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Simon’s failing heart made the simplest tasks difficult.

Today, he’s doing things he never thought possible.

SIMON DAVISON’S BODY WAS IN SHOCK WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED TO STONY BROOK. His team of cardiac physicians determined that Simon’s heart was functioning at only 15% of its capacity — greatly reducing his ability to work or participate in family activities. The Stony Brook University Heart Institute team decided Simon needed a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, a small, battery-powered pump designed to circulate adequate amounts of blood through his body. Within three weeks of receiving the LVAD, Simon could feel his energy and strength returning. Today, he has a new lease on life and is working again and enjoying time with his family.

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So Groundhog Day has become part of American culture. The official groundhog that gets yanked out of its burrow is Punxsutawney Phil, named for the town where the German immigrants settled. Thousands of people and the national media cover poor Phil’s treatment. And let us not forget there is the film, “Goundhog Day,” which is enjoyed by many people year after year after year.

Many other states celebrate their own groundhog. In New York we have Staten Island Chuck, Dunkirk Dave, Malverne Mel and Holtsville Hal, whose sleep is interrupted at the Town of Brookhaven’s Wildlife and Ecology Center in Holtsville.

For me, I recently had my own groundhog, whom I called Sound Beach Susie (shown in the accompanying photo eating a carrot), take up residence in my backyard. But I did not bother her in February. I waited until late spring when she brought her five babies out in the open. I had very interesting encounters with them when she allowed me to feed them all for a few weeks. They particularly liked carrots, broccoli and romaine lettuce. They did not like celery, asparagus or zucchini.

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Why does a generally rational society drag a sleeping groundhog out of his hibernation burrow to learn how much more winter is to come? Don’t we have calendars? Don’t we have memories of what has happened in previous years? Don’t we have the Weather Channel? Let’s consider how all this happened.

According to Charles Panati’s “Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things,” the groundhog (also called a woodchuck or whistle pig) is not really interested in how long winter is. Looking for a mate or a good meal are the actual reasons that determine a groundhog’s behavior when it emerges in winter from months of hibernation.

Quite simply, if on awakening a groundhog wants some company or is famished, he will stay aboveground and search for a mate and a meal. If, on the other hand, these appetites are still dulled from his winter slumber, the groundhog will return to the burrow for a six-week doze. Weather has nothing to do with it.

Folklore about the animal’s shadow originated with 16th-century German farmers.

However, the German legend did not rely on a groundhog. Rather, the farmers relied on a badger. (Happy Badger Day?) The switch from badger to groundhog did not result from mistaken identity. German immigrants who settled in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century found that the area had no badgers. It did, however, have hordes of groundhogs, which the immigrants conveniently fitted to their folklore.

Weather did play one key role in the legend. At Punxsutawney’s latitude, a groundhog emerges from its hibernating burrow in February, again looking for company or food. Had the immigrants settled a few states south, where it’s warmer, they would have found the groundhog waking and coming aboveground in January. In the upper Great Lakes region, the cold delays its appearance until March. Thus, it was the latitude where the German immigrants settled that set Groundhog Day as Feb. 2.

German folklore dictated that if the day was sunny and the groundhog (badger) was frightened back into hibernation by its shadow, then farmers should refrain from planting crops, since there would be another six weeks of winter weather. Scientific studies have squashed that lore. The groundhog’s accuracy in forecasting the onset of spring, observed over a 60-year period, is a disappointing 28 percent —

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LIFE LINES

Tracing my distant ancestors back 56 million years

BY ELOF AXEL CARLSON In 2016 a 54.5-million-year-old set of some 25 bones were unearthed in Gujarat, India. They belonged to the closest ancestor of all primates that lived about 56 million years ago. One branch of that ancestor produced the lemurs, lorises and an extinct group of adapoids. A longer branch produced the tarsiers and an extinct group of omomyids.

Even more recently from that tarsier branch came the New World monkeys, followed by the Old World monkeys and most recently the apes and humans. The Gujarat primate has bones that are like a mixture of the lemurlike and monkeylike lineages.

The primates arose from an earlier line of dermopterans, and they in turn came from a line of tree shrews.

The dermopterans are represented by a nearly extinct line of flying mammals that superficially look like bats but that differ in their mode of flight.

They have a flap of skin that serves as a gliding organ, and they can glide about 200 feet from tree to tree in a forest.

They are not good climbers, lack opposable thumbs and are nocturnal. Their diet consists of fruits, leaves and sap.

One species lives in the Philippines.

They are called by their popular name, colugos. Colugos are unusual in the tradeoffs they have made in adapting to the rain forests in which they live. They gave up the marsupial pouch as they shifted to the placental pregnancies of mammals, but like marsupials, the colugo babies are born immature and are shielded by their mothers for about six months in the skin flaps that serve as both gliders and a pseudopouch.

We humans (Homo sapiens) can decide which of our ancestors to call human. The Neanderthals and Denisovans are our closest ancestors, and we acknowledge that they shaped tools, lived in communities and even bred with us, leaving behind as much as 3 percent of their genes in our genomes in many parts of the world.

Less human in appearance are Homo erectus and Homo habilis. All of these walked upright, unlike apes. Their skeletons are more humanlike than apelike.

The very fact that they could reach reproductive age and survive tells us they knew how to shape the environments in which they lived or extract from them the protection, food and materials needed for their survival.

Humans are remarkable in their plasticity of opportunities.

They can migrate to frigid arctic or antarctic climates or live in deserts, in high altitude or sea level, in four seasons or one.

As a geneticist I am aware that the contribution of any one of my Homo sapiens ancestor’s genes some 200,000 years ago had a low probability of remaining in contact with its neighboring genes, and in all likelihood those genes in me are from virtually all of the individuals alive then.

When we do genealogy, assuming four generations per century, it only takes 2,000 years for any one of those ancestors in our family history to have less than 1 percent of our genes. If we are lucky (like royalty) to have records of our ancestors going back to the Middle Ages, we would likely find ourselves related to everyone in an ancestral region (a person like me whose father was from Sweden would be related to virtually every Swede in the age of the Vikings a little over 1,000 years ago).

In many ways our past genetic heritage is like the history of my Montblanc fountain pen, which was given to me by my students at UCLA in 1968. In the 40 years I wrote with it, I sent it to be repaired dozens of times either because I dropped it or a part wore out. Each time my pen came back looking new. I still think of it as the 1968 gift, but I doubt if there is any part that is still of the original pen given to me then.

This makes it unlikely that there is a genetic basis for behavior traits in a family that can go through more than 10 generations. The processes of shuffling genes every time we make eggs or sperm breaks up whatever cluster of genes we wish to assign to a human behavior. This is good because the genes of conquerors were spread widely while they held power, but having one of Ivan the Terrible’s genes or Genghis Khan’s genes would not make us a predatory monster in our relations with others. We inherit genes, not essences. If there is a mark of Cain, it is not engraved in our genes.

Humans are remarkable in their plasticity of opportunities.

Elof Axel Carlson is a distinguished teaching professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University.

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YOUR TURN

Local Audubon Society tackles window-strike project at Stony Brook University

BY PATRICE DOMEISCHEL

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ur local Audubon chapter, Four Harbors Audubon Society, is on a mission — to eliminate, or at least drastically reduce, bird mortality at Stony Brook University.

We recently learned of a severe windowstrike problem at two of its campuses. Of special concern is the South Campus, consisting of a cluster of interconnected buildings, each one-story tall, and covered in mirrored windows.

Window collisions are a prime cause of bird fatalities (second only to falling prey to cats), causing anywhere from 365 to 988 million deaths per year in the United States.

Collisions are most apparent to us during migration but occur all year. A 2014 window-strike study published by the American Ornithological Society indicates that the greatest total number of bird collisions in the United States occurs with residential (one to three stories tall) and low-rise (four to 11 stories tall) buildings, not skyscrapers (over 12 stories) as one might expect.

A South Campus walk to determine the severity of the strike problem, conducted by Four Harbors Conservation Chair John Turner, revealed numerous bird mortalities and some stunned birds, including species such as the American redstart, Canada warbler, black-and-white warbler, Swainson’s thrush, common yellowthroat, gray catbird, common grackle, dark-eyed junco and American robin. A total of 20 dead and stunned birds were found during one visit, and more during two subsequent visits. Turner found the mirrored windows to be particularly dangerous for birds as their highly reflective quality appeared to be a continuation of the nearby landscape. Mortality at these buildings far exceeded the national average for buildings of low height.

A proposal to embark on a project to address the problem was brought to the Four Harbors board, voted upon and approved. Research into the most effective and least costly way to address the window strikes at SBU resulted in a plan to affix ultraviolet decals to as many of the South and Main Campus windows as possible, emphasizing the worst strike areas.

Our goal is the elimination, or at least a sharp reduction, in the incidence of bird window strikes occurring at the university.

Why window decals?

These small 4-by-4-inch stickers reflect ultraviolet light, invisible to us, but appearing as a bright, glowing area to birds. The decal alerts birds to the presence of an obstacle, causing them to redirect their flight pattern and get out of harm’s way. Four Harbors used Window Alert* decals, but there are many other brands and styles of decal on the market, and additional deterrent choices, such as window tape and netting, to choose from. The most effective solution on already-existing windows, but also most expensive, is to erect netting. Prior to Four Harbors involvement, a concerned individual employed this solution on a particularly lethal wall of windows with 100 percent effectiveness. For our chapter, though, window decals seemed the next best thing.

Some of the very reflective windows where decals were applied.

This northern parula warbler, found at Rockland Hall, was killed when it flew into a window.

This stunned yellow-rumped warbler was one of the lucky ones. easy window-strike solution at your own Getting the job done In October 2017, after obtaining the home, you can do your part to make life for necessary permit from the university, Four our birds a safer one.

