08.13.2018 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: Tales of a composer Between January and October in 1828 two men from Edinburgh, William Burke and William Hare, taking advantage of a shortage of cadavers to be supplied for medical school dissection,...
07.20.2018 Around the Island Shakespeare at the Manor returns Visit Sylvester Manor on the weekend of July 21 and 22 for a performance of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” during the annual Shakespeare at the Manor. Bring a blanket...
07.19.2018 Around the Island Island calendar: July 19, 2018 EVERY WEEK 50+ drop-in basketball, Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge. Adult coed drop-in basketball, Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., school gym. No charge....
02.13.2018 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Songs of love The traditional American song, “Careless Love,” recorded many times, but owned by Bessie Smith, speaks to what can happen when an accelerated heart rate combines with being struck suddenly...
02.14.2017 Columns Column: Love’s labor’s won Billie Holiday, in one of her more poignant lyrics, wrote that “love will make you drink and gamble, make you stay out all night long.” Which leads me to...