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Walt Whitman High School put art in the spotlight Saturday, hosting a packed fine arts and crafts festival, and cutting the ribbon on a new gallery. The school has held the festival since 2001, and draws vendors offering everything from wreaths to leather goods, cards, Read More …
The Heckscher Museum celebrated the artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr on Saturday, and unveiled two tactile soundwalks to improve the experience of visitors. The soundwalks, one at the Dove/Torr Cottage in Centerport and the other at Heckscher Park, provide audio information about the artists Read More …
The Town of Huntington and several nonprofit organizations will receive significant infusions of money to fund cultural and downtown projects, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Tuesday. Accompanied by cultural organization leaders and elected town, county and state leaders who packed the Chapin Rainbow Read More …
He was the first Vietnam veteran to enter Harvard University and was a highly successful marketing executive. But Jack McLean is best known as a best-selling author. When his first book, Loon: A Marine Story, was released in 2009, he hardly expected its success. It Read More …
The Art League of Long Island has had to temporarily shut down because of damage from the heavy rains that pounded the area on Sept. 29, the league said on Wednesday. All exhibitions, programs, and classes, for an estimated four weeks or more, Executive Director Read More …
There’s nothing bizarre about the Bizarre Bazaar if you’re into spooky crafts and unique collectibles. That’s what attracted the crowd at Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre Sunday where small business owners and artists displayed their creativity. “The more alternative vendors gravitate towards our markets, because Read More …
Several organizations are working to put on a fashion and art show during the Long Island Fall Festival next week. The program, Another Face of Beauty: A Fashion and Art Show, will have models from John’s Crazy Socks, Special Olympics New York, The Viscardi Center, the Spirit Read More …
The Heckscher Museum will show a multimedia display of art, light, and sound on its facade during the 29th annual Long Island Fall Festival, adding a new feature to the long-running weekend festival that brings thousands of people to Huntington. Opening Oct. 6, and running Read More …
The Cinema Arts Centre will host its Bizarre Bazaar Sept. 30, featuring oddities, art, vintage works and more. The Bizarre Bazaar will feature work from makers, pickers, and artists to get the Halloween season underway.The event is free, and all ages are welcome. The bazaar Read More …
A Huntington artist has brought her late father’s work to life with her self-published collection of his drawings. Deborah Porretto said her father, Frank Porretto, had always been an artist, but didn’t get a lot of public attention until he was about 86 years old Read More …
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will continue its multidisciplinary lecture series later this month. The series features scholars in the humanities and the natural sciences. Participating speakers include recipients of several professional prizes, such as the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Prize, and others who have since received Read More …
The Whaling Museum has received a collection of 19 ships in a bottle, which will soon go on display. When Jeff Kappel’s father, Lester, died in May at age 99, he said of his father’s collection, “I want it seen. My father collected for years and Read More …