Programs/Events
Each year The Roosevelt Arts Project sponsors events from a variety of arts. In spite of the pandemic, this year is no exception including as it does programs in art, music, poetry, and drama.
NOTE: This schedule is still tentative and subject to change. Always check a few days before the published event for any additional information. Until further notice, the following
STORY-VELT
Saturday, January 20, 2024, 7:30 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
An evening of Rooseveltians spinning yarns, recalling anecdotes, & telling stories.
The Light of Winter: An Evening of Song & Friendship
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 7:30 PM
Saks Home, 13 Pine Dr., Roosevelt
Presented by Gabe and the Saks Family Band, with special guests including The Knockabouts and Rick Pressler. Join us to celebrate the inspiration of music and the warmth of community with original songs and rejuvenating sing-alongs. Hot drinks and baked goods will be served.
Facets of Bach
Saturday, March 9, 2024, 7:30 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
Pianist Alan Mallach offers a different take on Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard music by performing piano transcriptions of some of his greatest organ works, complemented by works from Bach’s son Carl Phillip Emanuel, and by Brahms. As expected, the music will be illuminated by Mallach’s always interesting commentary.
Drawings & Found Objects
Saturday, March 23, 2024, 1:00-5:00 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
Oftentimes a drawing or a found object can be the inspiration for a more complicated painting or sculpture—but sometimes simply pairing a drawing and an object can reveal the similarities of their linear structures. This one-day exhibition of found objects, small sculptures, pottery and drawings by local artists will explore the relationship between objects and drawings.
Poevent
Saturday, April 24, 2024, 7:30 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
As the town’s late Shan Ellentuck said
upon hearing of the Roosevelt Poets upcoming event, “Isn’t everyone a poet?”
And the response: “Yes, but only a few
people admit to it!”
This year, you’re invited to read one poem of your own, along with the RAP poet
Roosevelt String Band
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3:00 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
The Roosevelt String Band (with David Brahinsky, guitar and vocals; Ed Cedar, a variety of string instruments; Joe Pepitone, bass; Noemi Bolton, banjo uke, guitar and vocals; Nancy Wilson, guitar and vocals; Guy DeRosa, harmonicas) concert this year will feature a variety of songs from the folk and singer-songwriter traditions, including songs by Leonard Cohen, Stan Rogers, Chris Smither, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, Cheryl Wheeler and many others.
Slavery Trail
Saturday, June 8, 2024, 7:30 PM
Roosevelt Borough Hall
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” is the motto for our multi-media event. Photos, music, and poems will celebrate how America’s slavery trail became its civil rights trail. We’ll be telling the story of how suffering yielded overcoming. A narrative of our nine-day drive from Greensboro to Selma, Birmingham to Montgomery to Washington, D.C., visiting the Civil Rights Institute and Birmingham Jail and ending at the National Museum of African American History & Culture. What we learn is that Black history is the history of ALL Americans; as Fannie Lou Hamer said, “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free.”

Sheila Linz
Serious Blond Girl
Oil on Beeswax
Past Programs
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Borough Hall Mosaic
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