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Duck for President & Other Story Books on stage at Landmark's Jeanne Rimsky Theater

Six delightful stories come to life in Theatreworks USA’s charming new musical revue “Duck for President & Other Story Books,” Ssturday, April 30. more

4/13/11

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... AccelerateA juried exhibition of emerging artists with disabilities. This mixed media show presents works by artists ages 16-25. Through Dec. 22. Nassau Community College's … more

12/15/10

Going under cover for a perfect gift

Please don’t be giving me a ribbon-tied basket of assorted chocolates or a gift card for iTunes this season, not that there’s anything wrong with these products. more

by Randi Kreiss | 12/9/10

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... Defying The Devil: Christian Clergy Who Saved Jews From The HolocaustPhotographs, artifacts and video relate the events of the Holocaust. Through Sept. 30. Holocaust Memorial … more

9/30/10

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... Defying The Devil: Christian Clergy Who Saved Jews From The HolocaustPhotographs, artifacts and video relate the events of the Holocaust. Through Sept. 30. Holocaust Memorial … more

9/23/10

Colin Powell, left, with Lynbrook residents Vicki and Rubin Alspector.

Lynbrook resident meets Colin Powell, Al Franken

"I met Al Franken at the Book Revue in Huntington when he was doing a book signing a few years ago," said Lynbrook resident Vicki Alspector. She and her husband, Rubin, met Colin Powell in Miami when he was the keynote speaker at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Dinner. more

Mary Malloy | 6/24/10

Jodie Arnold with her book "Growing Up Hamburger"

Growing up as a Hamburger in Lynbrook

Former Lynbrook resident Jodie Arnold — with help from her granddaughter, Caitlin Arnold — has written an engaging, funny and charming children’s book titled “Growing Up Hamburger.” The idea for the memoir came to Arnold, who is in her 80s, as she was telling bedtime stories to her granddaughter, Caitlin. more

by Mary Malloy | 6/10/10

Music and storytelling on area stages this weekend

Weekend highlights include a performance by the Irish-American group Cherish The Ladies, an antiques fair in Garden City, and storytelling at Long Island Children's museum. more

3/24/10

Teen siblings collected for ‘First Book’ Drive commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service.

Brother and sister run 'First Book' drive

Lynbrook High School students Erica and Matthew DeMichiel collected over 120 new children’s books at multiple sites in Lynbrook and East Rockaway on behalf of First Book-Long Island, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing new books to children from low-income households in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The group’s mission is to instill a love of reading in youngsters who would not otherwise have access to books in their homes. more

2/3/10

'A Meal to Die For'

Sopranos star (Vito) and East Rockaway resident Joseph R. Gannascoli will be hosting a book signing for his novel, "A Meal to Die For:A Culinary Novel of Crime" on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Village Book Shoppe, 7 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For more information, call (516) 764-1395. more

Mary Malloy | 12/5/09