in Riverdale on the morning of Friday, April 6th, to help accommodate the end of the traditional chomezt disposal that precedes the Jewish festival of Passover. The rules of Passover forbid chomezt -- or leavened food -- during the period of the holiday. A dumpster will be near the Riverdale Jewish Center at the corner of West 237th Street and Independence Avenue. It will be installed by 7:00 AM and removed by 2:00 PM on April 6th, 2012. Bronx Community Board 8 will notify local synagogues and Jewish organizations to publicize the arrangements. The Sanitation Department has been extremely cooperative in providing this dumpster. We hope that these arrangements will help make Seder preparations easier for the many local residents celebrating the Passover festival.

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