10.21.2020 Around the Island Something for everyone online from the library The Shelter Island Public Library has a number of online programs coming up, some for children, some for adults, still others for families and, yes, pets. School age children...
10.21.2020 Around the Island What’s happening to the Island’s trees? A couple of years ago, a friend visiting Shelter Island for the first time remarked about the abundance of our roadside trees. And it’s true. Ride a bike or...
10.19.2020 Around the Island Goat Hill tournament raises $$$ for injured Islander Amazing. No other word can describe it. “The way this island comes together,” Kim Cannon said. “This is just amazing.” Donations had poured in for the Oct. 17 Alex...
10.19.2020 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: Creating Love from Despair this Friday Island textile artist and psychotherapist Susan Schrott will discuss the creation of the Tree of Life Quilt, made in memory of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting in October of 2018,...
10.18.2020 Around the Island Who’s new on the Island: Ana Gambuto finds the perfect scene This is the first in a series of occasional articles profiling some of the new residents who’ve decided to call Shelter Island home. Not long ago, photographer Ana Gambuto...
10.16.2020 Around the Island Masks offer unique looks: Stay safe and show your style The arrival of COVID on the Island earlier this year was painful and frightening, but Islanders took precautions to heart and have been hailed by Town leaders for effectively...
10.12.2020 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: Animals are busy preparing for winter As bright green leaves turn to shades of fiery oranges and vibrant auburn, the days grow shorter and the air gets cooler, we know that our summer is coming...
10.10.2020 Around the Island Shelter Island Library to host workshop on reinvention for women Long Island author and consultant Deborah Burns will be presenting two online programs through the Shelter Island Public Library this month. The first is “Skirting the Rules: Reinvention for...
10.07.2020 Around the Island The Great Give Back is underway at the Shelter Island Public Library The Great Give Back is underway at the Shelter Island Public Library: Pick up instructions at the library or check the Facebook and Instagram pages for instruction on turning...
10.06.2020 Around the Island Island artist’s work on display in museum show in Huntington Island artist Janet Culbertson will have two recent works included in the Heckscher Museum’s Long Island Biennial. Highly regarded and widely exhibited, Ms. Culbertson is known as an artist...
10.04.2020 Around the Island Call for artists of all levels: 10 X 10 show to benefit causes In these unprecedented times, why not channel your feelings — joy, turmoil, angst, hope — into a work of art for a good cause? Island artists of all levels...
10.01.2020 Around the Island Trivia, Tai Chi and more October events offered by library Bob is back! One of the Library’s most popular events, Trivia Happy Hour with Bob DeStefano as emcee, returns on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. as contestants compete...
09.30.2020 Around the Island Fitness programs return to Youth Center This week, Shelter Island Recreation is starting up a program offering fun, games and activities after school. Sneakers are needed for active games. Children will be picked up by...
09.29.2020 Around the Island A moveable feast: Matters of taste You’ve seen him — and it’s almost always a him — sitting at a restaurant table with a glass of wine. As the waiter stands holding a bottle, our...
09.29.2020 Around the Island Charity’s column: Trash talk I enjoy a little competition in my life, so after six months with every athletic fundraiser moved online, no 10K, no 5K, and not even a Snapper Derby, I’ve...
