David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Abandoned: The Once World-Renowned Girl Puzzle on Roosevelt Island
The abandoned Girl Puzzle – add it to the long list of RIOC negligence plaguing the unfixable state agency running Roosevelt Island. Despite a steady wave of lawsuits and investigations, the state agency cruises along as if made of Teflon….
Tips for Developing Large Renewable Energy Projects
Successfully navigate large-scale projects with the right advice. Read these tips for developing large renewable energy projects for practical information.
Roosevelt Island Favorite Ioan Popoiu Back with New Solo Show
RIVAA artist Ioan Popoiu has thrilled local art lovers with his vibrant abstract canvases, but now, we have a special case. His new show, filled with fresh works of art, opens tomorrow in Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island….
After a Better Fall for Arts, Pin Some Hopes on Next Year
According to most accounts, we had a better Fall for Arts in 2023 than any since the pre-pandemic 2019 show. it’s a credit to RIVAA‘s unrewarded judging and organizing, tasks RIOC dumped on them after denuding its experienced staff. Following…
On Sunday, October 22nd, “Immigrant Voices in the Pandemic” at Gallery RIVAA
Next weekend, Gallery RIVAA at 527 Main Street will host a book launch for Immigrant Voices in the Pandemic. The book is ambitious, a collection of stories focused on how the artists handled the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. Roosevelt Island’s…
RIOC Blew Fall for Arts 2023. But Now the Art Still Stands
By any measure, RIOC support for Fall for Arts 2023 was atrocious, the worst ever, but creativity held its ground. The art still stands, tall, colorful and proud around the Rivercross Lawn. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News…
New from Toshiko Kitano Groner: Arrangements at the Octagon Gallery
Arrangements features current paintings by Roosevelt Islander Toshiko Kitano Groner. Groner is a colorist whose works we’ve admired and reported on many times in the past. Often, we’ve appreciated her art at local galleries, but we’ve also seen it in…
Humanity and the Theater of War – FDR Four Freedoms State Park
Last week, on Roosevelt Island, the FDR Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and CEO Howard Axel staged Theater of War, an abstract from Sophocles’s Ajax. In a staged reading, a panel of stars rubbed raw the complexities between and within which…
“Arrangements,” New Art From Toshiko Kitano Groner Opens on Sunday
New art from one of our favorite artists and longtime RIVAA member, Toshiko Kitano Groner, is the kind of news we like. We’ve covered her work for over a decade. She never disappoints. The Roosevelt Island Daily News RIVAA Gallery…
New Art: Woman with a Parasol in Central Park
Times change, and we are taking a fresh approach and looking at the world through art. In 1875, Claude Monet painted his early masterpiece, Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son. It’s the earliest days of impression…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor