Managing Menopause
Unfortunately, nothing stops the aging process – not even a facelift, but a facelift can turn back the aging process by 10 years. Facelifts improve the visible signs of aging by removing excess fat, tightening muscles and removing extra sagging skin from the face and neck. Facelifts will correct and tighten both the skin and deeper muscular layers of the face. Facelift surgery creates a more youthful appearance by enhancing natural facial features without creating a completely different look. After 30 years performing cosmetic facial procedures, Stephen T. Greenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S. uses only the most advanced techniques to restore and refresh facial contour. Dr. Greenberg’s ultra-modern approach uses micro-incisions to re-suspend and restore facial harmony resulting in minimal recovery time coupled with natural looking outcomes. The Greenberg Mini Plasma-Lift is a minimally invasive option that will tighten skin around the neck and jawline creating a rejuvenated and refreshed look with virtually no detectible signs of having a procedure.
Stephen T. Greenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S.
lines and wrinkles and improving contour. It is a simple and safe procedure, during which fat cells are transferred from one area of your body to another. When applied to the face, this procedure can refine and enhance the lips, cheeks, jaw, nasolabial folds and under-eye area for natural-looking results.
Looking for a non-surgical way to refresh your face for fall? A Liquid Facelift will smooth wrinkles, restore volume and improve facial contour using cosmetic injectables, such as Restylane®, Botox Cosmetic® and Juvéderm®. A Facial Fat Transfer provides beautiful and natural looking results and CO2 Laser Skin Resurfacing provides significant results with minimal downtime. New skin cells from laser skin resurfacing produce a younger-looking appearance where skin is smoother, tighter and more even toned.
Expect a refreshed and rejuvenated look with natural results where everyone will notice but no one will know.
The eyelids are often the telling sign of a person’s age. Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery employs state-of-the-art technology and lasers to correct droopy upper lids and puffy bags below the eyes. As we age, we begin to develop droop or “puffy” eyelids. This process starts in the 30’s and 40’s and progresses with the aging process. These changes usually occur because over the years, the eyelid skin thins, loses tone, and becomes more susceptible to gravity. The fat pockets gradually herniate forward which can cause bags in both the upper and lower eyelid. As we age, the eyes begin to look more baggy and tired. Dr. Greenberg performs eyelid lifts to remove the excess skin and fat in his fully accredited, state-of-the-art office based surgical center. Expect a refreshed and rejuvenated look with natural results where everyone will notice but no one will know.
Over time, aging and environmental factors can impact the appearance of the face, resulting in lost volume and reduced definition. A facial fat transfer, also called fat grafting or fat injection, can restore a more youthful complexion, smoothing fine
Now is the perfect time of year to refresh and revitalize your look for the upcoming holiday season. Using cutting-edge technology, our licensed medical aestheticians reverse sun damage, improve skin tone and texture, as well as remodel collagen and restore elasticity to the skin. Correcting and preventing jowls, folds, lines, wrinkles, scars, stretch marks and crepey skin on the face and body not only ensures healthy skin, but is the key to an effective anti-aging regimen. Morpheus8, Legend Pro, and Cool Peel are high-tech devices used to reverse the signs of aging and to stimulate the formation of new healthy skin cells for a youthful glowing look.
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Sex, Shoes, and Cosmos
Meet the real Carrie Bradshaw, a true New York City icon, in her new one-woman show critics call “uplifting” and “hilarious”: Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City. Bushnell, the creator of the smash television series Sex and the City and an international best-selling novelist, takes the audience on an exciting girls’ night out in a whirlwind tour of Manhattan and beyond, sharing stories of fashion, literature, sex, and designer shoes. The adventure takes place on Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main St., Patchogue. Visit patchoguetheare.org or call 631-207-1313 to find out more.
Breast Cancer Awareness Programs
Apart from skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women. Recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month, several programs will focus on developments in treatment, reconstruction, patient options, and resources. On Wednesday, Oct 16, Stacey Sager will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 Breast Cancer Summit; she is an Emmy Award-winning reporter at WABC-TV and three-time cancer survivor and advocate. The summit takes place from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Royalton Mansion, 33 Club Dr., Roslyn Heights. Register at breastcancersummit.com. On Thursday, Oct. 17, a diverse panel of experts will share their breast cancer journey, at the Annual Celebration of Survivorship 2024. The free event is from 4-5:30 p.m. at Adelphi University’s University Center Ballroom. Learn more at adelphi.edu. On Sunday, Oct. 20, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer holds its annual walk from 7-10:30 a.m. at Jones Beach State Park,
Field 5, 1 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh. See details at acsevents.org.
Unforgettable f y i
by Annie Wilkinson
Battling Burnout
Most of us have heard the term “the Great Resignation,” a phenomenon referring to the huge numbers of employees who voluntarily left their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many chose to work at home, but that didn’t always help to reduce job stress. The result? Many people, even those working remotely or doing hybrid work, are still experiencing burnout. A 2003 Pew Research Center Survey found that about 29 percent of workers said their job was stressful and 19 percent said it was overwhelming all or most of the time, and a Gallup poll found that record pandemic stress levels have not declined. Several experts interviewed by The Washington Post suggest ways to beat stress. The Mayo Clinic’s Employee Well-Being Manager Bridget Berkland advises paying attention to what is stressful about your job. Another stress-reducing tactic? Power-nap for 10 minutes, said Lorenzo Norris, chief wellness officer for George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Find more tips, including taking a break every 25 minutes and taking a vacation or sick leave, at washingtonpost.com.
Wide-Ranging Education
What do cosmetology, aviation maintenance technology, and fresh-baked pies have in common? They are just three of the Western Suffolk BOCES Adult Education classes offered this fall. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, you can make simple and impressive pies using the ingredients of the season, just in time for Thanksgiving. The class meets from 6-9 p.m. at Wilson Tech, 17 Westminster Ave. in Dix Hills. Visit wsboces.org or call 631-667-6000 ext. 320 to find out more. If you’re interested in hairstyling and skin care, the BOCES cosmetology program offers flexible start dates so you can take advantage of ongoing enrollment. The 1,000-hour course is held at the Wilson Technological Center Northport Campus, 152 Laurel Hill Rd. in Northport. See wsboces.org or call 631-261-3600 ext. 204 for info. The aviation maintenance technology course offers several different semester starting dates, in January, May, and August. With three major metropolitan airports and six regional airports, opportunities for well-trained technicians are growing rapidly. The 1,910-hour day session meets Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Aviation Facility, 7200 Republic Airport, Farmingdale. Visit wsboces.org or call 631-752-1957 to learn more. s
In 1888, the notion of women working outside the home was frowned upon. But Clara Driscoll defied tradition to revolutionize the art world: Under her guidance, for the first time, women were allowed to create luminescent stained-glass windows and mosaics, at Tiffany Studios in Queens.
Today, Tiffany lamps and other stained-glass art nouveau works are prized for their beauty. But a man — Driscoll’s employer Louis Comfort Tiffany — took the credit for Driscoll’s designs, to become the most famous name in the creation of those masterpieces. It was actually the female artists called the “Tiffany GIrls,” led by head designer Driscoll, who created the prized pieces.
The women artists had the idea of making lampshades using leftover pieces of glass from window manufacturing. In 1900, the Dragonfly lampshade, Driscoll’s design, earned a bronze medal at the Paris world’s fair. Typically, Tiffany took the credit for pieces that would become coveted collectors’ items, including the 2,000-piece Wisteria Lamp, inspired by the cascading purple flowers at Tiffany’s magnificent Laurelton Hall estate overlooking Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island.
