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Spreading Christmas joy Kiwanis, Borrelli’s to give food, toys to families in need By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
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‘The key to getting back to normal’ Emergency room nurse Gabrielle Desiree, of Baldwin, waited to receive the first Covid-19 vaccine at Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, on Tuesday. Story, more photos, Page 11.
Creating art in a pandemic
E.M. filmmaker documents ‘audio theater experience’ By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
While the coronavirus pandemic forced Broadway to shutter and entertainment venues to close their curtains, Bálint Varga and the team behind “d’Illusion: The Houdini Musical” refused to let Covid-19 be a showstopper. Rather than postponing the show until after the pandemic, the actors and musicians involved all recorded their scenes
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remotely to help adapt the show into an audio forma, which Varga, 38, a Hungarian immigrant who lives in Brooklyn, calls “the audio theater experience.” Enter Max Hechtman, an East Meadow filmmaker with a passion for musical theater. In March, Hechtman saw an Instagram post from an actor involved in the show and, he said, it inspired him to create a documentary about the process and
how the artists involved were adapting to the pandemic. He released the nine-minute documentary on Dec. 10 on his YouTube on his YouTube and Vimeo channels. “Despite everything that’s happening, art is still here,” Hechtman said. “It’s still alive, but in a way that accommodates what we’re facing.” In creating the documentary, Hechtman faced similar hurdles when it came to adjusting his Continued on page 3
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the East Meadow Kiwanis club has modified its annual events to help members of the community in need, while following safety guidelines. One of the club’s most popular traditions is a family Christmas party, held each year at Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant in East Meadow. Though the eatery could not host such a large event this year, it collaborated with Kiwanis on a way to continue giving families a holiday meal and children a Christmas experience. The club is also hosting its Secret Snowflake Toy Drive, and will present the toys to families, along with meals from Borrelli’s, in the restaurant’s parking lot on Sunday. Kiwanian David Rothman will dress as Santa
Claus, and greet families during the drive-through event. “We want to keep our events going, since they have such a big impact on the community,” Kiwanis President Lisa Hallett said. “We always figure out a way to get them done.” “We’re particularly excited about this fundraiser,” added Vice President Jennifer Reinhardt. The East Meadow School District hosts a toy drive for families in need each year, but is also modifying the event to limit physical contact. Rather than donating toys, the district is collecting gift cards for local businesses, and Kiwanis is donating 10 gift cards to each of the district’s nine buildings. “Children love the holidays and love getting gifts, so we wanted to give them something to physically open,” Reinhardt said. “We want to bring as much Continued on page 3
Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper-left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.