Our thanks to Tom Lanzilotta, SUNY, Harbors board members and volunteers Stony Brook, for acting as our director; spent two days affixing over 1,200 ultraviolet window decals and dabbing ultravi- Financial Services for Facilities & Adminolet liquid on windows of all 11 buildings istration, SUNY, Stony Brook, for granting comprising the South Campus, including permission for this project; to Carl Safina, the worst culprit, Rockland Hall, where the for alerting us to the problem; and to the Safina Center and Seatuck Environmental highest number of strikes had occurred.

As we applied the stickers, additional Association for their generous donations to birds were discovered, including Philadel- cover the partial cost of the decals. *Four Harbors Audubon Society does phia vireo, Tennessee warbler, northern waterthrush, swamp sparrow, northern parula not endorse any brand of window-strike warbler and Swainson’s thrush, and, to our deterrent on the market. See the followdismay, two yellow-rumped warblers hit as ing websites for additional information on we were applying the decals. Fortunately, window-strike prevention:

one of these two seemed to sustain no injury and after some rest was soon able to fly off.

I think we all felt a bit exhausted afterward, but elated also, knowing that there had been a positive effort to eliminate window strikes at the university. Next on the Four Harbors agenda are plans to continue with the project at the Main Campus.

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Prevention is key

Many of you have wondered what you can do to assist and protect birds in this hazardous world. Each day, birds must contend with numerous obstacles: predation, hazardous weather conditions and hunger and starvation. Window strikes are an additional deadly threat, but one that we can do something about. By employing this simple and

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Feather remnants on window. Note the mirrorlike quality of window.

Special ultraviolet detecting flashlight shows how decals look to birds. Note the reflected woods on window.

Affixing ultraviolet decal stickers, like the ones above, or window tape, below, on the outside of your windows can help prevent a bird strike.

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KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS From left, Deyu Lu (sitting), Anatoly Frenkel (standing), Yuwei Lin and Janis Timoshenko.

Photo from BNL

Weekly horoscopes AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you have an opportunity to further your education by doing some traveling. Don’t let responsibilities at home clip your wings this time around.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, a busy work week is on the horizon, but you are set to make the most of every situation. Your confidence can make a difference.

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and that’s commendable.

Such a positive outlook will serve you and your relationships well.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, you may do a bunch of sitting around and waiting at work in the days ahead. Stay patient and rest up, as you’ll need energy reserves when things pick up again.

Scientists collaborate to see catalysts in action

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

What changes and how it changes from moment to moment can be the focus of curiosity — or survival. A zebra in Africa needs to detect subtle shifts in the environment, forcing it to focus on the possibility of a nearby predator like a lion.

Similarly, scientists are eager to understand, on an incredibly small scale, the way important participants in chemical processes change as they create products, remove pollutants from the air or engines or participate in reactions that make electronic equipment better or more efficient.

‘It will be possible in the future to monitor in real time the evolution of the catalyst in reaction conditions.’

— Anatoly Frenkel Throughout a process, a catalyst can alter its shape, sometimes leading to a desired product and other times resulting in an unwanted dead end.

Understanding the structural forks in the road during these interactions can enable researchers to create conditions that favor specific structural configurations that facilitate particular products.

Harnessing the Technology of our Research Giants

First, however, scientists need to see how catalysts involved in these reactions change.

That’s where Anatoly Frenkel, a professor at Stony Brook University’s Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering with a joint appointment in Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Chemistry Division, and Janis Timosheko, a postdoctoral researcher in Frenkel’s lab, come in.

Working with Deyu Lu at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials and Yuwei Lin and Shinjae Yoo, both from BNL”s Computational Science Initiative, Timoshenko leads a novel effort to use machine learning to observe subtle structural clues about catalysts.

“It will be possible in the future to monitor in real time the evolution of the catalyst in reaction conditions,” Frenkel said.

“We hope to implement this concept of reaction on demand.”

According to Frenkel, beamline scientist Klaus Attenkofer at BNL and Lu are planning a project to monitor the evolution of

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catalysts in reaction conditions using this method.

By recognizing the specific structural changes that favor desirable reactions, Frenkel said researchers could direct the evolution of a process on demand.

“I am particularly intrigued by a new opportunity to control the selectivity (or stability) of the existing catalyst by tuning its structure or shape up to enhance formation of a desired product,” he explained in an email.

The neural network the team has created links the structure and the spectrum that characterizes the structure.

On their own, researchers couldn’t find a structure through the spectrum without the help of highly trained computers.

Through machine learning, X-rays with relatively lower energies can provide information about the structure of nanoparticles under greater heat and pressure, which would typically cause distortions for X-rays that use higher energy, Timoshenko said.

The contribution and experience of Lin, Yoo and Lu was “crucial” for the development of the overall idea of the method and fine tuning its details, Timoshenko said. The teaching part was a collective effort that involved Timoshenko and Frenkel.

Frenkel credits Timoshenko for uniting the diverse fields of machine learning and nanomaterials science to make this tool a reality. For several months, when the groups got together for bi-weekly meetings, they “couldn’t find common ground.”

At some point, however, Frenkel said Timoshenko “got it, implemented it and it worked.”

The scientists used hundreds of structure models. For these, they calculated hundreds of thousands of X-ray absorption spectra, as each atom had its own spectrum, which could combine in different ways, Timoshenko suggested.

They back-checked this approach by testing nanoparticles where the structure was already known through conventional analysis of X-ray absorption spectra and from electron microscopy studies, Timoshenko said.

The ultimate goal, he said, is to understand the relationship between the structure of a material and its useful properties. The new method, combined with other approaches, can provide an understanding of the structure.

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you may need to work on communicating with some co-workers.

Mixed messages can lead to delays, so convene a meeting to clear the air.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, in an attempt to stay calm, you may be suppressing feelings that really should come to the surface. This may only lead to a blowout later on. Transparency is key.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, it may be tempting to put on an overly cheery attitude, even if things are bugging you. Masking your true feelings may lead to miscommunication. Better to keep things honest.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, your ego is strong enough to withstand some criticism this week. Use the feedback to develop an even better version of yourself, which will only benefit you in the long run.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

A current situation has you feeling a bit pessimistic, Libra. But that outlook can be adjusted by looking into the future. Let upcoming plans restore your sunshine.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, this is a good week to discuss an important issue with that special someone. It’s fine to have differing opinions, just be sure to respect each other’s point of view.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, your energy levels may start off very high at the beginning of the week, but they may quickly fizzle out. Roll up your sleeves and try to trudge through.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Feeling needed this week can quickly recharge your levels of motivation, Capricorn. Helping others is a surefire way to realize personal satisfaction.

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MEDICAL COMPASS

Improving cardiovascular disease

Simple dietary changes can improve outcomes

Cardiovascular disease is anything but boring; what we know about it is constantly evolving. New information comes along all the time, which on the whole is a good thing. Even though cardiovascular disease has been on the decline, it is still the number one killer of Americans, responsible for almost 30 percent of deaths per year (1). However, not all studies nor all analyses on the topic are created equal. Therefore, I thought it apropos to present a quiz on cardiovascular disease myths and truths.

Without further ado, here is a challenge to your cardiovascular disease IQ. The questions below are either true or false. The answers and evidence are provided after.

1) Saturated fat is good for us, but processed foods and trans fats are unhealthy.

2) Fish oil supplements help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

3) Fiber has significant beneficial effects on heart disease prevention.

By David 4) Unlike sugary Dunaief, M.D. sodas and drinks, diet soda is most likely not a contributor to this disease.

5) Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to cardiovascular disease.

Now that was not so difficult. Or was it?

The answers are as follows: 1-F, 2-F, 3-T, 4-F and 5-T. So, how did you do? Regardless of whether you know the answers, the reasons are even more important to know. Let’s look at the evidence.

Saturated fat

Most of the medical community has been under the impression that saturated fat is not good for us. We need to limit the amount we ingest to no more than 10 percent of our diet. But is this true? The results of a published meta-analysis (a group of 72 randomized clinical trials and observational studies) would upend this paradigm (2).

While saturated fat did not decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease, it did not significantly increase the risk either. Also, results showed that trans fats increase risk. Of course, trans fats are a processed fat, so this is something that most of us would agree upon. And in the clinical trials portion of the meta-analysis, omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fats did not significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Does this mean that we can go back to eating saturated fats with impunity? Well, there were weaknesses and flaws with this study. The authors only looked at the one dimension of fat. Their comparison was based on the upper-third of intake of one type of fat versus the lower-third of intake of the same type of fat (whether it was saturated fat or a type of unsaturated fat). It did not consider whether saturated fat was substituted with refined grains or unsaturated fatty acids. Also, what was the source of saturated fats, animal or plant, and did these sources also contain unsaturated fats as well, like olive oil or nuts which contain good fats?

Therefore, there are many unanswered questions and potentially several significant flaws with this study.

The meta-analysis also does not differentiate among plant or animal saturated fat sources. But in one that does, the researchers found saturated fats from animal sources increased cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease (3). Also in another study, specifically using unsaturated fats in place of saturated fat reduced the risk of this disease (4, 5).

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Fish oil

There is a whole industry built around fish oil and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yet the data don’t seem to confirm this theory. In the age-related eye disease study 2 (AREDS2), unfortunately, 1 gram of fish oil (long-chain omega-3 fatty acids) daily did not demonstrate any benefit in the prevention of cardiovascular disease nor its resultant mortality (6). This study was done over a five-year period in the elderly with macular degeneration. The cardiovascular primary end point was a tangential portion of the ophthalmic AREDS2. This does not mean that fish, itself, falls into that same category, but for now there does not seem to be a need to take fish oil supplements for heart disease, except potentially for those with very high triglycerides. Fish oil, at best, is controversial; at worst, it has no benefit with cardiovascular disease.