Recognizing her talent, Tiffany sought Driscoll’s influence and she worked for him for 20 years, during which she made him famous with her designs for inkwells, mosaic desk sets, lamps, and more. Today, many of the Tiffany windows still survive, some in local churches.
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“never argue with someone whose tv is bigger than their bookshelf.” emilia clarke
Candace Bushnell
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Unforgettable Long Island women who made a difference
Good Advice
The Art of Permanent Cosmetics
by Olga Lucia
As an optometrist I care very much about the health of the eyes, but I also love being able to showcase their natural beauty.
The shape of our eyes and eyebrows are essential for our facial expressions and for our total natural look. This is one of the many reasons I got involved in the cosmetic industry.
I specialize in micropigmentation, or permanent cosmetics, for eyebrows, eyeliners, and lips. I have been doing this since 1993, and in that time I developed a true artistic ability. The inquiries for eyebrows increased so much in my practice that it compelled me to research and understand the importance of how the eyebrow is shaped. I design and use all the different techniques available for natural looking eyebrows including Microblading and 3-D eyebrows.
hance eyebrows, eyeliner, and lips. Paramedical tattoos are now being used to provide services to cancer survivors with hair loss and to those who have undergone a mastectomy. For those with alopecia who fully or partially lost eyebrows and/or eyelashes, I am here to provide them with confidence and beauty through permanent cosmetics.
The shape of our eyes and eyebrows are essential
for our facial
I’ve also learned that permanent cosmetics, or cosmetic tattoos, are not only used to en-
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For breast cancer survivors the breast reconstruction process can include areola tattooing to create the illusion of a natural nipple areola complex with appropriate skin tone, shape, size, position, and color.
Olga Lucia is a Licensed Esthetician, Makeup Artist and Optometrist Doctor. Her credentials include: Fellow American Academy of Micropigmentation (FAAM), Certified Micropigmentation Instruction (CMI) and Certified Permanent Cosmetics Professional (CPCP). Call 516-627-0722 for more information or visit us at permanentcosmeticsbyolga.com. 1129 Northern Blvd., Suite 301, Manhasset.
Yourself
• Self-Defeating Behaviors
• Depression or Anxiety
Randi Realson, lCsW, Phd 516-487-3981 • drrandirealson.com drrandirealson@gmail.com Over 40 Years of Successes & Experience
by Olga Lucia
80% of Women Prefer Making the Financial Decisions Themselves
Over
Deferring to a Decision-Making Partner1
In the past, the financial world has been dominated by men; however, women are changing this narrative by taking crucial strides to gain financial representation. I recognize that the path has not been easy, and it’s still far from over. Starting to plan now can help increase financial decisions independent of your partner. I’m excited to be an educational resource for you and your loved ones during this financial process.
I know at the beginning of the journey can be daunting, but women are ready for their opportunity.
Let’s talk about how I can help with your financial strategy.
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Pumpkin Pick e
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Q uick P icks
Walk back in time on a trail through a 19th century village, featuring an original soundtrack, synchronized lighting, special effects—and thousands of hand-carved jack o’lanterns. Takes place from Oct. 4-Nov. 3 at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage. Purchase tickets and see details at pumpkinblaze.org.
Art Exhibit Pick Cancer Care
Cancer survivors and their caretakers will exhibit their artwork in any medium and subject in Limitless II: Healing Cancer With Art. The works will be on display at the Islip Arts Council gallery (next to Dick’s Sporting Goods) at 1701 Sunrise Hwy. in Bay Shore from Oct. 12Nov. 1. Questions? Visit isliparts.org or all 631-888-3525.
History Pick
Victorian
Autumn
Tour the manor house, trace the steps of a Victorian mourning, and see Civil War reenactors and period crafters at the Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sagtikos Manor, 677 W. Montauk Hwy., Bay Shore. See details at sagtikosmanor.org or call 631854-0939.
Comedy Pick
The Dukes of Funnytown
The self-deprecating duo poke barbs at Hollywood and celebrities while roasting each other. Steve Martin and Martin Short take the stage on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8:30 p.m. at the Tillies Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. Purchase tickets at tillescenter. org or call 516-299-3100.
Blues Pick
Spooky Sounds
Celebrate the blues in costume with two top bands and compete for prizes at the Halloween Bluestacular, on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. at My Father’s Place at The
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mfpproducions.com.
Run/Walk Pick
Supporting Our Veterans
“Help a vet, save a pet” is the motto of Paws of War, which offers service dog support for veterans in need. The nonprofit’s annual 5K Family Run/Walk is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m. at Heckscher State Park, 1 Heckscher State Parkway, Field 1, East Islip. See pawsofwar.com or call 631-406-6595 for details.
Funny Females Pick
Blunt Commentary
In Funny Women of a Certain Age, three top comedians “don’t hold back,” says The New York Times. The laughs start at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10 at The Suffolk, 118 E. Main St., Riverhead. Visit thesuffolk.org or call 631-7274343 for particulars and tickets.
Afternoon Tea Pick Friendsgiving Tea
Savor an elegant, refined tea at the Garden City Hotel’s Friendsgiving Tea on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 1-3 p.m. (last seating is 1:30) at 45 7th St. in Garden City. See Dining/Upcoming Events at gardencityhotel.com or call 877-549-0400 for details.
Walking Pick Poetry Plus
Take a stroll among poems by 12 artists along the Northport waterfront. The Northport Village Poetry Path, open all day
every day, is at Northport Village Park at the foot of Main Street. More information can be found at northportarts.org.
Aroma Pick Good Scents
Welcome autumn with essential oils like cedarwood and eucalyptus, made in the USA. Order online from Piping Rock Health Products, 2110 Smithtown Ave. in Ronkonkoma. See selection at pipingrock.com or call 800-544-1925.
24/7 Medical Care Pick ER on Demand
You can seek care seven days a week, including holidays, from board-certified emergency medicine physicians via video chat with a smartphone, tablet, or computer with a camera. Call Northwell Patient Access Service at 855970-1049 or 833-55-NORTH to schedule a telehealth appointment with an emergency medicine physician; learn more at northwell.edu.
Fine Art Pick
Online Museum Hop
This online art gallery and museum hop takes you to New York City and beyond on three Mondays at 11 a.m., from Oct. 7 through Oct. 28. Sign up for the interactive series at artfulbuzz.com or call 516-819-2240.
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“the turkey. the sweet potatoes. the stuffing. the pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about?” Nora ephron
Roslyn, 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn. Buy tickets at
Steve Martin and Martin Short
Good Advice
Estate Planning
by Barbara Magor Deel, CFP®,CHFC, MBA – Vice President of Financial Planning
At American Investment Planners LLC we believe Estate Planning is one of the most important aspects of financial planning. Estate Planning is a multi-step process which may take more than one meeting to accomplish.
First we listen, and then we plan. Our course of action is to hold an initial “getting to know you” meeting. We discuss in detail your financial situation, the needs of your spouse and children.
We then complete with you a profile booklet where we capture further financial and personal information in detail. It is at this juncture where we gain a deeper understanding of your circumstances, risk tolerance, short and long term goals as well as your investment philosophy and personal values.
We then create a comprehensive plan that encompasses your individual goals. We will then suggest you contact your attorney and draft a will and if necessary a trust.
Our team of Certified Financial Planners, Life Insurance Specialists, and Accountants work together to review the information compiled to create a financial plan that encompasses all the details discussed in our meetings.
“We discuss in detail your financial situation, the needs of your spouse and children. advertisement
Once we all agree on an applicable plan, it will be implemented and continually monitored as personal circumstances and market conditions dictate. We continue our relationship with you and periodically meet to make adjustments to the portfolio so we can ensure the plan stays on target.
