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Enjoy music under the stars with the Long Island Philharmonic at Eisenhower Park on Monday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Enduring ImagesAn exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual … more

8/5/15

Plaza Theatrical Productions brings "West Side Story" to Eisenhower Park on Friday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Enduring ImagesAn exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual … more

7/29/15

The tale the lovable ogre who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess comes alive on stage, in Plaza Theatrical Productions' "Shrek," during Children's Family Day at Eisenhower Park on Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... BA Djibril NgawaA solo exhibit by the West African artist of photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his … more

7/22/15

Tisha B'Av, which begins this weekend, is a mourning period that commemorates sad events throughout Jewish history.

Remembering past calamities on Tisha B’Av

Jewish people across the globe will change from dress shoes to non-leather footwear and move from chairs to the floor to hear the recitation of Megillat Eicha (Lamentations) as the holiday of Tisha B’Av begins at sundown on the second to last day of a three-week mourning period, and will be commemorated this year from the eve of July 25 through nightfall on July 26. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 7/22/15

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) made a point about the nuclear agreement at the Stop Iran rally held at Temple Hillel last Sunday.

Iran nuclear deal worries Five Towners

Though the recently agreed upon Iran Nuclear Deal appears like an oasis of peace out of a desert of continuing fighting and warmongering, those in the Five Towns who shared their opinions are not so enamored of the agreement. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/22/15

The BroadHollow Theatre Company stages N. Richard Nash's romantic drama "The Rainmaker," set in the Depression-era Dust Bowl, in Elmont this weekend.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... BA Djibril NgawaA solo exhibit by the West African artist of photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his … more

7/15/15

Join Peter Pan and Tinkerbell and for some adventures in Neverland in Broadhollow Theatre Company's staging of the beloved tale throughout July.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... BA Djibril NgawaA solo exhibit by the West African artist. Photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his … more

7/1/15

Cinderella prepares to make her way to the Royal Ball when Plaza Theatrical Productions stages the beloved fairy tale at Long Island Children's Museum on Saturday and Sunday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... BA Djibril NgawaA solo exhibit by the West African artist. Photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his … more

6/24/15

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) believes that the entire country must take a stand against racial hatred.

Racial hatred cannot be tolerated, local leaders say

The fatal shooting of nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, not only touched the families and friends of victims the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, the Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, the Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. and Myra Thompson, but also New Yorkers. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/24/15

Pianists Maria Kogan and Christian Hill perform at a free recital at Landmark on Main Street on June 24.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Enduring ImagesAn exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual … more

6/17/15