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Mind Brain Lecture PROBING THE MYSTERIES OF THE MIND

THE COMPUTING POWER OF WETWARE Adrienne Fairhall, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington

Monday, April 2, 2018 • 4 pm Staller Center for the Arts, Main Stage Stony Brook University

Our world is becoming increasingly influenced by machine intelligence, as artificial neural networks become part of our daily lives. Powerful as they are, our brains and the nervous systems of even simple organisms, or “wetware,” perform at levels that are — for now — beyond the reach of these networks, in terms of rapid learning, the ability to adapt, etc. What is it about “wetware” that endows it with its special properties? Evolution has equipped nervous systems with an exquisite array of complex interacting parts. Adrienne Fairhall will discuss some of the physics and biology that may underlie the remarkable performance of living computers.

Fairhall uses statistical methods to study the relationship between neuronal circuitry and functional algorithms of computation. She directs computational neuroscience programs at the University of Washington and is co-director of its Institute for Neuroengineering and its Center for Computational Neuroscience/Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience.

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Seating is limited, so please arrive early to secure a space, or view this lecture live on our website.

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In addition to sprinkling on pasta or popThese hard-grating cheeses belong to a group known as grana (in Italian), which corn, many grana cheeses are great enjoyed by the chunk with a piece means they have a flaky, of crusty bread and glass of grainy or granular texture; wine (red or white) or even sharp, well-aged and hard whiskey. Let the cheese to very hard. These cheescome to room temperature es are suitable for grating for optimum enjoyment. when they begin to get old.

My wine recommendaGrana cheeses can be tions are: made from cow, sheep or •2016 Standing Stone Rieseven goat’s milk. Although ling (Finger Lakes, NY) most are made in Italy, some •2016 Gundlach-Bundschu are produced in Greece, “dry” Gewürztraminer (SoSwitzerland, Argentina and noma, CA) the United States.

•2016 Four Graces “Pinot Parmigiano-Reggiano is Gris” (Willamette, OR) one of the most popular gra•2016 Shooting Star “Charna cheeses, but keep in mind, donnay” (Lake County, CA) “all Parmigiano-Reggiano •2013 Podere Ruggeri cheeses are grana, but not Grana cheese can be Corsini “Barbera Armujan” all grana cheeses are Parmigiano-Reggiano.” Italian hard made from cow, sheep or (Piedmont, Italy) •2011 La Spinona “Barolo cheeses were once referred even goat’s milk.

Sorì Gepin” (Piedmont, to as “cacio duro.” The word Italy) “Grana” is legally protected •2015 Poggio al Sole “Chiby Grana Padano Protected Designation of Origin, such that only Grana Padano can use anti Classico” (Tuscany, Italy) My whiskey recommendations are: the term to sell its produce in EU countries.

Some examples of grana cheeses are •Wild Turkey Rare Breed Straight KenAsiago, Bagozzo, Crotonese, Grana Pada- tucky Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Proof no, Granone Lodigiano, Parmigiano-Reg- •Jim Beam Black Label Straight Kentucky giano, pecorino, Piave, Vacchino Romano Bourbon Whiskey (Italy), Kefalotyri (Greece), Sapsago and Bob Lipinski, a local author, has written 10 Sbrinz (Switzerland), Reggianito (Argen- books, including “101: Everything You Need to tina) and dry Jack (U.S.).

Know About Gin, Vodka, Rum & Tequila” and Grana cheeses will keep for several “Italian Wine & Cheese Made Simple” (available months if wrapped in damp cheesecloth on Amazon.com). He conducts training semiand then enclosed in aluminum foil and re- nars on wine, spirits and food and is available frigerated. You can purchase grana cheese for speaking engagements. He can be reached at either previously grated or in chunk form. www.boblipinski.com OR bkjm@hotmail.com.

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SHARING THE BEST IDEAS IN MEDICINE

Lifesaving Procedure for Sudden Heart and Lung Failure When people are undergoing sudden, severe heart or lung failure, there is not enough oxygen in the body and the situation is life-threatening. With advanced technology called ECMO and the expertise of highly trained heart specialists, Stony Brook University Heart Institute has been giving new hope to people needing this urgent life support.

With ECMO, the cardiac team can prevent further injury to the heart, while allowing time to diagnose and treat the underlying problem. Dr. McLarty and Dr. Chikwe answer questions about this valuable, lifesaving technology.

What is ECMO? ECMO — extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — is an emergency, temporary form of life support for people who have sudden heart failure, such as with a massive heart attack or some other incident. Heart failure means that the heart isn’t able to pump enough blood into the lungs and out into the body. This can be life threatening. ECMO is able to temporarily take over the job of the heart and the lungs and give the person time to be treated and recover.

How does ECMO work?

First, some background: In a healthy heart, blood that has already circulated through the body comes into the right side of the heart through a vein. The heart sends the blood to the lungs, where oxygen is added and carbon dioxide,

a waste product, is eliminated. The “clean” blood full of oxygen then goes back into the left side of the heart, which pumps the blood out to the rest of the body through an artery.

ECMO is a machine that bypasses the heart and lungs and takes over what they normally do.

This can give the heart and lungs time to heal, and give us the time to diagnose and treat the problem that caused the heart failure in the first place. Our goal is to get our patient well enough to go home.

How is the ECMO procedure done?

Our cardiothoracic team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiothoracic OR nurses and physician assistants works together to put a patient on ECMO therapy. With us also are perfusionists, highly trained specialists who put together, run and monitor the ECMO pump during the procedure and the entire time the patient is on ECMO. The procedure to put a patient on ECMO takes us about 20 to 30 minutes: • Surgeons gain access to the arteries and vein near the heart by small punctures in the skin. There is no big incision or major surgery involved.

• We attach two tubes – one to a vein and the other to an artery.

• ECMO sends blood that comes in from the tube attached to the vein to a lung-like membrane that does what the lungs normally would do.

• The oxygenated blood then is sent into the tube attached to the artery, and the blood is pumped out to the rest of the body.

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What happens after the patient is on the ECMO machine?

The patient and the ECMO machine are moved to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit (ICU), where treatments start to stabilize the patient for the recovery process.

Most patients stay on ECMO for four to seven days. When the heart and lung are strong enough, the tubes are removed by the surgeons, and the vein and artery are repaired. If the patient needs further care, we provide whatever treatments are needed to help the patient get well enough to resume their lives.

Why is Stony Brook Heart Institute considered a leader in ECMO therapy?

We do more ECMO procedures than any other institution in the area. And the more you do, the better the results for patients.

Plus, we have extensive programs to treat all types of cardiac disease, so we can treat whatever caused the heart problem.

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KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS

CSHL’s Jason Sheltzer’s work contradicts earlier cancer studies

Harnessing the Technology of our Research Giants

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BY DANIEL DUNAIEF If eating macaroni and cheese made Joe sick, he might conclude he was allergic to dairy.

But he could just as easily have been allergic to the gluten in the macaroni, rendering the dairy-free diet unnecessary.

Scientists try to connect two events, linking the presence of a protein, the appearance of a mutation or the change in the metabolic activity of a cell with a disease. That research often leads to targeted efforts to block or prevent that protein.

Sometimes, however, that protein may not play as prominent a role as originally suspected.

That is what happened with a gene called MELK, which is present in many types of cancer cells. Researchers concluded that the high level of MELK contributed to cancer.

Jason Sheltzer, a fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Ann Lin and Christopher Giuliano, undergraduates at Stony Brook University who work in Sheltzer’s lab, proved that wasn’t the case.

‘We want to know not just that a drug kills cancer cells: We want to know how and why.’

— Jason Sheltzer By rendering MELK nonfunctional, Sheltzer and his team expected to block cancer.

When they knocked out MELK, however, they didn’t change anything about the cancer, despite the damage to the gene.

But, Sheltzer wondered, might there be some link between MELK and cancer that he was missing? After all, scientists had found a drug called OTS167 that was believed to block MELK function.

To test this drug’s importance for MELK and cancer, Sheltzer used this drug on cancer cells that didn’t have a functioning MELK gene or protein.

Even without MELK, the drug “killed cancer cells,” regardless of the disappearance

of a gene that researchers believed was important for cancer’s survival, he said.

“We showed for the first time that [the drug] was killing cells that didn’t express MELK,” Sheltzer said. The drug had to have another, unknown target.

Sheltzer suggested that this is the first time someone had used CRISPR, a gene-editing technique, to take a “deep dive” into what a drug is targeting.

This drug, he said, has a different mechanism of action from the one most people believed.

Sheltzer, whose work was published in early February in eLife, expanded the research from a petri dish, where researchers grow and study cells, to mouse models, which are often more similar to the kinds of conditions in human cancers.

In those experiments, he found no difference between the tumors that grew with a MELK gene and those that didn’t have the MELK protein, continuing to confirm the original conclusion.

“The tumors that formed in cells that had MELK and the tumors that formed in cells that didn’t have MELK were the same size,” he said.

