Maybe the joy of cherry blossoms and crabapple trees got a little lost during the snowy February on Roosevelt Island. But, it’s time again. I took the photo above exactly one year ago. Before the long shutdown.
By David Stone
For the second straight year, there won’t any festival. Officially.
But didn’t the festival really make itself? Pink buds in two sequences lighten the Island as winter loses its grip.
True, April’s more vibrant, but hints of spring in March are more heartening than ever, this year.
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“I Can Ask”
Chair Fay Christian opened the Operations Advisory Committee on February 12th, reading out member names from a prepared sheet that omitted Melissa Wade. It didn’t feel intentional, but it struck me as odd precisely because it came from something prepared. Lydia Tang gently corrected her, noting that Wade was, in fact, a member of the committee. Wade met the moment with grace, or perhaps she simply wasn’t bothered by it.
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