Performances/On Stage Celebrating the Great American SongbookVocalist Daelynn Joriff and pianist Tedd Firth in concert, Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m. Baldwin Community Garden, 1980 Grand Ave., … more

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

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... “Air, Fire, Water, “Earth”An exhibit in which the four elements are used as a metaphor for the world we live in. Works of Ron Erlich, Richard Sigmund, Linda … more