Built by Puritan settlers in 1731 and preserved by community members a decade ago, Jamesport Meeting House is considered the oldest public building on the East End of Long Island. (more…)
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Eastbound Freight, a bluegrass band with its roots on Long Island, returns to the Jamesport Meeting House at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28, for a concert marking the 30th anniversary of the group’s founding.
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Three North Fork organizations are able to partake in new projects this summer thanks to the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. The Jamesport Meeting House, Southold Historical Society and Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Society all received grants. READ
Think you know more about the North Fork’s history than your neighbors? Test your knowledge at the Jamesport Meeting House next month. READ
The graceful tones of Bach’s Minuet III in G Major echoed Saturday at Jamesport Meeting House, where a dozen young violinists gathered to rehearse for a performance at New York City’s esteemed Carnegie Hall.
Jamesport Meeting House officials have cancelled the annual Community Spelling Bee, which had been scheduled for Friday, May 13.
George Gaffga, a retired pastor from Mattituck, judging last year’s spelling bee. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder file)
The second annual Community Spelling Bee event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 22, at the historic Jamesport Meeting House.
Twenty-five people participated in last year’s contest. That inaugural event raised over $4,500 to restore the 284-year-old meeting house, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
A member of the Recorder Orchestra of New York warms up before a performance Saturday afternoon. (Credit: Paul Squire)
You probably thought recorders — those two-toned wind instruments — were only for elementary school music classes.
Think again.
The Recorder Orchestra of New York celebrated its 20th anniversary with a concert at the Jamesport Meeting House Saturday afternoon. The group played a variety of tunes, from medieval dances to hymns and French compositions.
“The recorder is kind of a singing substitute,” Musical Director Patsy Rogers told the crowd. “It’s a peaceful kind of instrument.”
Check below for photos and a brief excerpt from the concert:
Musical Director Patsy Rogers plays a clock bell during one of the orchestra’s songs. (Credit: Paul Squire)
(Credit: Paul Squire)
The recorders used in the orchestra’s anniversary concert were all different sizes. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Local historian Richard Wines (left) along with Doris McGreevey and Richard Radoccia stand in the Jamesport Meeting House, where Mr. Radoccia and Ms. McGreevey hope to present a play about the Civil War on the 150th anniversary of its end. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Richard Radoccia of Laurel said he was stunned to hear little local fanfare was planned to observe the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.
So the amateur historian is setting out to change that.
Mr. Radoccia and Doris McGreevy of Mattituck plan to produce a play he wrote about the Civil War to commemorate its April anniversary. (more…)