A tour of the Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse @hauntedplayhouse with @isabellarossellini spooked actress @lauradern . Don’t be fooled in this photo; The Gateway’s executive artistic director Paul Allan was acting as zombie deflector. You have through Nov. 4 to be creeped out by Wolf Dog and things that go bump in the night. Here’s the story […]
Author Archives: Linda Leuzzi
I recently returned from a Celtic pilgrimage hosted by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Islip. The abbeys, cathedral and people in Scotland and northern England were wonderful. So were my fellow travelers. Here’s the story by #Lindaleuzzi in the @liadvance https://www.longislandadvance.net/stories/from-islip-to-scottish-abbeys-and-cathedrals-with-friends,93469
The awesome Patchogue-Medford Library team (@pmlib), Laura Accardi, Karen McCahey, Michele Cayea and Pia Finnegan hosted a book talk for me at the Carnegie Library this past Sunday over the St. Liberata weekend. Pia asked some awesome questions about the formation of the book, “My Year With the Italian Girl”, its message, my writing life, […]
Teddy Roosevelt once rode to #MeadowCroft in #Sayville with his son and nephews from Oyster Bay to visit his cousin John Ellis Roosevelt. You’ll be able to hear him speak about his life as well as other Roosevelts with your phone at five different sites on this beautiful property with a TRAR app for your […]
Had a stimulating one-hour book talk with a nice crowd at the Bayport-Blue Point Library @bbplibrary recently. Board president Ron De Vine introduced me. Assistant director Wendy Bennett asked some great questions about my book, “My Year With the Italian Girl” and so did the attendees. It was a nice evening. Thanks to all who […]
Author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Victoria Johnson @VSJohnsonNYC who wrote “American Eden: David Hosack, Botany and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic” which chronicles the story of Hosack, who created the first 20-acre public botanical garden in the U.S., part of which is now under Rockefeller Center, gave a great talk at the […]
See what municipalities like #BellportVillage are doing to help save the planet. Bellport Village launched a 1000 Yards initiative encouraging no pesticides on lawns, planting native flowers and shrubs as well as trees, and turning a portion of your yard into a bird and bee sanctuary. Read the full story by #LindaLeuzzi @liadvance https://www.longislandadvance.net/detail.html?sub_id=3b22987387
Hi Friends: Besides the Long Island Advance @liadvance and Suffolk County News @readSCN I’ve now joined the Fire Island News FINews as a contributor. Here’s my first story for them about the #CoronationEvent in #Patchogue, celebrating King Charles’s Coronation next Sunday. There’s a definite British link in Patchogue. https://www.fireislandnews.com/features/lq57d909xo8f0ig8s15qxw7gqpotvg.
As for the role of Che Guevera, who narrates some of the scenes, “It makes him more of the people of Argentina with opposing views of her and challenging her ideas.” “Che starts out saying, `how can you not see it?’” added Acosta. “He’s looking at the bigger picture.” Andrews has a theater resume at […]
The Gateway’s “Evita”is debuting this Friday, May 5 at @the_gateway in #Bellport. Here is my @fireislandnews story and director’s Keith Andrews and assistant director’s Andres Acosta’s comments about the #AndrewLloydWebber and #TimRice show that debuted in London in 1978 and how it’s changed over the years. And also, about Eva Peron and her imprint on […]