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05.26.2023 Community

Greenport’s carousel reopens in time for Memorial Day weekend

Greenport’s Mitchell Park carousel reopened Saturday, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, after a restoration company finished removing lead paint from the attraction ahead of schedule, Mayor...

04.24.2023 Community

REEB transports New Orleans big brass band music to the East End

At this point in the school year, many teachers are likely counting the days until summer vacation, their time for rest and relaxation. But for seven music teachers on...

04.18.2023 Business

Lead paint discovery shutters Greenport carousel until at least Memorial Day

Greenport’s historic carousel in Mitchell Park will remain closed until at least Memorial Day following the discovery of lead paint on one of the roundabout’s painted horses, Mayor Kevin...

04.07.2023 Community

Nonprofit nears $1M goal to save the Greenport Theater, hosting open house April 15

If all goes according to Tony Spiridakis’ plan, the historic Greenport Theater will not simply remain a movie theater, but rather grow into something more. When the historic movie...

04.04.2023 Community

Meet the musicians behind ‘Who Are Those Guys,’ who dominate live music on the North Fork

By day, they are an energy auditor, a wastewater treatment plant operator, a retired signmaker and an RV mechanic. On many nights, Marty Attridge, Doug Attridge, Jim Gorman and...

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03.24.2023 Community

Local author finds parallels between rural Chinese poetry and life on the North Fork

Who would have imagined cave dwellings in China’s Ordos Desert had so much in common with the lush farmland on Long Island’s North Fork? Keming Liu, that’s who. In...

03.23.2023 Community

Greenport High School’s production of ‘Grease’ opens Friday

Dressed to kill in their pink satin and black leather jackets, Greenport’s student actors are electrifying the stage this weekend. The Greenport Junior Senior High School production of...

03.15.2023 Community

North Fork Community Theatre tackles Nazi allegory in ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ opening Friday

A sharp-dressed, blood- and cauliflower-hungry gangster with a familiar mustache will soon take the stage at North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck. “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” written...

03.08.2023 Community

‘The Play that Goes Wrong’ opens at Southold High School this weekend

The Southold Drama Club is ready to break a leg with their upcoming rendition of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” The production marks the 30th time that Jessica Ellwood...

03.01.2023 News

LI natives will take the stage at The Suffolk Thursday as part of new original music series

Rock aficionados can head to The Suffolk in downtown Riverhead Thursday, March 2, for an evening of original music. Long Island-based acts Azwel, Playing Dead and Kate Van Dorn...

02.24.2023 News

Renowned guitarist Mike Dawes dazzles at The Suffolk

The “best acoustic guitarist in the world” two years in a row, according to Total Guitar Magazine and MusicRadar, descended upon Riverhead for a solo spectacle. Mike Dawes, a...

11.01.2022 News

Young dancers win big at Irish Step Dance World Championships in Ireland

Payton Scudder, 12, of Aquebogue started dancing at the Vernon Academy of Irish Dance when she was 4 1/2 because she loved dancing and wanted to honor her heritage....

09.04.2022 News

Grammy-winner Bakithi Kumalo to direct EEA Rocks Band program as new faculty member

Kathleen Dwyer-Ruscisk, the East End Arts education director, took a chance when she asked five-time grammy award winning musician Bakithi Kumalo to join the organizations Art and Music school...

08.18.2022 News

Johanna’s Hope holds FUNdraiser in Riverhead with proceeds to support art workshops for people with disabilities

During the pandemic, Johanna Benthal’s family came up with a way to help disabled people on the North Fork when they formed the nonprofit Johanna’s Hope. “It really started...

07.31.2022 Community

Online art auction in support of Ukraine to culminate with event at Jamesport Meeting House

Ukrainian artists Sonia Atlantova and Olexander Klimenko have been using the unlikely material of wood from war torn ammunition boxes as canvases for their artwork since 2015 when they...

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