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08/24/2017 - 19:05
Opening of the NYC Ferry's Astoria Route on August 29th is big news for Roosevelt Island. On Wednesday, August 23rd, State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright delivered an official presentation to a packed audience in the Good Shepherd Community Center.
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08/10/2017 - 08:40
On Saturday, August 4th, RIVAA welcomed a large, enthusiastic crowd to its summer group show, Free Time, at the 527 Main Street Gallery. Here are some scenes from the event.
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07/27/2017 - 18:56
In the next thirty days, what used to be those "lazy, hazy days of summer," Roosevelt Island will see changes that tilt our center of gravity southward. Change is as inevitable as time. These photos are meant to illustrate the moment just before the tipping point for our community.
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07/26/2017 - 08:46
Twelve months after stepping in to bring new life to a troubled Roosevelt Island Senior Center, the Carter Burden Network's Executive Director William Dionne welcomed residents and guests to a happy event as live jazz, good friends and volunteers made it a party.
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07/22/2017 - 08:58
Pulling all the elements together to stage a musical is unimaginably difficult. When it's all new, never been done before, it's so hard, only magic can make it happen. These photos show the players and Director Steven Eng in rehearsals, working to make Northanger Abbey a newborn reality in American theatre.
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07/13/2017 - 09:05
Nature decides. When does the sun fall down the streets to create Manhattanhenge? Will the weather cooperate? But this year, FDR Four Freedoms Park showed that it's the real star of the show.
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06/16/2017 - 16:41
At the annual Sunset Garden Party, FDR Four Freedoms Park lived up to its reputation as one of New York City's most beautiful spots. Slanting sunlight dodged through maturing trees on the sloping meadow as New Yorkers came together to honor legendary journalist Tom Brokaw.
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06/14/2017 - 09:50
On Tuesday evening, June 13th, the cast for Common Man Musicals's "You Can Always Come Home" worked hard at getting the show ready for Saturday. (Tickets still available.) We were there to watch.
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05/21/2017 - 15:10
Late afternoon and early evening, May 21st, Gallery RIVAA welcomed the public to Moments of Life, a solo exhibit of Hanne Støvring's etherial, narrative paintings.
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05/12/2017 - 14:42
Sharing some images from a successful May 11th Health & Wellness Day organized the Carter Burden Network at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center.
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