Originally, Sheltzer believed the MELK protein might be involved in chemotherapy resistance. His lab found, however, that no matter what they did to MELK in these cells, the cancer appeared indifferent.

Other researchers suggested that Sheltzer’s work would be instructive in a broader way for scientists.

Sheltzer’s research on MELK “will motivate a new set of standards for target discovery and validation in the field going forward,” Christopher Vakoc, an associate professor at CSHL, explained in an email.

Sheltzer “brings a rigorous approach to cancer research and an impressive courage to challenge prevailing paradigms.”

Sheltzer’s work highlights the challenge of understanding the mechanism of action of new medicines, Vakoc added.

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From left, Jason Sheltzer, Nicole Sayles (who is a former lab technician and a co-author of an earlier MELK paper) and SBU undergraduates Chris Giuliano and Ann Lin high concentration of a specific protein coded by that gene correlates with a poor prognosis.

Using CRISPR, Sheltzer believes his lab can get precise information about drug targets and their effect on cancer. He’s also tracing a number of other types of cancer drugs that he thinks might have compelling properties and will use CRISPR to study the action of these drugs. “We want to know not just that a drug kills cancer cells: We want to know how and why,” he said.

By figuring out what a drug targets, he might be able to identify the patients who are most likely to respond to a particular drug. So far, the finding that a drug doesn’t work by interfering with a specific gene, in this case MELK, has been easier than finding the gene that is the effective target, he explained.

One of Sheltzer’s goals is to search for a cancer cell that is resistant to the drug, so that he can compare the genes of the vulnerable one with those of the cell that’s harder to treat.

Detecting the difference in the resistant cell can enable him to localize the region critical for a drug’s success.

Sheltzer said finding that MELK was not involved in a cancer’s effectiveness was initially “depressing” because researchers believed they had found a cancer target.

“We hope that by publishing these techniques and walking

through the experiments in the paper that other labs can learn from this and can use some of the approaches we used to improve their drug discovery pipelines,” he said.

Sheltzer is pleased that Lin and Giuliano made such important contributions to this paper.

CRISPR has made it possible for these undergraduates to “make these really important discoveries,” he said.

Lin, who has worked in Sheltzer’s lab for two and a half years, was pleased. “It is very exciting to share my knowledge of MELK in regards to its role in cancer biology,” she wrote in an email. “Authoring a paper requires a great deal of work and I am super thrilled” to see it published.

Sheltzer, who lives with his partner Joan Smith, who is a software engineer at Google, said he was interested in science during his formative years growing up in Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is just outside of Philadelphia, and appreciates the position he has at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Soon after earning his doctorate at MIT, Sheltzer set up his own lab, rather than conducting research for several years as a postdoctoral researcher. “I was really fortunate to be given that opportunity,” he said.

As for his work with MELK, Sheltzer hopes he’s saved other labs from pursuing clinical dead ends.

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SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK

INTRODUCING

William M. Burke, MD Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Burke has joined Stony Brook University Cancer Center as Director of Gynecologic Oncology.

He specializes in providing the most up-to-date surgical treatments for patients with complex gynecologic cancers. He has pioneered advanced surgical procedures using laparoscopic, robotic and minimally invasive techniques for complex cases.

Dr. Burke is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as gynecologic oncology. At Stony Brook, he also is involved in clinical trials and cancer research.

Areas of expertise: Gynecologic malignancies, including ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers and cancer of the fallopian tubes. Minimally invasive surgery and robotic-assisted surgery.

Education: Fellowship in gynecologic oncology at University of Michigan Medical Center. Residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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This week’s shelter pet is Snowy, a 7-year-old, white domestic long-haired cat waiting for a new home at Kent Animal Shelter. His owners were allergic and couldn’t keep him anymore. Snowy is active, playful, affectionate and friendly to everyone he meets. Won’t you open your heart to this handsome guy? He comes neutered, microchipped and up to date on all his vaccines.

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FEATURE STORY

LIM to host tribute to Mose Allison

Evening will honor the music of longtime Smithtown resident

BY KEVIN REDDING

A reporter once asked the late jazz and blues pianist and singer Mose Allison — regarded among musicians like Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell, Pete Townshend and Van Morrison as “one of the finest songwriters in 20th century blues” — why he wasn’t more famous.

“Mose, you were a social critic before Bob Dylan, satirical long before Randy Newman and rude before Mick Jagger,” the reporter said. “How come you’re not a big star?”

Allison, who was born in Mississippi and moved from New York City to Smithtown in the mid-1960s to raise a family and spent much of his time walking in the local woods and swimming in the Long Island Sound, responded: “Just lucky, I guess.”

On Saturday, March 24, The Long Island Museum, in partnership with WUSBFM’s Sunday Street Concert Series and the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council, will give the 2006 Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee his proper due with The Word From Mose: A Celebration of the Music of Mose Allison, a tribute concert in the Carriage Museum’s Gillespie Room at 7 p.m.

The concert, following the tradition of other Sunday Street Series shows organized

by Charlie Backfish, Stony Brook University history lecturer and host of the university’s weekly radio program “Sunday Street,” will feature local and outside musicians, who will strum and sing through decades of Allison’s breakthrough material, including his more well-known tracks “Your Mind Is on Vacation,” “Everybody’s Crying Mercy” and “I Don’t Worry About a Thing.”

Allison, who died Nov. 15, 2016, just four days before turning 89, was a four-time Grammy nominee and frequent collaborator with jazz greats Zoot Sims and Stan Getz whose songs spanned more than 30 albums — The Rolling Stones, Diana Krall, The Who, The Pixies and Elvis Costello are among those who have recorded Allison’s songs.

‘I’m really looking forward to giving people a taste of his style of intellectualism and humor.’

— JACK LICITRA The lineup includes “Sunday Street” regular and New York-based singer-songwriter Pete Kennedy; Pat Wictor, electric and slide guitarist of the group Brother Sun; Jack Licitra, a Sayville-based keyboardist and guitarist as well as the founder of the musicteaching studio South Bay Arts in Bayport; and Abbie Gardner, an acclaimed Dobro player who has toured for many years as part of the trio Red Molly. Some members of Allison’s family, including his daughter and singer-songwriter Amy Allison, will also be in attendance.

The evening will also include a screening of a short BBC documentary on Allison called “Ever Since the World Ended,” featuring interviews with Costello, Morrison, Raitt and Loudon Wainwright III and footage of Allison performing.

Pat Wictor

Mose Allison “Not only is he such an important artist, Mose Allison was someone who lived in this area for many decades and we thought it was time to do something like this for him,” Backfish said of the decision to honor the musician. “When he wasn’t on tour, which was quite often, he would be back in the area and playing shows at the Staller Center at Stony Brook University or jazz clubs in Port Jefferson.”

Backfish said he also had the opportunity to interview Allison on his radio program many years ago. “He had such an incredibly rich catalog in so many ways and these artists are going to get together and play both well-known songs of his and the deep tracks,” he said. “I would hope that if people aren’t aware of Mose, they’ll suddenly find someone they will check out and listen to, and for those who know him, this will be a great way to celebrate his music and listen to artists reinterpret his songs.”

Wictor, a longtime Allison fan who, with his band, recorded a version of “Everybody’s Crying Mercy,” said Backfish approached him to participate in the concert for his “affinity” for the man’s work.

“I love Mose partly because he cannot be categorized easily,” Wictor said. “He sort of mixed jazz and blues, and social commentary, in a way that nobody else did. And I like his sense of humor in his lyrics, which were always a little sardonic and mischievous. He comes across as a person that doesn’t suffer fools gladly and that’s always enjoyable to me. The songs themselves are very musically interesting, too — blues-based but they always have a unique musical and lyrical quality unlike anything else.”

Kennedy said Allison was unusual among jazz musicians in his time because he wrote a lot of songs with lyrics, while others primarily stuck to instrumental compositions.

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“Allison actually wrote songs that he sang and that’s what we’re focusing on during the concert,” said Kennedy, who noted that he’s had a lot of fun examining Allison’s songs more closely and learning them in anticipation of the show. “His songs sound totally modern to me now, even the old ones from the 1950s and ’60s. The writing is really clever, really humorous and had a little bit of social commentary to it, but not in a negative way.”

Licitra, too, expressed his excitement over his involvement, calling Allison’s music “the thinking man’s blues.”

“I’m really looking forward to giving people a taste of his style of intellectualism and humor,” he said. “And for me, this is all about the group of performers on the bill.

I’m a big fan of all of them and so I’m excited about playing with them and seeing how they each interpret Mose’s [work].”

The jazz legend’s son John Allison, who grew up in Smithtown, said while his father was a true “musician’s musician” and beloved in many artist’s circles, he was as low profile as could be at home.

“There he was, living in Smithtown, so unassuming that even our neighbors, for 15 years, didn’t know what he did until they saw him on TV with Bonnie Raitt for a PBS concert at Wolf Trap,” John Allison said, laughing. “He just wanted to do his thing.