Please call Barbara at 516 932 5130 or email barbara@americaninvestmentplanners.com. Visit our website at americaninvestmentplanners.com.
Carrie Mullins’ The Book of Mothers Book Corner
Carrie Mullins is a journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in Parents, Food & Wine Magazine, Epicurious, Tin House, and Publishers Weekly, among other publications. She is a former National Editor at the James Beard Award-winning website Serious Eats and a longtime contributor to Electric Literature, where she covered the intersection of literature and culture. She lives in New York City with her husband and sons.
Carrie discussed her book The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood, with me at Rockville Centre Library as part of her tour. Her book is a treasure trove that looks at how motherhood has been shaped by literature and the conversation was fascinating.
What inspired you to write “The Book of Mothers?”
I had my second child during the height of the COVID pandemic, when mothers everywhere were feeling overwhelmed. I was struck by how extreme the pressures felt while at the same time, familiar – mothers have been struggling with a lack of support and outsized expectations for a long time. I began to ask myself, “Why? Where did these beliefs come from?’
“Mothers have been struggling with a lack of support and outsized expectations for a long time.”
You use matriarchal figures from fifteen classic novels to examine motherhood. What came first, your love of literature or curiosity about what it means to be a mother within the confines of literature?
My love of literature! I’ve loved books since I was a kid, when you’d often find me in a corner, reading.
Was there any one mother who you found more fascinating or challenging than another in the works you wrote about?
I thought Daisy Buchanan was particularly fascinating because of how much our understanding of her has diverged from what’s actually in The Great Gatsby. We talk about her like she’s a champagne-swilling flapper who ignores her kid when in fact, she doesn’t drink and effusively tells her daughter that she loves her. It begs the question – “Why do we think she’s a bad mom?’ Could it be that her other qualities – attractive, fun, social – don’t
by Carol Hoenig
match with what we’ve come to expect of good moms?
In Greta Gerwig’s movie, “Little Women” Marmee says to Jo: “I’m angry nearly every day of my life.” Apparently, this caused a stir. Why do you think that was the case?
We know Marmee is a good mom, and we don’t expect good moms to get mad. Of course, they do – and I think it felt like a huge relief for moms everywhere to hear, ‘Yes, you can get angry and still be an amazing mother who loves your kids.’
You mention in your book that you hate the term “chick lit.” Why is that? I think it belittles fiction by and for women. It also suggests that books by women are necessarily for women, when books by men are understood to be universal works of literature, and relevant to everyone.
Readers may be interested to know that this book explores a variety of timely topics. For instance, you write about when women are pregnant, saying, “rules all pertaining not to you but to your corporeal shell.” In light of the recent Supreme Court decision, this seems all the more spot on. Did that decision have any bearing on your thoughts about this or had you already written the chapter/ book before said decision?
I was writing the chapter on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale at the very same time that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It was a dark month! But it really forced me to think about that novel and our attitude towards women’s bodies, and whether we were in control of ourselves as we had believed.
What is your hope that readers will glean from “The Book of Mothers?” I hope that readers will better understand that the expectations we have about what motherhood is—and especially what a “good” mother should be like–are all just cultural constructs. We’re recycling cliches, many of which have their roots in stories that have been around for a very long time. If we can put a more nuanced lens to motherhood, I think moms everywhere will feel some relief. What are you working on now?
Connecting readers to the book! One of the biggest challenges in writing about motherhood is that people who aren’t moms think, “Oh, this topic isn’t for me.’ But until we acknowledge the universal impact of motherhood, mothers won’t get the support they deserve. l
Singing and sports are Suzyn Waldman’s primary passions and she’s made a career doing both of them despite some major obstacles that could have sidelined her had it not been for her drive and determination.
She pursued a career in musical theater and eventually found herself onstage as Dulcinea alongside Richard Kiley in Man of La Mancha. She was starting to live the “The Impossible Dream.” But she recognized changes coming to Broadway musicals that didn’t sit right with her and her talents, so she opted for her other passion –sports.
She began her new quest in 1987 as a sportscaster on WFAN where she was the first voice heard on the all-sports radio station. But her journey wasn’t easy in this male dominated industry that wasn’t very welcoming to women, as she explains in this candid interview.
In 1996, Waldman was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent five rounds of a chemotherapy regimen all through the baseball season and only missed work the day of and after chemo. She’s been in remission ever since.
In 2005 she was hired as Major League Baseball’s first full-time female color commentator for New York Yankees games partnering with the legendary (recently retired) John Sterling. (After this interview, Sterling announced that he will rejoin Suzyn Waldman in the broadcast booth for the Yankees 2024 postseason games on WFAN.)
In 2006 the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. included Waldman in its “Women in Baseball” exhibit as the first full-time female color commentator, and her scorecard from the 2009 World Series resides there as well, marking the first woman to broadcast a World Series. Suzyn Waldman was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2022.
21 you can do what you want. But until then you’ll go to school and you’re going to get a degree that matters.’
The more I look back at it, I thought I never really fit in because I wasn’t interested in things that little girls wanted to do. I just wanted to grow up and be in theater and go to ballgames and be with my family. It was a really good childhood.
My mother was very driven. I’m very driven. My grandfather used to tell me that I was a princess and there was nothing I couldn’t do. My mother always used to say, ‘That’s great. You can do better.” So in there somewhere is who I am.
When did you start following sports?
I was three when my grandfather took me to Fenway Park for the first time. It was tiny back then. It didn’t have all the bells and whistles that it has now. And there was no one in the park. There were like 500 people at the game. Our seats were in the first row in back of the Red Sox on-deck circle.
I was holding my grandfather’s hand and walking from this darkness into this beautiful green little jewelry box. That’s what it looked like to me. I sat there and was fascinated with the game. It all seemed very musical to me. There was always a pace to it–like when I sang. I could reach out and touch Ted Williams, which really was pretty cool back then.
Rickey Henderson once asked me why I did this (and this was in ‘87 when I first started). “I said when we get to Fenway Park I’ll show you.” We went to our family seats from my childhood and I said, ‘Now sit in this seat, look out and pretend you’re four years old.’ And he said. ‘I get it.’
I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to know about sports. So it was like a big surprise when I was 40 and went into this business and found out I was supposed to be a moron just because I was female.
“I wanted to be accepted, which I never was. I tried to fit in, but couldn’t.”
Why is your name spelled S-U-Z-Y-N? I’ve never seen it spelled that way.
I haven’t told this story in 40 years. This is really silly... It was the early 80s and I knew that eventually I was going to have to leave theater because I was getting older and the music was changing. The Broadway that I came to New York to do was gone and was not coming back. So I went to a numerologist and she added up the letters in my name, and it added up to something that I didn’t want. I played around with changing the letters so it would add up to whichever one meant success. But I changed the spelling and I just figured, why not? I thought it would look really good on television, so people would know who I was, and not just an S-U-S-A-N.
My mother didn’t know from S-U-Z-Y-N, there was just S-U-S-A-N like everybody else. So I actually made it up to add up to something, and I don’t remember what it was, but it seems to have worked. And you kept Waldman.
Well, that’s my name. No, that’s never changed. That’s who I am. You grew up in Boston. What was life like there for you as a kid? It was nice. When you grew up in Boston, there are three things that matter: education, sports, and maybe theater and music at the end. That’s pretty much what I did.
