They’re looking for a Designer Showcase! The service groups are back to their meetings at the Gillette House in Sayville after a year and a half and the women are pursuing a Designer Showcase possibility with Islip Town. Also, badly needed renovations in this stately 1850 house, the home of Ida Gillette, an early 20th […]
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Kay Cameron always got the “hot” with diamonds, pearls and other gems. She is retiring November 1st from her storied Sayville Main Street Store, Kay Cameron Jewelers, Inc. But don’t worry, longtime manager Trish Tom will be taking over as owner with the same sterling staff. The store name will remain the same. Read the […]
Claire McCardell was a visionary, successful women’s designer in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s and even made a Time magazine cover for her innovative American Look, comfortable, affordable clothing women could wear during the day into evening. Sayville author Debra Scala-Giokas has written two children’s books about Claire as a way to honor her and […]
It’s a terrifying walkthrough at The Gateway’s Camp Terror as reported by Linda Leuzzi, who decided to meekly try it during the day with her friend Gateway’s Scot Allan. Bloody bodies, skeletons, and ghouls at every twisty turn. Holy mackerel, even a vortex! If it was scary during the day, imagine when the 50 actors […]
Yikes! Demons, ghosts and other scary beings will lunge live at The Gateway in Bellport with their Camp Terror presentation, a 20-minute journey outside and in. Fright screams began Oct. 1 and will continue to Oct. 31. (It’s $25 per person. Proof of Covid shot and masks required.) The Not So Scary for Kids is […]
Oo la la! French pastries and coffee at the new #Bayport-BluePointLibrary will be featured at the grand opening when Michelle Gillette-Kelly, owner of #Mademoiselle #Patchogue, supplies the library’s café. It’s name: Mademoiselle in the Library. Croissants, muffins, Danish, salads, parfaits, macaroons, beignets, donuts, cupcakes along with the gluten free items Gillette-Kelly is known for, will […]
Want to be challenged, amused, and provoked? A beautifully rendered mix media sea turtle by Kathleen J Graves is among the more than 30 works in the Pandemonium: Nature and Time exhibit at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society space awaiting visitors in Bellport. Eight artists, most from Long Island, are displaying fascinating offerings of painting, performance, […]
Clap! Clap! Clap! Congratulate Playcrafters Theatre Company, a Bellport-based non profit of non-professionals, for pouring their love into dramatic and musical productions for over 60 years. They act, create sets, costumes, set up lighting and sound, announce casting calls and other production essentials with rehearsals and shows at the Boys & Girls Club of the […]
Check out Lovey, hens Henrietta and Captain Janeaway and the other animals at #CenterForEnvironmentalEducationDiscovery. Here’s CEED founder and biologist Eric Powers with dove Lovey and NYS Senator Alexis Weik who toured the Brookhaven nature center recently. Weik provided a letter of support for a NYS grant to help renovate the late 1800’s CEED building and […]
Calling all theatre and concert fans! #PatchogueTheatre for the Performing Arts’ #JodiGiambrone, was recently promoted to Associate Director. She’s also getting an award at the Patchogue Hispanic Heritage Celebration on September 17. #GreaterPatchogueChamber @LatinoLeadershipCouncilofPatchogue, Javier Kinghorn will present. Giambrone helped Kinghorn launch the event, making it an outstanding success for the Latino community. Lots of […]