Will help create green collar jobs and exhibition & visitors center (Brooklyn, NY) – State Senate Majority Conference Leader John L. Sampson, Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Daniel Squadron, today announced that $15 million, over three years, in capital funds has been secured for the redevelopment of two facilities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard creating nearly [...]

Learn Creative Paper Techniques in New Fall Art Classes   (Riverhead, N.Y.) – The East End Arts Council is pleased to offer an opportunity to learn the artistic techniques of paper embossing and leafage creation at the School of the Arts in Riverhead. Professional paper artist Mona Patel will teach a class in paper embossing and [...]

African Drumming Program Offered Free To Youths Thanks to Generous NYSCA Grant   (Riverhead, N.Y.) – Registration is now open for the East End Arts Council’s fall session of The Talking Drum African Drumming Program, which is now free to area youth between the ages of 9 and 18 thanks to grant funding from the [...]

Mills Pond House of Horrors Haunted House and Art Gallery – Come if you Dare!   (Long Island, N.Y.) Smithtown Township Arts Council and the St. James Fire Department Ambulance Co. present the third annual Haunted House…Mills Pond House of Horrors. Experience dreadful whispers and screams as you journey through the crypt chambers, experimental quarters, [...]

Wantagh Meets Merrick Through Photos  (Long Island, N.Y.) David Lepelstat’s life-long interest in photography has taken him to the far corners of the US, and to places closer to home including Wantagh’s Jones Beach and Mill Pond. So far this year, five of David’s photographs have won the Wantagh dot LI photo contest. In recognition [...]

RSVP Required for “Petite Show” (Northport, N.Y.)  – “It is a rare occasion in the art world to have the most collectible figurative artist alive making a repeat appearance in an intimate gallery setting,” according to Robert Bluver, co-owner of Northport’s LaMantia Gallery. He is referring to the gallery’s upcoming October 3 Petite Show from [...]

Town to receive $1.17 million in Restore NY grants (Long Island, N.Y.) Assemblyman Jim Conte (R,C,I,WF-Huntington Station) is pleased to announce that state and local cooperation to secure a Restore NY grant for the revitalization of Huntington Station has paid-off to the tune of $1.17 million. “I would like to congratulate the Town of Huntington [...]

New Twitter presence and YouTube channel will enrich LIPA’s communication with customers (Uniondale, N.Y.) – The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) announced enhancements to its social media and communications strategy through the launch of a LIPA Twitter account, YouTube channel, and other emerging social media tools. “Utilizing social media is a new cost-effective component to [...]

Countess LuAnn de Lesseps & Patricia Watt Host Reception on Saturday, September 12    (Long Island, N.Y.) Author and reality show star Countess LuAnn de Lesseps (photo right) and producer Patricia Watt will host a special “Friendraiser” cocktail party to introduce the work of The Auditory Oral School of New York to their East End [...]

Long Island Schools And Communities Receive Drug Free Community (DFC) Coalition Grants (Hauppauge, NY) – Suffolk Coalition to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Dependencies, Inc., is pleased to announce that it has received one of ten DFC Mentoring Grants issued in the United States to mentor the South Country community.  It has also received a Continuation [...]