Crowds of friends, family, and arts supporters packed the pews of the Congregational Church of Patchogue to listen to tunes from the screen and stage during the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts …
On Friday, May 2, the CM Performing Arts Center had their opening night performance of the beloved classic musical, “Grease.” Typically opening night is held on a Saturday, but the …
More than 150 Connetquot High School music students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the Festivals of Music. The hardworking students from band, choir, kickline and color guard …
Fourteen-year-old New Zealand native and acclaimed cellist Oliver Mar relocated to Long Island in 2022 after being accepted into the Juilliard Pre-College Program. Mar began playing the cello at …
On Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts will be hosting a juried invitational high school exhibition with an awards ceremony on April …
The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts held their annual elementary and middle school art show for Sayville and Bayport-Blue Point districts at the BAFFA Gallery in the Gillette House in downtown Sayville …
As part of a new initiative at CM Performing Arts Center, artwork will be exhibited in the lobby of the theater as part of the artistic vision of the current Main Stage musical. For the summer …
Summer lovers can look forward to beach-side tunes and shenanigans earlier than July with the CM Performing Arts Center’s springtime rendition of Jimmy Buffett’s “Escape to …
“I am inspired by my fellow artists who push me to try other types of media. This diversity in media—pottery, photography, painting—allows me to see more depth in my chosen forms of …
Hammer & Stain, a hands-on DIY workshop studio in downtown Sayville, will open their second location at Station Yards in Ronkonkoma after signing a lease for a 2,463-square-foot space. …
The Great South Bay Music Festival is back for their 17th anniversary. The four-day music and arts festival will return to Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village. Dates are Thursday, July 24 …
“When someone sees my art, I want them to come away with a good feeling,” said Patchogue-based artist Mireille Belajonas. “Artists create to reveal and remind us what, perhaps, has …
This spring, CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale will be summoning summer a little bit early with their Main Stage run of “Escape to Margaritaville,” from March 29 through April 12. …
The Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) is hosting an exhibit of the Brightwaters Art Council at the Gillette House gallery on March 8 and 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The group showing comprises …
In evocative moments of flight or rest, Frank Giovinco’s nature photography creates an ambiance of wonder and suspended flurry around his delicate, but substantial subjects. With a Nikon …
BY SAM DESMOND The artistic emblem of an era, “Rent” touches on the triumph of perennial passion and fleeting nature of youth against hyper-focusing on a global crisis mired in …
The Islip Arts Council held an open reception on Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. at the South Shore Mall, in Bay Shore, for artists to showcase their work in celebration of Black History Month. It was a full …
The most effervescent presence in the Long Island theater community, Kyle Petty, of “The Kyle Petty Show,” approaches his variety show and podcast with the guiding tenet of “we are …
A year into the opening of Sunflower Café at 825 Montauk Highway in Bayport, owner Stace Hansen has carved out a satisfyingly French experience with nuanced approaches for her clientele.
The fourteenth annual Wish Gala for the Blue Point-based charity Johnny Mac Foundation was held at the mansion at Oyster Bay on Saturday, Feb. 8. With a snowstorm en route, hundreds of attendees …
