Upcoming Events At Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park - May 18/19 Pop Up Library Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage, May 30 More Or Less I Am Musical Theater Performance Celebrating Walt Whitman's 200th Birthday & June 15 Ascend With Pride Afternoon Picnic, Coming Out Stories & Drag Queen Story Hour

You're invited to the following upcoming free public events at the Roosevelt Island FDR 4 Freedoms Park.

May 18 - 19 Pop Up Library celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage.

Excited to continue celebrating #APAHM with our May Pop Up Libraries! 5/18 featuring Story Time and activity with Super Satya Saves the Day author @Raakstar at 12:30pm, and 5/19 with Always Anjali author @sheetalsheth at 2pm!

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) May 8, 2019

May 30 Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth, Compagnia De' Colombari presents a free performance at the Park: More Or Less I Am (MOLIA), a music-theatre piece adapted from Whitman's first major work, Song of Myself.

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, join @4FreedomsPark, on Thursday, May 30 from 7 - 8 PM, in celebrating with a music-theatre piece drawn entirely from Whitman’s 1855 Song of Myself! pic.twitter.com/bLDZAXzZ5d

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) May 13, 2019

June 15 Ascend with Pride: An Afternoon with Friends & Family at FDR Four Freedoms State Park

Excited to announce Ascend with Pride: An Afternoon with Friends & Family at FDR Four Freedoms State Park! A free Pride celebration for all ages w/VideoOut onsite capturing coming out stories, a picnic on the lawn, a visit from Drag Queen Story Hour, and a 12’ x 100’ Pride flag!

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) May 9, 2019

The FDR 4 Freedoms Park is open 6 days a week 9AM -7 PM and closed on Tuesdays.

Take a look at this interesting 2016 video of Harriet Pattison



discussing the design of the FDR 4 Freedoms Park.