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The Facts: After my mother died, my father transferred his assets into a trust to avoid probate. He frequently told me how pleased he was that everything would pass to me and my sister without having to go to the Surrogate’s Court. After my father died last month, I discovered that he had a bank account that was in his own name. Appar-ently he did not transfer the funds in the account into a trust account.

The Question: What must I do in order to close the account?

The Answer: The situa-tion you are facing is very common since it is not at all unusual for people to set up a trust but not trans-fer all of their assets into the trust. Luckily for you and your sister, closing the account should not be too burdensome.

The steps you must take to close your father’s ac-count depend on the value of the account. If the ac-count has a balance of greater than $30,000, and your father did not have a will, some-one must apply to the Surrogate’s Court for letters of administration. Both you and your sister have priority over other family members when it comes to who can serve as administrator.

The petition for letters of administra-tion must include information about the person who is actually applying for the let-ters in addition to information about your father, your family and the assets over which you are seeking control. You may have to give some people notice that a peti-tion for letters is being filed and you may need to obtain waivers from other people. The Surrogate’s Court also requires an original death certificate and a check to cover the filing fee.

If your father’s account has a balance of greater than $30,000, and he died with a will, the person named as executor in the will should petition the Surrogate’s Court for letters testamentary. Like the petition for letters of administration, the petition for letters testamentary must include in-formation about the petitioner, informa-tion about your father and his family and

the assets that will pass under the will. The original will and an original death certifi-cate must be included with the petition, in addition to a filing fee.

Depending on who was named in the will, other documents may be needed and you will likely need to give notice of the pe-tition to certain people and obtain waivers from others. If the account is the only asset

in your father’s name, the filing fee payable to the Sur-rogate’s Court for process-ing the petition, whether it’s for letters of administration or letters testamentary, will depend on the value of the account.

If the value of the ac-count is less than $30,000, you can obtain the Surro-gate Court’s permission to close the account by filing with the court an Affidavit in Relation to Settlement of Estate Under Article 13. The filing fee is only $1 and the affidavit is quite

straightforward. In completing the affida-vit, you will need to provide the name and address of the bank where the account is located, the account number and the bal-ance in the account.

If satisfied with the affidavit, the Sur-rogate will issue you letters giving you authority to close the account. If you find other assets in your father’s name after fil-ing the affidavit, you will have to file a new affidavit since the authority granted by the court in connection with the filing of an Affidavit in Relation to Settlement of Es-tate Under Article 13 is limited to the as-sets described in that affidavit.

To save time and ensure that you are handling the account properly, it is advis-able to contact an attorney experienced in estate administration. That way you can be certain that the proper documents will be prepared and filed on behalf of your father’s estate.

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I was watching the movie, “The Big Short” and could not believe what many of the participants of the subprime mort-gage and derivative market were able to get away with. I was wondering if there was some sort of parallel in veterinary medicine, and veterinary supplements best fit the bill. Vet-erinary supplements are a very big busi-ness. Are we getting what we pay for?

Veterinary supple-ments can be divided into pre- and post-1994. Supplements, or nutraceuticals, were first coined by human physicians in the 1980s. A nutra-ceutical referred to any oral compound that is neither a nu-trient, “nutra,” nor a pharmaceutical, “ceutical.”

Before 1994 all dietary ingredients not marketed as a supplement were sub-ject to strict premarket safety evaluation by the FDA to prove the compound did not present a significant or unreason-able risk of illness or injury. However, in October of 1994 human nutraceutical special-interest groups (lobbyists) were able to persuade Congress to pass the Di-etary Supplement Health and Education Act. This act restricted the FDA’s ability to regulate these products by no longer requiring premarket safety evaluation. What this means is, although the manu-facturer is still responsible for premarket safety evaluations, the manufacturer is also able to decide what constitutes an assurance of safety.

So what happens when the nutraceuti-cal industry is allowed to self-regulate? In a study performed at the University of Maryland in 2000, one particular supplement, chondroitin sulfate, was mislabeled in 9 of 11 products (about 84

percent of the time). The range of 0 per-cent (could not find any of the product as compared to what was labeled) to 114 percent (there was more than labeled) was found. The products that were the cheapest to produce (less than $1 per 1200 mg of chondroitin sulfate) were the

worst of the bunch with 10 percent or less of what was actu-ally on the label.

So the industry learned its lesson, yes? Well ... let’s flash for-ward to 2015. In 2015 the New York State Attorney General’s Office brought suit against GNC, Tar-get, Walgreens and Walmart. Why, you ask? An investigation into these top selling

supplements found that four out of five did not contain any of the herb on the label.

What was in there, you ask? Ground up rice, asparagus, radish and house-plants. OK, so the supplements were not top quality but there was no danger, cor-rect? Well, unfortunately these supple-ments also contained soy and peanut fill-ers that could be a real danger for those individuals with allergies.

That’s not to say that all supplement manufacturers are shady. There are plen-ty that are of very high quality and are very safe. These supplements are usually found through your veterinarian and are more expensive. So, before you brag to the veterinarian that you can get the same supplement at the local pet retailer or wholesale club ask yourself this — “If some of these companies show little concern as to what is in a human sup-plement, what do you think these same companies will put in pet supplements?”

Dr. Kearns practices veterinary medicine from his Port Jefferson office and is pictured with his son Matthew and his dog Jasmine.

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By Matthew Kearns, DVM

In this edition:art exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B20ask the Veterinarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B3Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B16-17Community news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B10Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B12Crossword Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B14Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B13

Legally speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B10Medical Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B9Parents and Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B25-27Power of three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B11religious Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . B21-23sBU sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B18-19sudoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B5theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B23

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next week’s newspaper.

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Dr. Elena L. Maresca Au.D., FAAAThe Hearing & Tinnitus Specialist of Long Island

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Dr. Elena L. Maresca has been practicing audiology for 18 years and has been specializing in Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Management for over 15 years. Dr. Maresca attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and received her Audiology Doctorate from the University of Florida at Gainesville. Following her residency in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Dr. Maresca at-tended the Emory Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center in Atlanta, GA where she was trained in Tinnitus Management by Pawel J. Jastreboff, Ph.D., Sc.D., one of the country’s foremost au-thorities in Tinnitus Management. Following several years of practice in Rhode Island, Dr. Maresca became the Direc-tor of Audiology for Beverly Hospital, Beverly Massachusetts. Dr. Maresca went into private practice in 2004, and is now living in East Setauket, NY. Dr. Maresca is proud to have opened her Stony Brook audiology practice on January 1, 2013.

Dr. Maresca’s focus is Better Hearing Healthcare. “Better hearing translates into im-provement in the quality of someone’s life.” 28 Million Americans have a significant hear-ing loss, yet less than 20% seek treatment to better their lives. Hearing improvement can lead to an increase in socializing, better relationships and a general enjoyment of life. Dr. Maresca is dedicated to helping each and every patient on their individual journey to hear-ing life again!Dr. Maresca specializes in a condition called Tinnitus. Tinnitus is the perception of a sound, either in the ear or head, usually described as a ring, buzz or hum. There is a misconception that Tinnitus is untreatable and you just have to learn to live with it. After specializing in tinnitus management for the past 16 years, Dr. Maresca believes that you do not have to learn to live with it. If done properly by a trained tinnitus management audiologist, there is an 89% success rate. The number of new tinnitus therapies and technologies have dramati-cally increased over the past few years resulting in tinnitus relief for many.

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The Village Times Herald is one of relatively few women-owned hometown newspapers, even today, but as we look back over our 40 years, how far women in business have come!

Some years ago, the fed-eral government dubbed March National Women’s History Month. The goal was to honor the consid-erable achievements of women in all areas of soci-ety, despite the limitations imposed on women by the same society. For example, incredibly, women have only had the right to vote since 1920. Women have been elected to Congress in significant numbers only recently.

Nowhere have the efforts of women outside the home been more directly felt than in business. More than 60 percent of women in this country are now employed outside the home. Many of us are in busi-ness on our own, and we are the driving force of the American economy, which is being led by entrepreneurial startups throughout the nation. More than half of these are businesses begun by women.

Some of the women were caught up in the corporate downsizing of the early 1990s and sought employment by start-ing their own businesses. Some have been laid off in today’s economically challeng-

ing times and have responded accordingly. Some came “out of the kitchen” and into the workplace when their children reached elementary school. Some set off to realize a

special dream of owning a business that they had been nurturing for years while they were someone else’s employee and maybe ran into the glass ceiling.

Some found them-selves in divorce court with nowhere to go finan-cially but up. Some were widows who took over their husbands’ busi-nesses or, of necessity, started their own. Some responded to the need for

a two-paycheck income. And some just started a “hobby,” then followed where it took them.

We proudly showcase local women in business on the following pages. In a larg-er sense, they represent women through-out our community who work at jobs out of the home and balance the many responsibilities of homemaking and per-haps child rearing with earning a living.

In their own words, these women speak of their particular satisfactions in the work-place. Perhaps their successes and their lives will serve to encourage others who may be thinking about becoming “Long Island Business and Professional Women.”

li Business and Professional women

Women entrepreneurs lead nation’s economy

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF


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The corner Animal Hospital is celebrating its 16th anniversary

in october 2016. The hospital offers medical and surgical services, dentistry, x-rays, vaccinations, and boarding for cats and dogs.

The practice is conveniently located in setauket at 24 Woods corner Road at the intersection of Route 25A and Nicolls Road. The hospital is open 7 days a week to serve the community. to schedule your pet’s appointment please call 941–3500.

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Judith Levy is Director of Gallery North in Setauket, New York. As Director she sets the agenda for exhibitions, ArTalks, community ac-tivities and educational programs. She is, of course, continuing the popular Joseph Reboli Wet Paint Festival and the annual Outdoor Art Show. Last year, the Town of Brookhaven honored her as the Outstand-ing Woman of the Year in Visual and Performing Arts. Considering her extensive background in museum education and interest in Arts in Healthcare programming, Gallery North is expanding its reach to all members of the community with the ArtWorks program for people ex-periencing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and ArtAbilities which is an adaptive fine arts workshop for artists of all abilities. In 2015, Gallery North opened the doors to the Community Art Center, which is a collaborative workshop space for all members of the community. A broad range of art making processes are offered including Printmak-ing, Sculpture, Drawing and Painting, in addition to fiber arts tech-niques such as Batik and Felting. Gallery North is beginning to reflect more and more of Levy’s unique perspective.

gallerynorth90 North Country Road, Setauket, NY 11733 631-751-2676 www.gallerynorth.org

Answers to last week’s puzzle: The 1920's

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1. I have2. Outer layer of Earth's crust3. Kind of sax4. *James Patterson's "____ Came a Spider"5. Open book?6. Capital of Switzerland7. Retirement investment8. Louisiana swamp9. *Woodrow Wilson Rawls' "Where the Red ____ Grows"10. Meat quality11. Upon12. Observer15. Woman's suitors20. Convex molding22. Tube in old TV24. Jane Fonda's 1980s garb25. *"The Turn of the Screw" author26. Habituate27. Trailblazer Daniel29. *Oz Creator31. Greek H's32. Connection in a series33. Court employee34. *"Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author36. Short for Anisette38. Big rig42. Haile Selassie's disciple45. Canal junk49. Yellow river tributary51. Michelangelo's tool54. Come in56. Dodge57. Criminal's barrier58. Away from wind59. Bum around60. Lentil soup61. Tropical Asian starlings62. Do like exhaust pipe63. *"Portnoy's Complaint" author66. Weasley of "Harry Potter"68. Pronoun for George Eliot

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Answers to this week’s puzzle will appear in next week’s newspaper and online on

Friday afternoon at www.tbrnewsmedia.com, Arts and Lifestyles

THEME:

American Authors

ACROSS

1. *Science fiction author Asimov6. Baby's apron9. Arctic floater13. Mexican revolutionary14. Victorian, e.g.15. Teeny-_____16. Worry or cause anxiety17. *Bradbury of "The Martian Chronicles" fame18. Perform on a dais19. *"The Call of the Wild" author21. *"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" author23. Andrew Cuomo's title, for short24. Angler's decoy25. Refuse to comply28. Late Scalia's garb30. Type of coat35. Dwarf buffalo37. Vietnam's neighbor39. Rosetta Stone, e.g.40. Negatively charged particle41. External43. Skater's jump44. Bert's best friend46. "____ Mia!"47. Confident answer48. Old time playground staple50. Reduced Instruction Set Computer52. Limit, to some53. *"Ten Days That Shook the World" author55. CafÈ alternative57. *"Go Tell It on the Mountain" author61. *"The Executioner's Song" author64. Greeting from Don Ho65. Give it a go67. Gigantic wrestlers69. Kick back70. Longest division of time71. *Wharton of "The Age of Innocence" fame72. Auction off73. DNA transmitter74. River in Hades

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Follow your healthy gut instinctsm e d i c a l c o m p a s s

What I am about to say may be hard to comprehend, especially for those who have germaphobic tendencies, which would be most of us, but we harbor mi-croorganisms, or microbes (small organ-isms), in our body that outnumber our cells by a 10-to-1 ratio, even in healthy individuals. There are over one trillion microorganisms in the body.

