Celebrate the season in song with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's jazzed up holiday concert. For the kids, Hot Peas 'N Butter gets families grooving at Molloy's Madison Theatre. Also, enjoy some bird watching at Muttontown Preserve this weekend. more

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

Two moments resonate in Bill Katz’s mind that helped instill his lifelong love for music. The first was as a 15-year-old living in Far Rockaway in 1945, when he stopped at a candy store on his way home one night, and his eyes landed on a magazine called Esquire Jazz Magazine. The magazine included photos of the era’s greatest musicians, including Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Coleman Hawkins. It also included a jazz recording, which Katz played once he arrived home. “I was just smitten by it,” said Katz, who has taught music education for more than 60 years, and 40 at East Meadow High School. “I started buying jazz records.” more

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

The Long Beach Jazz Festival brings its 10th edition to the 'City By The Sea' next week, Sept. 20-23. more

Long Beach will be jazzed up when †he Jazz Festival returns to the City by the Sea, Sept. 20-23. more

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more

The Merrick-Bellmore Community Concert Association has been a staple of the community since the early 1950s. It’s now winding down its 58th season, and it will begin the 2012-13 season, its 59th, in September. But if the organization is to make it to its 60th season, it may need a significant boost in attendance, said President Mark Manas. more