04.04.2021 Around the Island Tree Talk: Battling the vines Several months ago, I wrote a column about the beauty of deciduous trees in winter. The colder months also reveal something less beautiful: how vines severely impact our trees....
03.19.2021 Around the Island A one year anniversary of Shelter Island Zumba on Zoom As we mark one year after the COVID-19 pandemic required most of us to stay home and apart from others, the Reporter spoke with Susan Binder, who’s been teaching...
03.19.2021 Around the Island Kathryn Lynch finds balm in beauty Islanders who encounter Kathryn Lynch’s art will instantly relate to one of her most prevalent motifs: boats. “I’m obsessed with boats,” she said recently adding that she uses a...
03.16.2021 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogue: Cruising Classic Movies If you like movies, especially old movies, you are going to love the March 19 Friday Night Dialogue on Zoom with John DiLeo. John DiLeo began his lifelong obsession...
03.14.2021 Around the Island Cooking column: Irish Soda Bread Traditional Irish Soda Bread consists of flour, salt, baking soda and buttermilk. That’s it. The baking soda needs the acid of the buttermilk. But, over the years, baking powder...
03.12.2021 Around the Island Corned beef and cabbage (Done Right) Corned beef, it should be noted, is not the Irish national dish, much to the surprise of many Americans. Rather, it’s part of the Irish-American culture, originating in the...
02.04.2021 Around the Island Off the Fork: Cooking the catch of the day? Charity says be flexible In the early 1970s, when Jacqueline Pell Tuttle decided to write “Seafood Recipes from Local Waters,” she had already noticed that the varieties of fish coming out of our...
12.05.2020 Around the Island Holiday concert online from the The Shelter Island Community Chorus The Shelter Island Community Chorus Holiday Concert has been a source of holiday spirit on Shelter Island for decades. Sadly, the chorus is unable to be together to bring...
12.03.2020 Around the Island Update — Change of schedule: Prepare your home with Feng Shui The Library has rescheduled the program for Friday, February 5th at 7 pm. The new title is:”Celebrating the Chinese New Year with Feng Shui” Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui...
11.29.2020 Around the Island East End documentary festival kicks off; 10 days of films offered online Islanders who’ve grown accustomed to hunkering down during the pandemic and now the onset of cold weather have the opportunity to enjoy one of the South Fork’s favorite film...
11.22.2020 Around the Island Hot drinks for festive holidays With the chill of autumn upon us, I thought I’d look up some recipes for hot drinks, both hard and not. Thanksgiving and Christmas sends me, like most people,...
11.21.2020 Around the Island Off the Fork: A different Thanksgiving, but pie is always on the menu Thanksgiving at my house will be the same as every year in one way only. There will be turkey. Missing will be the crack team of side-dish cookers, and...
11.07.2020 Around the Island Perlman to present virtual recital Sunday This Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m., Perlman Music Program will premiere a Virtual Stires-Stark Alumni Recital with Hungarian violinist Erno Kallai, recorded in Budapest. Works include Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir...
11.05.2020 Around the Island Island eateries shift into fall gear October gave us some of those beloved bonus summer-like days, but fall has definitely taken hold as we move into November. The Island’s restaurants have been weathering the pandemic...
11.01.2020 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: Montauk Daisies This column originally appeared in the Reporter in November 2016, written by Carol Galligan, who died on Oct. 16 at age 88. In addition to being a psychologist and...
