Dear Friend,

The KRB Annual Awards Gala at Hook Mountain, Saturday, November 6, 2010, is a celebration of parks, art, the Hudson River, and the mission of Keep Rockland Beautiful.

We invite the public to view artists working live at Nyack Beach State Park throughout the day, and join us for a reception, auction and awards event in the historic Bath House in the evening.  (reservation $75 per person includes gourmet food plus locally brewed beer and live music). The evening event will sell out, so please make your reservations soon by calling Andy at KRB: 845-623-1534

Program

9 a.m.  4 p.m. Artists in the Parks -- artists painting at Nyack Beach State Park, with additional artworks and historic photos on display and for sale in th Bath House. Free access and refreshments ˜til 4 p.m.

3 p.m. Trash can painting activity  -- help decorate a trash barrel to be used at a bus shelter or playground.

7 p.m. - 10 p.  KRB Awards Gala and Art Auction in the Bath House ($75 pp).

The second annual KRB Awards Gala to take place in the PowerHouse, the event marks the re-opening of the building  for public events, and aspires to be an annual celebration featuring great art, live music, locally grown food, and beer from the Defiant Brewery in Pearl River, our beverage sponsor.

Proceeds from art sales will support the restoration of the original awning over the Bath House patio, enhancing the site for picnics and events. Awards event ticket sales to benefit Keep Rockland Beautiful's trash can painting, community cleanup, and other beautification projects.

Sincerely,

Michelle Damiani, President, Keep Rockland Beautiful

Lita Thorne, President, Artists in the Parks

This event is co-sponsored by Keep Rockland Beautiful, Artists in the Parks, the Palisades Interstate Parks Conservancy, and Nyack Beach/Rockland Lake State Parks.

The Historic Bath House

Prior to 1910, when the PIPC purchased the Manhattan Trap Rock Company in Upper Nyack, the massive stone building at Nyack Beach State Park housed the powerful steam engines driving rock crushing machines for Hook Mtn quarries.  Later, with the creation of the park and daily steamships from NYC, the building was developed as a Bath House in 1936, where beachgoers could change clothes, get a bite to eat, and gather in groups. A 200 foot balcony made of extinct American Chestnut wood overlooks the central ballroom, where a massive stone fireplace provides heat, light and ambiance. The PowerHouse is truly a gem in the rough and represents an extraordinary opportunity for our community to reinvent a forgotten treasure as a venue for community events and a monument to our preservation history.

Keep Rockland Beautiful, Inc.

Keep Rockland Beautiful (KRB) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to community cleanup, beautification and environmental education since 1997. The annual awards event recognizes outstanding achievements in the areas of community cleanup leadership, public art, environmental education, landscape beautification, litter law enforcement and business support of the KRB mission. www.KeepRocklandBeautiful.org

Artists in the Parks (AiP)

Artists in the Parks (AiP) is a program of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) that positions artists as essential partners in the conservation, education, and community initiatives of Parks. Learn more at:  www.artistsintheparks.org.