RIIS PARK BEACH BAZAAR
The Riis Park Beach Bazaar has indoor and outdoor facilities
near the shoreline in the vicinity of 167-02 Rockaway Beach
Blvd. This mile-long shopping Mecca runs from Memorial Day
Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Hours are 11 am to 8 pm
on weekends and holidays and noon to 8 pm on weekdays, with
possible late hours on Wednesday.
The bazaar opened in 2016 and almost immediately became a
tourism destination due to its top-notch cuisine. Here are some of the
vendors: Rockaway Clam Bar; Ample Hills Creamery; Fletcher’s
BBQ; Bolivian Llama Party; Coney Shack; Chick’nCone; East
Coast Roast; Oaxaca Tacos; and Cuisine by Claudette.
ROCKAWAY ARTISTS ALLIANCE
Rockaway Artists Alliance is a nonprofit that offers
comprehensive arts and cultural programming including
everything from exhibitions in the galleries to multimedia
showcases to solo shows. RAA also fosters the growth and
exposure of many local and nonlocal performers with regularly
scheduled musical events.
Community programs include year-round arts education
programs for children such as camp kidsmART, the kidsmART
after-school program and art classes. For adults, classes range
from painting to printmaking in RAA’s printmaking studio.
RAA is housed in Fort Tilden in the sTudio 6 and sTudio 7 art
galleries and in the Education Center in Building T149. RAA’s
partners and sponsors include the National Park Service, NYC
Department of Cultural Affairs, and Jamaica Bay Rockaway
Parks Conservancy.
Address: 260 Beach 116th St., Rockaway Park, and www.
rockawayartistsalliance.org.
ROCKAWAY THEATRE COMPANY
Founded in 1997, the Rockaway Theatre Company offers
performances intermittently throughout the year, usually Broadway
musicals, comedies, and dramas. Past performances include Guys
and Dolls, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Fiddler On the Roof,
Oklahoma, and Annie Get Your Gun. This nonprofit’s faculty teaches
workshops in such subjects as acting, vocal, tap dance, dancing, stage
management, sound, light design, and musical theater history.
Inside scoop: The company performs at a renovated theater that was
once a cinema for United States Army personnel at Fort Tilden.
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