03/20/2018 - 20:01
The Carter Burden Network invites everyone to an opening reception for an art salon exhibition of paintings by Joan Cohen. Refreshments will be served from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center, 546 Main Street. This show will remain on view until April 25th.
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03/15/2018 - 21:09
Updated 12 weeks ago
Until Lin Manuel Miranda's Hamilton shook up Broadway a few years back, the biggest historical musical about the Founding Fathers was Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone's 1776, a show blending serious history, drama, music and humor that magically makes it all work. It won the Tony for Best Musical, and now under the direction of Jacqueline Lucid, it's coming to the Howe Theatre under an expanding entertainment tent set up by Roosevelt Island's Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance.
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03/11/2018 - 16:13
On Tuesday, March 13th, the Carter Burden Network invites you to a ribbon cutting for their new Sewing Studio at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center. The event begins at 2:00, and there will be light refreshments.
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03/03/2018 - 10:46
The Roosevelt Island Historical Society invites you to bring your art, antiques, clothing and textiles for a professional valuation by the experts from Capo Auctions & Cora Ginsburg Gallery. This event happens Saturday, March 10th, from Noon until 5:00 p.m. at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, 543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island.
03/01/2018 - 10:19
Gallery RIVAA warms late winter on Roosevelt Island with news that it will be reopening, holding to tradition with its seventeenth annual Vernissage exhibit. This year, the show has more impact as the artists' collective brings creative energy back Main Street after a three-month absence.
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02/27/2018 - 18:38
Tomorrow, February 28th, at 1:00 p.m., The Roosevelt Island Senior Center, 546 Main Street, hosts the Leonard Covello Performers in The History of Gospel Music. as part of Carter Burden Network's recognition of Black History Month. A soulful program of live music is planned. See the attachment below for details.
02/27/2018 - 09:48
You're invited! Columbia University Occupational Therapy Students will be on hand for a free presentation: Nutrition and Cognition: Brain Foods, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m, at the CBN/RI Senior Center, 546 Main Street, on Wednesday, February 28th.
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02/26/2018 - 10:21
Updated 15 weeks ago
January's RIOC Board Meeting came to a frustrating conclusion when Chair Alex Valella walked out without closure on volatile issues concerning a contract award for managing the Roosevelt Island Youth Center. This time, they will try to do better as the issue comes up first on the agenda as "Old Business," which doesn't really cover it.
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02/26/2018 - 10:01
Controversial issues are on the agenda for RIOC Board committee meetings on Tuesday, March 1st, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the Facilities Management Office, 680 Main Street (entrance on the East Promenade below Motorgate.)
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02/26/2018 - 09:46
Roosevelt Island's celebrated international charities, the J. Luce Foundation and Orphans International Worldwide celebrated their 10th and 18th Anniversaries, respectively, on March 1st, at the Indonesian Consulate, 5 East 68th Street. An evening filled with awards begins at 6:00 p.m.
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