He read books and played music. I’d come home from high school and he’d be listening to some weird Chinese, classical music and just laughing and loving it … [and] sometimes he did tai chi in the living room.”

The Long Island Museum is located at 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook. Advance tickets to the tribute show are $25 through Friday, March 23 at www.sundaystreet.org with tickets at the door for $30 (cash only). Beer, wine and cider will be available for purchase. For more information, please call 631-751-0066.

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Above, Abbie Gardner; below, Jack Licitra

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51. English treat 54. Former anesthetic 56. *”Saving Hope” actress Durance 57. *She played Roz on “Frasier” 58. Surprise at a speakeasy 59. Nobel Peace Prize capital 60. Congeal 61. Type of molding 62. Aphrodite’s son 63. Expunge 66. Lennon’s partner 68. Bad-mouth *Theme related clue.

Answers to this week’s puzzle will appear in next week’s newspaper and online on Friday afternoon at www.tbrnewsmedia.com, Arts and Lifestyles

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Art lecture at The Atelier

The Atelier at Flowerfield, 2 Flowerfield, St. James continues its art history lecture series with Leonardo da Vinci, Part II on Thursday, March 29 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Director Kevin McEvoy will discuss the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci as a scientist, experimenter, poet and artist and his role in the progression of naturalism from Giotto to Sargent. Enjoy snacks, refreshments, good company and stimulating discussion. Suggested donation is $10. No reservation needed. Kevin McEvoy will discuss the For further details, call 631-250-9009 works of Leonardo da Vinci or visit www.atelierflowerfield.org. including ‘The Last Supper.’

Community Service Fair

Port Jefferson Free Library, located at 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson will host its 6th annual Community Service Fair for all ages on Saturday, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Have you been looking for ways to give back to your local community and to help those in need? There will be representatives from a range of community service organizations on hand including Friends of Karen, Mather Hospital, Long Term Ombudsman of the Family Service League of Long Island, Open Door Exchange, Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, Theatre Three, Long Island Explorium (formerly Maritime Explorium), Port Jefferson Fire Department, Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen and more.

Learn about each organization’s mission and how you (and your family) can become involved. Open to all. No registration is required. For more information, call 631-473-0022.

Open Cast Calls

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will hold auditions for strong singer-actor-dancers (ages 16 and up) for its upcoming production of “Curtains: The Musical” on Wednesday, March 28 at 7 p.m. All roles are open except Lieutenant Cioffi, Carmen Bernstein and Bambi Bernet. Prepare 16 bars from the song of your choice; bring sheet music in the proper key; accompanist provided.

You may sing from the score. Be prepared to dance. Readings will be from the script. Please bring picture/résumé. Rehearsals to begin in April. Performances will run from May 19 to June 23. For further information and full details, call 631-9289202 or visit www.theatrethree.com/auditions.html.

Township Theatre Group will hold auditions for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on March 27 and 28 at Five Towns College, 305 North Service Road, Dix Hills from 7 to 9 p.m. All roles are played by adults and cast may play double roles. Please prepare 32 measures of music. For character details and vocal range, visit www.tinyurl.com/ y8e2msyc. Performances will be held at 660 Park Ave., Huntington on June 2, 3, 9, 10 and 16. For more information or questions about the audition, call 631-421-4442.

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Benner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket seeks vendors, craftspeople and artists to join them for their annual Easter Festival, an event that attracts more than 2,500 shoppers, on March 31 and April 1 from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call the office at 631-6898172 or email folks.bennersfarm@gmail.com.

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MEDICAL COMPASS

Exploring gallstone risk factors

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Focus on modifiable risk factors to improve outcomes Physical activity

Gallstones are a very common gastrointestinal disease; they affect up to 20 million Americans between the ages of 20 and 74, with a more than two-times increased occurrence in women than in men, according to the NHANES III survey (1). There are two types of gallstones, 80 percent of which are cholesterol stones and 20 percent of which are pigment stones.

We know physical activity is very important to stave off many diseases, but in this case, the lack of physical activity can be detrimental. In the Physicians’ Health Study, a prospective observational trial, those in the lowest quintile of activity between the ages of 40 and 64 had a 72 percent increased risk of gallstone formation, and those 65 and older had a 33 percent increased risk (8). Also, men who were 65 and older and watched television more than six hours a week were at least three times as likely to have gallstones as those who watched fewer hours. There was a substantial increased risk for those under 65, as well, though to a slightly lesser degree.

Common symptoms

Gallstones may be asymptomatic; however, when gallstones block either the cystic or common bile ducts, symptoms occur. Symptoms include dull or crampy abdominal pain that is exacerbated by meals and lasts one to five hours. Jaundice, which includes yellowing of skin and eyes, is another symptom. OthBy David ers include nausea Dunaief, M.D. and vomiting, rapid heart rate, hypotension (low blood pressure) and fever (2).

Tests used for diagnosis

Blood tests include complete blood count, where there may be a rise in white blood cells; liver enzymes; and the pancreatic enzymes lipase and amylase. In general, diagnostic tests that have more accuracy are the endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). However, these are invasive tests. Less accurate but noninvasive tests include abdominal X-ray, ultrasound and CAT scan (CT). The tests used also depend on where the stone may be located. Hepatobiliary (HIDA) scans are accurate if the stone is located in the cystic duct. And magnetic resonance retrograde cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is used if the stone is thought to be located in the common bile duct (2).

What are the risk factors?

There are a multitude of risk factors.

Some of these are modifiable, some others are not. The modifiable ones include obesity, measured by body mass index (BMI); rapid weight loss; fat consumption; hormone replacement therapy (HRT); oral contraceptives; decreased physical activity; Crohn’s disease; and certain drugs. One nonmodifiable risk factor is age; the older we get, the higher the risk, with age 40 being the demarcation line (3). Other risk factors are gender, with females being more predisposed; pregnancy; and family history (4). Let’s look at the evidence.

Obesity risks

Obesity may play an important role. Obesity is not age discriminant; it can impact both adults and children. The reason obesity is implicated is potentially due to bile becoming supersaturated (5). Bile is a substance produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile aids in the digestion or breakdown of fats in the small intestines. Crystals may form, creating cholesterol gallstones from the bile.

Diabetes rears its ugly head

Symptoms of gallstones include dull or crampy abdominal pain that is exacerbated by meals and lasts one to five hours.

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Body mass index

A body mass index of greater than 30 kg/ m² is considered obese. In a meta-analysis of two prospective, forward-looking observational trials, Copenhagen General Population Study and the Copenhagen City Heart Study, those in the highest quintile of BMI were almost three times as likely to experience symptomatic gallstones compared to those who were in the lowest quintile (6).

The highest quintile was those who had a mean BMI of 32.5 kg/m² and thus were obese, whereas those in the lowest quintile had a mean BMI of 20.9 kg/m². This is a comparison of ideal to obese BMI. Not surprisingly, since women in general have a higher risk of gallstones, they also have a higher risk when their BMI is in the obese range compared to men, a 3.36-fold increase and 1.51-fold increase, respectively.

Also, the research showed that for every 1 kg/m² increase in BMI, there was a 7 percent increase in the risk of gallstones. Those who had genetic variants that increased their likelihood of an elevated BMI had an even greater increase in gallstone risk —17 percent — per 1 kg/m². In the study population of approximately 77,000, more than 4,000 participants became symptomatic for gallstones.

Gallstones in children

Sadly, obese children are not immune to gallstones, even though they are young. In a prospective observational study based on Kaiser Permanente data from southern California, children who were overweight had a twofold increased risk of gallstones (7). But if that is not enough, girls who were extremely obese had a higher propensity for gallstones, similar to women in the previous study, with a greater-than-sevenfold increase compared to a still very substantial greater-than-threefold increase for obese boys. Hispanic children were affected the most. The age range in this study was between 10 and 19 years old.

Obesity is a disease that is blind to age.

Just like with obesity, diabetes is almost always a culprit for complications. In a prospective observational study, those with diabetes were at a significant 2.55-times greater risk of developing gallstones than those without (9).

Again, women had a higher propensity than men, but both had significant increases in the risk of gallstone formation, 3.85-times and 2.03-times, respectively. There were almost 700 participants in this study. The researchers believe that an alteration in glucose (sugar) metabolism may create this disease risk.

Hormone replacement therapy

If you needed another reason to be leery of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), then gallstones might be it. In a prospective observational trial, women who used HRT, compared to those who did not, had a 10 percent increased risk in cholecystectomy — removal of the gallbladder — to treat gallstones (10). Though this may not sound like a large increase, oral HRT increased the risk 16 percent, and oral estrogen-only therapy without progestogens increased the risk the most, 38 percent. Transdermal HRT did not have a significantly increased risk.

It is never too early or too late to treat obesity before it causes, in this case, gallstones. With a lack of exercise, obesity is exacerbated and, not surprisingly, so is symptomatic gallstone formation. Diabetes needs to be controlled to prevent complications.

