RealEstateSINY.com Interviews the Director of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
| Hannah Jay, a correspondent with RealEstateSINY.com and TrendingSINY.com, interviews Meg Ventrudo, the director of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on 338 Lighthouse Avenue, Staten Island, NY. In the discussion, the two talk about Jacques Marchais, a New York actress-turned Tibetan art collector. You'll also get a glimpse of what this Staten Island cultural treasure has to offer--both inside the exhibit rooms and outside in the gardens. This beautiful, Himalayan-style structure sits atop the cliff on Lighthouse Hill and houses a priceless collection of historic Tibetan artifacts, such as bronze Buddhist statues and a wide array of texts on Buddhism.
11 Things You Didn't Know About STATEN ISLAND
11 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT STATEN ISLAND
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Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Staten Island - New York
Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Staten Island - New York: Staten Island Zoo, Richmond County Bank Ballpark, The The Staten Island September 11 Memorial, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Fort Wadsworth, New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach, Alice Austen House Museum & Garden, Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island Children's Museum, Staten Island Museum, St. George Theatre, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, The Conference House
PBS-A WALK AROUND STATEN ISLAND-David Hartman -2007 Part 2
A look at the history of the NY borough of Staten Island, past and present. Part 2 of 2.
Richmond Town, Staten Island | DiverseCITY
On this month’s edition …Richmond Town, Staten Island … why Ukrainians and Russians are moving to Staten Island, away from their traditional enclaves in Brooklyn and Queens. The effort to build back Staten Island’s East Coast may be more about tearing it down. A hidden gem, the largest collection of Tibetan art outside of Tibet lives here. History comes to life at a little-know attraction in the community. Then the story of one of the first black superstar athletes who was born enslaved on Staten Island.
(Taped: 6/12/2019)
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Pop Art meets Buddha at Tibet House US: Hedy Klineman; Buddhas in the Garden
American Pop Artist Hedy Klineman's short Bio-video. Shown are her recent screen-prints and paintings of Buddhas in the Garden, a diverse exploration of images of Buddha statues collected by her over the years, submerged within her own gardens. Her Deities series was her concentration in the 1990's, exploring Easter Spirituality and Iconography. Since 2005, Hedy has worked on a series of Ancestral Spirits, African-American portraits. A brief introduction is also given to her work from the 60's; Abstract Expressionism, the 70's Color Field Paintings, and her 80's Fashion Portraits. Ms. Klineman calls Manhattan home, the most diverse and energetic city on earth, where she has been active and engaged with the New York City art scene. She has known and painted fashion portraits of Andy Warhol and other famous artists and figures of the Art World. She also maintains a painting studio in Barbados when not in NYC.
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Review of Hedy Klineman's solo-exhibition Ancestral Spirits, African-American Portraits at Smart Clothes Gallery, New York, NY:
Staten Island | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:44 1 History
00:02:53 1.1 Native Americans
00:05:59 1.2 European settlement
00:08:08 1.3 Richmond County
00:11:46 1.4 18th century and the American Revolution
00:16:22 1.5 19th century
00:17:15 1.6 Consolidation with New York City
00:20:59 2 Geology
00:23:37 3 Geography
00:26:05 3.1 Wildlife
00:26:56 3.2 Parkland
00:29:43 3.3 Adjacent counties
00:29:52 4 Demographics
00:34:29 4.1 Languages
00:36:10 5 Government and politics
00:36:20 5.1 History
00:38:36 5.2 Staten Island flag
00:39:22 5.3 Politics
00:43:00 5.3.1 Local politics
00:44:39 6 Tourism
00:46:14 7 Culture
00:46:23 7.1 Local support for the arts
00:47:26 7.2 Attractions
00:48:36 7.2.1 Museums
00:49:53 7.3 Newspapers
00:50:11 7.4 In culture
00:50:19 7.4.1 Film
00:50:32 7.4.2 Literature
00:51:15 7.4.3 Music
00:51:54 7.4.4 Television
00:53:23 7.4.5 Theater
00:55:20 8 Sports
00:55:29 8.1 Baseball
00:56:50 8.2 Basketball
00:57:20 8.3 Bowling
00:57:49 8.4 College athletics
00:58:44 8.5 Cricket
00:59:03 8.6 Football
01:00:43 8.7 Golf
01:07:04 8.8 Ice hockey
01:07:23 8.9 Motor sports
01:08:23 8.10 Olympians
01:09:55 8.11 Soccer
01:10:18 8.12 Tennis
01:11:04 9 Education
01:11:13 9.1 Public schools
01:12:31 9.2 Private schools
01:13:31 9.3 Colleges and universities
01:14:13 10 Transportation
01:14:22 10.1 Bridges
01:15:53 10.2 Roads
01:16:44 10.3 Public transit
01:17:19 10.3.1 Ferry
01:18:26 10.3.2 Trains
01:20:27 10.3.3 Buses
01:21:57 10.4 Freight rail
01:22:44 11 Infrastructure
01:22:54 11.1 Hospitals
01:23:15 11.2 Jails
01:24:17 12 Nicknames
01:25:15 13 See also
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Staten Island () is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the southwest portion of the city, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With an estimated population of 479,458 in 2017, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2). The borough also contains the southern-most point in the state, South Point.
The borough was referred to as the Borough of Richmond until 1975. Staten Island has sometimes been called the forgotten borough by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government.The North Shore—especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton and Stapleton—is the most urban part of the island; it contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2.5-mile (4 km) F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth-longest boardwalk in the world. The South Shore, site of the 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now mostly suburban in character. The West Shore is the least populated and most industrial part of the island.
Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough that is not connected to the New York City Subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough across New York Harbor to Manhattan and is a tourist attraction which provides views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Lower Manhattan.
Staten Island had the Fresh Kills Landfill, which was the world's largest landfill before closing in 2001, although it was temporarily reopened that year to receive debris ...