Arts & Lifestyles - September 7, 2017

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Choose your party’s candidate by voting in a primary on Sept. 12

Elections in Suffolk County in 2017 will be for county and local officials. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7. Political party primaries will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The winner in a party’s primary election will run in the general election on that party’s line.

Not every candidate running in every office will be involved in a primary. Primaries only occur when more than one candidate from a party wants the party line for a specific race. Primaries offer the voters an opportunity to choose the candidate who will be on the ballot in the general election for that party.

Many states have open primaries, which do not require that voters are enrolled in the party that is holding the primary. In fact, there are some states that permit voters to register to vote and select a party on the day of the primary. New York, however, has closed primaries, which means the voter must be enrolled in the party in order to vote in that party’s primary. The only exception to that rule is if a minor party allows voters who are not enrolled in any political party to vote in its party. This is rare, but this year any unaligned voter may vote in the primary held by the Reform Party.

Turnout is generally very low in a local election year and even lower in the primaries. The League of Women Voters encourages everyone who is eligible to vote in a primary to do so. To qualify to vote in this year’s primaries, you would have had to be registered to vote by Aug. 18 and, other than to vote in Reform Party, you must be enrolled in a party that is holding a primary in your election district.

Note that if you were changing your political party or had not been enrolled in a party, the change would have to have been done by Oct. 14, 2016. (New York State requires that voters who wish to change their party registration must do so prior to the

previous election.) So if, for example, you changed your party affiliation to (a hypothetical) Party Z on Nov. 10 of last year, you would not be able to vote in Party Z’s primary this year.

If you are not sure whether you are enrolled in a party, or want to know if your party is having any primaries in which you can vote, call the Suffolk County Board of Elections at 631-852-4500 or visit its website at www.suffolkvotes.com. Click the left side link to Check Your Registration, or visit the NYS Board of Election voter lookup page at https://voterlookup.elections. state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx. If you want to change your party affiliation for next year, this must be done by Oct. 13, 2017.

Remember that mistakes occasionally happen. If you know that you are eligible to vote in a primary and are told you are not in the poll book when you get to the polls, ask for an affidavit ballot. Affidavit ballots are turned into the Suffolk County Board of Elections, which will verify if you were eligible to vote in the primary and then notify you if your ballot was counted.

Never leave the polls without voting.

At the Nov. 7 general election you will be voting for Suffolk County district attorney, Suffolk County sheriff, County Court judge and Family Court judge as well as your Suffolk County legislator and many of your town public officials. In addition, there will be three propositions on the back of the ballot, which will be discussed in next month’s column. Learn the facts.

Be an educated voter.

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

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FESTIVAL

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Above and left, scenes from last year’s Dragon Boat Race Festival

Port Jefferson gears up for 4th annual Dragon Boat Race Festival Dragons will roar on the North Shore once again as the The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce hosts the 4th annual Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Festival on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The free event will take place at Mayor Jeanne Garant Harborfront Park, 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson and the village’s inner harbor.

The festival is the brainchild of Barbara Ransome, director of operations at the chamber, who attended a dragon boat race festival in Cape May, New Jersey, a few years ago.

Opening ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m. and include a performance by the Asian Veterans Color Guard, singing of the National Anthem by Erin and Keira Pipe, a Blessing of the Dragon and “Eye Dotting” ceremony to awaken the dragons, a history of dragon boat celebration in English and Chinese by Port Jefferson School District students and a special appearance by the dragon mascot, sponsored by the Harbor Ballet Theater.

This year’s event will consist of 33 teams and six dragon boats provided by High Five Dragon Boat Co. With the first race scheduled for 9 a.m., boat teams will compete on a 250-meter race course. Each team is made-up of 20 ‘paddlers’, one

steersman and one drummer. Heats will run all day, culminating in an awards ceremony at 5 p.m. All race teams will have their own ‘encampment’ along Harborfront Park as they are queuing up for their races. Team contests for the best team T-shirt and best costumed drummer will be judged in the middle of the day.