HRT, unless menopausal symptoms are unbearable, continues to show why it may not be a good choice. Next week, we will look at the complications of gallstones and how to prevent them.

References: (1) Gastroenterology. 1999;117:632.

(2) emedicine.medscape.com. (3) J Hepatol. 1993;18 Suppl 1:S43. (4) uptodate. com. (5) Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol.

2014 Aug;28:623-635. (6) Hepatology. 2013 Dec;58:2133-2141. (7) J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012;55:328-333. (8) Ann Intern Med. 1998;128:417. (9) Hepatology. 1997;2:787.

(10) CMAJ. 2013;16;185:549-550.

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New for spring, Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown will present a weekly Wildlife Yoga program starting on Friday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. The adult program (teenagers welcome) will highlight a different animal each week. Join Yoga instructor Lisa Iacono this week for a session of yoga for all levels and an introduction to one of the center’s resident owls. Fee is $15 per person. Advance registration is required by calling 631-979-6344.

Free Better Choices workshop

St. Charles Hospital, 200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson will host a free Better Choices, Better Health workshop on Tuesdays, March 27 to May 1, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This six-week led program will help you self-manage your chronic illness and live a healthier life. The course will address healthy eating, the importance of exercise and relaxation and stress reduction. Highly recommended for people who need to make healthy lifestyle changes before elective surgery. To register, please call 631-979-9490, ext. 16.

Bereavement support

St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 29 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown hosts a support group for bereaved adults coping with an adult loss titled H.E.A.L. (Help Ease A Loss) on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Marilyn at 631-265-4520 (a.m.) or 631265-2810 (p.m.).

Osteoporosis lecture

Northwell Health System physician Dr. Jodi Zimbler will discuss osteoporosis, a disease that affects both men and women, and how it can be prevented or minimized by medication, diet and weight-bearing exercise at Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor on Thursday, March 29 at 2 p.m. Free and open to all. Advance registration requested by calling 631-692-6820.

Dementia support

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COVER STORY

An emotional ‘In the Heights’ opens at the Engeman

Scenes from the show:

From left, Nick Martinez (Sonny), Spiro Marcos (Usnavi) and Josh Marin (Benny)

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t may be chilly outside, but things are heating up inside the John W. Engeman Theater. The Northport venue debuted its production of “In the Heights” on March 15, and with a talented cast and the energetic sounds of salsa, reggaeton, merengue and hip hop, audience members are guaranteed a fun, hot night on the town.

Before he shared the story of Alexander Hamilton through rap and song in “Hamilton,” LinManuel Miranda created this spirited musical, which ran from 2008 to 2011 on Broadway and won four Tony Awards.

A love letter to Latinos who live in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, the story takes place during July Fourth weekend on one city block and centers around bodega owner Usnavi and his neighbors. While the play includes a good deal of reality like money issues, the death of loved ones and the sacrifices one must make for a better life, its main themes are about love and hope, and most important of all, having patience and faith.

With book by Quiara Alegria Hudes and music and lyrics by Miranda, through dialogue and song “In the Heights” reveals the economic struggles of Usnavi and his fellow business owners, car service proprietors Kevin and Camila Rosario and beauty salon owner Daniela.

The musical throws in romance as Usnavi pines away for the beautiful Vanessa, who works at the beauty salon, and the Rosarios’ daughter Nina and their employee Benny engage in a forbidden romance. As the audience gets a peek into the heartache of Usnavi losing his parents at an

early age, Vanessa yearning to move downtown, the bright Nina losing her college scholarship and the love felt for the neighborhood’s adopted grandmother, Claudia, one can’t help but feel a part of this close-knit community.

Spiro Marcos as Usnavi does a fine job filling big shoes (the role was originally played by Miranda on Broadway). The actor skillfully uses rap during most of his numbers to tell the story.

Marcos is in touch with Usnavi’s softer side, making it impossible not to root for him as he longs for Vanessa and dreams of going back to the Dominican Republic, his birthplace, while trying to keep the bodega afloat.

Josh Marin is charming as Benny, and Cherry Torres is sweet and lovely as Nina. The two have a good amount of onstage chemistry during their romantic scenes, which is front and center during the song “Sunrise” where they sing beautifully together. Chiara Trentalange balances a bit of sass and attitude with a touch of softness to deliver a Vanessa who may be determined to put her neighborhood behind her, but audience members can’t help but like her, too.

Tami Dahbura is endearing as Abuela Claudia, while Paul Aquirre and Shadia Fairuz are perfect together as Kevin and Camila. Scheherazade Quiroga is perfect as the spunky Daniela and delivers comedic lines perfectly. Iliana Garcia is refreshing as naïve hairdresser Carla, and Vincent Ortega is delightful as the Piragua Guy, especially during his number “Piragua” and its reprise.

Nick Martinez, as Usnavi’s young cousin Sonny, and Danny Lopez, as Graffiti Pete, do a nice job adding some comic relief throughout the production.

The dancers are also among the stars in the show. Skillfully choreographed by Sandalio Alvarez, they energetically and masterfully transfer from salsa, merengue, reggaeton and hip hop dance steps.

The music in the production is top notch and is a mix of dance tunes that will have audience members wanting to dance in the aisles and emotional ballads for which some may need tissues. The band, led by conductor Alec Bart, does a superb job flawlessly moving from one musical genre to another, and the singers also do an excellent job.

During the first act, Torres expertly uses her vocal talents to perform an emotion-evoking version of “Breathe.” It is during this number audience members discover her time at Stanford University didn’t work out for her, and she now feels lost not knowing what to do with her life.

Aguirre’s number “Inútil” is just as heartbreaking as his character feels useless after discovering his daughter didn’t come to him to help her pay for school.

Fairuz also displays strong vocals during the song “Siempre.”

Trentalange sings lead on the upbeat song “It Won’t Be Long Now” with Marcos and Martinez.

The actress has fun with the song and her vocals are great.

Dahbura moves around convincingly like a frail grandmother, and then surprises audience members with her incredible and emotional vocals during “Paciencia y Fe.” Abuela Claudia remembers her youth in Cuba and arriving in the United States, during the song. Her mother would always remind her to have patience and faith, advice Claudia continues to share with those she loves.

During the first act, the ensemble performs “96,000” as they sing about what it would be like to win Lotto. With the singers emanating so much energy, one can’t help but feel optimistic for them.

Quiroga gets the party started with “Carnaval del Barrio” and her vocals are outstanding. The high-energy song with exceptional dancing is sensational. It is soon followed by “Alabanza” where Torres sweetly sings the first lines and then the song builds up to a powerful number featuring the whole cast. Both performed during the second act are show stoppers.

Spanish is sprinkled throughout the dialogue and lyrics of “In the Heights” to add authenticity, but are always followed by English translations, or the lines are delivered with gestures that make things clear for those who don’t understand the language.

Many may want to see this musical because they are curious about Miranda’s earlier work, but “In the Heights” is an entertaining look into the life of Latinos in New York City and a beautiful tribute to the music that was brought to the United States from the islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

The John W. Engeman Theater, located at 250 Main Street, Northport presents “In the Heights” through April 29.

Running time is approximately 2.5 hours and tickets are $73; $78 for Saturday evening performances. Free valet parking is available. For more information, please call 631-261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

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From left, Scheherazade Quiroga (Daniela), Chiara Trentalange (Vanessa), Cherry Torres (Nina) and Iliana Garcia (Carla)

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This year, as so often happens, Easter and Passover fall at the same time. No matter which holiday we observe, it is a signal to officially welcome spring. Out with the old dried up winter floral arrangements, in with pussy willows and daffodils. Out with hearty stews and soups and root veggies; in with asparagus, tender young greens and tiny new potatoes.

And while each holiday has its own religious and traditional observations, many dishes prepared for the feasts have a lot in common. For Passover, eggs are used in abundance to replace the forbidden leavening; for Easter, eggs from the eponymous bunny find their way into many creative dishes. Clear broths served with matzo balls, thin noodles or tortellini usher in the holiday meal, and light fluffy cakes made with flour or matzo meal and egg whites offer a grand finale.

So set your table with daffodils, roast a leg of lamb or a ham and those tiny new potatoes, prepare a bunch of asparagus and perhaps a baby arugula and mache salad and whip up a feather-light spring-y (pun intended) cake.

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In a small bowl, mix together the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce and brown sugar. Being sure to coat all the spears, gently toss the asparagus with the balsamic mixture. Bake, gently tossing again once or twice, for 10 to 20 minutes, until asparagus are tender. Remove to platter, sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve hot, warm or at room temperature with roasted meat or fowl and potatoes.

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Delaying perennial cutbacks until March

BY KYRNAN HARVEY At the High Line, the exemplary greenway planted over the abandoned elevated railroad on the west side of Manhattan, the professional horticulturists wait until March for the “cutback” of herbaceous perennials.

The dry foliage and stalks gone to seed offer shelter, food and perching possibilities to birds. Leaving them uncut through winter also protects the dormant crowns of plants from winter cold and wind.