I went to Fenway Park with my grandfather on weekends from the time I was three. I was always going to be on Broadway from the time I was two. That was everything I wanted and my whole life was geared towards that. Except I had a mother that said, ‘When you’re
When you went to school, who did you talk to sports with?
The guys. I’ve had girlfriends but I’ve always talked to guys. My friends were always male for some reason, even when I was little.
If you know Bostonians, it’s the Red Sox and the Celtics and the Bruins ... and my grandfather went to Harvard, so Harvard football was very important. It was part of your lives. But I did do other things because I also wanted to be accepted, which I never was. I tried to fit in but couldn’t.
Why do you think that was?
I didn’t have patience for small talk and I still don’t. There’s too much in the world that needs to be done. My mother was like that. I don’t have time for nonsense, and I was like that when I was a little girl too.
How old were you when you left to go to Broadway?
My mother told me I could do what I wanted when I was 21 when I had that degree, and that’s exactly what happened. I left the day after I graduated college. I went to Simmons University (and she went to Simmons). I got a degree in economics and math because that was the easiest thing I could think of to do, because I didn’t have to write any papers. It was math–either you knew it or you didn’t. When I was in college I was a special student in the New England Conservatory and I did shows at M.I.T. We did Gilbert and Sullivan and some Summer Stock. I did what she wanted me to do. I’m not quite sure I’ve used my economics and math degree, but I guess it was good to be there.
How long did it take to get into a show?
A long time. My first was a Summer Stock. The summer of 1969 was the first paying job I got to be in the chorus of Student Prince touring in New England and New York. Remember the Westbury Music Fair when it used to be a tent?
There was a whole circuit and it was run by Lee Guber. I got paid $85 a week, I and thought I was in heaven. What about getting onto Broadway?
In about 1972 I got into a production of Man of La Mancha starring Alan Jones. (Jack Jones father). I was the general under-study. He heard me singing and said, ‘You should be doing Aldonza.’ I did that on and off for 12 years with different people, because there were very few women who could do that part. I love nightclubs and I did a lot of that. The last show I did was a production of Nine that originally starred Raul Julia.
I always worked. I was just never famous. My mother says that I found the one thing that was harder than being on Broadway, and that was being a woman in sports. My friends were in sports. One of my best friends was Ken Coleman, who was the voice of the Boston Red Sox for 100 years. I always used baseball, and sports in general, as an avocation so that I have a place to go and people to talk to. When you’re on the road, that’s really important.
So you weren’t necessarily looking for these hard challenges. It’s just that these are your passions.
Perfectly put. Exactly. I first had this idea of going into sports was in 1979. I knew things were changing on Broadway. The thing that changed my life was that I got to do almost two years of Man of La Mancha with Richard Kiley. The only thing I ever wanted to do in my life was to do that part with that man. I knew that when I saw it my first year in college and I said, ‘I want to do that with that person.’ When we were in Philly at the Academy of Music, standing on the stage with Richard and he was singing ‘Dulcinea’ with the greatest conglomeration of people in that cast that had been doing it. I remember looking at him and thinking to myself, ‘It’s never gonna get any better than this. Never. I better find something else to do with my life.’ And I knew it that minute.
When I was on the road I’d go and sing the national anthem and that’s how I’d go to ballgames for free. I’d go all the time and they’d give me tickets in the front row and they gave me flowers and I met so many people.
The first place I ever sang was in Minneapolis. I was doing La Mancha at the Orpheum theatre with Richard Kiley, and I just called up and said, ‘Can I sing the national anthem?’ And they said, ‘Sure!’ And the PR guy said, ‘I suppose you want to go meet your guys.’ This was the Red Sox ‘78 team.
I was talking to Jim Rice and there was a guy in back of me, Wes Parker (he was the first baseman for the Dodgers), who was doing the game for Joe Garagiola. He was waiting to talk to me, because he had seen me do La Mancha the night before. He wanted to talk about acting because he was going into television. He said ‘Have you ever thought of doing this for a living?’ I said, ‘Doing what for a living?’ He said, ‘Well, if you can get Jim Rice to talk to you like that, you should think of doing this for a living.” And I never saw him again. And it put something in my head. I always remember him saying that. Finally, last year somebody from the Dodgers gave me Wes Parker’s number, and I called him. He had absolutely no idea. He remembered who I was, and that he was on The Brady Bunch on TV and he had seen me do La Mancha. It sort of was like full circle. You said that there was a point that you realized it was time to leave Broadway? What was it about Broadway that made you decide to leave?
Andrew Lloyd Webber was going to open a second company of Evita in Los Angeles. They called five women (to audition). I learned everything you had to learn and I went in. I started to sing and this voice in the back of the Broadway theater said, ‘Miss Waldman, can you get the tone out of your voice?’ I said, ‘Why would I do that?’ This person says, ‘Because the star of the show is the music, not the girl.’ And I could have done it. I knew exactly what he wanted. That white tone that can go anywhere, but the emotion is not there. I’m an open wound when I sing... still. That’s what Broadway always was.
I just thought of my mother sitting in an auditorium thinking, ‘What happened to Susan’s voice?’ I gave them script back and said, ‘Thank you very much. This isn’t for me. I have to find something else to do with my life.’
You felt that the industry was going to change as a result?
And I was right. Phantom of the Opera can play for 100 years. As long as you’re singing the notes and don’t fall off the stage, people are going to go.
The star is the show–not the people. The one show that Andrew had that didn’t have that was when Glenn Close or Betty Buckley did Sunset Boulevard
The show wasn’t strong enough. It was a vehicle for the star. When the star left, the show closed. Andrew Lloyd Webber was right. But I was pretty devastated for a long time. I anticipate very well, let’s put it that way.
Do you miss singing on the stage?
Every day. But I must admit that being Suzyn Waldman is the greatest part I ever had. I get to make a difference in little girls lives. I do and have for many years. It’s almost 40 years. So many of those little girls who used to write me letters, they’re out there and they’re doing stuff. It’s pretty astounding. You’re supposed to leave this world better than when you find it, right? Isn’t that what my rabbi used to say?
Sports was a man’s world where women had to know their place and the opportunities were limited at the time you were breaking in. Why did you feel you had what it took to break in?
Because I knew more than just about anybody and I didn’t think women were represented at all. I like to talk and I thought I’d be very good at it. At the beginning, it was really awful.
I was the first voice on WFAN. How I got the job was Ken Coleman was very close friends with the guy who put the station together. His name was John Shannon. He went to John and said. ‘I know this woman. There’s nothing she doesn’t know and she’s very funny and sarcastic and she’s perfect in New York. You have to meet her because you are going to need a woman. It’s New York. You have to be representative of the public.’ So they had me do updates. In those days it was four an hour, five minutes long, full sports updates every 15 minutes. I was not a really good update person. I was terrible at it. I hated sitting there and I wanted to be out there. First, they tried to get me to quit, so they
Suzyn with Yogi Berra
put me on overnights with Steve Somers. That backfired because he was great to me. Scores don’t change after two in the morning, so we would talk and he taught me how to do things.
I’d sing the national anthem to truck drivers at four o’clock in the morning.
I went to the program director and said, ‘We have all these newspaper writers going on our air at six o’clock in the morning. They’re just going to rehash what you read in the papers. Give me a tape recorder. I’ll go talk to people. I’ll get in my car and I can break stories at two in the morning. They can’t.’
I made that job up. Now everybody does it. But I made it up because I know they were going to fire me when my contract was up. You have to find a way to make yourself indispensable. So I did things that the guys didn’t want to.
