“I really want to be like her, in each and every way,” little sister says to older sister, Charlotte May, in the opening of Bayport author Shannon Milligan Urbancik’s new …

Proving his status as the ever effervescent and ebullient host of all things art and theater on Long Island, Kyle Petty made a return to the CM Performing Arts Center on Friday, Jan. 4, for a cabaret …

By Gary Haber Hanukkah is known as the “festival of light,” and nowhere does the holiday shine brighter than on Suffolk’s South Shore, where several communities lit their …

It’s a given that when locals are informed of an honoree status, they go, “Whatttttt?!” “Yeah, pretty much,” agreed Craig Clare when he heard he and his wife Wendy …

Anyone who’s ever heard the wunderkid Camryn Quinlan sing in downtown Sayville understands she’s no ordinary talent.   Downloads on her Spotify and her 215,000 Instagram and 46,000 …

By LINDA LEUZZI There are 10 storefront galleries or walk-in studios in Bellport Village and nearby with stories. Here are some; visit them to hear more. Pamela Lerner Home & Design, …

In a home located in Islip, Antonio Donato has dedicated himself to the craftsmanship of making stringed instruments such as violins and violas. Violins hang from the ceiling in his shop, both …

The Seiskaya Ballet’s “Nutcracker” has become a perennial holiday favorite on Long Island.  This year’s staging of the ”Nutcracker” is again scheduled …

Hundreds attended the annual Christmas at Meadow Croft event this year over the Dec. 7 and 8 weekend. This year’s theme was a “Candy-Coated Christmas,” and the Bayport-Blue …

With the holidays right around the corner, the South Shore Mall was full of eager shoppers in search of gifts for their loved ones or taking advantage of end-of-year sales. This past Sunday, the …

SoLI, the 23-voice a cappella chamber choir celebrating 15 years of collaborative singing, presents a program of Christmas music, “Sights, Sounds and Songs of the Nativity,” 2 p.m. …

The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) symphony orchestra performed a winter musical concert on Sun., Dec. 8, at the Congregational Church of Patchogue with a full audience. Under the …

The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts held their first pop-up art show on Saturday, Dec. 14 and Sunday, Dec. 15, with member artists providing glittering and unique gift options for the holiday season. …

What do you say about a classic? “A Christmas Carol,” now playing at Babylon’s Argyle Theatre, directed by Evan Pappas and Debbie Roshe, who also choreographed, invigorated the old …

The breakout number, “Let Yourself Go,” at the start of Gateway’s “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical,” with the cast and ensemble, is a gorgeous, rousing …

On Sunday, Nov. 24, The American Ballet Studio in Bayport hosted their annual “Magic on Middle” event, which supports the American Dance Theatre of Long Island’s production of …

Just in time for the holidays, a Christmas-themed movie about Ebenezer Scrooge, filmed in Yaphank, will be available on Apple TV+ starting Dec. 6. “Ebenezer the Traveler” was filmed …

Closing in December of this year is a bastion of pioneering in the arts scene on Long Island. Colorful Visions, producer and retailer of fine craft home décor and jewelry, was established in …

Those two otherworldly gargantuans, King Kong and Godzilla, battling each other for dominance, glued John Silecchia to his parents’ television set in second grade. “You had to do …