Fiber

We know that fiber tends to be important for a number of diseases, and cardiovascular disease does not appear to be an exception. In a meta-analysis involving 22 observational studies, the results showed a linear relationship between fiber intake and decreased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (7). In other words, for every 7 grams of fiber consumed, there was a 9 percent reduced risk in developing the disease. It did not matter the source of the fiber from plant foods; vegetables, grains and fruit all decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease. This did not involve supplemental fiber, like that found in Fiber One or Metamucil. To give you an idea about how easy it is to get a significant amount of fiber, one cup of lentils has 15.6 grams of fiber, one cup of raspberries or green peas has almost 9 grams, and one medium-size apple has 4.4 grams. Americans are sorely deficient in fiber (8).

Diet soda

A presentation at the American College of Cardiology examined the Women’s Health Initiative: The study suggests that diet soda may increase the risk of heart disease (9). In those drinking two or more cans per day, defined as 12 ounces per can, there was a 30 percent increased risk of a cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart attack, but an even greater risk of

A recent study suggests that drinking diet soda may increase the risk of heart disease. cardiovascular mortality, 50 percent, over 10 years. These results took into account confounding factors like smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. This study involved over 56,000 postmenopausal women for almost a nine-year duration.

Vitamin D

The results of an observational study in the elderly suggest that vitamin D deficiency may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk. The study showed that those whose vitamin D levels were low had increased inflammation, demonstrated by elevated biomarkers including C-reactive protein (CRP) (10). This biomarker is related to inflammation of the heart, though it is not as specific as one would hope.

Beware in regards to saturated fat. If a study looks like an outlier or too good to be true, then probably it is. I would not run out and get a cheeseburger just yet.

However, study after study has shown benefit with fiber. So if you want to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, consume as much whole food fiber as possible. Also, since we live in the Northeast, consider taking at least 1000 IUs of vitamin D daily.

This is a simple way to help thwart the risk of the number one killer.

References: (1) hhs.gov. (2) Ann Intern Med. 2014;160(6):398-406.

(3) JAMA 1986;256(20):2623. (4) Am J Clin Nutr.

2009;99(5):1425-1432. (5) Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012:5;CD002137. (6) JAMA Intern Med. Online March 17, 2014. (7) BMJ 2013; 347:f6879. (8) Am J Med. 2013 Dec;126(12):1059-67.e1-4. (9) ACC Scientific Sessions 2014; Abstract 917-905. (10) J Clin Endocrinol Metab online February 24, 2014.

Dr. Dunaief is a speaker, author and local lifestyle medicine physician focusing on the integration of medicine, nutrition, fitness and stress management. For further information, visit www.medicalcompassmd. com or consult your personal physician.

Timoshenko said additional data, including information about the catalytic activity of particles with different structures and the results of theoretical modeling of chemical processes, would be necessary to take the next steps. “It is quite possible that some other machine learning methods can help us to make sense of these new pieces of information as well,” he said.

According to Frenkel, Timoshenko, who transferred from Yeshiva University to Stony Brook University in 2016 with Frenkel, has had a remarkably productive three years as a postdoctoral researcher. His time at SBU will end by the summer, when he seeks another position.

A native of Latvia, Timoshenko is married to Edite Paule, who works in a child care center. The scientist is exploring various options after his time at Stony Brook concludes, which could include a move to Europe.

A resident of Rocky Point during his postdoctoral research, Timoshenko described Long Island as “extremely beautiful” with a green landscape and the nearby ocean. He also appreciated the opportunity to travel to New York City to see Broadway shows. His favorite, which he saw last year, is “Miss Saigon.”

Timoshenko has dedicated his career to using data analysis approaches to understanding real life problems. Machine learning is “yet another approach” and he would like to see if this work “will be useful” for someone conducting additional experiments, he said.

At some point, Timoshenko would also like to delve into developing novel materials that might have an application in industry.

The paper he published with Frenkel and others focused only on the studies of relatively simple monometallic particles. He is working on the development of that method to analyze more complex systems.

This work, he suggested, is one of the first applications of machine learning methods for the interpretation of experimental data, not just in the field of X-ray absorption spectroscopy. “Machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence are very hot and rapidly developing fields, whose potential in experimental research we have just started to explore.”

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THE GARDENER’S DELIGHT

Location, location, location makes for a happy houseplant

BY KYRNAN HARVEY I follow Logee’s Plants on Instagram and the other day photos of some of their old catalogs, a 1962-63, a damp-stained 1988-90 and a 1997, were posted. These latter sure looked familiar, oblong, tall-and-narrow, staple-bound. Logees’s greenhouses have been in existence since 1892, in northeast Connecticut, their first catalog in the 1930’s.

They offered scores of different cultivars of geraniums, and of begonias, and the old catalogs are great reference sources as well as interesting horticultural ephemera.

Above, a vigorous fibrous begonia; left, dancing bones cactus, aka drunkard’s dream prefer certain locations in the house to thrive. Photos by Kyrnan Harvey My mother was — and still is! — an amateur horticulturist. My architect father designed and built a house in the 70’s that was ahead of its time with open floorplan, cathedral ceiling, and a lot of glass. Plants flourished and a heated lean-to greenhouse was almost redundant. Through the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s my mother was active in a L.I. chapter of Hobby Greenhouse, as well as in the garden club. She and her friend Annette grew many orchids and begonias.

I have my hands full March through November with my horticulture business, so it’s better to not accumulate many potted plants that require watering while summering out-

doors. Unfortunatly I don’t heed my own advice. There is a 15-year-old Ficus benjamina ‘Variegata,’ grown as a standard (tree-form, not bushy), hugging a north-facing dining room window. In the kitchen a large drunkard’s dream (Hatiora salicornioides) cascades from open shelving, a poinsettia with white bracts recently purchased at Home Depot nestles against the espresso machine, and a pair of the very diminutive Sansevieria ‘Fernwood,’ spotted at Ikea, are on the sill with a tiny venus-flytrap.

A Stop&Shop Kalanchoe, over-summered a couple years and now large, is in full bloom on a stand in a south-facing living room window. At another drafty, albeit historically correct, window a flowering spike of a Phalaenopsis orchid, as yet unopened, is expanding.

Upstairs are a very old, dwarfed, jade plant, crammed into a square cinnabar-glazed ceramic container; my wife’s Kaffir lime tree, from Logee’s; a wild banana (Strelitzia nicolai) and an Alocasia ‘Polly’ that I bought, also at Ikea, to stage the open house for the sale of our Bushwick condo three years ago; a Sansevieria ‘Bantel’s Sensation,’ with vertically white-variegated leaves sourced at Hick’s a few years ago for a client’s wrought-iron urn; a lovely maidenhair fern (Adiantum raddianum) which is an offspring from mom’s defunct greenhouse; two agaves, one that is the straight-species of the century plant (Agave americana), an offset that Richie at Half Hollow Nursery gave me, and the other is A. americana ‘Mediopicta Alba,’ propagated by the legendary Mattituck plantsmen at Landcraft Environments.

Also upstairs is a variegated myrtle, Myrtus communis ‘Variegata.’ This is the myrtle of ancient Mediterranean lore and has aromatic leaves, but it, like my agaves, gets scale, which I spray with insecticidal soap once or twice a year. There is a bonsai ficus in the north-facing upstairs bathroom window and a rooted cutting of the common heart-leaf Philodendron cordatum, tolerant of low-light, in an antique highball of water in the bathroom below.

Likewise, a neon pothos, with chartreuse leaves, grows downward from a vase I bought on the pottery island (Ko Kret) in the Chao Phrya river in Bangkok. This has grown in just water for about a decade, presumably nourished by the minerals in the clay.

There is a poorly heated wing to our house, a converted porch, in which I stubbornly overwinter a dwarfed lemon verbena, delightfully scented in summer, woody and gnarly at 20 years, and another true myrtle, M. communis ‘Boetica,’ also inherited from mom’s collection. Rounding out the census, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the 20 lantanas potted up from the garden and left dormant in the 50 degree basement.

But I still haven’t mentioned the begonias, the pictures of which in Logee’s old plant lists is what got me started today. Logee’s still mails out catalogs, now 8x10 and full-color glossy, but their website has many more rare, fruiting, and tropical plants listed.

Kyrnan Harvey is a horticulturist and garden designer residing in East Setauket. For more information, visit www.boskygarden.com.

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COVER STORY

Stony Brook artist shares her love of native plants at Emma S. Clark Library

BY RITA J. EGAN

most recent work her retirement project.

“They say that when you retire you Diane Bouchier hopes to plant the love need a project, so I needed something,” of botanical art in the hearts of Emma S. the artist said. “So, what do I really care Clark Memorial Library patrons. The li- about, and the answer was ecology and brary, located in Setauket, will host an art. And what am I trained in? I was exhibit of Bouchier’s drawings, Native trained in botanical and natural histoPlants of Long Island, through the month ry illustration, so I put the two together.”

For the last few months Bouchier’s of February.

The Stony Brook resident said she drawings were in a traveling exhibit displayed at various locations in has been artistic since she was Suffolk County including the a child, but her career path Smithtown Library, North took a slightly different Shore Public Library and direction. For nearly 40 Sweetbriar Nature Cenyears, she was a proter. While those exhibits fessor at Stony Brook included 20 of her 16University where by 20-inch pieces, the she taught sociolEmma Clark Library ogy of art. While exhibit, which is the artistic activities last stop in the tour, fed into her acawill consist of only demic work “in 10 drawings. a very positive Bouchier said way,” over time she decided to seshe felt a need to lect those that hone her skills. pointed toward “I was alwarmer weather for ways supposed the Setauket location to be artistic as a since she feels that kid, but then I went come February many into the social sciare tired of the winter. ences,” said Bouchier The artist said many of in a recent interview. “I her drawings depict speciguess I was a child of the mens she obtained from the ’60s, and I thought it was Long Island Native Plant Initiative, important to understand what Diane Bouchier an organization that encourages was going on. I don’t regret people to plant native plants that choice, but along the way, in fact, when [my husband and I] that support birds, bees and butterflies, moved to our house in Wading River I while her garden inspired her for others.

