Creating a cybersecurity policy and teaching employees how to deal with emails that may contain viruses are some of the tips local experts discussed with small business owners Wednesday morning at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.
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“Hey, hey, we’re The Monkees. And people say we monkey around.”
If you’ve been anywhere near a television set in the past 50 years, you’ve probably heard the theme song from “The Monkees,” a series that first aired in the 1960s and enjoyed syndication for decades. READ
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Gianna Pino of Riverhead competes in the Tribal Games Thursday night at the Suffolk Theater. (Credit: Bill Landon)
The Tribal Games at the Suffolk Theater April 30 featured 21 athletes competing in head-to-head matchups to determine who’s the fittest athlete in Suffolk. (more…)
Guests enjoying the cocktail hour at the Peconic Bay Medical Center Candlelight Ball inside the Suffolk Theater Saturday night. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder)
Peconic Bay Medical Center held its annual Candlelight Ball at The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead Saturday night. (more…)
New York Swing Dance Society dancers at last year’s Candlelight Ball, which was held at the Inn & Spa at East Wind in Wading River (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file)
Peconic Bay Medical Center will be heading downtown next Saturday for its annual Candlelight Ball.
The Riverhead hospital’s annual fundraiser will be held in East Main Street’s historic Suffolk Theater, which reopened last year after extensive renovations.
The Suffolk Theater on East Main Street. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file)
So I suppose this is a review. After all, it’s an assessment of an event and a place that are accustomed to being reviewed — a musical performance in a theater. The Suffolk Theater, to be precise.
Su Kim of Hicksville, left, with friend Sue Stella of Albertson.
The Suffolk Theater celebrated its one year anniversary Saturday night with a Roaring 20’s themed gala. See the photos at northforker.com
Booker T, left, along with lead guitarist of the Booker T Band, Vernon “Ice” Black.
Nine years ago today, current owners Bob and Dianne Castaldi purchased the Suffolk Theater. And close to a year ago, the East Main Street venue opened its doors to the public for the first time in over 20 years.
On Sunday night, the theater took another welcome step back in time as music legend Booker T. took the stage. Meanwhile, the theater as a whole has its sights set on a stronger sophomore year moving forward.
Read more about the event and changes at the theater on northforker.com.
BARBARELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Former theater executive director Bob Spiotto inside the renovated downtown Riverhead theater, near the main stage, before the theater re-opened last year.
On the heels of what Suffolk Theater officials have described as a shift of focus from nightly events to larger, weekend events, the theater has parted ways with a top executive.
Executive Director Bob Spiotto was hired in July 2012 after a long tenure with Hofstra University, but was recently released, theater officials said Monday.
“As part of the re-organization and re-structuring efforts of the Suffolk Theater, it is unfortunate we had to let Mr. Spiotto go,” said the theater’s general manager, Anna Maria Villa, who was hired last month. “He is a fine professional and had contributed much of himself to the theater.”
Mr. Spiotto could not be immediately reached for comment.
A Holbrook resident and former executive producer and art director for Hofstra University’s Hofstra Entertainment program for nearly 22 years, Mr. Spiotto was hired by Suffolk Theater owners Bob and Dianne Castaldi to run the theater’s programming.
He came on board during the renovation phase of the historic theater, which re-opened in February.
Ms. Villa, who was hired July 22, said the theater is not hiring another executive director.
Ms. Villa was hired as the executive director of Riverhead’s Industrial Development Agency in August 2009, a position she held until September 2010, when the IDA board voted 4 — 1 to terminate her employment.
At the time, IDA chair Kathy Wojciechowski said the move was “not about Anna.”
“We decided to terminate the independent consultant agreement that we had with her and we’re going in another direction, which is to hire a full-time person,” Ms. Wojciechowski said in a 2010 interview.
The IDA offers a number of tax breaks and other incentives aimed at attracting businesses to the area. Its budget is entirely funded by feed paid by the businesses it assists.
Previous to working for the IDA, Ms. Villa, who was born in Italy and grew up in Rochester, N.Y., spent a few years running her own marketing and consulting firm, which developed marketing strategies and sales programs for small to mid-sized businesses and non-profit firms.
She has a degree in business and economics from Empire State College, and also worked as a disc jockey, a singer, a civil service investigator, a television reporter in Italy and a behind-the-scenes worker in Italy’s National Theatre Company.
