Reasons to be Cheerful Presents: Rocking the Boat
Reasons to be Cheerful Presents: Rocking the Boat Reasons to be Cheerful’s second annual variety show, Amazing Humans Doing Amazing Things, nearly blew the roof off The Town Hall in New York City on May 29. David Byrne, Ramy Youssef, Reggie Watts, Annie and the Caldwells, Nina Conti and many other incredible acts had the crowd laughing, cheering and rising to their feet. See the photos here. The show also included inspirational moments that spoke directly to RTBC’s solutions journalism mission. In these interludes, we celebrated the work of New York City-based organizations working to make our city a better place and improve the lives of the people who live here. In case you didn’t make it to the show, here’s a short video about one of them. Rocking the Boat is an organization based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx that gives high schoolers the chance to build their own boats, developing skills from carpentry and navigation to leadership and teamwork along the way. Rocking th…
