05/22/2017 - 14:29
Updated 1 year ago
The Carter Burden Network has been at work, managing the Roosevelt Island Senior Center, since last summer. Now, they want you to tell them how they're doing and what they can do to make the Center better.
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05/17/2017 - 17:39
Updated 1 year ago
May 16th, Committee Chair Margie Smith brought RIOC's Governance Committee together to talk about qualifications for future Board Members and the recent, controversial nominations vote conducted by the Common Council. Conflict was subdued by the cooling vapors of a technicality.
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05/17/2017 - 16:08
Updated 1 year ago
Among Roosevelt Island's many talented visual artists, Hanne Støvring stakes her claim to creating some of the loveliest, most engaging works seen at Gallery RIVAA. This weekend, she opens her solo exhibit, Moments of Life, with a public reception on Saturday at 5:00.
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05/16/2017 - 18:33
In a exciting kick off for the summer season, FDR Four Freedoms Park brings back Imagination Playground and the Uni Project for four weekends, beginning this Saturday. It's free, generously sponsored by Amalgamated Bank.
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05/15/2017 - 17:55
Updated 1 year ago
State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, who represents the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, announced that her bill to require RIOC's Chief Executives to live on Roosevelt Island advanced. Is it time to rejoice or shout, "Stop!"
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05/15/2017 - 15:56
When you see a woman with flowers on Mother's Day, you take for granted that she's carrying a gift from loved ones - unless the woman is Jackie Lucid-Cusack, director of Pippin, which opens on Friday. Then, all bets are off.
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05/12/2017 - 17:31
Updated 1 year ago
Early last week, we wrote about a notice Frank Farance photographed taped to Trellis/NISI's door. It demanded payment of $142k in back rent. But Hudson said it was a mistake, and they are as confident as ever of the restaurant's reopening. Facts don't shore up that optimism.
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