“In the course of drawing the plants started a garden, I realized I could not draw the flowers to the level I wanted to and learning about them, I started plantdraw them. I said to myself, ‘Wait a min- ing them in my garden,” she said. “It’s a ute, you’re supposed to be artistic, why small garden but I’m very pleased that some of the drawings exhibited are from isn’t this turning out?’”

Her frustration in drawing flowers plants from my own garden, and that’s a inspired Bouchier to take courses at the special pleasure.”

Bouchier said for most of her artNew York Botanical Garden in the Bronx where she obtained her certification in its work she prefers using colored pencils on Stonehenge paper, which she said botanical arts and illustration program.

It was during her time studying bo- is soft and smooth. She also works in tanical art that she met one of her men- pastels and egg tempera, a medium that tors, Ann-Marie Evans, a teacher at has egg yolks in the paint that leaves a NYBG. Bouchier said it was Evans who brilliant surface.

The artist said it can take a week to encouraged her to start the American Society of Botanical Artists, an interac- 10 days to complete a drawing when she tive community dedicated to preserving uses colored pencils. She said one mornthe tradition and encouraging excel- ing she’ll do the basic drawing and then lence in the contemporary practice of another day the undercoat. “It’s very calming,” she said. “If you want to debotanical art.

The artist has exhibited extensively, stress you should do this.”

Bouchier encourages people of all ages including having her work on view at the 8th International Exhibition of Botanical to learn how to draw, and she shares her Art at Carnegie Mellon University’s Hunt knowledge by teaching classes at Gallery Institute in Pittsburgh and the Long Is- North in Setauket. In April she will head land Museum’s juried exhibition, Animal up a course on the fundamentals of botanical art techniques on Sundays, April Kingdom: From Tame to Wild.

Bouchier, who lists 17th-century French 8, 15, 22 and 29. Call 631-751-2676 for artist Nicolas Robert among her favorites, times and cost.

“There are very few self-taught artists said when she retired two years ago, art became a full-time pursuit. She calls her in the field because whether you’re drawing

Images from Diane Bouchier

Above, ‘New England Aster’ by Diane Bouchier; on the cover, ‘Maryland Aster’

‘There are very few selftaught artists in the field because whether you’re drawing animals or plants, it’s important that it be accurate at a certain level.’

— Diane Bouchier animals or plants, it’s important that it be accurate at a certain level,” Bouchier said. “You can still be expressive — these things are not opposites — but you don’t want to get the basic structure of the plant or animal wrong.”

When it comes to the artist’s classes, Judith Levy, director of Gallery North, said Bouchier’s classes are informative and relaxing and students leave feeling successful when the workshops are over.

“She’s very focused, she’s very organized, and she gives them a process of how to look at things or how to do a particular technique or use whatever the material is,” said Levy in a recent phone

interview. “Sometimes it’s pencils; sometimes it’s colored pencils, it depends on what medium. She is very, very good, and her classes are popular.”

Bouchier also shares her love of creativity with her husband, WSHU radio personality and essayist David Bouchier.

The artist said her husband asks her for feedback when it comes to his radio scripts, and she also reads and edits his book manuscripts. In turn, she tests out her ideas for drawings and paintings on him. In 2002, her husband released “The Cats and the Water Bottles,” a book of his essays of life in France, which includes line drawings by his wife.

The artist, who lists her drawing “American Holly and Winterberry” among her favorites, said she hopes the exhibit will inspire library patrons.

“It’s to encourage people to recognize the subtle beauty of our native plants and to perhaps consider planting them in their own gardens,” she said.

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket will present Native Plants of Long Island by Diane Bouchier through Feb. 28. For more information, call 631-941-4080 or visit www.emmaclark.org.

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Who can sit there with an adrenaline rush watching the big game without one hand wrapped around a beer and the other hand in perpetual motion between those chips and dips? And the good news is that whipping up a bunch of those dips is only marginally more difficult than opening that bag of chips and emptying it into a bowl (actually probably easier given how hard it is to pry those bags open).

With basic ingredients like sour cream, mayonnaise and cream cheese, the addition of savory and intense seasonings and ingredients is limited only by your imagination and what you have on hand. If you want to take the edible dippers beyond chips, try crackers, veggie crudités, toast strips, fried calamari, fried chicken nuggets or clams, cooked crabmeat or shrimp or chucks of interesting bread such as pumpernickel, rye or multigrain.

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MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK

Understanding our Suffolk County budgets

NEWS AROUND TOWN

BY PEGGY OLNESS In 1968, the citizens of Suffolk County voted to adopt an amendment to the Suffolk County Charter that replaced the Suffolk County board of 10 town supervisors with elected legislators from the 18 legislative districts designated in the amendment. Among the major duties given to the Suffolk County Legislature was the duty of reviewing, amending and approving the annual budgets needed to allow Suffolk County to function.

A budget is a plan that looks at the revenue expected for the fiscal year and the best way to spend to provide the needed services during that fiscal year. The Suffolk County fiscal year runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of each calendar year. During each year the legislature must review, amend and adopt three budgets to allow the county to function during the next fiscal year. These budgets are: •The capital budget covers major construction expenditures such as road and bridge repair and construction, most of which extend for periods of more than one year. The capital budget is reviewed during the spring and usually approved

by May. •The operating budget funds the dayto-day operations of the county departments and agencies and is reviewed in the fall and usually approved in November so that spending can begin Jan. 1 of the next fiscal year.

•The community college budget funds the county’s community college system and is reviewed during the summer and usually approved before the start of the community college fall semester. The college budget covers a period coinciding with the school year.

The operating budget generally receives most of the attention because it has the largest impact on our day-to-day lives and the services citizens receive. The operating budget process begins in the spring when the county executive tells the county departments and agencies what he expects the county financial situation will be in the next fiscal year and requests each department/agency head to submit a budget request for the coming fiscal year based on those expectations.

The county executive’s budget staff reviews the requests and works with the departments/agencies to produce a budget with which the county executive’s office is comfortable. This budget request is then sent to the county legislature. Each legislator receives a copy, and the legislature’s Budget Review Office begins work on the review and evaluation of the facts and figures in the county executive’s budget request so that it can advise the legislators on any concerns or problems that may occur.

Suffolk County relies on sources of revenue to fund the county budget that are problematic. While the federal government and the states can tax incomes, the county is limited to sales taxes, property taxes and various fees such as the motor vehicle surcharge and the tax map certification. Unfortunately, both sales and property taxes are considered “regressive taxes.” When the economy is good, these

Janis Siegel Photo from North Shore Jewish Center

Janis Siegel in concert

Save the date! Nine-time Grammywinning vocalist and founding member of The Manhattan Transfer will appear in concert at North Shore Jewish Center, 385 Old Town Road, Port Jefferson Station on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. The singer will be accompanied by John di Martino on piano and Boris Kozlov on bass. Tickets are $36 adults, $25 under the age of 21, preferred seating $50 and VIP Meet & Greet $75. To order, call 631-928-3737 or visit www.northshorejewishcenter.org.

President’s Valentine Brunch Join the Smithtown Historical Society for a President’s Valentine Brunch fundraiser in the historic Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown on Sunday, Feb. 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy good food, donated by local community restaurants and business owners, and good company in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Proceeds benefit the historical society.

Tickets are $15 adults, $5 children. Advance registration required by calling 631-265-6768.

Open cast call

taxes produce a sufficient amount of revenue. However, when the economy is bad such as during the recent Great Recession, the revenue from these tax sources is reduced and has not covered all the county’s expenses.

There are limitations on the amount of revenue the county can draw from these sources. New York State caps the property tax increase each year (2 percent at present). To exceed this amount would require a 60 percent vote by the county legislature.

Currently, the sales tax provides about 60 percent of the general fund revenue.

As a result of the sluggish economy, the county has been forced to borrow from several sources to balance the budget since 2008. These loans must now be paid back. Moreover, the sales tax revenue has

not rebounded sufficiently to cover the budget. An underlying problem with the sales tax is the increase in internet sales at the expense of “brick and mortar” local store sales. These online sales do not return sales tax to Suffolk County.

In future columns, the League of Women Voters will review some of the problems Suffolk County faces in the future as a result of the changes in the local economy.

Peggy Olness is a board member of the League of Women Voters of Suffolk County, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. For more information, visit www. lwv-suffolkcounty.org, email league@lwvsuffolkcounty.org or call 631-862-6860.

Star Playhouse at the Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack will hold an open cast call for its upcoming production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Monday, Feb. 5 and Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. for children in K through eighth grade and 7:30 p.m. for adults. All roles are open. Please bring sheet music for the song of your choice (preferably something from Broadway) and be prepared to dance. Callbacks will be held on Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Performance dates are June 2, 9 and 16 at 8 p.m. and June 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. For more information, call Melanie at 631-462-9800, ext. 136 or visit www.starplayhouse.com.

Prostate Cancer Support

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, 75 North Country Road, Port Jefferson hosts a Prostate Cancer Support Group on the first Tuesday of each month in Conference Room 1 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Julie Plantamura of New York Cancer and Blood Specialists will be the guest speaker for the Feb. 6 meeting. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For further information, call Craig at 631-846-4377.

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Thursday 1 Civil War Roundtable meeting

Join the North Shore Civil War Roundtable for its monthly meeting at the South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station at 7 p.m. Guest speaker, Islip historian George Muckenbeck, will present a lecture titled "Black Soldiers from Long Island." Free and open to all. Questions? Call 549-4411.

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First Saturday Concert

FEB. 1 TO FEB. 8, 2018

Sunday 4

... and dates

Book signing

Abbie Gardner (with Craig Akin) and Goodnight Moonshine (husband and wife duo Molly Venter and Eben Pariser) are the featured artists of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concert series at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Ave., Centerport at 8:30 p.m. Preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, available at the door or at wwww.fmsh.org, are $25, $20 members. For more information, call 425-2925.