Spectators can easily view the race course from the park’s edge and pier.

In addition to the races, there will be a day-long festival featuring numerous performances including the famous Lion Dance, Taiko Drum performances, martial arts demonstrations and Asian singing and instrumentals. New this year is the addition of a long-spout teapot ceremony, a type of Kung Fu tea performance.

Various Asian delicacies will be offered from food vendors including pot stickers, sushi and vegetable lo-mein. Fried won tons, ice-cream, Acai Bowls, fried Oreos and zeppoles will also be available for purchase.

There will be many activities for children including painting dragon eggs, origami, trick yo-yo demonstrations, plastic straw dragons, making origami, visiting with a bearded dragon and even a photo booth to create a fun memory keepsake. In addition, the Port Jefferson

Free Library will host a craft table.

Adults can try their hand at traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy and enjoy chair massages by Panacea Massage & Wellness Studio of Port Jefferson. Various vendors will also be on hand including the Eastern Bonsai Society, Zen Gardens and Suffolk County Medical Society.

Special thanks to this year’s sponsors which include The Confucius Institute at Stony Brook University; LongIsland.com; HSBC; Murphy’s Marine Service-PJ Sea Tow; New York Community Bank, Roslyn Savings Division; News12; Jet Sanitation; Times Beacon Record News Media; Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Danfords Hotel, Marina and Spa; Island Federal Credit Union; Maggio Environmental and Servpro of Port Jefferson.

Free shuttle busses provided by the Port Jeff Jitney will make frequent stops on Oakland Avenue next to the Port Jefferson train station, the CVS parking lot on Barnum Avenue and the northeast corner of Belle Terre Road and Myrtle Avenue to bring eventgoers to the Port Jefferson Village Center from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come enjoy the festivities. For more information, call 631-473-1414 or visit www.portjeffdragonracefest.com.

7:45 a.m. Team captains meeting on the Great Lawn at Harborfront Park 8:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Food vendors, crafts, children activities, photo booth pictures, retail/educational/nonprofit vendor tables 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Continual Dragon Boat races in the Port Jefferson’s Inner Harbor 9 a.m. First races begin 9 a.m. Students from Sts. Philip and James School singing famous Chinese poem, ‘Youzi Yin’ 9:30 a.m. Performance by Taiko Tides — Japanese percussion instruments, drumming 10 a.m. Sound of Long Island Chorus — Chinese classic and modern singing and dancing 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Performance of Chinese traditional and folk dances by Yixin’s Dance Center 11:30 a.m. Performances by North Shore Youth Music Ensemble, Stony Brook Youth Chorus and Stony Brook Chinese School’s Tai Chi Team 12 to 1 p.m. Lunch break (no racing) 12 to 12:30 p.m. Parade of the Team TShirt Contest and Best Drummer Costume Contest. Location: Show Mobile 12:30 to 1 p.m. Long Island Chinese Dance Group, Long Island Waist Drum Club and History of Dragon Boat celebration 1 p.m. Dragon Boat races continue 1 to 2 p.m. Kung Fu and Tai Chi demonstrations by Shaolin Kung Fu and History of Dragon Boat Celebration in English and Chinese by students from Port Jefferson School District 2 p.m. Chinese ‘Peacock Dance’ performed by Alice and Emily Snyder, students from Edna Spears Elementary School and Stony Brook Chinese School’s Tai Chi Team 2:30 p.m. Min Li ‘Long-Mouth Teapot’ Ceremony (‘Kangfu’ Teapot Performance) 3 p.m. Performance by Stony Brook Youth Chorus and Yana LI Dance Group (Asian cultural performance, dancing, singing ) 3:30 p.m. United Martial Arts Center — Japanese Karate and Ninjutsu 4 p.m. Taiko Tides — Japanese percussion instruments, drumming 4:45 p.m. Last Dragon Boat race 5 to 5:30 p.m. Closing ceremonies and awards