These organisms make up what is called the microbiome. It includes bacteria, viruses and single-cell eu-karyotes. Our relationship to these organisms is complex, spanning from parasitic (detrimental) to commensal-istic (one benefits and the other is not affected) to mutualistic (both benefit). The microbiome is found throughout the body, including the skin, the eyes and the gut. Our focus is going to be on the gut since that is where the majority of the microbiome resides.

What is the importance of the gut microbiome? The short answer is it may have a role in diseases — preventing and promoting them. These diseases include obesity, diabetes, irritable bowel syn-drome, autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s, and infectious diseases, such as colitis.

Similar to the Human Genome Proj-ect, which mapped our genes, there is a Human Microbiome Project, launched by the National Institutes of Health in 2007, to map out the composition and diversity of these gut organisms. We are still in the early stages of understanding this vast universe of microbes, yet there are some preliminary studies.

What impacts the microbiome? It is affected by drugs, such as antibiotics that can wipe out the diversity in the mi-crobes, at least in the short term, and by lifestyle modifications, such as diet. Mi-crobiome diversity may be significantly different in distinct geographic locations throughout the world. Also, the birth process — vaginal compared to Cesar-ean section — may have a significant

influence on an organisms’ composition. Let’s look at the evidence.

C-sections and reduced breast-feeding

The mode of birth delivery may be important. While C-sections have be-come more common, they may have a negative impact on the development of gut microbes. In a recent study, infants who were delivered by C-section had a sig-nificant reduction in Escherichia-Shigella and a lack of Bacte-roides in their guts, compared to those delivered by vaginal birth (1). This effect was seen mostly in elective C-sections, since emergency C-sections may have some vaginal influence. Elec-tive C-sections may reduce exposure to ma-ternal microbes.

B r e a s t - f e e d i n g may be beneficial to the gut flora. Those infants who were breastfed had a sig-nificantly lower concentration of the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which causes colitis (infection of the colon) and diarrhea. The non-breast-fed in-fants had higher levels of Peptostrep-tococcaceae, part of the family of Clos-tridium bacteria, which as mentioned, relates to colitis. This was a very small study involving 24 healthy infants di-vided equally between male and fe-male. Of course, consult your OB/GYN before making a decision on the birth process, especially if there are extenu-ating circumstances that prohibit vagi-nal birth. Fortunately, breast-feeding is already being encouraged.

Obesity: From mice and menObesity can be one of the most frus-

trating disorders; most obese patients continually struggle to lose weight. Obese and overweight patients now outnumber malnourished individuals worldwide (2).

I know this will not come as a sur-prise, but we are a nation with a weight problem; about 70 percent of Ameri-cans are overweight or obese. For the longest time, the paradigm for weight loss had been that if you ate fewer calo-ries, you would lose weight. However, extreme low-caloric diets did not seem to have a long-term impact. It turns out that our guts, dominated by bacteria, may play important roles in obesity and weight loss, determining whether we gain or lose weight. Let’s look at the data on obesity.

The results from a study involving hu-man twins and mice are fascinating (3). In each pair of human twins, one was obese and the other was lean. Gut bacteria from obese human twins were transplanted into thin mice. The result: The thin mice be-came obese. However, when the lean hu-man twins’ gut bacteria were transplanted to thin mice, the mice remained thin.

By pairing sets of human twins, one obese and

one thin in each set, with mice that were

identical to each other and raised in a sterile set-ting, researchers limited the con-founding effects of environment and genetics on

weight.The most in-

triguing part of the study compared the

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ed gut bacteria from thin twins and given fruit- and vegetable-rich (high in fiber), low-fat diet tablets, they lost significant weight. But they only lost weight when on a good diet; there was no impact on obesi-ty if the diet was not high in fiber and low in saturated fat. The authors believe this suggests that an effective diet may alter the microbiome of obese patients, help-ing them lose weight. These are exciting, but preliminary, results. It is not clear yet which bacteria may be contributing these effects. However, the authors theorize that some gut bacteria may have a protec-tive effect against weight gain with a high fiber, low saturated fat diet.

This suggests that the diversity of gut bacteria may be a crucial piece of the weight-loss puzzle.

Rheumatoid arthritisRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an

autoimmune disease that can be dis-abling, with patients typically suffer-ing from significant morning stiffness and joint soreness. What if gut bacteria influenced RA risk? In a recent study, the gut bacteria in mice that were made susceptible to RA by deletion of certain genes (HLA-DR genes) were compared to those who were more resistant to de-veloping RA (4). Researchers found that the RA-susceptible mice had a predomi-nance of Clostridium bacteria and that those resistant to RA were dominated by bacteria of the Bifidobacterium genus and the Porphyromonadaceae family. The significance is that the RA-resistant mice bacteria are known for their anti-inflammatory effects.

Although nobody can say what the ideal gut bacteria should consist of, and the research is still evolving when it comes to the microbiome, there are potential ways of inf luencing this mi-lieu, especially in our gut. While C-sections definitely have their place, vaginal deliveries may be more ben-eficial to the infants’ gut bacteria than elective C-sections.

Diet composition seems to be impor-tant to the composition and diversity of gut bacteria, impacting the development or prevention of diseases, such as obesity and rheumatoid arthritis.

References: (1) CMAJ. 2013;185:373-374. (2) “The Evolution of Obesity”; Johns Hopkins University Press; 2009. (3) Sci-ence. 2013;341:1241214. (4) PLoS One. 2012;7:e36095.

Dr. Dunaief is a speaker, author and local lifestyle medicine physician focusing on the integration of medicine, nutrition, fitness and stress management. For fur-ther information, go to the website www.medicalcompassmd.com or consult your personal physician.

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LIM hosts screening of ‘The Anthropologist’The intimate setting of the Gillespie Room at The Long Is-

land Museum in Stony Brook served as a perfect venue for the screening of the award-winning documentary, “The Anthro-pologist,” on Monday evening. The film explores the impact of climate change in different parts of the world. The event,

attended by over 80 community members, was the third movie in the Port Jefferson Documentary Spring 2016 series. Director Daniel A. Miller made a special guest appearance and held a Q-and-A at the end of the night. Catch the next film in the series, “Waiting,” on April 4 at The Long Island Museum at 7 p.m. To learn more about this season’s films or to purchase tickets in advance, call 631-473-5220.

Night at the racesDr. Vincenzo Sellaro Lodge 2319

will host a Night at the Races on Sat-urday, April 9, at the American Legion Hall, 51 Juniper Ave., Smithtown, at 6 p.m. $15 per person includes pizza, soda, coffee, tea and cake. For more information or to make a reservation, call Nick at 631-584-5867.

Volunteers neededThe Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon

Society will hold an early Earth Day cele-bration at Caumsett State Park, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington, on Saturday, April 9, at 9 a.m. Volunteers are needed for raking in the Restoration Field and installing string fencing around Butter-fly Hill, Bull Pen field and at piping plo-ver nesting areas on the beach. Rain date is April 16. Hard hats, goggles and gloves will be provided. Registration required by calling 516-695-0763.

Prostate cancer supportJohn T. Mather Memorial Hospital,

75 N. Country Road, Port Jefferson, will host a US TOO Prostate Cancer Sup-port Group on the first Tuesday of every month in Conference Room 1 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guest speaker this week will be Julie Ann Plantamura from North Shore Hematology/Oncology. Light re-freshments will be served. Call Craig at 631-846-4377 for more information.


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If he succeeds, she may see the results of his e� orts in her work. As fascinated as she is by her studies in the Antarc-tic, Heather Lynch knows the stakes are high for her husband Matthew Eisaman’s work.

“� ese days, ecologists like myself are o� en just carefully documenting environmental de-cline, and predicting how quickly or slowly a species will go ex-tinct,” Lynch o� ered in response to emailed questions. “� e work that [Eisaman] does will actually solve the problem.”

Indeed, as a physicist in the Sustainable Energy Technologies Department at BNL and an as-sistant professor in the Depart-ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook Uni-versity, Eisaman is focused on improving the e� ciency of reus-able energy sources, particularly solar cells.

It is through this e� ort that Eisaman made a compelling dis-covery recently that may have implications outside the world of reusable energy.

Eisaman worked with a team of scientists at BNL and the Col-leges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Polytech-

nic on a process related to gra-phene, which is a two-dimen-sional arrangement of carbon atoms that is one atom thick.

Eisaman was working on a process called doping in which scientists add or take away elec-trons. Doping is one way to con-trol how graphene behaves at junctions with semiconductors. Eisaman set up an experiment to explore a way to make n-doping, which adds electrons to graphene, more e� cient.

� e team at SUNY Polytech-nic built a product on top of a sodium lime substrate, which is an ingredient in household glass and windows. Eisaman layered graphene on top of that. He had planned to add other chemicals to dope the graphene.

“Before we doped it, we took a baseline measurement,” Eisaman said. “It looked like it was strongly n-doped, which we didn’t expect.” He followed this up with a series of other experiments, using the facilities at BNL including the Center for Functional Nanoma-terials, at SUNY Poly and in his lab. “� e whole study was really a team e� ort requiring many di� erent areas of expertise.”

Eisaman believes this discov-ery was promising for solar cells and other possible technological

advances. He plans to explore the fundamentals of the doping mechanism. He would like to understand how the chemical en-vironment of the sodium a� ects the doping strength. He is also studying how the doping and other electronic properties of the graphene vary with the number of graphene layers.

Eisaman said one challenge to making this doping process work is that most semiconductor properties would change, mostly for the worse, if scientists tried to di� use sodium through it. A possible solution is to deposit a material on top of the graphene that has a su� ciently high sur-face density of sodium. While this material would donate elec-trons to the graphene, it would not di� use into the semiconduc-tor as long as the temperatures of the deposition process were low enough, Eisaman suggested. He is currently working on this.

Since the paper came out in Scienti� c Reports in February, Eisaman said he has had inquiries from scientists and from a com-pany that might want to use their discovery. He is “actively looking for funding and partnerships to help push this forward,” he said.

Eisaman has three Ph.D. can-didates in his lab and he usually

adds two to four undergradu-ate researchers in the summer. While this group will continue to develop technology that will seek ways to � nd applications of graphene doping techniques, Eisaman will continue with the bread and butter work in his lab: improving the e� ciency of reus-able energy alternatives.