Long Island-based motivational speaker and Emmy-nominated songwriter, Sheira Brayer, will be speaking about and signing copies of her mother-daughter empowerment book, "Motiv8: 8 Ways to ROCK Your Own World," at Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington at 7 p.m. In addition, she and her daughter will be performing songs from the book’s companion album. Call 271-1442.

International Folk Dancing

Friday 2

Love in the air! Husband and wife duo, Vincent and Emily Ricciardi, will perform some of your favorite love-themed duets and ballads from opera, Broadway, jazz and pop at Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook at 2 p.m. Free and open to all. Questions? Call 588-5024.

Hauppauge Public Library, 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge will host an afternoon of International Folk Dancing from 2 to 4:30 p.m. No partner needed. Free. For more information, call 896-4751 or 979-1600.

The Ricciardis in concert

Groundhog Day celebration

Visit the Brookhaven Wildlife and Ecology Center, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville at 7 a.m. to hear the resident groundhog Holtsville Hal’s famous prediction on Groundhog Day. According to tradition, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, spring should arrive early. Enjoy hot chocolate and visit the resident animals after the celebration.

Free. Questions? Call 758-9664.

Divalicious! in concert

Chili Bowl Contest

The Smithtown Historical Society will present an Olympic Chili Bowl Contest at the Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown at 6 p.m. Come eat or compete! For further details, please call 265-6768 or visit www.smithtownhistorical.org.

Mystery Dinner Theatre

Join The Ward Melville Heritage Organization for a two-hour interactive Mystery Dinner Theatre titled Now You See It, Now You Don’t, at its Educational & Cultural Center, 97P Main St., Stony Brook Village from 7 to 9 p.m. $75 per person includes a buffet dinner, wine, dessert, coffee and tea. Advance reservations required by calling 689-5888.

Wintertide Concert

Port Jefferson Village Center, 101A East Broadway, Port Jefferson will welcome Shari Yeomans & Blue Moon Rising (Americana with a blues twist) in concert on the third floor at 7 p.m. Co-presented by the Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council, Port Jeff Village Recreation and Port Jefferson Harbor Education & Arts Conservancy. Free and open to all. For further information, call 473-5220 or 473-4724.

An evening of jazz

Join The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook for an evening of jazz with the Mark Devine Trio at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. To order, call 7511895 or visit www.thejazzloft.org.

Drumming Circle

Hope Academy at Little Portion Friary, 48 Old Post Road, Mount Sinai will host a Drumming Circle from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join Charlie Holdener and Tom Pumo in the Chapel of St. Francis located on the lower level of the friary.

Bring your own drums or borrow theirs. Free will donation. Call 473-0553 for more info.

Boyd Meets Girl in concert

Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport in cooperation with the Northport Arts Coalition will present Boyd Meets Girl in

* All numbers are in (631) area code unless otherwise noted.

ART MUSIC From left, Rex Benincasa, Margo Andrea, Christopher Morrongiello and Carlo Valte celebrate the Long Island Baroque Ensemble’s 48th season with a concert in Smithtown on Feb. 3. Photo courtesy of LI Baroque Ensemble concert at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy classical guitarist Rupert Boyd and cellist Laura Metcalf as they perform a mix of works from the baroque era through modern day. Free and open to all. Call 261-6930 for more info.

Winter Concert

The Northport Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Winter Concert, From Russia with Love, at Northport High School, 154 Laurel Hill Road, Northport at 8 p.m. Program will feature the music of Russia (Borodin to Kalinnikov to Rachmaninoff) and a performance of Richard Strauss' first Horn Concerto by Amr Selim. Free. For additional info, visit www. northportsymphony.org.

Jiji in concert

Join the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington in welcoming classical guitarist Jiji (Jiyeon Kim) in concert in the Sky Room Café at 8:30 p.m. Program will include a range of music from traditional and contemporary to free improvisation. Tickets are $16, $11 members. Call 423-7611.

Friday Night Face Off

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will host Friday Night Face Off, Long Island's longest running Improv Comedy Show, on the Second Stage from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. $15 per person. Cash only. For ages 16 and up. Call 928-9100.

Saturday 3 Pancake Breakfast fundraiser

Do you love pancakes? Then join Boy Scouts Troop 70 of Setauket for its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee’s, 3145 Middle Country Road, Lake Grove from 8 to 10 a.m. $10 per person includes pancakes, scrambled

eggs, sausage and beverage. All proceeds support the troop. For further information, call 521-1683.

Heart Wreath workshop

Join the Reboli Center for Art and History, 64 Main St., Stony Brook for a Heart Wreath workshop with Diana Conklin of Everlastings by Diana from 10 to 11:30 a.m. You'll create a personal heart wreath using hand-colored dried flowers along with fragrant herbs, hydrangea and other dried botanicals that symbolize love.

All materials will be provided. $45 per person.

To register, call 751-7707.

Chinese Lion Dance

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook with a Lion Dance performed by members of the Shaolin Studios at 3 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free event. Questions? Call 588-5024.

Baroque concert

St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown will host a concert by the Long Island Baroque Ensemble titled ALBA Consort — The Renaissance Reborn at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic and Sephardic Renaissance music and works by composer Leonard Lehrman.

Tickets at the door are $30 adults, $20 "in your twenties," $15 students and children ages 12 and under free. For further information, call 212-222-5795.

Fela! The Concert

Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will present Fela! The Concert on the Main Stage at 8 p.m.

The program will bring Nigerian musician Fela Kuti’s persona to center stage with dancers, singers and his story. Tickets are $42 adults, $21 for children ages 12 and under. To order, call 632-2787 or visit www.stallercenter.com.

Huntington Public Library, 338 Main St., Huntington will welcome Divalicious!, the vocal ensemble of Gina Haver, Ruthann Turekian and Leslie Valentine with music director and pianist Daniel Ragone, in concert at 2 p.m. Program will include favorite operatic arias and scenes including "The Magic Flute," "Carmen" and "Madame Butterfly." Open to all. To register, call 427-5165.

Monday 5 New English speakers class

A tutor from Literacy Suffolk will help you practice English with other new speakers in an informal setting at Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station from 5 to 6 p.m. Free and open to all. Call 9281212 to register.

Tuesday 6 Soul music lecture

In honor of Black History Month, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will present an educational lecture by Bill Shelley titled "Classic Soul Music: 1950s to 1970s" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $16, $11 members and includes a reception. For more information, call 423-7611.

Wednesday 7 International folk dancing

RJO Intermediate School, located at the corner of Church Street and Old Dock Road, Kings Park will host an evening of international and Israeli folk dancing every Wednesday (when school is in session) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $9 fee. Questions? Call Linda at 269-6894.

Meditation and potluck dinner

Join Hope Academy at Little Portion Friary, 48 Old Post Road, Mount Sinai for an indoor guided meditation in the chapel followed by a Taizé service. Guests are welcome to walk the outdoor labyrinth if weather permits. Bring a premade main course or dessert for dinner and fellowship. To register, call 473-0553.

The Music of Sheila Silver

Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will host

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‘South Pacific’

a free concert celebrating the music of Sheila Silver in the Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Program will feature selected works written by Silver who has been a professor of music at SBU since 1979. For further details, call 632-2787.

Continuing its 2017-18 season, the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "South Pacific" from March 24 to April 29. Tickets are $35 adults, $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

Thursday 8

‘God of Carnage’

Jazz unplugged

The Carriage House Players (CHP) will kick off the new year with Yasmina Reza's searing drama "God of Carnage" on March 16, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and March 18 and 25 at 3 p.m. The CHP (formerly Arena Players Repertory Theater) perform in the Carriage House Theater at the Vanderbilt Museum, located at 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and children. For more information, call 516-557-1207 or visit www.vanderbilt.org.

The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook will present Unplugged Acoustic in the Living Room with Steve Salerno on guitar, Warren Vache on coronet and Tom Manuel on trumpet at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40. To order, please call 751-1895 or visit www.thejazzloft.org.

Theater 'I Hate Hamlet'

Join Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson for a production of the comedy/drama "I Hate Hamlet" by Paul Rudnick through Feb. 3.

After a successful television actor relocates to an apartment in New York, he is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet on stage, but there's one problem: He hates Hamlet. His quandary deepens with the visit of John Barrymore's ghost, who used to live in the apartment, which leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television and, yes, the apartment! Contains adult subject matter. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors and students, $20 children. To order, call 928-9100.

'Once'

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present the award-winning musical, "Once," through March 4. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments on stage, "Once" tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his music. Tickets range from $73 to $78. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www. engemantheater.com.

'Running Scared, Running Free ...'

Back by popular demand, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization will present a production of "Running Scared, Running Free ... Escape to the Promised Land" through Feb. 28 at its Educational & Cultural Center, 97P Main St., Stony Brook. Long Island’s history comes alive with an interactive theatrical performance based on oral history. Experience this live, on-stage drama about the links between the Underground Railroad, secret codes hidden in quilts and the strength of the human spirit in the struggle for freedom. Tickets are $15 adults, $12 students.

To order, call 689-5888 or 751-2244.

Film SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER? Hundreds will gather at the Brookhaven Wildlife and Ecology Center on Friday, Feb. 2, to hear Holtsville Hal’s famous forecast, shown here with handler Greg Drossel. According to tradition, if a groundhog sees its shadow after stirring from hibernation on Groundhog Day, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; if not, spring should arrive early.

Photo by Kevin Redding

features star turns, tap and ballet dancing, an audience quiz and comic surprises, making the show an international phenomenon. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 students and seniors, $20 children over age 5. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

'Cloud 9'

Suffolk County Community College's Ammerman campus, 533 College Road, Selden will present a production of Caryl Churchill's "Cloud 9" at Theatre 119 in the Islip Arts Building on March 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. and March 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 2 p.m. Mature content. Admission is $12 adults, $10 students 16 and younger, veterans and SCCC students receive one free ticket.

For more information, call 451-4265.

