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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

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

Antoinette and Melissa Bharratt look for a good movie on DVD at the Long Beach Library, where digital media accounts for as much as 45 percent of total circulation.

Digital rivals paper

Although books haven’t been overlooked at the Long Beach Public Library, where paper still beats digital in total circulation, digital media -- ebooks, audio books and movies -- is growing in … more

ARIELLA MONTI | 2/25/10

'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

Howard Kalachman, the new commander of the Long Beach American Legion, marching in the city’s Memorial Day Parade in 2008.

Lies from Southeast Asia

When Howard Kalachman was a soldier on sandbag duty at a U.S. army base in Vietnam, he was struck by a 200-pound piece of pressed steel plate flung from a helicopter propeller that, had it hit … more

JOSEPH KELLARD | 11/12/09

History book in the making

Did you know that Sutton Place restaurant-bar on West Park Avenue was once a library? Or that the Magnolia condos across the street were an elementary school? Perhaps you’re unaware that Lindell School was once the high school. more

JOSEPH KELLARD | 9/3/09