In another set of experiments, Eisaman collaborated with Charles Black, a scientist and group leader at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. Black and Eisaman worked on how to use the same anti-re� ective prop-erties in moth eyes to reduce the amount of light that escapes from a solar cell through re� ections.

Black constructed structures that mimicked these properties. � e structure worked even better than expected.

“Based on our limited knowl-edge of optics, which is [Eisa-man’s] expertise, we couldn’t understand why they seemed to be doing better than we thought they should,” Black said. Eisa-man’s complementary ability to model the optical properties of the material on the computer allowed them to see a “subtlety that escaped us. In the end, he � gured out what was going on.” Black and Eisaman are continu-

ing to work together to create a better structure.

Eisaman and Lynch, an assis-tant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook, have a 6-year old daughter Avery. � ey live in Port Je� erson, where they have had solar panels on their house for over a year.

� e couple, who met when they were undergraduates at Princeton, discuss their work “constantly,” Lynch noted. “Sometimes, we sit and brain-storm how to solve the world’s energy problems, by which I mean that I throw out crazy ideas and [Eisaman] patiently explains why they wouldn’t work or why they don’t scale well.”

Eisaman, who grew up in Pittsburgh, said he appreciates being close to the water, where he and Lynch have enjoyed kay-aking since they moved to Long Island in 2011. Eisaman and Lynch are recreational runners and try to run two marathons each year: the Pineland Farms Trail Race in Maine and the Hamptons Marathon.

As for his work, Eisaman said he feels a sense of urgen-cy. “One of the most pressing problems we’re facing is to meet our energy goals in the next 10 to 20 years.”

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Photo on left by Matthew Eisaman; above from BNLLeft, Matthew Eisaman with his wife Heather Lynch and their 6-year old daughter Avery; above, from left, former BNL Research Associate Nanditha Dissanayake, Matthew Eisaman and Stony Brook Ph.D. candidates Yutong Pang and Ahsan Ashraf. Dissanayake is now a senior scientist at Voxtel.

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Celebrate spring with leg of lambSpring celebrations wouldn’t be the

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For a new take on tradition, swap conventional mint jelly with a vibrant mint salsa verde for a fresh, but famil-iar, flavor that complements the rich taste of lamb.

Roasted Boneless Leg of Lamb with Fingerling Potatoes,

Leeks and Mint Salsa Verde

Yield: Serves 6 to 8 ingredientS:

• 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled • 2 cups loosely packed fresh flat-leaf

parsley leaves • 1 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves • 3 anchovy fillets • 1 tablespoon capers, drained and rinsed • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper • 2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup extra-virgin

olive oil, divided • 3 to 3 1/2 pounds boneless leg of lamb,

butterflied • 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided • 3 large leeks • 2 pounds fingerling potatoes,

halved lengthwise • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

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Position rack in lower third of oven (so roast will be in the middle) and heat to 325 F.

With food processor running, add garlic cloves. When finely minced, stop motor, remove top and scrape down bowl. Add parsley, mint, an-chovies, capers, salt and pepper. Pulse until ingredients are finely chopped. Pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil and pulse to combine. transfer about two-thirds of paste to small bowl and cover with remaining olive oil. cover tightly and refrigerate until serving time or up to 2 days.

lay lamb flat on cutting board with fat side up. trim fat to no more than 1/8 inch. turn meat over and trim away any large chunks of fat from interior, but leave the rest intact. Be careful not to trim away connective tissue that holds meat together. Season lamb on both sides with 2 teaspoons salt.

Spread salsa verde paste over interior of meat to edges, rubbing into crev-ices. reserve remaining salsa verde. roll lamb up lengthwise into cylinder. Use kitchen twine to tie cylinder at 1 1/2-inch intervals. tie another piece of twine lengthwise to secure ends. Al-low lamb to sit at room temperature 1-2 hours before roasting. (if you plan to wait more than 2 hours before roast-ing, loosely cover and refrigerate roast but bring to room temperature before cooking.) Pat outside of roast dry using paper towels before roasting.

trim dark green tops from leeks. Halve leeks lengthwise and rinse well. Pat dry and cut into 2-inch pieces. Put leeks and halved potatoes in large roast-ing pan. drizzle vegetables with olive oil, season with remaining salt and toss to coat. Spread vegetables around roast-ing pan in even layer. Place lamb roast on top, seam-side down and transfer to oven. roast until an instant-read ther-mometer inserted into center of meat reaches 135 F for medium-rare, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

transfer lamb to cutting board and allow meat to rest for 20-30 minutes, loosely covered with foil. (The inter-nal temperature will increase to 145 F.) Bring reserved salsa verde to room temperature. toss vegetables in roast-ing pan to coat in pan drippings. if they are tender and browned, set aside in a warm spot while meat rests. if not, re-turn to oven to finish cooking.

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Many years ago, someone in a class I was teaching on hydrangeas asked me, “You mean, you have to feed your plants?” besides controlling the soil pH. I was surprised. Yes, I told her. You have to put nutrients into the soil if you want most plants to grow and thrive. � is is particularly important with Long Island’s sandy soil, which has little in the way of nutrients in it especially if you have little or no nutrient-rich topsoil.

So, how do you do this? Well, one of the easiest is to keep a compost pile and to apply compost liberally to your plants. Another is to use a fertilizer available in garden centers, some are organic and some are chemical. But, what exactly are you adding to your soil and therefore plants?

� ere are three main nutrients plants need: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). All three are needed for photosynthesis, that is, turning solar en-ergy into plant matter.

Nitrogen helps with plant growth, en-couraging leaf and stem growth. Too much nitrogen and plants will produce lots of leaves but little fruit. Legumes are nitro-gen � xing plants, that is, they get their ni-trogen from the air. Nitrogen � xing plants include peanuts, peas, bush beans, wisteria and clover. Note that many people try to get rid of clover in their lawns, but clover puts nitrogen into the soil naturally. Be-sides they have pretty little � owers.

Phosphorus encourages rapid growth, blooming and root growth while potassi-um helps in the fruit quality and reduction of plant diseases as well as overall plant vigor and pest resistance.

You may see on chemical fertilizer packages numbers like 5-10-5. � is means that the fertilizer contains 5 percent ni-trogen, 10 percent phosphorus and 5 per-cent potassium. � e rest is other nutrients and � llers. A package that says 10-20-10 is therefore 10 percent nitrogen, 20 percent phosphorus and 10 percent potassium. A complete fertilizer will have all three of these nutrients.

But there are also secondary nutri-ents that plants need including calcium, magnesium (part of chlorophyll in green plants), sulfur (improves root growth and seed production) as well as micronutrients. Lack of enough iron, for example, and the plant’s leaves will turn yellow.

A well-balanced commercial fertilizer will have all of these nutrients and micro-nutrients. If you are concerned that your soil, even amended with compost and/or fertilizer has the proper nutrients, there are test kits available in garden centers that will tell you how well your soil is doing. Or you could bring samples to Cornell Co-operative Extension, which will test for a wide variety of nutrients.

Soil pH is not a nutrient but a measure of how acidic or how alkaline soil is. Dif-ferent plants need di� erent soil pH levels to grow to their best potential. Normally, fertilizer will not contain any chemicals to change the soil pH, unless they spe-ci� cally say so. For example, Miracid is a fertilizer that contains a chemical that will lower the soil pH. It should not be used on plants that require a neutral or alkaline soil, but on plants like rhodies, blueberries, pines etc., which thrive in an acidic soil.

If you are using potting soil for contain-er gardens, read the package carefully. It will indicate whether it has any fertilizer in the soil and, if so, what and how much. It should also indicate how long the nutrients will last. Some even have watering crystals that hold excess water to be released when the soil itself dries out. Watering crystals will not last forever and may need to be re-placed. Again, read the label.

� e directions with chemical fertiliz-ers will sometimes talk about foliar feed-ing, that is, mixing up liquid fertilizer and spraying it directly on the leaves of plants. First, chemical fertilizers in general can burn plants if applied too liberally. Always follow the package directions to avoid this. Second, it’s been my experience that foliar feeding can sometimes burn the leaves of the plants, killing them.

As a result, I never spray liquid fertilizer on plant leaves. If you decide to use slow-release plant food (sticks, granules etc.), note how much is to be applied to a given area, pot size etc. If you overdo it, you can kill your plants. If a little is good, a lot is de� nitely not better. � is is one reason why I prefer to use compost, since it’s virtually impossible to burn plants with compost. I’ve even seen volunteers growing directly in compost piles.

Ellen Barcel is a freelance writer and master gardener. Send your gardening questions to [email protected].

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It’s pretty common to hear a creative soul say wistfully, “Someday, I’m going to write my book.” If this sounds famil-iar, an event this weekend might give you the motivation you’re looking for.

The Port Jefferson Free Library in-vites writers of all kinds to join them on Sunday, April 3, for a discussion and meet and greet featuring five local authors.

The panel, titled “Writing: The Pro-cess Within” will explore all aspects of writing, from brainstorming to pub-lishing and everything in between.

This is the first time in several years the library has hosted a panel like this, and librarian Salvatore J. Filosa hopes it will have wide appeal to the area’s budding community of writers.

“We have a local author collection comprised of people who have visited over the years, and it’s definitely grow-ing. There are so many aspiring writers and people who appreciate writing near-by, and even a number of writing groups throughout the county,” Filosa said.

There is a wide range of experience among the panel’s five authors — some work day jobs while others write full time; some are traditionally published while others pursued self -publishing; and they all have their own unique regimens and writing style.

Included on the panel are Stony Brook University creative writing pro-fessor Kevin Clouther; award -winning children’s book writer Thomas Whaley; journalist, playwright and author Joe Beck; non fiction writer, novelist and history buff Ralph Brady; and novelist Erika Swyler.

Swyler, who now lives in Sound Beach, has earned national attention over the past year with the debut of her

first novel, “The Book of Speculation.” Set in a fictional Long Island town, the book follows a young librarian who is sent a mysterious book that holds omi-nous, magical secrets about his trou-bled family’s past and future.

“The Book of Speculation” was fea-tured as part of Barnes & Noble’s Dis-cover program, and it was also named one of the best books of 2015 by both Amazon.com and Buzzfeed.

“It’s all very surreal,” Swyler said of the experience in a recent interview. “When you write a novel, you feel like it’s just going to sit in a drawer and only be read by your mom or your spouse. Knowing the book has gone so far is amazing.”

As a child, Swyler’s parents encouraged their children to explore both the arts and sciences equally. Growing up, Erika was an enthusiastic reader who frequented the Port Jefferson Free Library.

Her journey to becoming a novelist was a winding one. Swyler attended the-ater school and spent several years acting and writing scripts. Eventually, she said, those ideas became too big for the stage, which led her to pursue short stories and novels. Later, she was contacted by an agent who discovered one of her short stories online. The novel was published nearly a decade after that.

“Read as much as you can and write as much as you can,” urges Swyler. “There’s never going to be a moment where you think, ‘Oh, this is perfect!’ The important thing is to get the idea down on paper.”

The author panel will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at the Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson Street. Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free but registration is requested by calling 631-473-0022 or visit www.portjeff library.org.

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Visitors to the Port Jeffer-son Village Center can view an eclectic collection of artwork from the South Shore-based Wet Paints Studio Group in the center’s gallery. Until April 30, the venue will be hosting the exhibit “From the Heart of the Artist.”

Susan Orifici, head of graphic, archival and special projects at the Village Cen-ter, said the exhibit includes approximately 100 pieces from the local artists. “I love the combination of different things. It’s everything from pencil drawings to acrylics and mixed media,” she said.