But there is a third reason practitioners of the New Perennialist movement delay until March — along with the ecological and the horticultural, there is also the aesthetic. The art of close observation has rewarded us with appreciation of the browns of winter: the lines, the textures and the patterns, especially with the white counterpoint of snow underneath and fresh snow draping the skeletal remains.

The 19th-century Irishman William Robinson was the progenitor of the movement that steered away from formal, geometrical, Victorian bedding-out schemes and garish patterns of hothouse flowers. Through his illustrated books, “The Wild Garden” and “The English Flower Garden” (readily available in reprints); his journal, The Garden; his famous garden Gravetye Manor in Sussex; and through his friendship and collaboration with his contemporary Gertrude Jekyll, he introduced many gardening traditions that today are synonymous with “the English garden” — herbaceous borders, mixed borders (small trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, biennials and annuals grown together in informal drifts), ground covers and rock gardens.

Robinson rejected the artificial, statuary, topiary, fountains and carpet bedding and extolled the naturalistic, the wild and the untidy. His inspiration was not Italian grandeur but rather the simple cottage garden: hardy plants from around the world naturalized to blend into their surroundings. “The best kind of garden grows out of the situation, as the primrose grows out of a cool bank,” he writes in “The English Garden.”

It is an aesthetic that discovers and appreciates the subtle beauties of the natural world

in all its diversity near and far. Karl Foerster (1874-1970) was a German nurseryman and writer who discovered a great many perennials, not least grasses, and elevated their status within gardening cognoscenti.

Many of these are North American natives — asters, coneflowers, goldenrods, and most importantly, grasses — but it was European plantsmen, nurserymens and philosopher-gardeners (Ernst Pagels, Mien Ruys, Rob Leopold, Henk Gerritsen, James van Sweden, Wolfgang Oehme) who in the mid-to-late 20th century introduced and popularized many dozens of plants — and the naturalistic aesthetic — that today we take for granted and that is now known as the New Perennialist movement.

And it is a Dutchman, Piet Oudolf, who today is the most acclaimed and influential plantsman and garden designer. The planting at the High Line is the embodiment of his celebrated aesthetic, and is merely one of his many public gardens revealed in a documentary that premiered last November titled “Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf.”

He has written numerous books but my favorite is “Oudolf Hummelo,” co-written with Noel Kingsbury. (Hummelo is his family garden in Holland started in 1982.) It is in his beautiful books (or his Instagram) that you will quickly appreciate the merits of delaying until March the cutback of perennials.

As winter drags on, I only just started to cut back the grasses to expose the pushing daffodils. I know of a gardener who uses a mower at its maximum cutting height, but I have Narcissus, Camassia, Allium and Eremurus visible already, so I use my gas-powered hedge trimmer, which makes really quick work of cutting down even the most beastly Miscanthus, and I can be careful not to step on the precocious perennials.

Nor am I in any rush to get to work on the late-winter pruning and cutback of summerblooming shrubs like Buddleia, Caryopteris, Hydrangea paniculata and roses. I prefer to wait until late March, when any threat of arctic blast is past.

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Thursday 22 An evening of jazz

The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook will welcome The Cammack, Bacherot and Hazard Trio in concert at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. To order, call 751-1895 or visit www.thejazzloft.org.

Shamanic Drumming

A session of Shamanic Drumming Meditation will be held at All Souls Church’s Parish Hall Basement, 10 Mill Pond Road, Stony Brook from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Led by Peter Maniscalco, the meditation seeks to integrate the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual parts of the human self, creating a state of well-being. Free.

Call 655-7798 for more information.

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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 for more information.

The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America will hold its monthly meeting at Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills at 7 p.m. All levels welcome. No charge to attend first meeting. For more information, please call 423-3738.

'The Sailing Circle'

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Wilderness Survival program

Caumsett State Historic Park, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington will host an adult Wilderness Survival program from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. In this hands-on program, learn how to find food, start a fire and build shelter. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 423-1770.

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STUNNING VIRTUOSITY Hailed by critics as 'an extraordinary pianist who has been captivating audiences with her flawless technique and expressive versatility,' Rachel Kudo will appear in concert at The Huntington Jewish Center on March 25 at 4 p.m.

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Mose Allison Tribute

The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook will present a Tribute to Mose Allison in the Carriage Museum’s Gillespie Room at 7 p.m. The evening will feature a film screening followed by a concert featuring Pete Kennedy, Abbie Gardner, Jack Licitra and Pat Wictor. Beer, wine and cider will be available for purchase. Advance tickets through March 23 are $25 at www.sundaystreet.org with tickets at the door for $30 (cash only). For more information, call 7510066. See story on page B7.

Comsewogue High School, 565 Bicycle Path, Port Jefferson Station will host a concert by the Sound Symphony Orchestra at 2 p.m. Directed

by Dorothy Savitch, the program will include works by Faure, Brahms and Haydn. Admission fee is $10 adults, $5 seniors and students, children under 10 free. For further info, visit www. soundsymphony.org.

Chamber music concert

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Community Service Fair

Celebrate St. James will present a lecture by Sal St. George titled "Burns & Allen, An Affectionate Romance" at the original Calderone Theater, 176 Second St., St. James from noon to 2 p.m. Get an insight in the lives of George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen. Tickets are $25 per person. RSVP at www.celebratestjames.org or call 862-6198.

Blessings in a Backpack Longwood Chapter will hold its 4th annual variety show, Lights, Camera, Auction, at the Mill Pond Country Club, 300 Mill Road, Medford from 6 to 10 p.m. Cash bar. $50 per person includes a buffet dinner.

For more information, call 327-6486.

Sound Symphony Orchestra concert

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket will welcome the Three Village Chamber Players in concert from 2 to 3 p.m.

Titled The Solo 17th and 18th Century Violin, the afternoon will feature Natalie Kress (violin) and Kyle Collins (harpsichord). Stop by and enjoy chamber music in the beautiful setting of the original 1892 library. Free. No need to register. Call 941-4080 for additional info.

Sunday 25

Variety show fundraiser

In honor of Women's History Month, Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook will present a lecture titled "The Sailing Circle" at 7 p.m. Bev Tyler of the Three Village Historical Society will discuss 19th century seafaring women from New York including such figures as Mary Swift Jones, Elizabeth Evans Jones and Mary Satterly Rowland. All are welcome to attend this free event. For more information, or to register, call 588-5024.

Wednesday 28 Italian Studies pgoram

The Shoreham Garden Club will hold a meeting at the Shoreham Village Hall, 80 Woodville Road, Shoreham at 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be Alice Raymond, a Cornell h orticulture consultant, who will give a presentation on the ruby-throated hummingbird. Learn how to attract these beautiful birds with feeders, annuals and perennials. All are welcome. Questions? Call 987-3733.

Join Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson for its 6th annual Community Service Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives from a range of community service organizations will be on hand to discuss how you can become involved. No registration required. Call 473-0022 or see page B4 for more info.

Tuesday 27

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Saturday 24

Join the staff at Caleb Smith State Park Preserve, 581 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown for an adult program titled Bird and Breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Enjoy a tasty continental breakfast before heading out into the preserve to search for any migrating birds and the usual local residents. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 265-1054.

As part of its Spring Lecture series, the Smithtown Historical Society will present "Woven Wonders – Highlights from the Textile Collection" in the Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown at 7 p.m.

Featuring more than 35 artifacts from the historical society’s textile collection. Admission is free.

Open to all. Light refreshments will be served. Call 265-6768 for additional details.

The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University's Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will host a book presentation on "New Italian Migrations to the United States" with editors Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra at 4 p.m. Open to all. For more information, call 632-7444.

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Friday 23

The Holtsville Ecology Site, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville will host the 2018 Brookhaven Town Home & Garden Show today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and March 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show will feature landscaping, ponds, walkways, fencing, sheds, free workshops, flowers galore and much more. Admission is $6 adults, children ages 16 and under are free. Questions? Call 758-9664.

Monday 26

Home and Garden Show

Easter Bake Sale

Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Church, 38 Mayflower Ave., Smithtown will hold a Pascha/Easter Bake Sale from noon to 3 p.m. Featuring an ethnic boutique with Pysanky, gifts and goodies.

Free admission. Questions? Please call 759-6083.

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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.

Rachel Kudo in Recital

Ridotto, concerts with a touch of theater, will present award-winning pianist Rachel Kudo in recital at the Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington at 4 p.m. Program will include works by Scarlatti, Brahms, Chopin and Schubert. An onstage interview will follow.

Tickets are $30 adults, $25 seniors, $20 members and $12 students. For reservations, call 385-0373. For more info, visit www.ridotto.org.

The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University's Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will welcome John Phillips, former ambassador of the United States to Italy, who will talk about his experience and share his reflections on his years of diplomatic service in Italy and San Marino at 2:30 p.m. All are invited. Call 632-7444 for more information.