I also had producers at WFAN who would take my tapes and cut them so that I sounded like a moron (which a lot of people still do, but it’s hard to get rid of me now). It was a really bad time. Everybody talks about the players, but the worst were the people at my own station and my colleagues. One of the guys from the New York Times referred to me as that ‘f**king actress.’
“I was terrified of the responsibility and rigor” of the role, admits Clark. “Especially because itʼs such a beautiful gift of a show that I didnʼt want to ruin it.”
It was a terrible time. I got awful things in the mail. Sometimes I’ll talk to some of the young girls who talked about threats. I said, ‘Yeah, I had real ones. Yours are in cyberspace.’ I had feces brought to the station. I would get used condoms in the mail. I had my own police detail at night in 1989 because someone was trying to kill me. They never caught the guy. I’m still kind of scared of crowds. Mr. Rogers say ‘look for the helpers.’ I had a few and I had a big one and he happened to own the team. George Steinbrenner said to me in 1988 ‘Waldman one of these days, I’m going to make a statement about women in sports. You’re it and I hope you can take it.’ He was very tough on me, but he was preparing me for stuff. He would like this success.
I think I’m tolerated. I’m not accepted. I’m like a piece of furniture in there now. What makes you feel that way?
If I ever relax, I won't have what it takes to do what I want to do.
My mother was a teacher and in Massachusetts then you had to retire at 65. And she died in her nineties, so that's thirty years of waking up and not preparing for the next day. I think that as long as you keep your purpose, you keep going. As long as you've got the energy (which I evidently do), and you have something you can learn from the day and teach to somebody else, then keep going. In my broadcast I want somebody to get at least one thing everyday that they can't get from watching television or from the papers. They can only get it by listening to me. Did anyone ever apologize to you for they way they treated you? No.
You were partnered with John Sterling in 2005 to do the Yankee radio broadcasts. I knew John Sterling when I started at WFAN. It was very clear at the time that we saw things the same way. We came from the same era, we liked the same books, shows and music, when we were talking together the words meant the same things. I knew it was going to work. John loves the game. I love the people. I knew it was going to work because John doesn’t want to talk to the back-up catcher at 2:30 in the afternoon to find out what keeps him going. I love that stuff. I see the person on the field. I don’t just see numbers. I think its becomes I was a performer and I know what its like to fail in front of people. I always thought that I can impart to fans what no when else could get because I know what it feels like.
What do you miss most about working with him?
We see the same game. We worked together for twenty years and it worked really well.
The worst letters I got were from women. They were from women my age. And they were vitriolic and calling me all kinds of names. It’s as if I succeeded and what they chose to do with their lives was wrong. The women all put their names on the letters. The men never did.
I would write back to the women saying, ‘I’m really sorry that you were that unhappy, that you would take out time from your day to hurt another woman.’
Why did you write back?
(pause) I don’t know... They left their name and address on there. That’s why. What gave you the fortitude not to get crushed from all of this?
I don’t think I could have done this if I were young. I was 40, so what are they going to do to me? Also, I didn’t have anyone to take care of me. I don’t like somebody telling me I can’t do something.
At what point did you feel things loosening up?
I don't allow myself to ever think that. I think I’m one step away from being out.
How do TV and radio sports broadcasting differ?
In radio broadcasting you’re creating a picture and a feeling. On television you’re putting captions on something you can already see. I contend that radio will continue to be important because everyone remembers their first radio announcers. I can’t tell you who the first television person I saw was. On radio, you can’t lie. They’ll know in two seconds if you’re real or whether they should listen to you or not. Fans are really smart.
You have to create that picture. It’s important for people to get that feeling that they’re there. John was really good at that. When he retired....the love, the cards, the signs...it was amazing. He was a part of their lives.
What do you do in the off-season?
Usually I close the door and stay in my house and play with my dog. I love my property and I love being there. I’ll go into the city and see some shows and catch up with my theater friends. I just leave this whole world.
photo: Erica Pelosini Leeman
Suzyn Waldman accepting her award from Alex Rodriguez
Woman’s Health Update Health
Get Back to Nature
Need an excuse to step outside? Research shows that immersing yourself in nature can significantly boost your mental and physical health.
Enhances Mental Abilities: Spending prolonged periods in urban or office environments can lead to sensory overload, causing mental fatigue and tension. Studies have demonstrated that natural settings can help alleviate these issues by relaxing the mind and body. This relaxation not only increases feelings of pleasure but also enhances focus and cognitive functions. Nature provides a mental break from daily stresses and can boost creativity and problem-solving skills. If you’re stuck on a project or struggling with a problem, taking a brief walk outdoors might offer the fresh perspective you need.
Improves Physical Wellness: Being in nature often encourages physical activities like walking, biking, or hiking, which can help maintain or reduce weight. Research shows that exposure to natural environments can lower cortisol levels, reduce muscle tension, and decrease cardiovascular strain, which contributes to a lower risk of heart disease. Additionally, spending time outside can enhance vitamin D levels, crucial for bone health, blood cells, and the immune system.
Boosts Mental Health: Regular outdoor exposure can reduce anxiety, stress, and anger. Nature not only provides a calming effect but also improves mood and concentration. People with frequent access to green spaces have lower depression rates and better sleep quality. Sunlight exposure regulates sleep/wake cycles, making it easier to rest at night. For children, living near green areas is linked to a lower risk of future mental health issues.
Incorporating nature into your daily routine doesn’t have to be timeconsuming. Even short outdoor activities, like standing in the sun for five minutes or taking a 25-minute stroll, can offer significant benefits.
Your Lifestyle and Breast Cancer
Body Weight: Women who are overweight or obese face a 1.5 to 2 times higher risk of postmenopausal HR+ breast cancer compared to those with a healthy weight. Even within the normal BMI range (18.5-24.9), higher body fat levels are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer after menopause. This is partly because fat tissue is a significant source of estrogen in postmenopausal women, and higher estrogen levels can contribute to cancer risk. Additionally, elevated insulin levels among heavier women may play a role. Weight gain further compounds this risk, emphasizing the importance
of maintaining a healthy weight.
by Andrea Robbins
Physical Inactivity: Regular physical activity can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 10%-20% compared to inactivity, with greater risk reduction associated with higher activity levels. This protective effect seems to be independent of BMI and may be particularly significant for women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy. Physical activity likely benefits breast cancer risk by influencing systemic inflammation, hormone levels and overall energy balance.
Alcohol Consumption: Alcohol is estimated to contribute to about 16% of breast cancer cases in the US. Each 10 grams (approximately one drink) of alcohol consumed daily increases breast cancer risk by 7%-10%. Women who consume 2-3 alcoholic drinks per day face a 20% higher risk compared to non-drinkers. There is some evidence suggesting that alcohol consumption before the first pregnancy may particularly impact risk. While the exact mechanisms are not fully understood, alcohol may increase risk by elevating estrogen and other hormone levels. Research also indicates that smoking can increase breast cancer risk, especially among heavy smokers who started at a young age. A family history of breast cancer may further amplify this risk. Additionally, exposure to secondhand smoke, particularly during childhood, might also increase the risk, particularly for premenopausal breast cancer.
Eating Healthy Slows Aging and May Help Prevent Dementia
Research has consistently shown that a healthy diet is linked to better brain health as we age, including a lower risk of dementia. Recent studies have identified why this might be the case: diets such as the Mediterranean or DASH diets appear to slow biological aging, thereby protecting the brain.
The study, published in the Annals of Neurology , analyzed decades of data from the Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1971. Researchers focused on over 1,600 participants from the study’s second generation, gathering data on their diets and neuro-cognitive test results every four to seven years. Of these, 160 participants developed dementia.