Orifici said she’s delighted the center is offering the ex-hibit, and with the majority of the artists from the South Shore, also providing a venue for the group to share their work with art lovers who may be unfamiliar with Wet Paints. “It gives their member-ship the opportunity to give a show where they can reach out,” she said.

Doug Broadhurst, president of the Wet Paints Studio Group, agreed that the Village Center provides the organization a great opportunity to show their work on the North Shore. The artist, who has two portraits in the show, “Lydia” and “Nancy: A Moment in Time,” said when he visited the center in the past to view exhibits, he’s was al-ways pleased with what he saw. “It’s a beautiful venue to show at,” he said.

Broadhurst said the group, with approximately 200 mem-bers, has been in existence for 67 years and meets every Tuesday in Sayville at the Gil-lette House. He explained that the first Tuesday is a business meeting, while the second and fourth weeks are dedicated to sketching live portrait models. On the third Tuesday of the month, the group hosts artists’ demonstrations.

Carol Corbett, vice presi-dent of the Wet Paints Studio Group, has been a member for almost 15 years. She said she discovered the organi-zation when her sister came to visit and asked her if she belonged to any art groups. The sisters found Wet Paints while searching online and de-cided to check out a meeting with sketch pads and pencils in hand. “It was such a nice group. It was just so good that I never left,” she said.

The group president and vice-president said new art-ists are always welcome, and Broadhurst explained that sometimes non-artists attend demonstrations or art talks. Corbett said she loves the range of experience in the or-ganization.

“You have the whole scope of professional to really, re-ally amateur, and everybody is fine with it, they get along well. The ones who know more teach; the other ones are open to listening. And, some-times you learn from the ones who are starting out as well,” said Corbett.

While the majority of mem-bers live on the South Shore, portrait artist and group mem-bership chairman, Terry McM-anus, has been making the trip from his Mount Sinai home to the Sayville meetings for 20 years now. Like Corbett, he has found his fellow members to be very welcoming and encourag-ing. “They’re very supportive. It’s a wonderful group to be with,” McManus said.

For the exhibit, Broadhurst said instead of a theme, the artists simply picked their fa-vorite works of art from their collections or created a new piece. Visitors to the exhibit will find pictures in acrylic, oil paint, pencil, watercolor and more. He said the exhibit art-work also runs the gamut from portraits, landscapes, abstracts and mixed media. “Anyone who looks at it will find some-thing that they will like.”

Corbett said she saw a num-ber of pieces she thought were

wonderful being delivered to the venue while she was there to drop off her two oil seascapes, “Mysterious” and “A Passing Storm.” She said the exhibit, with its various styles, is an example of how the members create art they love. “We’re trying to show our hearts through our art,” Corbett said.

McManus, who has two pastel portraits in the ex-hibit, “Teenager” and “Puppy Love,” said he finds it amaz-ing to see so many different approaches to art in the ex-hibit. He explained that vari-ous artists can all look at the same landscape or portrait and have a different approach to it. He said the variety of artists present a diversity of styles for art lovers to enjoy at the exhibit. “I think it’s a talented group. So I think anybody can really enjoy the show,” the artist said.

Corbett hopes the exhibit may inspire some visitors to try an art class or increase their appreciation of art. “Hopefully their hearts will be blessed by viewing it.”

The Port Jefferson Gallery at the Village Center, 101-A East Broadway, Port Jefferson, will host “From the Heart of the Artist” until April 30. A recep-tion will be held on Saturday, April 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. and is open to the public. The build-

ing is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and admission is free. For more information on the exhibit, visit the Facilities section of www.portjeff.com or call 631-802-2160. For more information on the Wet Paints Studio Group, visit www.wetpaintsgroup.com.

Port Jefferson Village Center hosts art exhibit with heart

Images from Sue OrificiClockwise from above, ‘a Stone’s throw,’ watercolor, by Jeanne Salucci; below, ‘Port Jefferson Village,’ oil, by June Long-Schuman; and ‘Portrait of Lydia,’ graphics, by Doug Broadhurst

’We’re trying to show our hearts through our art.’

— Carol Corbett

An artist reception for ‘From the Heart of the Artist’ will be held on

Saturday, April 2, from 3 to 5 p.m.


March 31 to april 7, 2016Times…and datesThursday 31

Spring blood driveSt. Catherine of Siena Medical Center will hold a Spring Blood Drive from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Medical Office Building, 48 Route 25A, Smithtown in the St. Vincent conference room, lower level. Please call 862-3780 for more information.painT & SipThe Heritage Center, 633 Mount Sinai-Coram Road, Mount Sinai will host a Paint & Sip evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Grab your friends for a fun, creative night out. Paint a masterpiece while enjoying a snack and sipping wine or beer. $45 per person includes all materials and snacks. Wine and beer for purchase. To register, call 509-0882 or visit www.msheritagetrust.org.

Friday 1Friday WhaleboaT chaTThe Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor will hold a Whaleboat Chat every Friday at 2:30 p.m. in celebration of the Whaling Museum Society's 80th anniversary. Free with paid admission. Call 367-3418.laSagna dinner FundraiSerThe Sound Beach Civic Association will hold a lasagna din-ner fundraiser event at the Sound Beach Firehouse, 152 Sound Beach Blvd., Sound Beach from 5 to 7 p.m. Funds from this event will be used to maintain the Sound Beach Veterans Memorial. Donation is $15, seniors $12, children under 10 free, and takeout $10. For more information and tickets, call 821-9650.

Saturday 2Folk muSic concerTThe Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport will host a folk music concert with Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen plus Jack Williams at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s 1st Saturday con-cert series. Tickets are $25, $20 members at the door. For further information, call 423-4004 or visit www.fmsh.org.an evening oF comedyTheatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present an evening of comedy on the Second Stage at 8 p.m. Stand-ups will include Paul Anthony, John Santo and Mick Thomas. Tickets are $35. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.Sbu Symphony orcheSTra in concerTThe Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will present the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra in concert on the Main Stage at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $10 to $20. Call 632-2787 for more information.The briTiSh invaSion TribuTeThe Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present an evening of British and American rock music at 8 p.m. Featuring music from The Moody Blues, The Monkees, The Beatles and more. Tickets are $45. Call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org for further information.

Sunday 3car ShoW and SWap meeTLong Island Cars will kick off its 2016 season with a Car Show and Swap Meet at the Pennysaver Ampitheater, 1 Ski Run Lane, Farmingville from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring classic and collect-ible cars, vendors, entertainment and refreshments. Held rain or shine. Admission is $8, children under 12 free. Free parking. Call 567-5898 or visit www.longislandcars.com for more information.naTure on The move hikeCaumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington will host a four-mile adult hike in the western sec-tion of the park from 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 423-1770.Senior popS orcheSTra concerTHuntington High School, 188 Oakwood Road, Huntington will host a concert by the Senior Pops Orchestra at 2 p.m. Led by music director/conductor Stephen Michael Smith, the program will feature music from “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Jurassic Park,” “An American in Paris” and other favorites. $5 suggested donation at the door. For more information, visit www.seniorpops.org.

celebraTion oF poeTryIn honor of National Poetry Month, the North Shore Public Library, 250 Route 25A, Shoreham invites the public to come share their favorite poems from 2 to 4 p.m. Hosted by Anne Kelly-Edmunds. Free and open to all. Call 929-4488.The Feinberg broTherS in concerTThe Huntington Public Library, 338 Main St., Huntington will welcome the Feinberg Brothers in concert (bluegrass) at 2 p.m. Free and open to all. Registration required by calling 427-5165.Sound Symphony orcheSTra in concerTComsewogue High School, 565 Bicycle Path, Port Jefferson Station will host a concert by the Sound Symphony Orchestra at 2 p.m. Selections will include works by Mozart, Weber and Dvorak featuring solo competition winner Ryan Chung on cello. Tickets, sold at the door, are $10 adults, $5 seniors and students, under 12 free. For further information, visit www.soundsymphony.org.amicizia Trio in concerTTemple Isaiah, 1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook will wel-come the Amicizia Trio (piano trio) in concert at 3 p.m. as part of the Triad Concert series in conjunction with the Greater Port Jefferson–North Brookhaven Arts Council. Featuring works by Mozart and Schubert. Followed by refreshments and a meet and greet. Tickets, sold at the door, are $18 adults, $10 seniors and students, $5 for 18 and younger. Questions? Call Paula at 902-1584.liSca FundraiSerThe Long Island Symphonic Choral Association will present Tapestry and Guests at The Old Field Club, West Meadow Road, Stony Brook from 5 to 9 p.m. The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, a buffet dinner, wine, dessert and music by the award-winning ensemble Tapestry. $90 per person. To RSVP, call 751-2743 or 941-9431.chamber muSic concerTNorth Shore Pro Musica will present its final concert in their 2015-16 Chamber Music Series in the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room of the Carriage Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook at 5 p.m. The performance will feature works for woodwind quintet, including the “Quintet of Villa-Lobos.” Tickets available at the door. $25 per person, $20 members and students. For more information, call 751-0066.comedy FundraiSer nighTMcGuire’s, 1627 Smithtown Ave., Bohemia will host a Comedy Fundraiser Night at 7 p.m. $20 donation. Proceeds will benefit the Brookhaven Wildlife Center in Holtsville. For more information, call 758-9664.neil berg'S pianomenThe John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present Neil Berg's Pianomen in an intimate tribute to Billy Joel and Elton John at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50. To order, call 261-2900.inTernaTional Folk dancingThe Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown will host an evening of international folk dancing from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. All

are welcome. No partner necessary. Dances will be reviewed and/or taught. $8 donation requested. For more information, call 516-781-3552.

monday 4plan your Spring vegeTable garden Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn will pres-ent a workshop titled Plan Your Spring Vegetable Garden from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Join others for an informal discussion of timely organic gardening practices. You can share seeds and planting tips and have your soil tested for pH. Make this year’s vegetable garden even better with the support of other experienced home and community gardeners. Registration is not required. Call 757-4200.

Tuesday 5book SigningBook Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington will welcome American hero and astronaut Buzz Aldrin who will sign copies of his new book, “No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon,” at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.Science on TapThe Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University will host a free public event titled In the Beginning ... with guest Paul Sorensen at the Stony Brook Yacht Club, 12 Shore Road, Stony Brook at 7 p.m. Hosted by SBU jour-nalism Professor Steven Reiner. To RSVP, call 632-2130.emerSTon STring QuarTeT in concerTThe Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will welcome the Emerson String Quartet in concert in the Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Featuring Haydn and Beethoven string quartets. Tickets are $48. To order, call 632-2787.

Wednesday 6accordion alliance meeTingThe Long Island Accordion Alliance will hold its next meeting at La Villini Restaurant, 288 Larkfield Road, E. Northport at 6 p.m. With guest artist Fabio Lucarelli. For more information, call 261-6344.painT nighT FundraiSerBrookhaven Dress for Success will hold its secon annual Design and Wine Paint Night fundraiser at the Coram Fire Department, 303 Middle Country Road, Coram from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Participants will create their own masterpiece to take home. Refreshments will be served. $45 per person includes all supplies. To register, call 451-9127.* All numbers are in (631) area code unless otherwise noted.

Photo from LISCALISCA benefit: The award-winning vocal ensemble Tapestry will perform at the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association's annual benefit on April 3.


