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Mark your calendars for this weekend's Rockaway Literary Festival, which will be held at Fort Tilden on June 7 and 8. The complete schedule of events for this exciting festival can be found elsewhere in the paper, but both days promise delights galore. Rock pioneer DJ Pete Fornatale will talk about his new book that details the partnership of Simon And Garfunkel. More ... It's June already and the 20th is the official beginning of summer! A lot of folks feel that there weren't many warm days this spring; the weather will surely heat up now! This past Sunday was a beautiful day- lots of boats on the water, a couple of sidewalk sales and lots of folks out and about. More ... Knees, shoulders and low backs steal most of the spotlight in the physical therapy world. If you were to wander around an outpatient physical therapy office you would probably find that those three body parts account for 80 percent of the patients receiving therapy that day, Those suffering with foot and ankle pain, in comparison, More ... This weekend the Rockaway Center for the Arts in Fort Tilden will fully come to life with a literary and film festival, and two exhibitions of the visual arts. A true Rockaway cultural collaboration of which to be proud. More ... Far Rockaway is not alone in facing the problems of gun violence, black on black crime and gangs. The hail of bullets that flew in Harlem put a glaring spotlight on the problem. But there have been similar gun incidents in Jackson Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. More ... June is a month of celebrating beginnings and endings. Our calendars fill up with weddings, christenings, graduations and retirements. All occasions for celebrating, in most instances. Beginnings and endings are markers, albeit arbitrarily manmade. More ... A nother mystery, on a real photo sepia-tone souvenir postcard (unmailed) has surfaced. The card is not signed, there is no photo studio identified on the back, and the card can be dated back to the days during World War One. More ... What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... What appeared to be a case of hit and run (witnesses saw the woman dragged about 10 feet) at Beach 69 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Arverne, on Monday, May 30, between 4 and 4:15 p.m. turned out to be a case of sexual assault. (The woman was thrown out of the car. More ... With all of the cooking shows on television, they are inspiring a new generation of people who experiment more in the kitchen to sharpen their cooking skills. You would imagine the same from the home makeover shows that have become so popular. More ... As I write this, we're no more than a few days away from the Rockaway Music and Arts Council's Second Annual Literary Arts and Film Festival at Gateway's Fort Tilden. More ... |
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