Thursday 29 Singer-Songwriter Night

Join the Huntington Arts Council for its monthly Singer-Songwriter Night at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington from 7 to 10 p.m. Singer-songwriters of all skill levels, along with those who wish to come and support local music, are welcome. Original music only. No backline. Sign-up begins at 7 p.m. Mic opens at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. $10 donation to perform, $5 suggested for listeners.

Questions? Call 271-8423, ext. 12.

Theater ‘Nunsense’

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

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'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'

‘The Shape of Water’

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 hearts and a "tail" to tell, on March 24 at 8 p.m. and March 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.

The Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will screen "The Shape of Water" starring Sally Hawkins on March 23 at 9:15 p.m. Rated R. Tickets are $10 adults, $7 children ages 12 and under and seniors, $5 students. To order, call 632-2787 or visit www.stallercenter.com.

‘Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me’

As part of the Port Jefferson Documentary Series, The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook will screen "Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me" on March 26 at 7 p.m. Followed by a Q&A moderated by Tom Needham, Host of "Sounds of Film" on WUSB with guest speaker screenwriter and co-producer Laurence Maslon. Tickets are $7 per person at the door (no credit cards please).

For more information, call 473-5220 or visit www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.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, through April 29. Tickets range from $73 to $78. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater. com. See review on page B13.

'God of Carnage'

The Carriage House Players (CHP) will kick off the new year with Yasmina Reza's searing drama "God of Carnage" on March 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and March 25 at 3 p.m. The CHP perform in the Carriage House Theater at the Vanderbilt Museum, located at 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. A playground altercation between 11-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and children. For more information, call 516-5571207 or visit www.vanderbilt.org.

'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.

'Cinderella'

Come one, come all to the Huntington High School Drama Club's production of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" in the high school auditorium, 188 Oakwood Road, Huntington on March 23 at 7 p.m. and March 24 at 2 and 7 p.m. General admission is $10. Students, staff and seniors $5. For additional information, call 673-2001.

'Mamma Mia!'

Join the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown for a production of "Mamma Mia!" from March 24 to April 29. ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a teen’s search for her birth father on a Greek island paradise. With music and lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, book by Catherine Johnson. Tickets are $35 adults, $32 seniors, $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘Newton’ THE RAT PACK AND BEYOND The Port Jefferson Documentary Series continues with a screening of 'Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me' at the Long Island Musuem on March 26. The first major documentary to examine Davis' vast talent and journey for identity, 'Sammy ...' will feature interviews with Norman Lear, Billy Crystal, Jerry Lewis, Whoppi Goldberg and Kim Novak.

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Northport One-Act Play Festival

The 9th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival will be presented at The Playhouse at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 270 Main St. on April 13 at 7:30 p.m., April 14 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and April 15 at 3 p.m. Six plays will be performed at each program. Admission is $20 to each of the four festival performances. Reservations for prime seating (recommended) are available by calling 800-838-3006, or at www.northportplays.com.

'Two Gentlemen of Verona'

Suffolk County Community College, 533 College Road, Selden will present a production of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" in the Shea Theatre, Islip Arts Building, on April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and April 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. Mature content. General admission is $12, students 16 and younger $10. For more information, call 451-4346.

'Annie'

Chutzpah Repertory Theatre at Temple Beth El, 600 Park Ave., Huntington celebrates its

20th season with the musical "Annie" on April 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors and students (10 to 17), $10 children (10 and under). To order, call 421-5835, ext. 200.

Film ‘Same Kind of Different as Me’

East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, E. Northport will screen "Same Kind of Different as Me" starring Greg Kinnear on March 23 at 2 p.m. Free and open to all. Call 261-2313 for more info.

‘After the Storm’

The Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will screen "After the Storm" starring Hiroshi Abe on March 23 at 7 p.m. In Japanese with subtitles.

Tickets are $10 adults, $7 children ages 12 and under and seniors, $5 students. To order, call 632-2787 or visit www.stallercenter.com.

'Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'

In honor of Women's History Month, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" starring Oprah Winfrey on March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

With Alfred Lacks-Carter, grandson, in person.

Sponsored by Tracey Edwards, NAACP Long Island regional director. Free by registering at www.cinemaartscentre.org. For more info, call 423-7611.

Vendors wanted • Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce seeks vendors for its Trade Show 2018 at The Meadow Club, 1147 Route 112, Port Jefferson Station on Thursday, April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. Price per table is $125, $75 members. For an application, call 821-1313 or 698-7000, ext. 4018.

• The Friends of Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn is seeking vendors for its annual Flea Market & Craft Fair on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $30 for 10- by 10-foot space, extra $5 for a table. Applications are available online at www.harborfieldslibrary/ friends. For more information, call 757-4200.

SIMPLY DIVINE Last chance to see if Sister Mary Amnesia remembers her real name! Theatre Three's 'Nunsense' closes on March 24.

• Farmingville Residents Association will host its annual Flea Markets on May 27, June 24, Aug. 26 and Sept. 30 at the corner of Horseblock Road and Woodycrest Drive in Farmingville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain dates are the following Sundays. Interested vendors should call 880-7996 or email fra23@optonline.net for an application and pricing.

'12 Angry Men'

From April 7 to May 5 Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present a production of "12 Angry Men" on the Mainstage. A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father and it looks like an openand-shut case — until one of the jurors begins challenging the others. Reginald Rose’s electrifying classic explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite in one of the finest, most power dramas of all time. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors and students, $20 children ages 5 to 12. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

• Farmingville Hills Chamber of Commerce is looking for vendors for its 7th annual Farmingville Street Fair to be held on Portion Road between Leeds and S. Howell streets on Sunday, June 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further details, call 317-1738.

Festival of One-Act Plays

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present its 21st annual Festival of One-Act Plays featuring the world premieres of seven original plays at the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre on the Second Stage from April 14 to May 6.

Contains adult language and subject matter. All seats are $20. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

The Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will present a special screening of the documentary, “Newtown,” on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the filmmakers use unique access and never before heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history on December 14, 2012. Followed by a panel discussion with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Board Member Mary Beth Baxter, Student Teen Leader of March for Our Lives Long Island, and more TBA. Tickets are $12, $7 members. To order, call 423-7611.

TracyLynn Conner in a scene from 'Nunsense' Photo by Brian Hoerger, Theatre Three Productions Inc.

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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: 631–941–4141 • Fax: 631–751–6607 Parish Office email: parish@stjamessetauket.org Office Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 am - 2 pm

Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor Rev. Gerald Cestare, Associate Pastor Rev. John 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 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2018 Sunday, March 25th - Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Seven Last Words of Christ Scriture, Reflections and Song, Church 1:30 pm Monday, March 26th Diocesan-wide day of reconciliation Thursday, March 29th Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper Morning Prayer 8:00am The Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8:00pm followed by Procession to the Altar of Repose... Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament until 11:30pm; 11:30pm Night Prayer Friday, March 30th Friday of the Passion of the Lord/Good Friday Morning Prayer 8:00am Youth Stations of the Cross 12:00 Noon Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 3:00PM Evening Liturgy Of The Word, Adapted Stations of the Cross with Veneration of the Cross 8:00pm Saturday, March 31st Holy Saturday Morning Prayer 8:00am Easter Vigil 8:00pm Sunday, April 1st Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Morning Beach Mass at West Meadow Beach 5:30am Church 8:00am , 9:30am And 11:30am Parish Center 9:45Am and 11:45am There’s NO 6:00pm Mass

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

75 New York Avenue, Sound Beach, N.Y. 11789 Parish Office: 631-744-8566; FAX 631-744-8611

Parish Website: www.stlouisdm.org Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday: 9 am to 8 pm; Friday: 9 am to 4 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm; Closed on Sunday Mission Statement: To proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ’s love through our active involvement as a parish family in works of Charity, Faith, Worship, Justice and Mercy. ALL ARE WELCOME! No matter what your present status is in the Catholic Church. No matter your family situation. No matter your practice of faith. No matter your personal history, age or background. YOU are invited, respected and loved at St. Louis de Montfort.

Rev. Msgr. Christopher J. Heller, Pastor Rev. Lennard Sabio, Associate Pastor Rev. Msgr. Donald Hanson, In Residence Rev. Francis Pizzarelli, S.M.M., Parish Assistant Rev. Henry Vas, Parish Assistant Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday: 8:30 am in the Chapel Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5 pm Sunday: 7:30 am; 9:00 am; 10:30 am; 12 noon.

Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm.

Please contact Parish Office for an appointment.

Reconciliation: Saturday: 4-4:45 pm or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick: by request.

Holy Matrimony: Contact Parish Office at least six months in advance of desired date.

Religious Education: Contact 631-744-9515 Parish Outreach: Contact 631-209-0325 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: Contact 631-473-1211.

CONGREGATIONAL MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

“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.

Easter Services April 1st 6:00am Sunrise Service at Cedar Beach 8:30am Communion Service 10:00am Communion Service

EPISCOPAL

ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond

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 EASTER SERVICES Palm Sunday 8am & 9:30am Maundy Thursday 7pm • Good Friday 7pm Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil 7pm Easter Sunday 8am - 9:30am followed by Easter Egg Hunt 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.