Book signingBook Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington will welcome former New York Met and award-winning baseball analyst Ron Darling who will speak about and sign copies of his new book, “Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life,” at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.Winter Weaving With WineThe Huntington Historical Society will present a program titled Winter Weaving with Wine at the Conklin Barn, 2 High St., Huntington from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Learn to weave on a table loom and enjoy light refreshments. You provide the wine. $40, $35 members. Call 427-7045 to register.

thursday 7Create a family haggadahNorth Shore Jewish Center Sisterhood Sederai, 385 Old Town Road, Port Jefferson Station will present a program titled Create Your Own Family Haggadah at 7 p.m. Includes a Passover food tasting, recipe booklet, music, raffles. $12, $10 members. To RSVP, email [email protected]. For more information, call 928-3737.Book signingBook Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington will welcome author Jesse Jarnow who will speak about and sign copies of his new book, “Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America,” at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.

theater

'memphis'The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present the musical "Memphis" through May 8. Prices range from $69 to $74. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.‘the musiC man’The CM Performing Arts Center, 931 Montauk Highway, Oakdale will present Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" through April 10. Tickets range from $20 to $29. To order, call 218-2810.‘sWeeney todd’Mount Sinai High School, 110 North Country Road, Mount Sinai will perform the musical "Sweeney Todd" on March 31, April 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 adults, $7 students and seniors. (Seniors are invited to reserve free tickets for the Thursday evening perfor-mance.) For more information or to order tickets, call 870-2882.'Bye Bye Birdie'Newfield High School, 145 Marshall Drive, Selden will present the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" on April 1 at 7 p.m. and April 2 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults, $7 students and seniors at the door. For more information, call 285-8300.'going plaCes'The Township Theatre Group will present "Going Places," a col-lection of four short plays, at Cold Spring Harbor Library on April 3 at 2 p.m. Free and open to all. Advance registration appreciated by calling 692-6820.

'Beyond saCred'The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University will present "Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity" on April 6 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Call 632-4400.'murder among friends'The Arena Players Repertory Theater will present "Murder Among Friends" from April 4 to 19 at the Vanderbilt Museum's Carriage House Theater, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Tickets are $20 on Fridays and Sundays, $25 on Saturdays. For reservations or further information, call 516-293-0674.‘as you like it’The Stony Brook University Department of Theatre Arts will present William Shakespeare’s "As You Like It" from April 7 to 10 and 13 to 17 in Theatre 1 of The Staller Center for the Arts. Tickets are $20, $10 for students with ID. To order, call 632-2787.‘Beau Jest’Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present the delightful romantic comedy "Beau Jest" from April 9 to May 7. Tickets range from $15 to $30. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.'CaBaret'Life is a Cabaret! The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present the musical "Cabaret" from April 9 to May 22. All seats $35. To order, call 724-3700.'oliver!'Chutzpah Repertory Theater of Temple Beth El, 660 Park Ave., Huntington will present a production of "Oliver!" on April 9 and 16 at 8 p.m. and April 10 and 17 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $18 seniors and students. To order, call Lisa at 421-5835, ext. 200, or email [email protected].‘measure for measure’Suffolk County Community College, 533 College Road, Selden will present William Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure" on April 14 to 16 and 21 to 23 at 8 p.m. and April 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. at the Shea Theatre in the Islip Arts Building. General admission is $12. For more information, call 851-6589.'rumors'The Minstrel Players will present the hilarious Neil Simon com-edy "Rumors" at Houghton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport on April 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. and April 24 and May 1 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and children under 12. For more information please call 516-557-1207 or visit www.theminstrelplayersinc.org.festival of one aCt playsFrom April 23 to May 14, Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present its 19th annual Festival of One Act Plays featuring six plays "guaranteed to entertain and engage" on the Second Stage. Tickets are $18. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.'the Wedding singer'The Noel S. Ruiz Theatre at the CM Performing Arts Center, 931 Montauk Highway, Oakdale will present "The Wedding Singer" from April 30 to May 22. Tickets range from $18 to $29. To order, call 218-2810 or visit www.cmpac.com.

'mary poppins'The Northport-E. Northport Community Theater will present "Mary Poppins" from May 6 to 15 at the Brosnan Center Theater, 158 Laurel Avenue, Northport. For more information and tickets, call Bette at 896-5970.

film‘the Warm Blooded sea: mammals of the deep’The Whaling Museum, 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor will screen portions of the Jacques Cousteau Odyssey, "The Warm Blooded Sea: Mammals of the Deep" on March 31 at 2:30 p.m. Free with paid admission, members free. Popcorn included. Call 367-3418. 'leonardo da vinCi: the genius in milan'Fathom Events, SpectiCast and Nexo Digital will screen the documen-tary "Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan" on March 31 at 7 p.m. at Farmingdale Multiplex Cinemas, Holtsville's Island 16 Cinema De Lux and AMC Loews Stony Brook 17. Tickets may be purchased online at www.fathomevents.com or at the theater box office. ‘Brooklyn’The Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University will screen Academy Award nominee "Brooklyn" on April 1 at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Tickets are $9 adults, $7 staff, students, children. For more information, call 632-2787.'one too many'North Shore Public Library, 250 Route 25A, Shoreham will screen the 1916 silent film "One Too Many" with Oliver Hardy at 7 p.m. Followed by a presentation on silent filmmaking by J.K. Hodge. Free and open to all. Call 929-4488.‘the danish girl’The Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University will screen Academy Award nominee "The Danish Girl" on April 1 at 9:15 p.m. Rated R. Tickets are $9 adults, $7 staff and students. For more information, call 632-2787.‘Big deal on madonna street’Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen the 1958 "Big Deal on Madonna Street” (I Soliti Ignoti) on April 3 at 11 a.m. as part of its Italian cinema series with Irene P. Eckert. Bagels at 10 a.m. $15, $10 members. Call 423-7611 for further information.‘Waiting’The Port Jefferson Documentary Series Spring 2016 will continue with a screening of the award-winning documentary "Waiting" at the Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook on April 4 at 7 p.m. Guest speakers will be Director Cristian Piazza and opera singer Paolo Buffagni. $7 admission. For advance tickets, call 473-5220 or visit www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.com.'my grandma's ameriCan dream'The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University will screen "My Grandma's American Dream: From Italy to a New Life" on April 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E-4340. With special guest filmmaker Anthony DiFranco. Free and open to all. Call 632-7444.

farmers marketsholBrook Winter farmers marketThe Sun Vet Mall, 5801 Sunrise Highway, Holbrook will host a Winters Farmers Market every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through April 23. For more information, call 516-551-8461.huntington Winter farmers marketJack Abrams School, 155 Lowndes Ave., Huntington Station will host a Winter Farmers Market by G & G Long Island every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through April. For more informa-tion, visit www.longislandfarmersmarkets.com.

port Jefferson Winter farmers marketThe Port Jefferson Village Center, 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson will host a Winter Farmers Market every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through May 1. For more information, call Melissa at 516-551-8461.

riverhead Winter farmers marketThe downtown Riverhead Farmers Market will be held at 117 East Main St., Riverhead every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through April. For details, call 208-8159.

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Photo from Staller CenterMovie night: 'Brooklyn' will be screened at the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University on April 1.


THE QUOTE

‘We saw a little of every-thing, so now it’s up to the athletes and coaches to build on yesterday in order to be ready for championships in May.’

— ANDY RONAN

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Women’s lax tops Stanford, 17-7Th e Stony Brook women’s lacrosse

team recorded its largest margin of vic-tory over a ranked opponent in program history with a 17-7 win over Stanford University on Saturday at LaValle Sta-dium. In the win, the Seawolves improve to 6-3, while the Cardinals drops to 6-2.

Junior Courtney Murphy tallied a season-high six goals, sophomore Ky-lie Ohlmiller added four and freshman Anna Tesoriero notched a career-high 13 saves against a Cardinals team that scored 16 or more goals four times this season.

Th e Seawolves outscored the Car-dinals 11-2 over the fi rst 25 minutes of play to take a commanding 13-4 into the locker room.

Junior Kristin Yevoli tallied three goals, two assists and three draw con-trols. Junior Dorrien Van Dyke notched one goal, one assist and a career-high eight draw controls. Sophomore Saman-tha DiSalvo racked up two goals, one as-sist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Senior defender Alyssa Flem-ing tallied her fi rst goal since her col-legiate debut on Feb. 16, 2013, against Bucknell University. Freshman Kasey Mitchell tallied three assists.

Th e Seawolves forced 19 Stanford turnovers in the contest.

Th e women’s lacrosse team swept this week’s America East honors, as Ohlmill-

er was named Off ensive Player of the Week, Fleming was tabbed as Defensive Player of the Week and Tesoriero earned Rookie of the Week honors.

Ohlmiller scored nine goals and added four assists in a 2-0 week for the Seawolves that featured victories over Stanford and Jacksonville University. She tallied fi ve goals and three assists against the defend-ing Atlantic Sun champion Dolphins on Th ursday and added four goals and an as-sist Saturday against the Cardinals.

Fleming tallied eight caused turn-overs and four ground balls on the week for the Seawolves. In the 17-7 win over Stanford, Fleming tallied a career-best six caused turnovers.

Tesoriero recorded a .618 save per-centage and 6.50 goals-against average in a pair of wins. Th e freshman goalie tallied eight saves against Jacksonville.

Th e Seawolves have won eight Amer-ica East weekly awards in the last fi ve weeks. Th e honors for Ohlmiller and Tesoriero are their second of the year, while it is the fi rst for Fleming. Junior Courtney Murphy, sophomore Brooke Gubitosi and freshman Mackenzie Burns have also earned weekly confer-ence honors this season.

Stony Brook improves to 41-5 at home under head coach Joe Spallina with the win over Stanford. Th e victory is the

fourth in a row for the Seawolves.Th e 10-goal victory is the largest mar-

gin against a ranked opponent in pro-gram history, besting a 7-1 victory over No. 18/17 Albany in the 2014 America East Championship game.

Th e Seawolves will open America East play on Saturday, April 2, when they host the University of Vermont at 3 p.m. at LaValle Stadium.

Ohlmiller, Fleming, Tesoriero sweep America East weekly awards after win

File photos from SBU Clockwise from above, Kylie Ohlmiller makes her way around a defender; Anna Tesoriero makes a save; and Alyssa Fleming moves the ball down� eld.


The Stony Brook baseball team dropped both games of a twin bill on Sunday afternoon to host Creighton University, and fell 4-0 in each game at TD Ameritrade Park.

The Seawolves (8-12) could only muster seven hits on the afternoon against the Blue Jays (16-4), who have won 10 straight games.

“Creighton’s pitching was out-standing,” Stony Brook head coach Matt Senk said. “They didn’t allow us to get anything going the entire dou-bleheader.”

With the game scoreless in the third inning, Creighton put together three straight two-out hits that plated three runs, including a triple and dou-ble. Those three runs proved to be all the Blue Jays needed for the victory.

Creighton plated a run in the bot-tom of the first inning on three hits that provided all the offense the Blue Jays needed for the victory.

Senior right-handed pitcher Tim Knesnik entered game one to pitch in the sixth inning for his 60th appear-ance, moving him into a tie for fourth-place on Stony Brook’s career appear-ances with Brandon McNitt (2011-14).

Senior left-handed pitcher Tyler Honahan recorded his 53rd career ap-pearance with the start in game one, moving him into a tie for ninth-place.

Freshman left fielder Dan McEvoy started game two for his first collegiate

start. McEvoy also recorded his first col-legiate hit, a single in the fifth inning.

The Seawolves welcome the Univer-sity of Maine to Joe Nathan Field for the America East Conference home open-ing three-game series, starting with a double header at noon on Saturday.

Seawolves softball downs UMBC to take series

The Stony Brook softball team (10-15-1, 2-1 in America East) took the third and decisive game of its conference-opening series at the University of Maryland Balti-more County on Sunday, 7-0, behind the arm of senior pitcher Jane Sallen.