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community news Job Fair comes to Smithtown

The Smithtown Library, 1 North Country Road, Smithtown will host a Job Fair on Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Representatives from over 25 local businesses are scheduled to attend including A Gentle Touch Senior Care, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Attentive Care, CAM Consulting, Castella Imports, Certified Laboratories, Club Demonstration Services, Dollar Tree, Eastern Suffolk BOCES, EOC of Suffolk, First in Service Staffing, Goodwill, Home Instead Senior Care, Lloyd Staffing, New Vitality, NRL Strategies, NY Community Bank, NY Life Insurance, Options for Community Living, Right At Home, SCOPE, SCWA, Suf-

folk AHRC, Teachers Federal Credit Union, UCP of Suffolk, Urban League of Mature Workers Program. All are welcome and no registration is required. Bring your resume and dress to impress. Questions? Call 631-8536600.

English for beginners Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station holds a Learn English for Beginners workshop every Thursday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Drop in anytime during this series to develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Free and open to all.

Call 631-928-1212 for details.

Seeking donations St. Gerard Majella Church’s Thrift Shop and Barn, 316 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and take a look at its 18th century historical house and barn. Donations of clothing, housewares, linens, lamps, toys, suitcases, holiday items and electronics and more are accepted.

Items may be dropped off during thrift shop hours or left in the donation bin located next to the house. For furniture donation pick up, please call 631-473-2900.

Farmers Markets

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The Town of Brookhaven Parks Center, 286 Hawkins Road, will host a farmers market on Saturdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Sept. 30. Call 516-551-8461 for more information.

Greenlawn The Value Drugs parking lot at the corner of E. Pulaski Road and Broadway, will host a farmers market on Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Sept. 24. Call 516-551-8461 for more information.

Huntington The Huntington Center Farmers Market, located on Main Street east of Route 110, is open every Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, through Nov. 19. Questions? Call Terry at 631323-3653 or visit longislandgrowersmarket.com.

Kings Park The Kings Park Farmers Market is held every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Municipal lot on the corner of Route 25A and Main St. (across from the fire department) through Nov. 19.

Visit www.ligreenmarket.org or call 845-802-3090.

Lake Grove HeartBeet Farms mobile farm stand will be parked at the Smith Haven Mall every Friday in front of Bobby’s Burgers through Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Offering fresh local produce. For more information, call 516-343-6247 or visit www.heartbeetfarms.com.

Northport The Village of Northport will host a Farmers Market in the Cow Harbor parking lot at the foot of Main Street every Saturday (except Sept. 16) through Nov. 18 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Held rain or shine. Call 631-754-3905 or visit www.northportfarmersmarket.org.

Port Jefferson The Village of Port Jefferson will host a Farmers Market in the Tommy’s Place parking lot, 109 Main St., Port Jefferson every Sunday through Nov. 26 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 516-551-8461.

A second Farmers Market is held every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Steam Room parking lot, corner of Main Street and East Broadway, through Oct. 5. Call 631-323-3653 for more information.

Rocky Point The Rocky Point Civic Association will present a Farmers & Artisans Market at Old Depot Park, on the corner of Broadway and Prince Road in Rocky Point every Sunday through November from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.rockypointfarmersmarket.org.

St. James New for the 2017 season, the St. James Lutheran Church, 230 2nd. Ave., St. James will host a Farmers Market every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 28. Featuring locally grown produce. Visit www.ligreenmarket.org or call 845-802-3090.

Setauket The Setauket Farmers Market returns to 93 North Country Road, Setauket every Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. Come support local farmers, food producers and artisans at this weekly market, held on the grounds adjacent to the Three Village Historical Society. Call 516-551-8461 for more information.