'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'

Star Playhouse, located at Suffolk Y-JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack will continue its 2018 season with a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," your favorite cartoon characters with a song in their heart and a

"tail" to tell, on March 10 and 24 at 8 p.m. and March 11, 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 for seniors, students and members.

To order, call 462-9800, ext. 136, or visit www. starplayhouse.com.

'In the Heights'

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present "In the Heights," a musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes set in the Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights, from March 15 to April 29. Tickets range from $73 to $78. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www. engemantheater.com.

‘Grease’

Mount Sinai High School, 110 North Country Road, Mount Sinai will present a production of the musical “Grease” on March 22, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door are $15 adults, $10 senior citizens and students. Senior citizens are invited to reserve free tickets for the Thursday evening performance by calling 870-2882.

As part of its Sunday Schmooze series, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen "Sophie’s Choice" starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline on Feb. 4 at 11 a.m. followed by a discussion hosted by Fred Craden. Bagels at 10 a.m. $16 per person, $11 members. Questions? Call 423-7611.

‘The Thin Blue Line’

Errol Morris’ groundbreaking film The Thin Blue Line" will be screened at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington on Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Robert Spiegelman, a Q&A will follow.$16 per person, $11 members. Call 423-7611.

‘Dunkirk’

North Shore Public Library, 250 Route 25A, Shoreham will screen "Dunkirk" on Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. Rated PG-13. No registration required. Open to all. Call 929-4488.

Class reunion

The Town of Brookhaven seeks vendors for its 2018 Home & Garden Show, which will be held at the Holtsville Ecology Site on March 17, 18, 24 and 25. Past exhibits have featured businesses specializing in landscaping, garden centers, awnings, stonework, driveways, garden structures, sprinklers, siding, windows and more. Deadline to register is Feb. 23. For more information on exhibit space, size and rates, call 758-9664, ext. 10.

'South Pacific'

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present the musical comedy "Nunsense" on the Mainstage from Feb. 24 to March 24. Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin, "Nunsense"

‘Sophie’s Choice’

Vendors wanted

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown kicks off its 16th season with a production of "Shakespeare in Love," the highly acclaimed adaptation of the film that won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, from Feb. 3 to March 4. A young playwright named Will Shakespeare comes down with writer's block — until he finds a muse. Art mirrors life in a hilarious and passionate tale of romance and backstage fun! Tickets are $35 adults, $32 seniors, $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘Nunsense’

Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport will screen "Battle of the Sexes" starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell on Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. Rated PG-13. Open to all. Call 261-6930.

Port Jefferson High School Class of 1968 will hold its 50-year reunion during the weekend of Sept. 21 (meet and greet), Sept. 22 (school tour, dinner/dance at Polish American Club in PJS) and Sept. 23 (Culper Spy tour). For further details, visit www.classmates.com or call Sue Graf at 744-3314 or Dimmie (Loizos) Kaczenski at 473-2247.

'Shakespeare in Love'

Comsewogue Senior High School, 565 North Bicycle Path, Port Jefferson Station will present a production of "South Pacific" on Feb. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person at the door. For additional information, call 474-8179.

‘Battle of the Sexes’

DUBLIN DELIGHT Barry Debois and Andrea Goss star in 'Once' currently in production at the Engeman Theater in Northport through March 4.

'If you’ve ever fallen in love, had your heart broken or faced unfulfilled passion, you’ll relate to "Once."' — Melissa Arnold, TBR News Media Photo by Michael DeCristofaro

CALENDAR DEADLINE is Wednesday at noon, one week before publication. Items may be mailed to: Times Beacon Record News Media, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733. Email your information about community events to leisure@ tbrnewspapers.com. Calendar listings are for not-for-profit organizations (nonsectarian, nonpartisan events) only, on a space-available basis. Please include a phone number that can be printed.

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Religious ASSEMBLIES OF GOD STONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Connecting to God, Each Other and the World

400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket (631) 689–1127 • Fax (631) 689–1215

www.stonybrookchristian.com Pastor Troy Reid Weekly Schedule Sunday Worship w/nursery 10 am Kidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth Fellowship and Food Always to Follow Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm Thursday Morning Bible Study w/Coffee & Bagels: 10 am Friday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pm Ignite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pm Check out our website for other events and times

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org Father Tyler A. Strand, Administrator, Joseph S. Durko, Cantor Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study: Mondays at 7:00 pm.

PrayerAnon Prayer Group for substance addictions, Wednesdays at 7 pm A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. GERARD MAJELLA 300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station (631) 473–2900 • Fax (631) 473–0015

www.stgmajella.org All are Welcome to Begin Again. Come Pray With Us. Rev. Jerry DiSpigno, Pastor Office of Christian Formation • (631) 928–2550 We celebrate Eucharist Saturday evening 5 pm, Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 am Weekday Mass Monday–Friday 9 am We celebrate Baptism Third weekend of each month during any of our weekend Masses We celebrate Marriage Arrangements can be made at the church with our Pastor or Deacon We celebrate Reconciliation Confession is celebrated on Saturdays from 4–5 pm We celebrate You! Visit Our Thrift Shop Mon. – Fri. 10 am–4 pm + Sat. 10 am–2 pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 (631) 473-0165 • Fax (631) 331-8094

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www.www.infantjesus.org Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, Pastor Associates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145 Weekly 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) 928-0447 Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

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ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone/Fax: (631) 941–4141 Parish Office email: parish@stjamessetauket.org Office Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 am - 2 pm

Mission Statement: Beloved daughters and sons of the Catholic parish of St. James, formed as the Body of Christ through the waters of Baptism, are a pilgrim community on Camiño-toward the fullness of the Kingdom of God, guided by the Holy Spirit. Our response to Jesus’ invitation to be faithful and fruitful disciples requires us to be nurtured by the Eucharist and formed by the Gospel’s call to be a Good Samaritan to neighbor and enemy. That in Jesus’ name we may be a welcoming community respectful of life in all its diversities and beauty; stewards of and for God’s creation; and witnesses to Faith, Hope and Charity.

Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor Rev. Gerald Cestare, Associate Pastor Rev. Jon Fitzgerald, In Residence Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir), 6:00 pm (Youth) Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Baptisms: Contact the Office at the end of the third month (pregnancy) to set date Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment Anointing Of The Sick: by request Holy Matrimony: contact the office at least 9 months before desired date Bereavement: (631) 941-4141 x 341 Faith Formation Office: (631) 941-4141 x 328 Outreach: (631) 941-4141 x 333 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: (631) 473-1211 Our Daily Bread Sunday Soup Kitchen 3 pm

CONGREGATIONAL MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

EPISCOPAL

CAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN The Rev. Cn. Dr. Richard D. Visconti, Rector

1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net Parish Office email: office@carolinechurch.net (631) 941–4245

Sunday Services: 8 am, 9:30 am and 11:15 am Church School/Child Care at 9:30 am Church School classes now forming. Call 631-941-4245 for registration.

Weekday Holy Eucharist’s: Thursday 12:00 pm and first Friday of the month 7:30 pm (rotating: call Parish Office for location.)

Youth, Music and Service Programs offered.

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

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson (631) 473–0273 email: ccoffice@christchurchportjeff.org www.christchurchportjeff.org

Father Anthony DiLorenzo: Priest–In–Charge Sunday Services 8 am & 10 am Sunday Eucharist: 8 am and 10 am/Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday after the 10 am Eucharist Our ministries: Welcome Inn on Mondays at 5:45 pm AA meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm/Prayer Group on Wednesdays at 10:30 am/Bible Study on Thursdays 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.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

12 Prospect St, Huntington, • (631) 427-1752

EPISCOPAL

“To know Christ and to make Him known” Rev. Duncan A.Burns, Rector Rev. John Morrison, Assistant Priest Rev. Anthony Jones, Deacon Alex Pryrodyny, Organist & Choir Director www.stjohnshuntington.org • LIKE us on Facebook Sunday Worship 8:00AM - Rite I Holy Eucharist 10:00 AM - Rite II Choral Holy Eucharist with Sunday School - 9:40 am Thrift Shop Hours Tuesdays & Thursdays - Noon - 3 pm Saturdays - 10 am - 3 pm

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

EVANGELICAL

“No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here” Worship hour is 8:30 am and 10 am Sunday School and Childcare offered at 10:00 am open to all children (infants to 8th grade).

The last Sunday of every month is our Welcome Sunday Service.

This service has been intentionally designed to include persons of differing abilities from local group homes.

We are an Open and Affirming Congregation.

ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Main Street, Stony Brook • (631) 751–0034

www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Please come and welcome our new Priest: The Rev. Farrell D. Graves, Ph.D., Vicar Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am Religious instruction for children follows the 9:30 am Service This 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.

INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH Loving God • Loving Others • Sharing the Gospel

1266 N. Country Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790 (631) 689-7660 • www.internationalbaptistsb.org Pastor Hank Kistler Sunday Worship 11 am Thursday Small Groups 7 pm

THREE VILLAGE CHURCH Knowing Christ...Making Him Known

322 Route 25A, East Setauket • (631) 941–3670 www.3vc.org

To be listed in the Religious Directory, please call 631–751–7663

Lead Pastor Josh Moody Sunday Worship Schedule 9:15 am:Worship Service Sunday School (Pre–K – Adult), Nursery 10:30 am: Bagel/Coffee Fellowship 11:00 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 & 4 Join us as we celebrate 55 years of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ!

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Religious GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com

Rev. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter Sunday Services Orthros 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 office*

JEWISH

CHABAD AT STONY BROOK

JEWISH

YOUNG ISRAEL OF CORAM

Coram Jewish Center 981 Old Town Rd., Coram • (631) 698–3939 www.YIC.org • YoungIsraelofCoram@gmail.com

RABBI DR. MORDECAI AND MARILYN GOLSHEVSKY RABBI SAM AND REBECCA GOLSHEVSKY

“The Eternal Flame-The Eternal Light” weekly Channel 20 at 10 a.m.