“We played exceptionally well in all facets of the game,” Stony Brook head coach Megan Bryant said. “Our situ-ational hitting was terrific and made a huge difference. I am really proud of our team for the way we fought back to take the series.”

Freshman Irene Rivera’s RBI-doubles in the first and fifth innings put the Sea-wolves ahead 3-0 and Sallen made sure those runs held up, throwing a complete-game shutout, allowing four hits and strik-

ing out six. Her shutout was her second of the season and the 13th of her career.

Sophomore Chelsea Evans went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI. She was Stony Brook’s top hitter in the series, going 5-for-9 with four runs, two home runs and four RBIs. Senior Allie Pisciotta had two hits, a run and an RBI. Senior Patty Borges had a hit and two RBIs. Seniors Kim Ragazzo and Kellie Reynolds went 1-for-3 with a run scored and 3-for-8 with three runs in the series.

Stony Brook played a midweek game at Manhattan College on Wednesday, but results were not available by press time. The Seawolves will now begin a three-game conference series against the Uni-versity of Maine from April 2 to April 3.

Photo from SBU Irene Rivera connects with the ball.

SBU drops twin bill at Creighton University

Stony Brook sweeps home quad meet to open season

File photo from SBU Tyler Honahan hurls a pitch in a prior game.

The Stony Brook men’s and women’s outdoor track & field teams opened their 2016 spring slate with a strong showing at the Stony Brook Quad Meet, defeating Columbia University, La Salle University and Providence College in both men’s and women’s competition.

The Seawolves men defeated Colum-bia 90-19, La Salle 88-30 and Providence 70-39. Stony Brook’s women downed Columbia 102-28, La Salle 101-24 and Providence 110-16.

“Today was about getting the spring season started,” Stony Brook head coach Andy Ronan said. “It was fun for both squads to have a home meet. It gave them the opportunity to compete at the facil-ity they train at year-round. In terms of performances, we saw a little of every-thing, so now it’s up to the athletes and coaches to build on yesterday in order to be ready for championships in May.”

The freshman quartet of Shane Har-ris, Edison Estephane, Bradley Pierre and Abass Braimah won the men’s 4x100-meter relay in 43.78. Harris cap-tured the men’s 100 in 11.10 seconds and the men’s 200 in 22.39. Junior Jarrett Button won the 400 in 51.13. Sophomore Darian Sorouri won the 2000 steeple-chase in 6:16.58. Sophomore Jonathan Stanco took the shot put with a mark of 43-2.25/13.16 meters.

The team of freshman Sarah Mili-tano, sophomore Kaylyn Gordon, freshman Nikki Fogarty and freshman Chinque Thompson won the 4x100 re-lay in 47.27. Gordon took first in the 100 in 12.16 seconds. Freshman Dara Smith took the women’s 400 hurdles in 1:05.06. Senior Kate Pouder crossed the line first in the 1500 in 4 minutes, 41.34. Junior Christine Eisenberg captured the 2000 steeplechase in 7:02.62. The 4x800 relay team of Eisenberg, Pouder, sophomore

Jane Clark and junior Maggie Fleming won the event in 9:38.59.

Sophomore Allison Ross won the women’s shot put with a toss of 34-6.75/10.53 and discus at 117-4.0/35.77. Senior Allyson Laporte captured the women’s javelin with a throw of 125-1.0/38.13.

Freshman Nailah Jones won the women’s long jump at 16-7.25/5.06m. Junior Dana Husband took the women’s high jump at 5-5.0/1.65m.

The Seawolves return to action Friday for the first of two days at the Colonial Relays in Williamsburg, Virginia.

File photo from SBU Allyson Laporte races to hurl the javelin.

Freshman Irene Rivera had a pair of RBI doubles in win


A R T E X H I B I T S

Art League of Long IslandArt League of Long Island is located at 107

E. Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Through April 24 the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery will present a ju-ried exhibition titled Motion in Art and Art in Motion featuring 60 works from local artists. An opening reception will be held on April 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. Questions? Call 631-462-5400.b.j. spoke gallery

b.j. spoke gallery is located at 299 Main St., Huntington. Currently on view at the gallery through April 3 is the EXPO 35 Winners ex-hibition. From April 7 to May 1 the gallery will present a solo exhibit by Connie Wain, a solo exhibit by Mary Abrams and a members themed exhibit titled Spring Fever. An artist reception will be held on April 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 631-549-5106.Cold Spring Harbor Library

Cold Spring Harbor Library is located at 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. From April 2 to May 1 the library will present the artwork of Cold Spring Harbor Elementary School students. Call 631-692-6820.Comsewogue Public Library

Comsewogue Public Library is located at 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Sta-tion. Through the month of April, the library will display selections of student artwork in grades 6 to 12 from Comsewogue School Dis-trict. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. For more information, call 631-928-1212 or visit www.cplib.org.Emma S. Clark Library

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library is located at 120 Main St., Setauket. During the month of April the library will present an exhibit by Mary Ahern titled Portraits, People, Pets & Places. The exhibit may be seen during regu-lar library hours. Call 631-941-4080.Gallery North

Gallery North is located at 90 North Coun-try Road, Setauket. Through April 15 the gal-lery will present Vision Quest by Terence Netter. Inside the Studio, an exhibit showcas-ing the work of Gallery North's teachers and students will be held from April 24 to May 6. An opening reception will be held on April 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. For further information, call 631-751-2676.

Harborfields Public LibraryHarborfields Public Library is located at

31 Broadway, Greenlawn. Through April 27, the library will present a Young Artists Fine Arts Exhibition showcasing the works of Har-borfields High School students. A reception will be held on April 20 at 7 p.m. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. For more information, call 631-757-4200.Heckscher Museum of Art

The Heckscher Museum of Art is located at 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Through April 3, the museum will present an exhibit titled You Go Girl! Celebrating Women Artists and Street Life. Upcoming exhibitions include Long Is-land's Best Young Artists from April 9 to May 15 and Celebrating 20 Years: Long Island's Best Alumni from April 9 to May 8. Call 631-351-3250 or visit www.heckscher.org.Huntington Arts Council

Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Gal-lery, 213 Main St., Huntington, will present A Rose by Any Other Name through April 16. An artist reception will be held on April 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, go to www.huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423.Huntington Historical SocietyThe Huntington Historical Society, 209 Main St., Huntington, will present an exhibit titled The Civil War Comes Home at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St., Huntington, through April, Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 631-427-7045, ext. 404.Huntington Public Library

Huntington Public Library is located at 338 Main St., Huntington. Through April 25, the library will present a Cartoonist Showcase by the Berndt Toast Gang, Long Island Chap-ter. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Questions? Call 631-427-5165.Long Island Museum

The Long Island Museum is located at 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook. Currently on exhibit is Hooked@LIM: The Crocheted Tree Proj-ect. Through May 30 the museum will pres-ent Mort Künstler: The Art of Adventure and through July 31, The Brush Is My Pen: Art That Tells Stories. Colors of Long Island, the mu-seum's annual student art exhibition, will run through May 1. Questions? Call 631-751-0066.

Northport Historical SocietyNorthport Historical Society is located at

215 Main St., Northport. Through June, the society will present an exhibit titled Shar-ing a Creative Life: Dolly and Ward Hooper. An opening reception will be held on April 3 at 2 p.m. For more information, call 631-757-9859.Northport/East Northport Public Library

The Northport Public Library is located at 151 Laurel Ave., Northport. The East Northport Public Library is located at 185 Larkfield Road, East Northport. Through April the libraries will present the annual art exhibit by students of the Northport-East Northport School Dis-trict. These exhibits may be seen during regular library hours. For more information, call 631-261-6930 (N) or 631-261-2313 (EN).North Shore Public Library

North Shore Public Library is located at 250 Route 25A, Shoreham. Through the month of April the library will present an exhibition by mother/daughter Joanne Johnson and Daria Brown. An artist reception will be held on April 10 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Call 631-929-4488.Port Jefferson Free Library

Port Jefferson Free Library is located at 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson. During the month of April the library will present Heir-loom Chess Sets by Carl Siegel in the Flat Case and an exhibit by the Port Jefferson Photog-raphy Club in the Meeting Room. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Questions? Call 631-473-0022.Port Jefferson Village Center

The Port Jefferson Village Center is located at 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson. Through April 30, an exhibit by the Wet Paint Artists Studio Group will be held on the second floor with an artist reception on April 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. A group show, featuring works by the adult artists at Day Haven, will be on exhibit on the third floor. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. For more information, call 631-802-2160.Ripe Art Gallery

Ripe Art Gallery is located at 1028 Park Ave., Huntington. From April 2 to 23 the gal-lery will present a solo show by Maxine Jurow. An opening reception will be held on April 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 631-239-1805.Sachem Public Library

Sachem Public Library is located at 150 Hol-brook Road, Holbrook. Through the month of April the library will present a photography exhibit titled Through Joan's Eyes featuring works by the late Joan Catz-Wurtzel. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Call 631-588-5024.STAC

Smithtown Township Arts Council is lo-cated at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, St. James. From April 9 to May 4 the gallery will present Loving the Landscape We Call Home featuring views of Long Is-land. An artist reception will be held on April 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The works of artist Arntian Kotsa will be on view at Apple Bank, 91 Route 111, Smithtown, through May 10 as part of STAC’s Outreach Gallery program. Call 631-862-6575.Three Village Historical Society

Three Village Historical Society, 93 North Country Road, Setauket, is currently pre-senting an exhibit titled Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time, along with the SPIES exhibit about the Culper Spy Ring. Viewing hours are Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m., and by appointment. $8 adults, $5 children under 12, members free. Call 631-751-3730 or visit www.tvhs.org.

Image from Art League of LI'Flying High' by Susan Silkowitz will be on view at the Art League of Long Island through April 24.

Call for artists:◆ The Heckscher Museum of Art, 2

Prime Ave., Huntington, is currently ac-cepting entries for Long Island Biennial 2016, an exhibition featuring works by visual artists of Nassau and Suffolk Coun-ties on view from Sept. 3 to Dec. 4. Dead-line for entries is April 30. Visit www.heckscher.org for more information.

◆ The Smithtown Township Arts Council's Mills Pond Gallery, 660 Route 25A, St. James, is seeking artists for its up-coming juried exhibit titled Of a Botani-cal Nature to be shown from June 18 to July 20. Deadline for submissions is May 12. For details, visit www.stacarts.org.

◆ The Huntington Arts Council, 213 Main St., Huntington, is seeking entries for its upcoming exhibit, Condition of Light Affecting the Landscape of Spring on Long Island, to be on view from May 13 to June 4. Deadline for submissions is April 8. For details, call 631-271-8423, ext. 15.

◆ The Smithtown Township Arts Council's Mills Pond Gallery, 660 Route 25A, St. James, is also seeking artists for its upcoming juried exhibit titled Ani-mals in Art — Our Partners on the Plan-et to be shown from July 30 to Aug. 24. Deadline for submissions is June 3. Visit www.stacarts.org for details.

◆ Gallery North, 90 N. Country Road, Setauket, is looking for both lo-cal and regional artists to participate in an upcoming exhibition titled Bridges from June 24 to July 8. Artists of all practices are welcome to submit up to three images that include bridges. Please email a jpeg (max 1,000 pixels) of your submissions as well as a $20 fee to [email protected] by May 20. For more information, call 631-751-2676.

◆ The Suffolk Center on the Ho-locaust, Diversity and Human Un-derstanding Inc., located on the Am-merman campus of SCCC in Selden, is seeking submissions for its 10th annual Embracing Our Differences outdoor art exhibition. Open to students, profession-als and amateurs of all ages. Artists are asked to submit work that interprets and explores: the struggles and joys of living in a diverse community, the impact of prejudice and hatred on human dignity and/or the varied people, cultures and perspectives in our world.

