Rockaway Arts Fest

Rockaway Arts Fest happening this summer; Patti Smith reading on opening day

Patti Smith in Austin in 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) According to Gothamist, to commemorate the reopening of Fort Tilden–closed since Hurricane Sandy–the National Park Service, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy and MoMa PS1 are teaming up to present the Rockaway Arts Fest, an event that will run from late June through Labor Day and feature work from local and “internationally acclaimed artists…