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Mary Lou Quinlan performs her humorous, provocative, heartfelt one-women show about women in the workplace, inspired by her own multi-faceted career, at Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, on May 2.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Halston StyleA comprehensive retrospective of the works of the American fashion designer Halston. The exhibition includes many never-before-seen objects from the designer’s personal archives … more

4/28/17

Puppeteer Liz Joyce visits the Long Island Children's Museum stage with her ecological adventure, "The Doubtful Sprout," Saturday and Sunday,

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Halston StyleA comprehensive retrospective of the works of the American fashion designer Halston. The exhibition includes many never-before-seen objects from the designer’s personal archives … more

4/21/17

Step into Olive and Pearl's home as a multi-generational tale unfolds on the Long Island Children's Museum stage.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Danny Lyon: Memories of the Civil Rights MovementBased upon Danny Lyon’s memoir, this exhibition brings together the photographs he took from 1962 to 1964 while … more

4/13/17

Rock on in the spirit of Freddy Mercury when Gary Mullen & The Works brings their acclaimed tribute, "One Night of Queen," to the Landmark on Main Street stage on April 9.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Danny Lyon: Memories of the Civil Rights MovementBased upon Danny Lyon’s memoir, this exhibition brings together the photographs he took from 1962 to 1964 while … more

4/6/17

The Russian National Ballet returns to the Madison Theatre with "Cinderella" on Saturday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Danny Lyon: Memories of the Civil Rights MovementBased upon Danny Lyon’s memoir, this exhibition brings together the photographs he took from 1962 to 1964 while … more

3/29/17

The Hillbenders give a bluegrass twist to The Who's Tommy when they visit the Adelphi Performing Arts Center on March 24.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Danny Lyon: Memories of the Civil Rights MovementBased upon Danny Lyon’s memoir, this exhibition brings together the photographs he took from 1962 to 1964 while … more

3/22/17

The BroadHollow Theatre Company stages "She Loves Me," the charming romantic comedy tale of love lost and found, at its venue in Elmont, opening this weekend.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Mysteries of BatsTackapausha Museum and Preserve’s exhibit examines varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and … more

3/15/17

Ismael Rahman, 37, of Farmingdale, has been apprehended for eight burglaries that occurred in West Hempstead, Franklin Square and Baldwin.

Alleged burglar caught

Nassau Police said Friday that they apprehended a Farmingdale man who has been arrested and charged with eight burglaries, five of them occurring on the same day in Nassau County late last month. They identified him as Ismael Rahman, 37, of Maple Avenue. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/3/17

The contemporary all-female Parhelion Trio visits the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center on March 4.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Ansel Adams: Sight and FeelingAn exhibition of Adams’ photographs that demonstrates how his intuitive and emotional response to the landscape resulted in powerful and … more

3/1/17

Red circles on this map, created by the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, mark areas with high 1,4 dioxane levels. Areas with a yellow circle indicate either no testing for dioxane was done, or the levels were unknown. A green circle shows areas with dioxane levels below the EPA maximum for a cancer-causing chemical: 0.35 parts per billion.

Carcinogen found in 39 L.I. water districts

Research from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, compiled from three years of publicly available water quality reports, found high levels of 1,4 dioxane in water serviced by the 39 water districts, including the Water Authority of Western Nassau, the Franklin Square Water District, New York American Water’s Lynbrook and Merrick Operations Districts, and the Town of Hempstead Water District. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 2/28/17