Selected artwork will be enlarged to billboard size and will be displayed at various public venues. Deadline for sub-missions is May 26, 2016. To download an application visit www.chdhu.org. For more information call 631-451-4700.

◆ The Art League of Long Island, 107 E. Deer Park Road, Dix Hills, invites art-ists from Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn and Queens to submit entries to its upcoming juried competition Figuratively Speak-ing showcasing in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery from June 4 through June 26. Deadline to submit application is April 28. To obtain prospectus call 631-462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

◆ b.j. spoke gallery, 299 Main St., Huntington, is seeking entries for its up-coming juried exhibit, Paperworks 2016, on view from Aug. 2 to 28. Deadline to apply is April 30. Call 631-549-5106 or visit www.bjspokegallery.org for more information.


Religious D irectory

To be listed in the Religious Directory, please call 751–7663

ASSEMBLIES OF GODSTONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Connecting to God, Each Other and the World400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket

(631) 689–1127 • Fax (631) 689–1215www.stonybrookchristian.com

Pastor Troy Reid Weekly Schedule

Sunday Worship w/nursery 10 amKidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth

Fellowship and Food Always to FollowTuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm

� ursday Morning Bible Study w/Co� ee & Bagels: 10 amFriday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pm

Ignite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pmCheck out our website for other events and times

BYZANTINE CATHOLICRESURRECTION BYZANTINE

CATHOLIC CHURCH38 Mayfl ower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787

631–759–[email protected]

Father Tyler A. Strand, Administrator, Joseph S. Durko, CantorDivine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am

Holy Days: See website or phone for informationSunday School alternate Sundays at 9:15 am

Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study: Mondays at 7:00 pm. PrayerAnon Prayer Group for substance addictions,

Wednesdays at 7 pmA Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

CATHOLICCHURCH OF ST. GERARD MAJELLA300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station

(631) 473–2900 • Fax (631) 473–0015www.stgmajella.org

Rev. Gennaro DiSpigno, PastorOffi ce of Christian Formation • 928–2550

We celebrate Eucharist Saturday evening 5 pm, Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 am

Weekday Mass Monday–Friday 9 amWe celebrate Baptism

Th ird weekend of each month during any of our weekend MassesWe celebrate Marriage

Arrangements can be made at the church with our Pastor or DeaconWe celebrate Penance

Confession is celebrated on Saturdays from 4–5 pmWe celebrate You!

Visit Our � ri� Shop Mon. – Fri. 10 am–4 pm + Sat. 10 am–2 pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777

(631) 473-0165 • Fax (631) 331-8094www.www.infantjesus.org

Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, PastorAssociates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca

To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the RectoryConfessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church

Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145Weekly Masses:

6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel*Weekend Masses:

Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel*Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church

and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel*Spanish Masses:

Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church*Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital

Religious Education: (631) 928-0447Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

CATHOLICST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733Phone/Fax: (631) 941–4141

Mission Statement: In faith we come together to celebrate the Eucharist as a Parish Family; and as a Catholic community of faith,

we are sent to be Christ to the world around us.Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor

Rev. Daniel Opoku-Mensah, AssociateRev. Jon Fitzgerald, In Residence

Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 amWeekend Masses:

Saturday Vigil 5:00 pmSunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir), 6:00 pm (Youth)

O� ce Hours: Monday–Th ursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Baptisms: Sundays at 1:30 pm (except during Lent)Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment

Anointing Of Th e Sick: by requestHoly Matrimony: contact the o� ce at least

9 months before desired date

CONGREGATIONALMT. SINAI CONGREGATIONALUNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • (631) 473–1582www.mtsinaichurchli.org

“No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here”

Sunday Services at 9 am and 11:00 amSunday School and childcare off ered at the 9 am service and

open to all infants to 8th grade.Last Sundays of the month: 11 am Welcome Sunday Service

A service welcoming those with di� ering abilities We are an Open and A� rming Congregation.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

CROSSOVER CHRISTIAN CHURCHFinding Faith As A Way of Life

Meeting at the Heritage Community Center633 Mt. Sinai Coram Rd., Mt. Sinai

(631)734-0204www.crossoverchristianchurch.com

Pastor Lesaya KellyWeekly Schedule:

Sunday Worship w/Children’s Church 9:30 - 11amWe off er weekly small groups and monthly meetings for men and women.

We exist to love God with everything we have. We are a small, vibrant community reaching out to our world with love in action.

EPISCOPALALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond

Main Street, Stony Brook • (631) 751–0034www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • [email protected]

Please come and welcome our new Priests:The Rev. Dr. Richard Visconti, Priest–In–Charge

The Rev. Farrell D. Graves, Priest AssociateSunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am

Religious instruction for children follows the 9:30 am Service� is is a small eclectic Episcopal congregation

that has a personal touch. We welcome all regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey. Walk with us.

EPISCOPALCAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN

The Rev. Cn. Dr. Richard D. Visconti, RectorThe Rev. Farrell Graves, Priest Associate

1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, SetauketWeb site: www.carolinechurch.net

Parish Office email: [email protected](631) 941–4245

Sunday Services: 8:00 am, 9:30 am and 11:15 amChurch School/Child Care at 9:30 am

Church School classes now forming. Call 941-4245 for registrationWeekday Holy Eucharist’s: Th ursday 12:30 pm and

First Fri. of the month 7:30 pm (rotating: call Parish Offi ce for location)Youth, Music and Service Programs off ered

Let God walk with you as part of our family–friendly community.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson

(631) 473–0273email: [email protected]

www.christchurchportjeff.orgFather Anthony DiLorenzo: Priest–In–Charge

Sunday Eucharist: 8 am and 10 am/Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery

Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday aft er the 10 am Eucharist

Our ministries: Welcome Inn on Mondays at 5:45 pmAA meetings on Tuesdays and Th ursdays at 7 pm/Prayer Group on

Wednesdays at 10:30 am/Bible Study on Th ursdays at 10 am.It is the mission of the people of Christ Church to grow in our

relationship with Jesus Christ and to make his love known to all through our lives and ministry.

We at Christ Church are a joyful, welcoming community. Wherever you are in your journey of life we want

to be part of it.

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EVANGELICALTHREE VILLAGE CHURCH

Knowing Christ...Making Him Known322 Route 25A, East Setauket • (631) 941–3670

www.3vc.orgLead Pastor Josh Moody

Sunday Worship Schedule9:15 am:Worship Service Sunday School (Pre–K – Adult),

Nursery 10:30 am: Bagel/Coffee Fellowship11:00 am: Worship, Nursery, Pre–K, Cornerstone Kids (Gr. K–4)

We offer weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups,Women’s Bible Studies (day & evening) & Men’s Bible Study

Faith Nursery School for ages 3 & 4Join us as we celebrate 55 years of proclaiming

the good news of Jesus Christ!

GREEK ORTHODOXCHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131

www.kimisis.org • [email protected]. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter

Sunday ServicesOrthros 8:30 am - Devine Liturgy 10 am

Services conducted in both Greek & English*Books available to follow in English*

Sunday Catechism School, 10:15 am - 11:15 am*Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 pm - 8 pm*

Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available*Golden Age & Youth Groups* Thrift Store*

Banquet Hall available for Rental*For information please call Church offi ce*

JEWISH CHABAD AT STONY BROOK

“Judaism with a smile”Future site: East side of Nicolls Rd, North of Rte 347 –Next to Fire Dept.

Current location: 821 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove(631) 585–0521 • (800) My–Torah • www.ChabadSB.com

Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie GrossbaumRabbi Motti & Chaya GrossbaumRabbi Sholom B. & Chanie Cohen

Membership Free •Weekday, Shabbat & Holiday Services Highly acclaimed Torah Tots Preschool • Afternoon Hebrew School

Camp Gan Israel • Judaica Publishing Department • Lectures and Seminars • Living Legacy Holiday Programs

Jewish Learning InstituteFriendship Circle for Special Needs Children • The CTeen Network

N’shei Chabad Women’s Club • Cyberspace Library www.ChabadSB.com

Chabad at Stony Brook University – Rabbi Adam & Esther Stein

CORAM JEWISH CENTERYoung Israel of Coram

981 Old Town Rd., Coram • (631) 698–3939 YIC.org – [email protected]

RABBI DR. MORDECAI & MARILYN GOLSHEVSKYRABBI SAM & REBECCA GOLSHEVSKY

“THE ETERNAL FLAME–THE ETERNAL LIGHT” Weekly Channel #20 at 11 am

Shabbat Morning Services 9 am Free Membership. No building fund. Free Hebrew School. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Shabbat and Holiday Services followed by hot buffet. Adult Education Institute. Women’s Education Group–International Lectures and Torah Study. Adult Bar/Bat Mitz-

vah. Kaballah Classes. Jewish Holiday Institute. Tutorials for all ages.FREE HEBREW SCHOOL 2015–2016

Details (631)698–3939Member National Council of Young Israel

a world–wide organization.All welcome regardless of knowledge or observance level.

JEWISH NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station (631) 928–3737

www.NorthShoreJewishCenter.orgRabbi Aaron Benson

Cantor Daniel Kramer, Rabbi Emeritus Howard HoffmanExecutive Director Marcie Platkin

Services: Daily morning and evening minyan Friday at 8 pm;Saturday 8:45 am and one hour before sundown • Tot Shabbat

Family Kehillah • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Seniors Club • Youth Group Award–winning Religious School • Teen Community Service Program

Nursery School • Mommy and Me • Preschool Summer Program Continuing Ed • Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop

Th rift Shop • Kosher Catering PanelWe warmly welcome you to our Jewish home. Come worship,

study and enjoy being Jewish with our caring NSJC family. Member United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook • (631) 751–8518

www.tisbny.orgA warm and caring intergenerational community

dedicated to learning, prayer, social action, and friendship.Member Union for Reform Judaism

Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel Cantor Scott Harris

Rabbi Emeritus Stephen A. Karol Rabbi Emeritus Adam D. Fisher

Cantor Emeritus Michael F. Trachtenberg Sabbath Services Friday 7:30 pm and Saturday 10 am

Religious School • Monthly Family Service • Monthly Tot Shabbat Youth Groups • Senior Club • Adult EducationSisterhood • Brotherhood • Book Club-more

LUTHERAN–ELCAHOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR

NURSERY SCHOOL46 Dare Road, Selden

(631)732-2511 Emergency number (516)848-5386Rev. Dr. Richard O. Hill, Pastor

email: [email protected] • website: www.hopeluth.comHoly Communion

is celebrated every weekSaturdays 5 pm Sundays at 8, 9:30, and 11am

Service of Prayers for Healing on the fi rst weekend of each month at all services

Children and Youth MinistriesSparklers (ages 3-11) Saturdays 5 pm Sunday School (ages 3-11) 9:30 am

Kid’s Club (ages 4-10) Wednesdays 4:15 pmTeen Ministry (ages 11-16) Saturdays 3 pm

ST. PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station

(631)473–2236Rev. Paul A. Downing, Pastor

email: [email protected] • pastors cell: 347–423–3623church website: wwwStPaulsLCPJS.org

ServicesSundays – 8:30 am and 10:30 am Holy Communion

Bibles and Bagels 9:30 amSunday School during 10:30 am service

Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm – Holy CommunionFriday Morning – Power of Prayer Hour 10:30 am

LUTHERAN–LCMSMESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE465 Pond Path, East Setauket