Senior author Daniel Belsky, an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, explained that the study tested the hypothesis that a healthy diet protects against dementia by slowing overall biological aging.
The study found that participants who closely followed the MIND diet—a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets—experienced slower aging and had a lower risk of dementia and early death. The researchers estimated that about 27% of the reduced dementia risk associated with a healthy diet can be attributed to slowed aging.
“Our findings suggest that a slower pace of aging mediates part of the relationship between a healthy diet and reduced dementia risk,” said Aline Thomas, the study’s first author and a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University’s Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain.
Despite these findings, Thomas noted that more research is needed to fully understand the connection between diet and brain health. l
Kim Towers: “Sew” Very Right Catching Up With Carol
When Kim Towers was 10 most of her friends were playing with Barbies. Not Kim. She was fascinated, in fact, obsessed with Farrah Fawcett.
On the table next to Kim’s bed were a pad and pencil. In the middle of the night, she’d reach for them and sketch, to clear design visions out of her headdresses, pants, outfits, with Farrah flair.
In high school, Kim was a great student. She excelled in her pre-law class. She loved animals and fashion. In 10th grade, Kim adored Ms. Marano’s design/fashion class.
“I’m still friends with her. She now lives in Italy, teaching painting classes in her Tuscan village. I look back on my drawings. They were awful!” But Ms. Marano kept encouraging the talent she saw in Kim.
Kim had a tough decision to make. Did she want to go to the Rhode Island School of Design? Brown? Cornell? Or should she be a dolphin trainer?
“I have this magazine in my hand. It had to be 1990 because that’s when I’m making decisions about colleges. I open it up and I see this picture of a Karl Lagerfeld Collection. I see a picture, I think of Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer dressed in ornate outfits. One in hot pants. The other, in a French blue ball gown with very ornate gold accents, and I say, ‘I need to design things like that as a fashion designer!’”
So, Kim and her mother drove to Westchester for an interview at the fashion program at Marist College. Her mother, a wallpaper design artist, kept insisting, “Bring your art. Bring the horse painting!”
Kim says the fashion school director was quite a character. He rushed in, rushed through her design portfolio, but then he saw Kim’s horse painting. “He just takes it, runs away leaving me there. He’s screaming, ‘Look at this painting. This should be on fabric!’”
Kim was in, without an interview. Turns out she’s always been drawn to fabrics. Very expensive fabrics. Kim’s junior year she was invited to enter a huge Air France international fashion competition. Kim was selected as one of 10 American finalists whose works were displayed in the Louvre. That opened the door to Kim’s internship with Dana Buchman’s fashion house. Kim loved the people she worked with, but wanted to do more haute couture and high fashion. She eventually left in tears, leaving those people behind.
“Everyone deserves to be that celebrity for a day.”
“I took a huge salary cut and came to the Island.” Kim went to work for an independent designer who was out of the shop the day a woman walked in requesting a spectacular suit for a bar mitzvah. “I said, ‘I’m going to draw one out for you, haute
by Carol Silva
couture. I want to use fine silk and put the best seamstress on it. We’re going to make the most beautiful suit ever!”
Kim admits, “It was spectacular that she took a chance on me. A 22 year-old!”
That woman has been a loyal Kim Towers client for more than 20 years. Kim also did beautiful work for the Johnson and Johnson family and countless other highend work.
Until she and her entire team were laid off by the shop owner.
It was time to start over, and for Kim to start her own line simply called Kimberly Towers. But where?
If Kim was opening a homegrown business, why not in her own home? “We cleared out all the furniture. I had mannequins artistically placed all over, including up the steps.” Her husband Frank helped. He believed in Kim. So did her clients. The design parties got big. Really big.
One day Frank opened his front door to find 80 people crowded everywhere, from his living room to his basement, sharing fine wine and hors d’oeuvres. “My intern asked him, ‘Can I help you?’ Frank said, ‘This is my house. Can you please tell me where my wife is?’
“I said, ‘Hi. What’s up?’ And Frank said, ‘You need to stop. Tomorrow we’re looking for a new space.’”
They took their planned trip to Paris. On a walk, Frank and Kim discussed taking a loan. Truly investing in Kim’s talent. Then they walked past a Parisian bookstore and saw it.
“A fashion coffee table book and right next to it on a mannequin is the actual dress I saw on Helena Christiansen in that 1990 Vogue! The magazine I was holding when I made the decision to be a fashion designer. It was the actual showpiece French blue, ornate gold gown!”
For 15 years, Kimberly Towers has been the power behind elegance at Runway Couture in Bellmore. “I love how good it makes women feel. Everyone deserves to be that celebrity for a day.”
And to women who feel too old, too heavy, and too unattractive, Kim says “All sizes are beautiful. Numbers are just numbers. Whether it be age, whether it be size, they mean nothing. Beauty comes in all numbers.”
You are “sew” right Kim. Sew very right. l
Carol Silva is the Emmy Award-winning veteran News 12 Long Island news anchor, TedX and motivational speaker and creator of The Silva Lining Podcast, available on Apple Podcasts, Audible.com and wherever you hear your podcasts.
Carol Silva, Kim Towers and News 12 co-anchor Elizabeth Hashagen wearing Kimberly Towers (at Kim’s 50th birthday celebration.) Photo courtesy of DawnHoffmann.com
COLLAGE
ZHARIA SHINN
october
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Still Within the Sound of My Voice (Linda Ronstadt tribute): 8pm. Engeman Theater
Barenaked Ladies: 7:30pm. Tilles Center
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Dirty Honey: 7:30pm. The Paramount X-Smoke/Fiction: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
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Jazz Loft Big Band: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Niko Moon: 8pm. The Paramount Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert: 7:30pm. Patchogue Theatre
Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras: 8pm. The Suffolk 4
Sixtiesmania: 8pm. Boulton Center
Jazz Loft Big Band: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Refugee (Tom Petty tribute): 8pm. My Father’s Place
Jimmy Kenny & the Pirate Beach Band: 8pm. The Paramount
The Reverend Horton Heat/The Koffin Kats: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Live From Laurel Canyon: 8pm. The Suffolk Mandy Gonzalez: 8pm. Tilles Center
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JD Leonard: 8pm. Boulton Center
Totally Taylor (Taylor Swift tribute): 8pm. CMPAC
Jazz Loft Big Band: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Dianne Reeves: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Bonnie Parker Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Max Amini: 8pm. The Paramount
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 8pm. Patchogue
October/November
Ent E rtainm E nt
Ebeneezer Scrooge and his ghostly encounters come to life in this lavish and thrilling Broadway adaptation. Broadway heavy hitters, Alan Menken Lynn Ahrens breathe fantastic new life into the classic tale of A Christmas Carol. It’s a spectacular adaptation of Charles Dickens’ most well-known story. Proving its staying power with a decade-long run at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
When: November 7th-January 5th
Where: The Argyle Theatre, 34 W. Main St., Babylon Tickets: 631-230-3500 or argyletheatre.com
Use Code: WOMAN for $5 Off*
*Discount Valid off individual, premium mainstage tickets only.
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra: 8pm. Staller Center
Great Southern: 8pm. The Suffolk Gilberto Santa Rosa: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Mandy Patinkin The Princess Bride screening: 7pm. Tilles Center
Villalobos Brothers: 2pm. Boulton Center
Some Enchanted Evening
The viral sensation Stella Katherine Cole pairs up with Postmodern Jukebox’s Benny Benack III and tap-dancing star Jabu Graybeal to perform jazzinspired selections of Broadway Hits from the Golden Age to today.
