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Upcoming Events & Public Events
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SUNSET JAZZ WITH ART BARON & FRIENDS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 6-8PM
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Renowned jazz musician, Art Baron, will entertain Park visitors with the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz age!
American jazz trombonist and a former member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Art Baron will perform music from the early Jazz Age to get audiences on their feet dancing. FREE!
The Katchkie Farm Food Station will be selling beer, wine, and various snacks from 6pm-8pm.
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LITTLE DRAGONS TANG SOO DO
MONDAYS AT 4:15PM, AUGUST 10, 17, 24 & 31
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Along with their caregivers, children ages 12 and under are invited to learn Tang Soo Do techniques, increasing their flexibility, strength, memory and coordination.
Suggested donation $5; free for members. No registration required.
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YOGA
WEDNESDAYS - SATURDAYS, MAY 6 - SEPTEMBER 5*
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* WE'RE EXTENDING OUR YOGA SEASON AN EXTRA WEEK!
Join Roosevelt Island teachers for hour-long classes surrounded by the New York City skyline.
WEDNESDAYS AT 10:15AM
Vinyasa class with Lauren
THURSDAYS AT 4:15PM
Kids & Family yoga with Jax (ages 4-7)
FRIDAYS AT 6PM
Hatha class with Keren
SATURDAYS AT 10AM
Class focusing on core with Jax
Bring your own mat!
Suggested donation $5. Free for members! No registration required.
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On August 10, 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt's life would change forever. On that day at age thirty-nine on a family vacation in Campobello, Maine, FDR contracted polio, losing the use of both legs permanently.
Roosevelt fought until his death to regain mobility, yet despite the fact that he would never again walk without assistance, Roosevelt's struggle with polio is a lesson in the power of perseverance. He returned to politics in 1924, and went on to be elected for President three four times by the American people. [Editor’s note: Thanks to all who pointed out this error. Our apologies!] A few years later, he established a polio treatment center in Warm Springs, Georgia, and later founded the March of Dimes. The research sponsored by the March of Dimes eventually led to the development of the polio vaccine. Today, polio is active in only three countries.
In his eulogy following Roosevelt's death in 1945, Winston Churchill commented, “President Roosevelt’s physical affliction lay heavily upon him. It was a marvel that he bore up against it through all the many years of tumult and storm. Not one man in ten millions, stricken and crippled as he was, would have attempted to plunge into a life of physical and mental exertion and of hard, ceaseless political controversy. Not one in ten millions would have tried, not one in a generation would have succeeded...."
Read more about Roosevelt's struggle and his work to combat polio worldwide here.
Photo: Pictured here at the “walking court” in Warm Springs, GA in 1928, Roosevelt fought to regain his mobility.
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