09.06.2018 Around the Island The little library that could: 10 years, 207 great conversations On January 16, 2009 a lecture series funded by donations in memory of Betsy Jacobson began, quietly and without much fanfare — just as Ms. Jacobson, who passed away...
08.27.2018 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: ‘The Guys’ comes to the library In the days immediately following the 9/11 attacks, the task of memorializing the many who perished fell in some cases to those grieving multiple losses.
08.05.2018 Around the Island Flatt Lonesome headlines end of summer Creekside Concert Sylvester Manor Educational Farm wraps up the 2018 Concert Series in style with a performance by the IBMA’s triple-award-winning bluegrass band, Flatt Lonesome, on Sunday, August 12, on the...
11.03.2017 Lifestyle Joe Lauro on the legacy of his friend, Fats Domino Fats Domino died last weekend in Harvey, Louisiana. Over the course of his lifetime, Mr. Domino sold 60 million records and had more hits than any artist of his...
08.30.2013 Around the Island Island Profile: Man of many musical parts, Joe Lauro Ever since he was a kid growing up in Brooklyn and later Massapequa, Joe Lauro has marched to the tune of a different drummer. What kid in the 1960s...