http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:39:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The crew of Miss Rockaway spent two amazing summers on the Mississippi River experiencing the unbelievable hospitality, kindness and fun of the folks we met all along the river. Right now our we're thinking of our friends in Clarksville, Canton, La Grange, Hannibal, Louisiana, Alton, Quincy, Burlington, Muscatine, Oquawka, Keokuk, ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/06/19/hearts-go-out-to-our-friends-on-the-river/ Dark Dark Dark performing in the backyard. Backyard campfire. Long Gone Gabe heats it up on his guitar. Wendell and Laura cut a rug. Fire-lit artist's housing. Friends help injured Mike Boushee make it up the hill to the picnic. Daredevil Marshall on the not-so-natural not-such-a-bridge. Kevin Caplicki strikes it GQ-style. Luke Boushee savors the view. George communes with ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/28/every-day-is-a-new-goodbye/ (photos from the installation Being Here Is Better Than Wishing We'd Stayed by the Miss Rockaway Armada at Mass MoCA) We have finished our stay and installation at Mass MoCA. Being Here Is Better Than Wishing We'd Stayed is now open through April 2009. We had a blast, and are extremely ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/25/kids-with-power-tools/ (One last batch of clues before the installation opens on Friday) Come see the exhibition when it opens to the public on Saturday, April 19th. Details here. http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/15/too-many-hands-not-enough-drills/ (photos from perfomances by The Miss Rockaway Armada at Mass MoCA and Williams College, full photo gallery here) The Miss Rockaway Armada presented performances by Dark Dark Dark, Fall Harbor, Phil Not Bombs, Long Gone Gabe and A Tillion Gallons Of Gasoline as part of their installation Being Here Is Better ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/13/sing-it-like-you-mean-it/ (Here's a small peek at the installation to date. We wouldn't want to spoil it too much, now would we?) Most of the build crew (plus a friend) outside of Jae's half-price sushi night. We are roughly at the halfway point of the installation. From this point on the project will start ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/09/puzzle-pieces-in-pictures/ Mass MoCA at night. John Vanderslice performing in the crowd at Mass MoCA. Nona and Marshall show a screw who's boss. John geared up and ready to go. The view from our work space.  We continue to build, having completed phase one (or "lock n' dam 1" as we have started calling them) which is ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/07/imagination-at-work/ Todd Chandler exploring inside the still-abandoned parts of Mass MoCA. Down into more decrepitness.Areas of the still-abandoned sections of Mass MoCA.Areas of the still-abandoned sections of Mass MoCA.Areas of the still-abandoned sections of Mass MoCA.Areas of the still-abandoned sections of Mass MoCA.Areas of the still-abandoned sections of Mass MoCA.Areas of the ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/04/02/massachusetts-museum-of-contemporary-art/ Remains: the center raft/galley of the main Miss Rockaway vessel with the modified front raft docked to it. The initial incarnation of the Miss Rockaway Armada ended it's voyage in St. Louis, Autumn 2007. Scroll down for photos! While we don't currently have plans to continue along the Mississippi river, offshoots ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/03/19/where-are-they-now/ Okay here it is, the ultimate update to date, so grab a glass a water or just skim to the good parts. Alton. We hunkered down and prepared for the coast guard test. We never found a good docking spot and spent our stay on a crappy rock wall on ... http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/09/27/mega-ultra-grand-hits/