(631)751-1775www.messiahny.com

Rev. Charles Bell - PastorWe welcome all to join us for worship & fellowship

Sunday Worship Services8:15am, 9:30am & 11:00amSunday School at 9:30 am

NYS Certifi ed Preschool & Day Care ProgramPlease call for details

METHODISTBETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH33 Christian Ave/ PO2117

E. Setauket NY 11733 (631)941 3581Rev. Gregory L. Leonard–Pastor

Sunday Worship 10:30 amAdult Sunday School 9:30 am

Lectionary Reading and Prayer Wed. 12 noonGospel Choir Tues. 8 pm

Praise Choir and Youth Choir 3rd and 4th Fri. 6:30 pm

COMMACK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH486 Townline Road, CommackChurch Office: (631)499–7310

Fax: (631) 858–0596www.commack–umc.org • mail@commack–umc.org

Rev. Linda Bates–Stepe, Pastor

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH160 Main Street, Corner of 25A and Main Street

East Setauket • (631) 941–4167Rev. Sandra B. Mantz, Pastor

www.setauketumc.org • [email protected] Worship Service & Church School 10 am

10 am Worship with Holy CommunionMary & Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry)

monthly on 2nd Tuesday at noonAdult Bible Study Sunday 8 am

Prayer Group and Bible Study at the Church Wednesdays 10 am

UNITYUNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT

203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. (631) 385–7180

www.unityhuntingtonny.orgRev. Saba Mchunguzi

Unity Church of Healing Light is committed to helping people unfold their Christ potential to transform their lives and build

spiritual community through worship, education, prayer and service.Sunday Worship & Church School 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.Sign Language Interpreter at Sunday Service

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PRESBYTERIANSETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green

(631) 941-4271Making God’s community livable for all since 1660!!

www.setauketpresbyterian.orgEmail: [email protected]

REV. MARY BARRETT SPEERS, PASTORrev. dr. craig malbon, visiting minister

Join us Sundays in worship at 9:30 amChurch School (PreK-6th Grade) at 9:45 am

Adult Christian Education Classes and Service OpportunitiesOutreach Ministries:

Open Door Exchange Ministry: Furnishing homes...Finding hopewww.opendoorexchange.org

Welcome Inn Soup Kitchen Prep Site: [email protected]

All are welcome to join this vibrant community of worship, music (voice and bell choirs), mission (local, national and international),

and fellowship. Call the church o� ce or visit our website for current information on church activities. SPC is a More Light Presbyte-

rian Church and part of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians working toward a church as generous and just as God’s grace.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK380 Nicolls Road • between Rte 347 & Rte 25A

(631) 751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • offi [email protected]. Margaret H. Allen

([email protected])Sunday Service: 10:30 am

Religious Education at UUFSB: Unitarian Universalism accepts wisdom from many sources and o� ers non-dogmatic

religious education for children from 3-18 to foster ethical and spiritual development and knowledge of world religions.

Classes Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. Childcare for little ones under three. Senior High Youth Group meetings Sunday evenings.

Registration is ongoing. For more information: [email protected].

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON

109 Brown’s Road, Huntington, NY 11743631–427–9547

www.uu� .orgRev. G. Jude Geiger, Minister

(minister@uu� .org)Starr Austin, religious educator (dreuu� @gmail.com)

Sunday Service 10:30 am, Children’s Religious Education 10:30 amWhoever you are, whomever you love, wherever you are

on your life’s journey, you are welcome here. Our services o� er

a progressive, non-creedal message with room for spiritual seekers.Services and Religious Education each Sunday at 10:30 am

Youth Group, Lifespan Religious Education for Adults, Adult and Children’s Choirs

Participants in the Huntington Interfaith Housing InitiativeFind us on Facebook and Twitter

UNITYUNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT

203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. (631) 385–7180

www.unityhuntingtonny.orgRev. Saba Mchunguzi

Unity Church of Healing Light is committed to helping people unfold their Christ potential to transform their lives and build

spiritual community through worship, education, prayer and service.Sunday Worship & Church School 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.Sign Language Interpreter at Sunday Service


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By Heidi Sutton

Well, hockadoo! The John W. Enge-man Theater was full of soul last Satur-day night, engaging theatergoers with a sizzling production of “Memphis” that raised the roof and culminated with a five-minute standing ovation.

Directed by Igor Goldin (“West Side Story” and “Evita”) and choreographed by Antoniette DiPietropolo, the rock ‘n’ roll musical is loosely based on the life of “Daddy-O” Dewey Philips, a Memphis disc jockey who dared to play the music of black artists in the late 1950s, when seg-regation was still the norm in the South. With book and lyrics by Joe Dipietro and original music and lyrics by David Bryan — a member of rock band Bon Jovi — the production ran on Broadway from 2009 to 2012 and won four Tony Awards, in-cluding best musical in 2010.

The story follows Huey Calhoun, who, in his quest to find the sounds of early rock ‘n’ roll, finds himself in a black night-club on the seedy side of town. Owned by Delray, the club features his sister Felicia, a black singer with whom Huey quickly falls in love and vows to get on the radio so the world can hear the music that Del-ray says is “just Negro blues sped up.”

Carson Higgins is the lead as Huey, a role he has played in the past and has by

now perfected. Higgins makes Huey lik-able and endearing and draws the audi-ence in from the beginning. An incredi-ble actor and singer, Higgins’ rendition of “Memphis Lives in Me” is unforgettable.

Breanna Bartley is perfectly cast as Felicia. With a smooth singing voice, she shines in the musical numbers, especially in “Someday” and “Colored Woman.”

The entire supporting cast is wonder-ful, with powerful voices and the moves to match. Standouts include Kathryn Markey as Huey’s sassy mother Gladys; C. Mingo Long as Delray; and Jarred Bedgood as Gator, who doesn’t speak or sing until the end of Act I but then treats the audience to a moving rendition of “Say a Prayer.”

Hidden from view but not to be overlooked is the six-piece powerhouse band. Musical Director James Olm-stead, who doubles on keyboard, re-turns to the Engeman to lead a talented group of musicians, including Josh Endlich on percussion, Russ Brown on bass, Joe Boardman on trumpet, Brian Schatz on reeds and Douglas Baldwin on guitar, all playing Bryan and Dipi-etro’s rousing score.

Set design is handled neatly by D.T. Willis and works well, utilizing sliding panels and a second level to tell the story, and the gorgeous period costumes by Tristan Raines are spot-on, pulling the production together successfully. Don’t miss this wonderful high-energy pro-duction, a perfect ending to a night out on the town.

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport, will present “Mem-phis” through May 8. Show includes some adult language and staged violence. Run-ning time is 2.5 hours, including one 15-minute intermission. Free valet park-ing. Tickets are $74 on Saturday evenings and $69 for all other performances, and may be purchased by calling 631-261-2900 or by visiting www.engemantheater.com.

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Another smash hit for the Engeman with ‘Memphis’

Photo by Michael DecristofaroBreanna Bartley brings down the house during a musical number from ‘Memphis.’

On the cover:Carson Higgins, center, with the cast of ‘Memphis’ Photo by Michael Decristofaro


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Hands-On artThe Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook will present a Hands-On Art program on March 31, April 14, May 26 and June 9 for grades K to 4 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Create a work of art that is influenced by the museum’s exhibits. $10 per program, $8 members; $35 for all four classes, $25 members. To register, call 751-0066, ext. 212.nanO days!Maritime Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson will present more Nano Days on April 2 and 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. Explore the science of the small and see how technology affects your every-day life through cool activities. $5. Call 331-3277 or visit www.maritimeexplorium.org.

Bunny BlastBenner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket will present a kids workshop for ages 4 and up titled Bunny Blast on April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon. This hands-on program will allow children to hold and snuggle with the farm’s new baby bunnies, learn how to care for them and make a soft bunny craft to take home. Taught by Judy Wilson. $35. To register, call 689-8172.artVenturesGallery North, 90 N. Country Road, Setauket will hold an ArtVentures class on April 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for ages 7 to 11. Students will explore color theory through creating recipe books for colors. Taught by Larissa Grass. $25 per class, includes materials. Pop-ins welcome. To register, call 751-2676.tHe Great eGG HuntThe Town of Brookhaven will sponsor The Great Egg Hunt at Cedar Beach, Marine Environmental Stewardship Center, Harbor Road, Mount Sinai on April 2 from 2 to 3 p.m. Visit baby chicks and then search for plastic eggs on the beach. Each egg has an environmental message inside with ideas on how to keep our planet healthy and an interesting animal fact. Free but advance registra-tion is required by calling 751-6714.let’s Create tOGetHerGallery North, 90 N. Country Road, Setauket will present an art class for adult and child (ages 2 to 6) on April 2 from 9 to 10 a.m. Projects will include a variety of mediums including paint, clay and collage with fun-filled activities. Taught by Larissa Grass. $25 per class, includes materi-als. To register, call 751-2676. eGG-Cellent CeleBratiOnOn April 3, The Whaling Museum, 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor will present an Egg-cellent Celebration from 11 to noon for ages 3 to 6 and

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Cold Spring Harbor Library will hold a bird poster workshop on April 3.

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� e hills and barns of Benner’s Farm in Setauket were alive with chil-dren this past weekend.

Around 3,200 guests � led onto the farm for its seventh annual Easter Egg Hunt, with some families coming from as far as Queens and the Bronx. Accord-ing to Bob Benner, the event grows more popular every year, with more than 11,000 eggs used for this year’s hunt.

Participants purchased spring � ow-ers, took photos with the Easter Bun-ny, visited the farm’s new baby piglets in the barn or held baby chicks and bunnies while they waited for one of the farm’s three egg hunts to start.

Benner’s Farm, located at 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket, o� cially opens to the public for the spring on April 16 and 17 from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call 631-689-8172 or visit www.bennersfarm.com.

Thousands � ock to Benner’s Farm for annual egg hunt

All photos by Giselle BarkleyScenes from Benner’s Farm ‘s Easter Egg Hunt on March 26.


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‘When I Was King’By Navaneeth Rajan,

Age 10, Medford

When I was king and I ruled the land,I had my castle built of golden sand,

My kingdom was a happy one, it was filled with glee,all because the Lord was the wonderful amazing me,

My administrators were monkeys, my minister a fool,but nobody dared to question my absolute rule,

Scoundrels were expelled from my glorious land,my dentist was among those officially banned,

My crown was a marvelous thing of rich chocolate cake,it took a whopping forty-five minutes to bake,

My rule was law, I had an iron fist,my homework had to be completed by six,

The dove was my messenger, he carried my mail,because my paper airplanes tended to fail,

My castle was elegant, the doors swung with ease,thanks to my marvelous architects, a pair of chimpanzees,

My kingdom was a glorious one, it descended straight from heaven,the number of candy shops it had was a whopping eleven,

In my kingdom pickaxes were handy,everyone was mining for delicious rock candy,

One day I realized my subjects were acting bad,which could only happen if the king was crazy mad,

I kicked my foot against the wall of my castle,sand came falling like snow,

til’ it brought my kingdom to the floor,I guess that’s why I’m king no more.

‘Spring’By Olivia Leheste

Age 10, Rocky Point

Have you ever heard the whisper in the breeze?Have you ever heard the buzzing of the bees?

Have you ever seen the bright blue sky?Have you ever wondered how it happens and why?

It all began when there was a king,He wanted a new season and to call it spring.

He needed someone to make the flowers grow,He needed someone to always be in the know.

He picked little April who was filled with glee,She began to shout, “Yes, he picked me!”

She said farewell and galloped away,April was so excited to experience this new day!

She began her magic in the morning when the clock struck nine,Instantly the sun gave a bright shine.

Then the birds started to sing,And then there was a very happy king.

That was the story of the creation of a season, That we love so much for many good reasons.


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