Shabbat Morning Services 9 a.m. Free Membership. No building fund. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Shabbat and Holiday Services followed by hot buffet. Adult Education Institute for men and women. Internationally prominent Lecturers and Torah Classes. Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

Kaballah Classes. Jewish Holiday Institute. Tutorials for all ages.

FREE TUITION FOR HEBREW SCHOOL PUT MEANING IN YOUR LIFE (631) 698-3939 Member, National Council of Young Israel.

All welcome regardless of knowledge or observance level.

“Judaism with a smile”

LUTHERAN–ELCA

Current location: 821 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove

HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR NURSERY SCHOOL

Future site: East side of Nicolls Rd, North of Rte 347 –Next to Fire Dept.

(631) 585–0521 • (800) My–Torah • www.ChabadSB.com Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie Grossbaum Rabbi Motti & Chaya Grossbaum Rabbi 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 Institute Friendship 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

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station (631) 928–3737 www.NorthShoreJewishCenter.org Rabbi Aaron Benson

Cantor Daniel Kramer Executive Director Marcie Platkin Principal Heather Welkes Youth Director Jen Schwartz Services: Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 9:15 am Daily morning and evening minyan- Call for times.

Tot Shabbat • Family Services • Sisterhood • Men’s Club Seniors’ Club • Youth Group • Continuing Ed Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop • Food Pantry Lecture Series • Jewish Film Series NSJC JEWISH LEARNING CENTER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Innovative curriculum and programming for children ages 5-13 Imagine a synagogue that feels like home!

Come connect with us on your Jewish journey.

Member United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)

1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook • (631) 751–8518 www.tisbny.org A warm and caring intergenerational community dedicated to learning, prayer, social action, and friendship.

Member Union for Reform Judaism

Rabbi David Katz Cantor Marcey Wagner 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 Education Sisterhood • Brotherhood • Book Club-more

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46 Dare Road, Selden (631) 732-2511 Emergency number (516) 848-5386

Rev. Dr. Richard O. Hill, Pastor email: hopelutheran@msn.com • website: www.hopeluth.com Holy Communion is celebrated every week Saturdays at 5 pm, Sundays at 8, 9:30 and 11 am Service of Prayers for Healing on the first weeked of each month at all services Children and Youth Ministries Sparklers (3-11) Saturdays 5 pm • Sunday School (ages 3-11) 9:30 am Kids’ Club (ages 4-10) Wednesdays 4:15 pm Teen Ministry (ages 11-16) Saturdays 3 pm

ST. PAULS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station (631) 473–2236

Rev. Paul A. Downing, Pastor email: pastorpauldowning@yahoo.com • pastor’s cell: 347–423–3623 Services: Sundays-8:30 and 10:30 am—Holy Communion Sunday School during 10:30 service Bible and Bagels 9:30 am on Sundays Wednesday Night — 7:30 pm Intimate Holy Communion Friday Morning 10:30 am—Power of Prayer Hour Join us for any service-all are welcome We are celebrating 100 years in Port Jefferson Station

LUTHERAN-LCMS

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH Messiah Preschool & Day Care 465 Pond Path, East Setauket 631-751-1775 www.messiahny.com

METHODIST BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

33 Christian Ave/ PO2117, E. Setauket NY 11733 (631) 941–3581 Rev. Gregory L. Leonard–Pastor Sunday Worship 10:30 am • Adult Sunday School 9:30 am Lectionary Reading and Prayer Wed. 12 noon Gospel Choir Tues. 8 pm Praise Choir and Youth Choir 3rd and 4th Fri. 6:30 pm

COMMACK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 486 Townline Road, Commack Church Office: (631)499–7310 Fax: (631) 858–0596 www.commack–umc.org • mail@commack–umc.org Rev. Linda Bates–Stepe, Pastor

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Welcome to our church!

We invite you to Worship with us!

Come check us out! Jeans are okay!

Open Table Communion 1st Sunday every month.

603 Main Street, Port Jefferson Church Office- (631) 473–0517 Rev. Sandra J. Moore - Pastor Sunday Worship - 9:30 am (summer), 10:00 am (September) Children’s Sunday School - Sept. to June (Sunday School sign up form on Web) Email- 1stumc@optonline.net Web- http://www.pjfumc.org

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 160 Main Street, Corner of 25A and Main Street East Setauket • (631) 941–4167

Rev. Steven kim, Pastor

www.setauketumc.org • SUMCNY@aol.com Sunday Worship Service & Church School 10 am Holy Communion 1st Sunday of Month Mary & Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry) monthly on 2nd Tuesday at 1pm

STONY BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST

216 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, 11790 Church Office: 631-751-0574 stonybrookcommunitychurch@gmail.com www.stonybrookcommunitychurch.org Rev. chuck Van Houten, Pastor Connecting people to God, purpose and each other Sunday Worship 10:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am

Renewing, Restoring, Reviving for the 21st Century!

Rev. Charles Bell- Pastor We welcome all to join us for worship & Fellowship Sunday Worship Services 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 11 am Sunday School at 9:30 am We have a NYS Certified Preschool & Day Care

To be listed in the Religious Directory, please call 631–751–7663

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

SUNSET ABLAZE ‘I could see the beautiful reds and orange from my kitchen window,’ writes Collette Huber of Strong’s Neck before taking a walk down to Conscience Bay and capturing this gorgeous sunset on Jan. 25.

Send your Photo of the Week to leisure@tbrnewspapers.com.

Religious PRESBYTERIAN

SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green • (631) 941-4271 Making God’s community livable for all since 1660!! www.setauketpresbyterian.org • Email: setauketpresbyterian@verizon.net

Rev. Mary, Barrett Speers, pastor

Join us Sundays in worship at 9:30 am Church School (PreK-6th Grade) at 9:45 am Adult Christian Education Classes and Service Opportunities Outreach Ministries: Open Door Exchange Ministry: Furnishing homes...Finding hope www.facebook.com/welcomefriendssoupkitchen Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen Prep Site: tfolliero@yahoo.com 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 office or visit our website for current information on church activities. SPC is a More Light Presbyterian Church and part of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians working toward a church as generous and just as God’s grace.

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RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS 4 Friends Way, St. James (631) 928-2768 • www.cbquakers.org

worship: Sept. - June 11am , July - Aug. 9:30am We gather in silent worship seeking God • the Inner Light • Spirit.

We are guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship.

Weekly coffee and fellowship, monthly discussions, Religious Education for children.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITY

UNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT 203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. (631) 385–7180 • www.unityhuntingtonny.org Rev. 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

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

380 Nicolls Road • between Rte 347 & Rte 25A (631) 751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org Rev. Margaret H. Allen (minister@uufsb.org) Sunday Service: 10:30 am

Religious Education at UUFSB: Unitarian Universalism accepts wisdom from many sources and offers 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: dre@uufsb.org.

To be listed in the Religious Directory, please call 631–751–7663

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SBU SPORTSWEEK FEB. 1 – FEB. 7, 2018

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY – WEAR RED ON CAMPUS!

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Johnson scores career-high 29 points in loss to Albany SBU

Shania Johnson recorded a career-high 29 points for the Seawolves, knocking down 12 shots from the floor, but Stony Brook’s women’s basketball team couldn’t catch up to University at Albany, dropping the road game 64-58 Jan. 27.

“I thought Albany really outplayed us in the first and third quarters today,” head coach Caroline McCombs said. “We did a good job fighting back both times, but it’s tough to have those lapses and come out on top. Albany is a good team, and capitalized on our mistakes. We’ve got to be sharper in our execution heading into these next two road games.”

Johnson’s 29-point performance is her sixth performance of 2017-18 with at least 20 points. The junior transfer added five assists and three rebounds for Stony Brook.

Jerell Matthews added nine points and four rebounds, while Aaliyah Worley tallied six points and a season-high nine rebounds.

After trailing 16-6 following the first quarter of play, the Seawolves went on a 14-3 run to take a 20-19 lead. Hailey Zeise buried a 3-pointer from the corner with 3:38 left in the second period, giving Stony Brook its first lead of the afternoon.

The Seawolves defense forced 22 turnovers, their third-highest number of miscues forced so far this season.

Junior transfer Shania Johnson has scored 20 points or more in her last six games.

Stony Brook drops to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in America East. The Seawovles were back in action Jan. 31, traveling to University of Maryland Baltimore County, but results

were not available by press time. Stony Brook travels to University of Hartford Feb. 3 for a 2 p.m. matchup before returning home to host Binghamton University Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.

Strong first half not enough for Seawolves Albany closed out the opening period with a 7-1 run of its own to get back within six at the break, 32-26, and carried the momentum into the second half.

The Great Danes scored five quick points to cut the difference to three, but the Seawolves fought back, eventually relinquishing the lead with 13:32 to play after back-to-back threes by Albany.

“Due to foul trouble, we were playing some guys in rotations that we really haven’t played before,” Boals said. “We struggled to score the basketball and gave up some timely offensive rebounds when we went zone.”

Stony Brook drops to 8-14 on the year, 3-5 in America East, while Albany now sits at 17-7, 5-4 in the America East.

The Seawolves remained at home for a pair of home games this week. Stony Brook hosted University of Maryland Baltimore County Jan. 31, but results were not available by press time. The Seawolves will play University of Hartford Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.

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Despite a dominant first half, the Stony Brook men’s basketball team was unable to outlast University at Albany, falling 57-50 at Island Federal Credit Union Arena Jan. 27. It was the 10th time this season Stony Brook has seen a game be decided in the final minute of play.

“It was great to be back in our home arena tonight and in front of our home fans,” head coach Jeff Boals said. “I thought we did a really good job in the first 16 minutes of the game, controlling everything offensively and defensively. We were right there at the end, but we didn’t execute out of a timeout and we missed some shots that could have gotten us back in it.”

Back-to-back 3-pointers from senior UC Iroegbu and junior Jaron Cornish sparked a 13-2 run for the Seawolves early in the game.

Stony Brook continued to push, and eventually earned a double-figure lead it would maintain for much of the half.

