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Wf rrrrr ft I v-viJ 4 i i mfoti i I i B7 Phone items to (718) 575-2550 Fax (718) 793-6422 email nynewsdypanixcom 2 Air Tram to the Art Treasures Roosevelt I museum deal By Mohamad Bazzi BEING billed aa a ticket to culture on the Left Bank of the East River that is The Roosevelt Island Operating Crap recently launched a transportation museum package that allows visitors to take the aerial tram from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island and then to Long Island City for a weekend of art and culture our one-pass-to-art we expect to attract more visitors this year to Roosevelt Island to its sculpture center and to the three museums just across the river in Long Island said Operating Corp president Jean Lerman Visitors can take the tram from East 59th Street and Second Avenue every hour on the hour from 1 1 am to 5 pm and transfer to the bus link on Roosevelt Island The Artlink pass which will be available every weekend through Nov 27 provides access to: The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum home to a large collection of artwork fay JapaneseAmerican sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) on the site of his former Long Island City studio The museum has more than 250 sculptures on display and an outdoor garden Socrates Sculpture Park one of the few places in the city where large-scale sculptures are displayed in a park setting Once an illegal dumping ground JW' -s -4 j- Tfv the five-acre park is now home to dozens of stone stem and wooden works of art American Museum of the Moving Image billed as the first institution in the country devoted to the art history and technology of moving pictures and television For information on upcoming programs call (718) 784-0077 Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island featuring outdoor installations fay six emerging artists: Luisa Caldwell Andrew Dunnill Nade Haley David Kramer Itty Neuhaus and Satoru Taka-hashi The exhibits include a film projection of a giant caged bird an inverted bodega awning and an imaginary landing pad for cars driving over the Roosevelt Island Bridge from Queens artists have found creative ways to utilize and enliven this gray urban Lerman said art in open spaces enhances our quality of Lynne Abraham spokeswoman for the Operating Corp said visitors also can learn about Roosevelt history by visiting its landmark ruins In 1828 city officials seeking an isolated site for prisons and institutions purchased the island from the colonial-era Blackwell family Over the next century eight hospitals asylums and prisons were built making Welfare Island as it was known home to the chronically ill insane and destitute By the mid-1950s however most of the decaying institutions were abandoned The island got a new lease on life when the state Urban Development Corp unveiled plans in 1969 for a mixed income limited-traffic community with access to the waterfront In 1973 the island was officially renamed in honor of the late President Franklin Roosevelt Today two longterm care hospitals Bird Coler and Gokhrater Memorial remain among a handful of historic buildings The ruins which have been designated city landmarks include Octagon Tower (1839) Smallpox Hospital (1856) and Strecker Laboratory (1892) The Artlink" pass costs $8 for adults and $5 for senior citizens children and students with school identification cards Children under 5 get a free pass The price includes round-trip fere on the tram and admission to all the museums Far more information call the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp at (212) 832-4540 Mohamad Bazzi it a free-lance writer fferadqp fill Photo Dooaa Dfiaftrkh Ths Museum of tho Moving Image above ond the Socrates Scolptero Pork below ore included in tbo Tram ArtUnk pockngo on Roosovolt Wand and in Long bland Cfly dancing and door prizes Reservations are $20 a person (718) 343-7271 JAMAICA Maya Angelou To Speak at St Friday HILLCREST Program For Widows and Widowers The WE Group a support program for widows and widowers meets at 1 pm Thursday at the Hillcrest Jewish Center 1834)2 Union Tpke Room 203 Social hour to follow For information call 380-4145 OCEANSIDE NY 1013 Holding Annual Luncheon The NY 1013 Association will host its annual fell luncheon meeting Friday in Oceanside LL The sit-down dinner begins noon and includes drinks music FOOTNOTE A Program For Adult Children of Alcoholics The Foppenhuaen Institute and Outreach Project will conduct Normal: a Parenting Program for Adult Children of Alcoholics and Their scheduled to begin Sept 27 The six-session guidance and support program was developed fay the Children of Alcoholics Foundation and will be presented by the Outreach staff It is specifically derignad fer those who have had their lives affected by someone problem drinking and are raising children Couples are urged to attend Registration deadline is Friday Cost is $25 or $40 per couple 441-3430 ii-i'! Pbet Maya Angelou will speak Friday 7:30 pm in Alumni Hall St University Grand Central and Utopia Parkways Jamaica Angelou an internationally known writer and historian became the second poet in American history to have tiie honor of writing and reciting original work at a presidential inauguration Tickets are $10 for adults and $750 for students and are available on a first-come first served basis at the University Student Center Ticket Window For more information call 990-6735 1 i i i 1 i i iii.