12.06.2019 Lifestyle Island eats: Sweet potato, sweet potahto Okinawan sweet potatoes are one of my favorite foods. Having grown up in Hawaii, there was an abundance of them commonly found on dinner tables, menus and at luaus....
11.03.2019 Around the Island Island artist: Carol Wilson at Havens Store The Shelter Island Historical Society presents a featured artists reception with Carol Wilson at Havens Store on Friday, Nov. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. The show will feature...
09.25.2019 Around the Island Celebrate the freedom to read with Banned Books Week Unless you’re reading “Fahrenheit 451,” the days of book burning — and banning — seem to be a thing of the past. But today, with books still being challenged...
09.20.2019 Columns A (nearly) cold-weather soup It’s cold and therefore, it’s time for soup. Cold? Yes, after two years on the North Fork anything below 70 degrees is cold for me. One of my favorite...
09.14.2019 Lifestyle Gardening with Galligan: Gorgeous Galanthus Okay, Newbies, just checking. You did do your final feeding a few weeks ago, yes? Good. Now is the time not to feed, to allow each plant to do...
09.10.2019 Lifestyle Column: Work up a sweat? Some fitness classes promote “no sweat exercise” as a selling point while others want to convince participants that dripping with sweat is somehow magical. However, the degree with which...
09.06.2019 Columns Off the fork: A long East End history of clam-eating On the East End of Long Island, people have been opening clams and eating them for a very long time, starting with native Americans who left piles of clamshells...
09.03.2019 Lifestyle Island artist: Janet Culbertson Island artist Janet Culberston’s work will be part of “Environmental Impact,” a group exhibition on display at Hofstra University Museum from Sept. 3 to Dec. 13. The museum is...
08.23.2019 Lifestyle Tales old and tall — A Dickerson family gathering The sound that emerged from Jean Dickerson on Monday afternoon was like something out of a bullhorn, summoning upwards of 70 relatives to arrange themselves around her twin sister...
08.23.2019 Around the Island Lysander Piano Trio comes to the Island The Shelter Island Friends of Music is very proud to present the esteemed Lysander Piano Trio in concert on Sunday Sept. 1 at 8 p.m.
08.11.2019 Columns Island bookshelf: ‘Girls Like Us’ Cristina Alger has perfected the character of the smart, spunky heroine, which she showcased in “The Banker’s Wife,” last year’s successful novel. She’s followed up that tour de force...
08.08.2019 Around the Island What’s happening around the Island THIS WEEK MANOR TOUR Sylvester Manor offers self-guided tours of the Manor House and “All that has Been: Our Roots Revealed” exhibition on Friday, Aug. 9, from 11 a.m....
08.07.2019 Lifestyle A quarter century of bringing beauty Over 300 supporters of the Perlman Music Program (PMP) gathered at its campus overlooking Crescent Beach to celebrate its 25th Anniversary Gala on July 26. Founders Toby and Itzhak...
08.07.2019 Around the Island Kid stuff Hit happy hour… with the kids! Mashomack Preserve’s happy hour takes place on Friday, Aug. 9, at 4 p.m. It’s especially for wee ones and their parents/grandparents. Join the...
08.04.2019 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: Summer love This is the week of the summer, actually one of two, because it’s true about next week as well, when I don’t have enough vases, despite the fact that...