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In other news:

•McKenzie Bushee collects third America East Rookie of the Week award: Stony Brook women’s basketball freshman McKenzie Bushee tallied two points and five rebounds on Jan. 24 in a win over University of Massachusetts Lowell, then scored four points and grabbed seven rebounds at University at Albany on Jan. 27. Bushee shot 50 percent (3-for-6) from the floor in the two contests.

•Women’s track and field takes sixth, men seventh at Dr. Sanders Invitational: Stony Brook had four men qualify for the intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America championships and seven women qualify for the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships; along with winning five events. Alexandria Ortega won the women’s 5,000-meter run with a time of 17 minutes, 1.95 seconds, and Danny Connelly won the same event for the men in 14:28.42. Holly Manning finished first in the women’s 1,000 with a time of 2:50.44, Tiana Guevara won the women’s mile in 4:49.79 and Kyle Kelly won the men’s by crossing the finish line in 4:13.19.

•Seawolves women ranked No. 2 nationally in IWLCA preseason poll: The Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team checked in just behind reigning national champion University of Maryland in the preseason poll, with University of North Carolina (No. 3), Penn State University (No. 4) and University of Florida (No. 5) following.

For the first time in program history, the Seawolves received a first-place vote in a major poll. The program has also been ranked No. 2 nationally in both the Inside Lacrosse 2018 Face-Off Yearbook preseason rankings, and the Nike/US Lacrosse preseason poll.

Stony Brook went 20-2 in 2017, falling at Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinal round. The program won its fifth straight America East title contest on May 7, 2017, topping University at Albany, 14-12. The Seawolves won 20 games in a season for the first time in program history, topping Bryant University and Northwestern University in NCAA tournament action.

•Men’s lacrosse selected second in America East preseason poll: University at Albany was a unanimous selection by league coaches to defend its conference title, and University of Vermont rounded out the top three. The Seawolves have a challenging schedule this season, facing five teams ranked in the USILA/Nike Preseason Coaches Poll, including 2017 NCAA Tournament participants Albany and Penn State University.

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THEATER REVIEW

The cast of Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Cat in the Hat’

Photo by Jennifer Tully

‘The Cat in the Hat’ visits the Engeman with ‘lots of good fun that is funny’

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For generations, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, has entertained and delighted children and adults alike with his whimsical tales and wild imagination. Out of the 60 children’s books published during his lifetime, one of Seuss’ most popular books is “The Cat in the Hat.” Written in 1967 as an early reader book, it has since been translated into more than 15 languages and was adapted into a feature-length film starring Michael Myers in 2003. And just last week, Warner Animation Group, in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that a fully animated version of the popular book is in the works, the first of many planned to keep the Dr. Seuss legacy alive.

In our neck of the woods, a theatrical adaptation of “The Cat in the Hat” by Katie Mitchell opened last weekend at the Engeman Theater in Northport. The adorable children’s musical will run through the first week of March. The script, which is guided with voice-overs by Steve Wangner in the wings, follows the book closely and provides for a fun afternoon of live theater.

It’s a rainy day and Sally (Danielle Aliotta) and her brother (Kevin Burns) are bored, with only their goldfish Fish (Danny Meglio) to keep them company. Their mother has gone out for a while, so they sit by the window and watch the rain fall. When the brother says “How I wish we had something to do,” the door suddenly swings open and in walks the Cat in the Hat (Antoine Jones), ready to entertain the children with some tricks he knows, and the fun begins.

Now everyone who shares their home with a cat knows that cats make messes, and this feline, although he’s wearing a hat, is no exception. In the first act he impressively

balances on one leg while holding books, an umbrella, a fan, a rake, milk on a dish, a toy ship, a toy man, a cake and poor Fish before it all comes crashing down.

In the second act, that mischievous kitty releases Thing 1 (Alyson Leonard) and Thing 2 (Marquez Stewart) from a box and things only get crazier from there. They fly kites in the house, breaking things along the way, much to the delight of the young audience. “It’s a beautiful mess,” exclaims the Cat in the Hat. When the kids see Mother coming down the road, they know that they have to catch Thing 1 and Thing 2 and clean up before she gets home. An exciting chase scene, accompanied by the Benny Hill theme song, ensues. Will they succeed or will time run out?

Directed by Suzie Dunn, the seven adult actors do an excellent job portraying the story.

The actors interact with the audience often, making them fell like they are a part of the show. At one point Meglio makes his way through the audience with a bubble machine.

Later on, Aliotta invites children on stage to dance with her. Special mention should be made of Jones who clearly loves children and is funny and engaging. From the moment his character’s red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, the audience knows they are in for a real treat. So run, don’t walk, to see the cat, The Cat in the Hat! Running time is one hour and 10 minutes with one 15-minute intermission. Booster seats are available. Meet the cast in the lobby after the show for photos and autographs.

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present Dr. Seuss “The Cat in the Hat” through March 4. Up next in children’s theater is “The Wizard of Oz” from March 24 to April 29. All seats are $15. For more information, call 631-261-9700 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

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KIDS KORNER ATTENTION ALL YOUNG PERFORMERS! CALL TODAY to enroll in THEATRE THREE’s

Acting Workshops Winter-Spring 2018

Workshops begin the week of February 5, 2018.

CREATIVE DRAMATICS Ages 6 - 8, Wednesdays 4:30 - 6 p.m. / $150

All workshops meet for ten classes.

PRE-TEEN WORKSHOPS Ages 8 - 11 SESSION ONE: Tuesdays 4 - 6 p.m. / $175 SESSION TWO: Fridays 4 - 6 p.m. / $175

2017 Big Game Saturday winner Emma and her sister Hannah

Programs

Photo from Emma Clark Library

Celebrate Groundhog Day

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

Cub Scout Pack 41 of Port Jefferson invites families to its Pinewood Derby at the Ramp Ford Showroom, 4869 Nesconset Highway, Port Jefferson Station on Feb. 3 at 10 a.m.

Join the fun as they race the cars they built down a track. Come learn about Pack 41, which is open to all boys in grades K through 5. Questions? Call 514-9411 or email portjeffpack41@gmail.com.

Make a shadow puppet

Maritime Explorium, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson will present a walk-in program, Let’s Celebrate Groundhog Day!, on Feb. 3 and 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. Construct your own shadow puppets and make them dance for your friends! $5 per person. Call 331-3277 or visit www. maritimeexplorium.org for more info.

Big Game Saturday

Get on the defense against the winter blues and come to Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket for Big Game Saturday on Feb. 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. Take part in some football-themed fun, just in time to kick off the football weekend. Enjoy activities, games and crafts and enter a raffle to win a special prize.

It’s sure to be a touchdown! Open to all. Call 941-4080, ext. 123 for additional info.

A Groundhog Adventure

Families are invited to join the Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckerkamp Drive, Smithtown for a Groundhog Adventure on Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. Come find out if Sweetbriar Sam, the nature center’s groundhog, is planning to hibernate for another six weeks or predict an early spring. Take part in a fun scavenger hunt to learn some facts about groundhogs, play with shadows and meet some other animal hibernators and animals with different solutions for cold weather. Make a fun groundhog craft to take home. $10 per child, $5 for adults, $2 discount for Scouts. Questions? Call 979-6344, ext. 302 or visit www.sweetbriarnc.org.

The Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor offers a pre-K program, Little Fishies, once a month from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Join them on Feb. 8 to learn all about whales, the largest animals in the world. See what these giants eat and touch real whale baleen.

Enjoy a story, snack, go on a scavenger hunt and create a special whale craft. For ages 2 to 4. Fee is $12 adult/tot pair, $4 sibling. To register, call 367-3418.

To Nature with Love!

Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 581 W. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown will present a Tiny Tots program, To Nature with Love!, on Feb. 8 from 10 to 11 a.m. This is a special time for both parent and child to discover the wonders of the natural world together. For ages 3 to 5. $4 per child. Advance registration required by calling 265-1054.

TEEN WORKSHOP Ages 12 - 17, Mondays 4 - 6:30 p.m. / $200

For more info, call

928-9202

www.theatrethree.com

SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK

Theater ‘Rapunzel’

Join Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson for the musical, “Rapunzel: The Untold Story,” through Feb. 24. Ever wonder what really happened in the legend of the lass with the long, long hair? Here is a hilarious yarn of a kindly and mixed-up witch who helps straighten out a rather confused family. Tickets are $10 per person. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Cat in the Hat’

Everyone’s favorite Dr. Seuss character comes to life on the John W. Engeman Theater stage in “The Cat in the Hat” through March 4. From the moment his tall, red-and-whitestriped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat will turn a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. All seats are $15. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www. engemantheater.com. See review on page B22.

‘The Lion King’

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present Disney’s “The Lion King Experience” Junior Edition from Feb. 10 to 24. The African savannah comes to life on stage with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle … and back again, in this inspiring, coming-of-age tale. All seats are $15. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

All numbers are in (631) area code unless otherwise noted.

MEET GIADA!

Just look at those cute ears! Sweet little Giada came to Kent all the way from the Bahamas where these dogs, known as potcakes, don’t have it so great. This mixedbreed sweetie is only 7 months old and can’t wait to grow up with a loving family of her own. She is keeping her paws crossed that you will come see her right away!

Giada comes spayed, microchipped and up to date on all her vaccines.

Kent Animal Shelter is located at 2259 River Road in Calverton. For more information on Giada and other adoptable pets at Kent, visit www.kentanimalshelter. com or call 631-727-5731.

Photo courtesy of Kent Animal Shelter

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The Town of Brookhaven’s Wildlife and Ecology Center, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville will hold its annual Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2 at 7 a.m. Find out from Holtsville Hal if there will be six more weeks of winter or an early spring, then enjoy hot chocolate and visit over 100 resident animals from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. For more information, call 758-9664.

I Love Whales!

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24/7 emergency medicine Kids never stop being kids.

So our children’s ER is open 24 hours.

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