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Jan
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2020 RIHS Lecture Series at NY Public Library
Roosevelt Island Historical Society Lecture Series at the
NY Public Library
524 Main Street
Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30 p.m.
Presents
Matthew Goodman
“Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World”
Matthew Goodman is the New York Times-bestselling author of four books of nonfiction: The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team; Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World; The Sun and the Moon: Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York ; and Jewish Food: The World at Table
All programs are free and open to the public. These programs are funded by: Amalgamated Bank, RIOC Public Purpose Funds, NYC Council Member Ben Kallos through the Department of Youth and Community Development.
ROOSEVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, P.O.BOX 5, NY NY 10044 WWW.RIHS.US
Dec
10
2019 HOLIDAY SHOPPING
SHOP LOCAL at
ROOSEVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
MAIN STREET HOLIDAY WINDOW @ RIVERCROSS
IF YOU HAVEN’T YET, CHECK OUT THE ELABORATELY DECORATED HOLIDAY DISPLAY AT THE RIVERCROSS MAIN STREET SHOW WINDOW, COURTESY OF RIHS VOLUNTEERS!
CARTER BURDEN RI SENIOR CENTER POP-UP
DECEMBER 14TH RIHS WILL BE AT THE HOLIDAY POP-UP SHOP FROM 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
MERCHANDISE + GIFTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
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VISITOR CENTER KIOSK
DECEMBER 14TH & 21ST THE KIOSK WILL BE
OPEN FOR EXTENDED HOURS:
12 Noon to 7 p.m.
THE KIOSK WILL BE OPEN ALL OTHER DAYS
12 Noon to 5 p.m.
[Refreshments will be available!]
Nov
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Nov
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Jul
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May
10
June 13, Presentation “The Woman in the Iron Coffin”
Roosevelt Island Historical Society Presents
“The Woman in the Iron Coffin”
Scott Warnasch has been a forensic anthropologist/archaeologist for the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, director of the Human Remains Recovery excavations at the World Trade Center site, consultant to the NYPD and FBI on crime scene search and recovery operations, and has recently opened his own consulting business. He will discuss several forensic search and recovery excavation projects, including the mysterious woman in the iron coffin.
Thursday, June 13
6:30 p.m.
Roosevelt Island Branch Library
524 Main Street
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Mar
10
Post Cards From The Penitentiary
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S A N N O U N C E M E N T
A P R I L 1 8 T H | N Y P L L E C T U R E
P O S T C A R D S F R O M T H E P E N I T E N T I A R Y
T H U R S D A Y, A P R I L 1 8 T H
S P E A K E R :
J u d i t h B e r d y , P r e s i d e n t o f R I H S
Learn about the Island history through the views and buildings that were featured on postcards long before photographs were common. Postcards have been widely regarded as place-markers of the built environment and yield important information about the past.
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