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.

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

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ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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

“To know Christ and to make Him known” Rev. Duncan A.Burns, Rector Rev. John Morrison, Assistant Priest Rev. Anthony Jones, Deacon Alex Pryrodny, 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 Easter Sunday 7:30 am - Rite I Holy Eucharist 9am & 11am - Rite II Choral Holy Eucharist Easter Egg Hunt - 10:15am All Are Welcome!

EVANGELICAL

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

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!

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 “Judaism with a smile”

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

Current location: 821 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove

631-585–0521 • 800- My–Torah • www.ChabadSB.com

Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie 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

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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

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.

LUTHERAN–ELCA

HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR NURSERY SCHOOL

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 Saturday, March 24 Road to Resurrection Experience 2-4 p.m.

Palm Sunday - Saturday Service 5 p.m.

Palm Sunday -March 25 Services 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Maundy Thursday March 29 Services 12:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday March 30 Stations of the Cross at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Holy Saturday March 31 Vigil Service 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday April 1 Special Service Schedule 7:30, 9:30, and 11:15 a.m.

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

LUTHERAN–ELCA

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: 347–423–3523 Services: Sundays-8:30 and 10:30 am—Holy Communion Sunday School during 10:30 service Adult Bible Study — 9:30 am on Sundays Wednesday Night — 7:30 pm — Holy Communion Friday Morning —Power of Prayer Hour 10:30 am Special schedule for Holy Week Sunday,March 25 Palm Sunday-Procession with Palms-reading of the passion from Mark Monday, March 26-7:30pm Stations of the Cross Tuesday, March 27-7:30 pm Individual Absolution Wednesday, March 28-7:30 pm Affirmation of Baptism Thursday, March 29-noon and 7:30pm Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar Friday, March 30-noon and 7:30 pm Special Good Friday Tenebrae service Saturday, March 31-7:30pm The Great Vigil of Easter Sunday, April 1-8:30 and 10:30 am Feast of the Resurrection Holy Communion Join us for any service-all are welcome We are celebrating 100 years in Port Jefferson Station

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MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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 Easter Services: Tues. 6:15 pm - March 20 Wednesday 11 am - March 21 Maundy Thurs. 11 am & 7:30 pm March 29 Good Friday 11am & 7:30 pm - March 30 Easter Sunday - April 1 at 8am & 10:15 am w/Easter Egg hunt and Breakfast in between services

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

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NEWS AROUND TOWN

Gurwin Jewish seeks entries for popular annual Photo Contest

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urwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack invites all amateur photographers, including students, to submit entries for its 25th Annual Photo Contest sponsored by The Tiffen Company of Hauppauge.

Winners of the unique contest have the distinct honor of not only receiving recognition for their work, but the privilege of helping to enhance the lives of the 460 residents that call Gurwin “home,” as winning photographs are permanently displayed in the Center’s renowned Tiffin Gallery and throughout the facility for the enjoyment of residents, staff and visitors.

Nearly 1000 submissions are received each year from across the globe and are judged by a panel of professional photographers who choose the winners based on clarity, composition, subject matter and suitability for display at the Center.

Grand prize and honorable mentions, as well as Best-In-Show and Runner-Up winners are selected in each of 12 categories: Landscapes, Travel, People, Pets, Children, Wildlife, Nature, Still Life, Altered/Enhanced, Student, Long Island/ New York and Action/Sports. In addition, a panel of Gurwin residents weighs in on their favorites, choosing “Resident Selection” winners from among the entries.

“Our annual Photo Contest is a unique opportunity for our schools, local camera clubs and other members of the community to touch the lives of our residents,” said Stuart B. Almer, Gurwin’s President

Above, ‘Corinth Sheep’ by James Napoli, last year’s Best in Show Winner Photo courtesy of Gurwin Jewish

and CEO. “Their beautiful photos add a feeling of vibrancy to the facility; both residents and staff are eagerly awaiting this year’s crop of winners.”

Every submission is a “winner” in the sense that those not selected for a prize are repurposed by Gurwin’s staff for programs that benefit the residents. Prints are used as reminiscence aids, for visual

Religious METHODIST

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

stimulation and for art therapy, providing a source of comfort and inspiration, specifically for those residents in the Center’s Memory Care Unit and Adult Day Care Programs.

Winners are selected and notified in May. A reception at the Gurwin Center for winning photographers will be held in June where they will receive their cash

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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

Palm/Passion Sunday Worship at 9:30 am Maundy Thursday Service at 7:30 pm Good Friday Service 12:00-3:00 pm; Tenebrae Service at 8:00 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY: Sunrise Service at 6:30 am WORSHIP SERVICE at 10 am 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.

QUAKERS

Renewing, Restoring, Reviving for the 21st Century!

prize, award certificate and/or crystal trophy. Deadline for submissions is April 16.

Photographers may submit up to seven printed color or black and white 8×10 or 8×12 photographs for a fee of $5 per entry. Entry forms are available for download online at www.gurwin.org/about/ photo-contest or by calling the Gurwin Public Relations office at 631-715-2568.

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

worship: Sept. - June 11am , July - Aug. 9:30 am 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 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.

UNITY

UNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT 203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. 631–385–7180

www.unityhuntingtonny.org email: unitychurchny@yahoo.com FB & YouTube: Unity Church of Healing Light

Rev. Saba Mchunguzi, Minister

Sunday Service - 11:30 am - 12:30pm (Sign Language Interpreter) Sunday school for children and youth 3-17 years old Wednesday Prayer Group - 7:30 p.m. - 8:30pm We believe that everyone is a child of God and entitled to live a fulfi lling and productive life. We teach spiritual principles, such as affirmative prayer, the power of thought and the law of attraction (LOA). We celebrate a diverse fellowship where everyone finds acceptance. We are a member of Unity Worldwide Ministiries and affi liated with the Daily Word devotional booklet, and Silent Unity.

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

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KIDS KORNER

Storytime with Taylor Barnes & Noble, 600 Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove will welcome Taylor, a Girl Scout working on her Bronze Award, to the storytime stage on March 24 at 1:30 p.m. She will be reading stories and doing a craft with the children as well as collecting books for a local children’s charity.

Please stop by and support her in her goal. Call 724-0341 for more info.

Benner's Farm Old Fashioned Family Fun

EASTER EGG HUNTS

Celebrate World Water Day! Join the Long Island Explorium (formerly Maritime Explorium), 101 E. Main St., Port Jefferson in celebrating World Water Day on March 24 and 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. Design a water filtration system to clean dirty water. $5 per person. For more information, visit www. longislandexplorium.org or call 331-3277.

Photo by Giselle Barkley

The Easter Bunny will make a special visit to Northport on March 24.

Programs Easter Egg Hunt

Join the Smithtown Historical Society, 239 E. Main St., Smithtown for an Easter Egg Hunt on March 24 at 10 a.m. Age groups will be from 1 to 5 and 6 to 10. Please bring your own basket.

Free. More info at 265-6768.

Let’s Create Together Gallery North, 90 North Country Road, Setauket will present an art class for children ages 2 to 6 with an adult, Let’s Create Together, on March 24 from 10 to 11 a.m. Under the direction of Larissa Grass, students will created a mixed media still life inspired by Van Gogh’s sunflowers. $25 for pair. To register, call 751-2676 or visit www. gallerynorth.org.

Easter Egg Hunt Ronkonkoma Fire Department, 177 Portion Road, Ronkonkoma will host an Easter Egg Hunt on March 24 starting at 11 a.m. Featuring food, prizes, games, music and photos with the Easter Bunny. Rain date is March 25. $10 per child includes a basket. For tickets or more info, call 896-9540.

Model Train Show Love trains? The Smithtown Historical Society will host a Model Train Show in the Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown on March 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring operating layouts from Long Island HOTrack, Frank Kayz Trainz and Trainville Hobby Depot. Admission is $5 per person, $3 for children 12 and under.

Proceeds will benefit the society. For further information, call Vinnie at 524-0529.

Easter Bunny visits Northport Come say hello to the Easter Bunny along Route 25A in the Northport Business District on March 24 from 1 to 4 p.m., courtesy of the Northport Chamber of Commerce. Questions?

Call 754-3905.

Caleb Smith State Park Preserve, 581 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown will host a family program titled Hug a Tree and Survive! on March 25 from 2 to 3 p.m. Join the staff in exploring simple survival techniques for both children and parents. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 265-1054.

Spring break at the hatchery Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor will host a variety of activities on March 29 for spring break. Take part in a tour of the hatchery at 11 a.m., enjoy trout feeding demonstrations at 1 and again at 3 p.m. and learn about the hatchery’s reptiles and amphibians during a Live Animal Encounters program at 2 p.m. Admission is $6 adults, $4 children ages 3 to 12 and seniors, members free. Call 516-692-6768 for further details.

Theater ‘The Adventures of Peter Rabbit’

Spring Break Fun Camp

Summer Farm Camp

Registration going on now!

