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“I’m really a dichotomous person living in one body,” said Mia Barkan Clarke, a Merokean who has been creating art for more than 20 years. Barkan Clarke recently presented an exhibition and poetry reading titled “Freya’s Tears” at the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts gallery in Sayville. She has worked on the series since 2011 and is expected to publish the book of her drawings and poetry within the next few months. more
Or vice versa? A story is told about the conductor Daniel Barenboim, who decided to conduct a piece from Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” in Israel . . . more
Students at the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program recently worked with a world-renowned artist while learning about environmental issues. more
The Long Beach Public Library is the setting for a weekend of family fun, beginning Nov. 8. The sounds of country music will be heard all weekend-long, concluding with a family fun day on Nov. 10. more
It's a weekend of musical delights, as the venerable Bronx Opera visits the area with Puccini's classic opera and Long Beach swings to tunes from the Great American Songbook at the annual Cabaret Festival. more
As winter rolls onward, chase away those January doldrums and warm the soul by exploring some of the many art offerings in the area. Local museums offer a wide range of exhibits. Here’s a … more
Third in a series on Bellmore-Merrick students of the arts. Fourteen-year-old Olivia Meyer, who will be a freshman at Mepham High School in the fall, has been drawing for longer than she can remember. Her mother, Jane Meyer, used to cut up paper bags from Trader Joe’s and tape them to the walls of their Bellmore home, and Olivia would mark them up. more
The sounds of the Great American Songbook can be heard in Long Beach throughout the weekend. Families will enjoy Bug Bonanza, Long Island' Children's Museum's annual bug-fest, while those looking for a spring stroll can explore Muttntown Preserve on an "Early Bird Walk." more
On the heels of the New York International Fringe Festival, Long Islanders are treated their own multi-arts extravaganza when the region’s top artists and performers converge on the grounds of C.W. Post’s School of Visual and Performing Arts during the weekend of Sept. 9-11. more
Part three in a series on Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students of the arts. Bellmorite Jamie Landau studied cupcakes while at Kennedy High School, from which the 17-year-old graduated with honors on Sunday. Landau, who will attend the College of William & Mary in Virginia in the fall, explored the shape and texture of cupcakes. She looked for nuances in the folds and swirls of their frosted tops. She even took a job at New York Cupcakery in Bellmore, in part to familiarize herself with their every detail. more
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