Joseph Varsalona’s video of my book talk with Isabella Rossellini (#MyYearWiththeItalianGirl) at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society is now up on my website and is also a #YouTube video. Isabella did a wonderful, thoughtful interview, which I am grateful for, that encompasses the writing process, character development, how the book evolved and some of the locals […]
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Applause for Legislator Dominick Thorne and Post-Morrow vice president Tom Williams for collaborating on the 14-acre Bianchi/Weiss Superfund Site in #EastPatchogue that is now preserved and will be maintained with a trail and native plantings by the Post-Morrow Foundation. This site will not be developed and improvements like a clean up, a new fence, a […]
Join book lovers and lovers of great food as #Brookhaven Free Library Director Jamie Papandrea interviews me about my book, “My Year With the Italian Girl,” at Butera’s Restaurant of #Sayville. #LindaLeuzzi #MyYearWithTheItalianGirl Available on @amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Italian-Girl-Linda-Leuzzi/dp/B0B7XHN93Z
Ella B. McLean’s father, Noah Brown, was not a slave. He owned land. But her grandfather, Charles Brown, who had purchased property, first in southern #Augusta, Virginia, then over the mountain in 1896 in #Staunton, Virginia, was a former slave who had gained his freedom. Noah Brown drove Black students to school and laid the […]
It was an artists’ night. It was an honorees’ night. It was a night for everyone. The Of Colors A Creative Collaboration, co-founded in 2011 by Tracy Todd Hunter and Courtney Pure, blasted out a jubilant annual celebration showcasing gorgeous Black art from the Long Island Black Artist Association as well as spirited song and […]
Bruce the Spruce, located at the circle on North Howells Point Road, got glamorized this season thanks to local residents, the @bellportvillageprogramfund and Bellport Village who resurrected the tradition of lighting the tree, and also gracing the base with landscaping, native plantings come spring and a bench. Read the story by #LindaLeuzzi in the @liadvance: […]
Our house was recently on Sayville’s Annual Historic House Tour, the Sayville Historical Society’s first in three years. It was three hours of fun conversations as docents steered interested guests through our home. Lots of stories from local residents as well as a tree expert guest. Read the story by #LindaLeuzzi in Suffolk County News: […]
Get tickets to @the_gateway ’s A Christmas Carol – The Broadway Musical playing at @patchoguetheatre for a heartwarming tale about a miserly businessman meanie who finds redemption. But not before his life appears before him. Special effects abound and there are lots of surprises. This colorful #Dickens story takes place in a London village, circa […]
Twenty people flocked to @thebellportrestaurant bar Saturday night for a book talk and signing hosted by Fabian Bernal and Justin van Fleet (@goodmorningbellport) for my new book, “My Year With the Italian Girl.” Guests caught up for an hour with drinks, then convened to the back room as van Fleet conducted a Q & A. […]
@papaysolomon’s seven paintings currently at @thesomethingmachine in #BellportVillage of the beautiful women in his life spiritually incorporate his African culture. His work is beautiful, profound and will take your breath away. Read the story by #LindaLeuzzi about him here in the @liadvance: https://www.longislandadvance.net/stories/honoring-women-of-beauty-and-gravitas,91433?