After School Programs, Mommy & Me, Birthday Parties, Workshops

631-689-8172 - bennersfarm.com 56 Gnarled Hollow Rd. Setauket

The mischievous little bunnies are back for spring break! Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present “The Adventures of Peter Rabbit” through April 14 at 11 a.m. Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, the McGregors and all their friends come to life in this delightful adaptation suggested by the characters created

by Beatrix Potter. All seats are $10. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

CAMP SETAUKET at

WORLD GYM

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Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant in “Seussical Jr.” playing at the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown through April 29. Dr. Seuss’ best-loved characters collide and cavort in this unforgettable musical caper! All seats are $15. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org. See the review on page B25.

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THEATER REVIEW

SCPA’s ‘Seussical Jr.’ is a wonderful magical adventure

BY HEIDI SUTTON With quirky worlds and peculiar creatures, some familiar and some not, Dr. Seuss’ enchanting stories have entertained children and adults for generations. Now the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts brings some of those most memorable tales to the theater’s stage with a Kids Performing for Kids production of “Seussical Jr.” The show opened on St. Patrick’s Day and runs through the end of April.

With book, music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Michael Flaherty, the show combines “Horton Hears a Who,” “Horton Hatches the Egg” and “Miss Gertrude McFuzz” with all their wonderful characters into a two-hour fantasmical musical adventure; in essence, creating the perfect respite on a chilly March afternoon.

Andrew Murano (“Shakespeare in Love”) directs an incredibly talented young cast of 23 actors, ranging from the age of 8 to 18, in bringing the magical world of Dr. Seuss to life in perfect rhyme, and oh, how magical it is!

From the moment the Cat in the Hat (Luke Ferrari) pops out of a trap door on the stage and belts out “Oh the Thinks You Can Think (When You Think About Seuss),” the show takes off and never loses momentum. Ferrari’s feline character serves as narrator and transports the audience from the Jungle of Nool with Horton the elephant and Gertrude the girl-bird, to the microscopic city of Who-ville with Jojo to, in the

Photos by Danielle Nigro

Above, Michael Loccisano as Horton, center, with the cast; right, Kieran Brown as Jojo and Luke Ferrari as the Cat in the Hat in a scene from ‘Seussical Jr.’ second act, the Circus McGurkus, with singing, dancing and uplifting messages.

While the entire cast does a great job, the main characters are simply outstanding. Michael Loccisano shines as Horton and his recurring solo, “Horton Hears a Who,” where a person’s a person no matter how small, is heartfelt. Kieran Brown is a natural as Jojo and his incredible talent is unveiled in “It’s Possible.”

Other standouts include Brooke Miranda

(Gertrude,) Lorelai Mucciolo (Sour Kangaroo) and Leah Kelly as Mayzie. Their futures as actors look promising indeed.

A nice touch is how the cutilize the aisles and even the balcony to convey the story. Designed by Ronald Green II, the costumes are lively and colorful and the set, constructed by Tim Golebiewski, look as if they’ve jumped right off the pages of one of Seuss’ books. The “Green Eggs and Ham” finale is just the cherry on top.

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown will present “Seussical Jr.” through April 29.

Booster seats are available and there is a 15-minute intermission. Meet the Cat in the Hat, Horton, Gertrude and Jojo in the lobby for photos after the show.

Children’s theater continues with “Willy Wonka Jr.” from May 19 to June 17 and “Mary Poppins Jr.” from Sept. 15 to Oct. 28. All seats are $15. To order, call 631724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

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SBU SPORTSWEEK MARCH 22 – MARCH 28, 2018

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Wilson’s HR lifts Stony Brook to series win “In difficult weather conditions, both teams competed at a high level, but I couldn’t be more proud of our guys with the way they just kept competing and competing the whole weekend,” head coach Matt Senk said.

“It is a great start to the conference schedule to get two out of three.”

Binghamton held a 5-3 lead entering the eighth inning of game 3, but Stony Brook plated four runs, three of which came off Wilson’s home run to right field, to take a 7-5 lead. Senior left-handed pitcher Kevin Kernan picked up the win after a scoreless eighth inning, and senior right-hander Aaron Pinto earned his sixth save of the season with a one-two-three ninth.

Wilson homered twice last weekend, driving in 10 runs. He had two hits in game 3 for his ninth multihit game of the season.

Stony Brook recorded three doubles in the second game of the series and two in the third to move to 46 this season.

Sophomore short stop Nick Grande, from Smithtown, had a career-best five hits in game 2 for his fourth multihit game of the season. He reached base safely in all three games of the series and extended his streak to 15 straight games. Senior left fielder Andruw Gazzola, from Coram, had two hits in game 2 for his second multihit game of the season.

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Stony Brook’s men’s lacrosse team held on to top University of Maryland Baltimore County 7-6 Sunday afternoon. Four Seawolves notched multipoint performances in the low-scoring March 18 affair as both teams opened American East conference play. Both teams moved to 2-5 on the year.

“We had our best defensive effort of the season against a very disciplined and wellcoached team,” head coach Jim Nagle said.

“Penalties let UMBC back in the game. I was proud the way our guys held on to get the ‘W.’” The Seawolves took advantage of an early man-up opportunity when freshman Jack Walsh, from Miller Place, put away a pass from junior Owen Daly.

Sophomore Wayne White, of Huntington, closed out a strong first quarter for Stony Brook and made it a 2-0 game in the closing minutes.

UMBC was able to get on the board with just under seven minutes remaining until the break, and tied the game at 2-all with a goal four minutes before halftime.

The Seawolves took the momentum into the locker room as they closed out the half with two goals in the final 3:12. Senior

The men’s lacrosse team celebrates its first America East conference win.

Tyler Anderson, from Wading River, won the ensuing faceoff and received a pass up top 30 seconds later for the score that put the Seawolves ahead. White struck again just before the halftime horn, burying a pass from freshman Mike McCannell.

UMBC put away three straight goals in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter to get back within a goal, but couldn’t get any closer as the Seawolves held on for the victory.

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Sophomore right fielder Michael Wilson’s three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Stony Brook baseball team to a 7-5 victory in game 3 of the series against America East conference rival Binghamton University March 18 at Joe Nathan Field.

The Seawolves (9-8 overall, 2-1 AE) won the series over the Bearcats (4-11, 1-2 AE) by taking games 1 and 3. Binghamton won game 2 — 8-6 in 10 innings — after Saturday’s game was finished Sunday due to the winds and rain.

Michael Wilson, above, slamed a three-run home run over right field to lift Stony Brook to a win over Binghamton. Nick Grande, on left, has reached base safely in 15 straight games.

Stony Brook hosted Manhattan College March 20, but results were not available by press time. The Seawolves will host nonconference foe Quinnipiac University for a three-

game series Saturday and Sunday. Stony Brook starts the first game of a doubleheader March 24 at noon, and first pitch for the single March 25 game will also be thrown at noon.

Kylie Ohlmiller has stellar holiday performance in win The eyes of March are smiling on the Seawolves. No. 1-ranked Stony Brook women’s lacrosse defeated a nationally ranked opponent for the fifth time this season March 17 at home, topping No. 13 Towson University in a nonconference game, 13-8.

Luck was on senior Kylie Ohlmiller’s side as she tied a career-high seven goals to lead the Seawolves to their seventh straight win of 2018. Stony Brook has now won seven straight to begin a season for the first time since 2015, when the program won 11 straight contests.

“I’m really proud of our program — this was another great test for us,” head coach Joe Spallina said. “I think we did some uncharacteristic things at times, but I tip my cap to Towson … they’re a great team.”

After Towson tied the game 7-7 with 13:25 left in action, Stony Brook went on a 6-1 run to close out the contest and remain undefeated. Ohlmiller recorded five of her seven goals in the final 13 minutes of the contest, tallying a hat trick in six straight games.

“When it was 7-7 in the second half, I think our leadership emerged and got it done,” Spallina said. “We deal with a lot of pressure [being the No. 1 team in the

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country], but we’ve done a good job so far having to live up to that. [Kylie Ohlmiller] took the game over in the second half. She made plays once she started to relax a little bit, and that’s just another example of how much she means to this team.”

Sophomore Taryn Ohlmiller, Kylie’s younger sister, and Ally Kennedy each added two goals and two assists while redshirt senior Courtney Murphy scored twice.

Keri McCarthy, of Hauppauge, had seven draw controls, and Samantha DiSalvo tallied five draw controls and a team-best three caused turnovers. The Seawolves won 14 of 23 draw controls and forced 22 turnovers, the most the program has caused so far this year.

Senior Anna Tesoriero, from Huntington, made four saves in net, earning her seventh win of the season. She and Kylie Ohlmiller were named America East Defensive Player of the Week and conference Player of the Week, respectively.

Stony Brook is back in America East action March 24, traveling to University of Massachusetts Lowell for a noon contest.

The Seawolves are back home March 30, hosting University of Vermont at 7 p.m

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