A free online reading of Roosevelt Island pioneer Alice Childress’s Wine in the Wilderness will be offered May 21st through 24th. The Refocus Project features on plays about African-Americans and their playwrights.

Read our earlier story about the Roundabout’s plan to stage another of her plays before the pandemic through everyone’s plans out of whack. An RSVP is required, and you can do so by clicking here.

The Roosevelt Island Daily thanks Linda Becker for letting us know about this…

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The Line That Didn’t Land

We’ll listen to you right after we’re done not listening to you.

Eleanor Rivers May 1, 2026

I stood in the back of Good Shepherd Chapel on the evening of April 15, 2026, at the Steam Plant Demolition Town Hall, watching people adjust scarves and jackets before the meeting began. Benjamin Jones, President and CEO of RIOC, thanked us for attending and, without a pause, said he was “pleased to host tonight’s town hall on the city’s demolition of its steam plant.” The demolition, in other words, was not up for discussion.

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