05/31/2018 - 09:00
ThriveNYC in cooperation with Community Board 8 and The Child Center of NY brings important help to Roosevelt Island families, next weekend. Registration and child care assistance below.
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05/29/2018 - 16:49
Updated 10 weeks ago
Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance's teen musical for 2018, The Drowsy Chaperone, is a perfect fit for a versatile performance group generating excitement with local talent and collaboration.
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05/17/2018 - 19:19
Updated 8 weeks ago
Yes, a funny thing did happen on the way to Roosevelt Island Day, 2018: RIOC lost all its friends. Unlike any previous year, according to yesterday's announcement, RIOC seems to be going it alone. The poster above tells its own deflated story - as if they needed another example of their disconnection from the resident community.
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05/07/2018 - 19:51
"When Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995, an employee discovered a large collection of suitcases in storage in an attic. Many of these pieces of luggage contained the personal belongings of former patients," according to the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. "Jon Crispin has completed his project to photograph the suitcases and their contents, which he described in 2016. He will reflect on the experience of this multi-year project and share the photos in a lecture at the New York Public Library Branch on Roosevelt Island, on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 6:30 p.m."
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05/07/2018 - 16:26
Updated 10 weeks ago
An exciting new exhibit of Recent Work by RIVAA artist Jim Pignetti opened, and you're invited to meet the artist as a free public reception on Thursday, May 10th, from 6:00 until 9:00 at the Octagon Gallery, 888 Main Street, Roosevelt Island.
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05/02/2018 - 17:20
RIVAA, Roosevelt Island's most inclusive organization, opens its doors to artwork from residents of NYC Health and Hospitals/Color in cooperation with the Angelica Patient Assistance Program, opening this weekend.
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05/02/2018 - 15:36
Arts in the Garden is a series of eight, 2-hour weekly outdoor workshops integrating art, poetry and gardening. Read more
04/29/2018 - 15:24
There are more than 200,000 cases of breast cancer each year in the United States. On Monday, April 30th, at 11:00, NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center visits Roosevelt Island for a Breast Health Workshop with a question and answer session at the Senior Center, 564 Main Street. You're invited to learn more.
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04/27/2018 - 09:00
Monday, April 30th, is International Jazz Day, celebrating America's most original art form. On Roosevelt Island, Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street launches the celebration with a lively jazz jam from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Everyone's invited to come in and enjoy the vivacity of jazz surrounded by original, visual art.
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04/25/2018 - 18:12
Updated 13 weeks ago
Last year, Common Man Musicals delivered the World Premiere of Northanger Abbey, a worked inspired by Jane Austin's posthumously published novel that unpacked the drama and updated it for contemporary audiences. Northanger sold out, and now, its creative team, Jonathan and Kimbirdlee Fadner, team with Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance's Children's Theatre to repeat the magic with an all-new work, The Monkey King.
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