When: Wednesday, November 13th @ 7:00 PM Where: Staller Center for the Arts Tickets: stallercenter.com • 631-632-ARTS (2787)
Give Our Regards to Broadway: A Jellicle Celebration of a Superstar: 3pm. Madison Theatre
Everclear: 8pm. The Paramount David Sedaris: 7pm. Patchogue Theatre
The Long Island Sound Chorus: Curtain Up on Barbershop: 3pm. The Suffolk Air Supply: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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NYC3: 8pm. Engeman Theater
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Nina Et Cetera: 2pm. Landmark on Main St.
Villalobos Brothers: 2pm. Boulton Center
Joe List: 2pm. Landmark on Main St.
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Playin’ English: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Elle King: 8pm. The Paramount Celebrating Meat Loaf: 8pm. The Suffolk Ciao & Cello: 6:30pm. Westbury Music Fair
Harry Benson Shoot First screening: 7pm. Tilles Center
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Social Distortion: 8pm. The Paramount Gerald Albright (James Brown tribute): 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Top of the World (Carpenters tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk
Nicki Minaj: 9pm. UBS Arena
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Stanton Anderson Band: 8pm. Boulton Center
Sons of Skynyrd: 8pm. My Father’s Place
The Doo Wop Project: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Bee Gees Gold: 8pm. The Suffolk Johnny Mathis: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
R&B Only: 8pm. UBS Arena
Los Lobos: 8pm. WHBPAC
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Luann de Lesseps: 8pm. The Paramount Ottmar Liebert: 8pm. The Suffolk Paloma San Basilio: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Rickie Lee Jones: 8pm. WHBPAC
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Disney Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert: 4pm. Staller Center
The Argyle Theatre
34 W. Main St., Babylon. 844.631.LIVE (5483). argyletheatre.com
Boulton Center
37 West Main St., Bay Shore 631.969.1101. boultoncenter.org
CMPAC (CM Performing Arts Center) 931 Montauk Hwy., Oakdale. 631.218.2810. cmpac.com
John W. Engeman Theater 250 Main St., Northport. 516.323.4444. e ngemantheater.com
The Gateway 215 S. Country Rd., Bellport. 631.286.1133. thegateway.org
The Jazz Loft 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook. 631.751.1895. thejazzloft.org
Landmark on Main Street 232 Main St., Port Washington. 516.767.6444 landmarkonmainstreet.org
Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) 97 Main St., Stony Brook. 631-689-5888 limusichalloffame.org
Madison Theatre 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 516.323.4444 madisontheatreny.org
My Father’s
theatrethree.com
Patchogue. 631.207.1313 patchoguetheatre.org
Staller Center 100 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook. 631.632.2787. stallercenter.com
The Suffolk 118 E. Main St., Riverhead. 631.727.4343. suffolktheater.com
Westbury Music Fair 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 516.334.0800 westburymusicfair.com
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A Band Called Honalee (Peter, Paul & Mary tribute): 8pm. Engeman Theater
Billy Bremner’s Rockfiles: 8pm. My Father’s Place
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Lightning Xpress: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Jesse McCartney: 8pm. The Paramount
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Dar Williams: 8pm. Boulton Center
The Bad Little Big Band: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal: 7:30pm. Landmark on Main St.
Kidd G: 8pm. The Paramount Ana Popovic: 8pm. The Suffolk
The Fab Four (Beatles tribute): 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Fleetwood Macked (Fleetwood Mac tribute)/Refugee (Tom Petty tribute): 8pm. Argyle Theatre
Mike DelGuidice: 8pm. Boulton Center
Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet play Strayhorn: 7pm. Jazz Loft
John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Andrew Weiss and Friends: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Quinn XCII: 8pm. The Paramount Beginnings (Chicago tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk
Yachtley Crew: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Marco Antonio Solis: 8pm. UBS Arena
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Forever Donna (Donna Summer tribute): 8pm. Argyle Theatre
J Haus Band: 8pm. Boulton Center
Willie Steele Quintet: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Pat McGee Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Anthony Rodia: 7pm. The Paramount Manticore (ELP tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk Monsters of Freestyle: 7:30pm. Westbury Music Fair
Steve Martin & Martin Short: 8:30pm. Tilles Center
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Doo Wop Gold Vol. 2: 3pm. Landmark on Main St.
Junior Marvin & The Legendary Wailers: 7pm. The Paramount
Richie Kotzen: 8pm. The Suffolk London Philharmonic Orchestra with Randall Goosby: 2pm. Tilles Center
October/November
Ent E rtainm E nt
see this
Straight from the unfettered mouths and uninhibited minds of the funniest, most daring, most experienced people in comedy: the women that have seen it all! They’ve raised children on and off the road, had club bouncers watch their babies offstage. They’ve stayed in comedy condos where you don’t want to use a blacklight on anything. They’ve been told women aren’t funny! Trust us, they have A LOT to say and they say it hysterically!
When: Sunday, November 10th at 2pm Where: The Suffolk, 118 E. Main St., Riverhead Tickets: Visit TheSuffolk.org or call 631-727-4343.
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Comedy Night: 8pm. Engeman Theater Seventeen: 7:30pm. UBS Arena
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Interplay Jazz Orchestra: 7pm. Jazz Loft
The Lone Bellow Trio: 7:30pm. Landmark on Main St.
Ken Carson: 8pm. The Paramount
John Heilemann & Mark McKinnon: 7:30pm. Tilles Center
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So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience: 7:30pm. Argyle Theatre
Peter Lemongello Jr.: 8:30pm. Landmark on Main St.
Drive (Cars tribute): 8pm. My Father’s Place
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes: 8pm. The Paramount
The Sixties Show: 8pm. The Suffolk
Sharon Owens (Streisand tribute): 8pm.
