03/04/2017 - 16:05
"Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance was my favorite part of growing up," is how she answers the basic why question of our interview.
Joan Marie Cusick is completing a circle with her return to MST&DA as teacher, actor and director, a creative loop that's the first phase of her projected career.
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02/28/2017 - 10:56
Cornell Tech will host a Town Hall style meeting on March 29th. A community update will deliver detailed information on campus activities and construction as the transition glides toward a grand opening by the end of summer.
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02/25/2017 - 11:01
In a classic example of Murphy's Law - "Things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance." - a request for proposals intended to "do what's best for our kids" went kablooey in a way only Roosevelt Islanders can pull off. Collateral damage still rattled down Main Street on Friday evening.
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02/23/2017 - 15:56
The photo was foggy, maybe overexposed. It looked like an espionage agent shot it from the street outside. But there was no escaping the truth: Lynne Strong-Shinozaki and Nikki Leopold were caught brazenly visiting in Wholesome Factory.
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02/19/2017 - 11:28
Advertising Hall of Fame member and Roosevelt Island pioneer Roy F. Eaton's life took shape thanks to "...the vision of a powerful Jamaican mother," Bernice Eaton. On the day before Mother's Day, he dedicates a free concert, part of the R&R series, to her and his wife, Barbara Pittman.
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02/18/2017 - 11:23
Updated 1 year ago
A theatrical setting in the Cultural Center felt right as RIOC President/CEO Susan Rosenthal smoothly stage-managed a presentation featuring her activist agenda, addressing several important - one critical - issues.
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02/13/2017 - 11:32
Updated 1 year ago
Looked at objectively, there was nothing inherently wrong with RIOC's Request for Proposals for managing Roosevelt Island's youth programs, but this is Roosevelt Island, a tightly wound community that, lacking strong, central leadership, routinely spins conflict off into non-cooperating power clusters.
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02/11/2017 - 10:47
Updated 1 year ago
"Sportspark is expected to reopen no later than Wednesday, March 1st," the Roosevelt Island Operation Corporation announced, late Friday afternoon. But at the RIOC Board meeting on February 16th, because of issues involving the Department of Buildings, CEO Susan Rosenthal rolled that back indefinitely.
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02/06/2017 - 16:58
Updated 6 weeks ago
If you live on Roosevelt Island but never met Michelle Carter, you might still have caught her cussing someone out or walked by while she mumbled incoherently, hunched over in her wheelchair. Chances are you didn't know her really. Few of us did.
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