Theatre Three
Yacht Rock the Dock: 8pm. Tilles Center
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So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience: 7:30pm. Argyle Theatre
Dr. K’s Motown Revue: 8pm. Boulton Center
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Lori Out Loud: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Malevo: 8pm. Staller Center
Long Island Comedy Festival: 8pm. Theatre Three
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So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience: 7:30pm. Argyle Theatre
Hocus Pocus: 2pm. Boulton Center
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 49th
Anniversary Spectacular Tour: 6:30pm. Patchogue Theatre
René Marie & Experiment In Truth (Harry Belafonte tribute): 7:30pm. Tilles Center
Seventeen: 7:30pm. UBS Arena
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The Everly Set (Everly Bros. tribute): 8pm. Engeman Theater
Bright Moments Series: 7pm. Jazz Loft
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today (Beatles tribute): 8pm. The Paramount
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Villalobos Brothers: 2pm. Boulton Center
Martin Barre of Jethro Tull: 8pm. Madison Theatre
Pamela Betti Band & Stanton Anderson Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Magic Halloween Show with Jim Vines and Mike Maione: 6 & 8pm. Theatre Three
november
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The Rich Mahogany Band: 8pm. Boulton Center
Chatter Jazz Revisited: 7pm. Jazz Loft
The South Shore Symphony: Brahms + Korngold: 7:30pm. Madison Theatre
The Bangos (Bangles and Go Go’s tribute)/
Broken Nails: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Mike DelGuidice: 8pm. The Paramount
Nick Carter: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Ronny Chieng: 7pm. Westbury Music Fair
Andy Gross: 8pm. Theatre Three
2
Joplin’s Pearl & Music of Woodstock featuring Amber Ferrari: 8pm. Argyle Theatre
Aztec Two-Step (Simon & Garfunkel tribute): 8pm. Boulton Center
Radam Schwartz Organ Quartet: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Jesse Kinch: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
A Taste of Gospel: 7pm. Madison Theatre
Echoes of the Eagles (Eagles tribute): 8pm. My Father’s Place
Mike DelGuidice: 8pm. The Paramount Hammer of the Gods (Led Zeppelin tribute): 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra: 8pm. Staller Center
Celtic Thunder: 7pm. Westbury Music Fair: 7pm. Westbury Music Fair
Theatre Rock Live: 8pm. Theatre Three America: 8pm. Tilles Center
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Landmark Radio Theater: Cocktail Blues: 4pm. Landmark on Main St. Yesterday and Today (Beatles tribute): 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
CMS: Virtuoso Winds: 3pm. Tilles Center Masters of Illusion: 7pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Derek Hough: 8pm. Tilles Center
6
Rene Vaca: 7pm. The Paramount
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Rat Pack Review: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Roger Street Friedman/Ray Lambiase: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Stryper: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
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J.A.M. Sesh: 7pm. Boulton Center advertisement
The Joni Project: 8pm. Boulton Center
Rat Pack Review: 7pm. Jazz Loft
The Seven Wonders (Fleetwod Mac tribute): 8pm. Madison Theatre
Chills and Thrills Blues Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Candace Bushnell: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
The Four Horsemen (Metallica tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk
Jay Leno: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Ailey 11: 8pm. Tilles Center
Slam Poetry: 7pm. WHBPAC
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Rat Pack Review: 2&7pm. Jazz Loft
Andy Falco & Travis Book play Jerry Garcia: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Linda Ronstadt Experience 8pm. My Father’s Place
Pat McGann: 7pm. The Paramount
Vic DiBitetto: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Cirque Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque: 7pm. Staller Center
Bad Animals (Heart tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk Almost Queen (Queen tribute): 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Rock Out Hunger featuring The Drifters: 2pm. Boulton Center
Boney James: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Funny Women of a Certain Age: 8pm. The Suffolk Three Dog Night: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Cold Case Live: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Seventeen: 7:30pm. UBS Arena
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Joe Walsh and Friends: VetsAid: 7pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Some Enchanted Evening: 7pm. Staller Center
Stomp: 7pm. Tilles Center
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Anthem: 7pm. Boulton Center
Jerry Costanzo & the Gotham City
Swingers: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Black and Blue (Rolling Stones tribute): 8pm. My Father’s Place
Cavetown: 8pm. The Paramount
Newsboys: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Deon Cole: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Anthem: 2&7pm. Boulton Center
Luis Jordan tribute: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Choir! Choir! Choir! Queen Sing-A-Long: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Mazarin: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Bored Teachers: 5pm. The Paramount
Paul Anka: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Kristin Chenoweth: 8pm. Tilles Center
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Roomful Of Blues: 8pm. Boulton Center
Champian Fulton Trio: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Melvin Seals & JGB: 8pm. Landmark on
October/November
Ent E rtainm E nt
Candace Bushnell
In her new one-woman show, New York icon Candace Bushnell, the international best-selling novelist and creator of Sex in the City takes the audience on whirlwind tour of New York City, from Studio 54 to the Lipstick Jungle and beyond, sharing her remarkable stories of fashion, literature and sex while pouring cosmos in Manolos. Grab your Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte and join the OG Carrie Bradshaw for a Girls’ Night Out!
When: Friday, November 8th at 8pm Where: Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts 71 East Main St., Patchogue Tickets: PatchogueTheatre.org. 631-207-1313.
Main St.
Theory of a Deadman: 8pm. The Paramount
Trouble No More/Pink Talking Fish: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company: 8pm. Staller Center
The Great American Soulbook: 8pm. The Suffolk
Dionne Warwick: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Ayushmann Khurrana: 8pm. Tilles Center
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Canned Heat: 7pm. Boulton Center
Madeleine Peyroux: 7pm. Landmark on Main St.
POP 2000 Tour: 7pm. The Paramount
The Alan Parsons Project: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
Some Enchanted Evening: 8pm. WHBPAC
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Me, Myself & Barbra (Barbra Streisand tribute): 8pm. Engeman Theater
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans
Avenue: 8pm. The Paramount
Sesame Street Live: 6pm. Tilles Center
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Steel Panther: 8pm. The Paramount
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Rat Pack Review: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Jesse Cook: 7pm. Landmark on Main St.
Pat Travers Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Starry Nights: 7pm. Staller Center
Coco Montoya & Ronnie Baker Brooks: 8pm. The Suffolk
Parlor of Mystery: 8pm. Theatre Three
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The No Request Band: 8pm. Boulton Center
Rat Pack Review: 7pm. Jazz Loft
Eddie Skuller’s Reggae Jukebox Band: 8pm. My Father’s Place
The Breakers (Tom Petty tribute): 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Moondance (Van Morrison tribute): 8pm. The Suffolk
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Dana Fuchs: 8pm. Boulton Center
Rat Pack Review: 7&10pm. Jazz Loft
Willie Nile/James Maddock: 8pm. Landmark on Main St.
Mary Fahl: 8pm. My Father’s Place
WHLI’s Night of Music and Memories: 7pm. Patchogue Theatre
Jackie Evancho: 8pm. Staller Center
20
The Weight Band (Band tribute): 8pm. The Paramount 21
Summer Camargo Quintet: 7:30pm. Tilles Center
22
The Breakers: 8pm. Patchogue Theatre
Feelin’ Good (Michael Bublé tribute): 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
23
Dana Fuchs: 8pm. Boulton Center
Summer Camargo Quintet: 7:30pm. Tilles Center
Karine Hannah (Barbra Streisand tribute): 8pm. Tilles Center
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Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus: 3pm. Staller Center
26
Comedy Night: 8pm. Engeman Theater
27
Forever Simon & Garfunkel: 8pm. Engeman Theater
CT Grateful Dead All-Stars: 8pm. My Father’s Place
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Evening Of Comedy: 8pm. Boulton Center
Dark Star Orchestra: 8pm. The Paramount
The Irish Tenors: 8pm. The Suffolk
Jim Jeffries: 8pm. Westbury Music Fair
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Jay & The Americans: 8pm. Boulton Center
Eric Darius/JJ Sansaverino/Four80 East: 8pm. Madison Theatre
Nancy Atlas Project: 8pm. My Father’s Place
Dark Star Orchestra: 8pm. The Paramount
ONgOiNg
A Christmas Carol: Nov. 7– Jan. 5. Argyle Theatre
Jam Session: Wednesdays at 7pm. Jazz Loft
Jekyll & Hyde: Oct. 5-19. CMPAC
Beauty & the Beast: Nov. 2-17. CMPAC
Clue: thru Oct. 27. Engeman Theater
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Nov. 14-Dec. 29. Engeman Theater
White Christmas: Nov. 29-Dec. 29. The Gateway
CryBaby: The Musical: Oct. 18-27. Madison Theatre
Godspell: The Musical: Nov. 22-24. Madison Theatre
A Christmas Carol: Nov. 9-Dec. 28. Theatre Three
Disney on Ice: Nov. 13-17. UBS Arena
Children’s Theatre
The Happy Elf: Nov. 16, 2024 – Jan. 5. Argyle Theatre
Goosebumps the Musical: Oct. 12-20. CMPAC
Shrek Jr. the Musical: Nov. 22-24. CMPAC
Rapunzel: thru Oct. 27. Engeman Theater
Frosty: Nov. 23- Dec. 29. Engeman Theater
A Kooky Spooky Halloween: Oct. 5-19. Theatre Three
Barnaby Saves Christmas: Nov. 23-Dec. 28. Theatre Three