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determined by how we are raised and not by a roll of genes in forming our parents’ Why is the term race rarely used by sperm or eggs. If they were to follow their geneticists? The term race is not a scien- own criteria, racists would find that white tific one. It is largely cultural when ap- Catholics and Protestants are inferior to plied to humans. It is too ambiguous a Jews and Orientals in intelligence meaterm for describing a population of any sured by intelligence tests or IQs. The revival of racist ideology among one species.

For example, suppose I were a breeder groups like the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacy groups is not based on biology of dachshunds and I speor genetics. It is based on cialized in two varieties prejudice passed down by — one that had a black people who feel victimized coat of fur and the other if people different from that had a tan coat of fur. I them are treated with juswould not call them black tice, fairness and equal opor tan races. I would call portunity. them varieties of a specific The Civil War was fought breed called dachshunds over slavery. Thousands of of dogs who are described abolitionists participated to by biologists as the species hide escaped slaves, write Canis vulgaris. books and pamphlets deThe term race is vague. nouncing slavery and deIs it the varietal difference? manded the freedom of all Is it the collection of traits slaves. The Confederacy that we use for dogs, cats, seceded from the U.S. and horses, cattle and other fought to keep its slaves, domesticated animals? If many slave owners justifying it is applied to the color slavery on biblical grounds of dachshunds, does that — that it was a divine punmean humans are divided for the descendants into thousands of races if Germany made a ishment of a son who laughed at his I were to use McKusick’s special effort after drunken naked father. online reference work on Most ministers and Mendelian inheritance in World War II to teach priests in the North dehumans?

That work describes the racism of its Nazi nounced that interpretathousands of genetic past to all its school tion. We are not born with a knowledge of our past traits caused by single history. It has to be learned children so that gene malfunctions. Genetit has to be taught. It icists use the term breed error would never and is easier to avoid talking for genetically manipuagain be repeated. about our past errors than lated traits or collections to ignore them. of traits by human selecGermany made a special tion or breeding. They use the term varieties or naturally occurring effort after World War II to teach the racvariations in a population or for new va- ism of its Nazi past to all its school chilrieties arising by mutation in a sperm dren so that error would never again be repeated. Let us hope that we teach our or egg.

Racism is used to describe a social ap- youth that we are one living species, Homo plication of race to designate rights and sapiens, and in the Judeo-Christian tradito assign attributes to other races by tion we all have one ancestor in common.

In the scientific tradition we also have members of a specific race. There is far more genetic variation within a single one human species in recorded history race than there is between any two races. and enormous genetic variation that is The criteria for classifying human races constantly changing as humans migrate are often arbitrary and are based on skin around the world, settle down or move on color, facial appearance, hair texture and to new areas of the Earth. Most of that other visually distinctive traits. Many of variation is in Africa where our species these traits involve quantitative factors first arose.

It is ironic that whites who enslaved (like skin color), and thus racial mixture quickly obliterates the sharp racial traits or colonized Africa diminished, in their initially used to describe a person of a minds, this genetic variation and reduced it to racist formulas of a handful of physispecific race.

Quite a few people who have consid- cal or behavioral traits. I hope this revived ered themselves and their immediate racism will recede and our focus will shift family as white are surprised when they to problems that can and should be solved send off DNA to be analyzed and discover by our elected representatives. Those they have percentages of African, Asian, problems are overwhelmingly caused by Hispanic, Native American or Jewish an- our social and economic conditions and cestry along with their majority Cauca- not by our genes. sian Western European ancestry.

Elof Axel Carlson is a distinguished Racism is particularly destructive in assigning behavioral traits (personality, teaching professor emeritus in the Departintelligence and social failure or inad- ment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at equacy) to race. Most of those traits are Stony Brook University.

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Everyone has heard of pancreatic cancer, but pancreatitis is a significantly more common disease in gastroenterology and seems to be on an upward projection. Ironically, this disease gets almost no coverage in the general press. In the United States, it is among the top reasons for patients to be admitted to the hospital (1).

Now that I have your attention, let’s define pancreatitis. A rudimentary definition is an inflammation of the pancreas. There are both acute and chronic forms. We are going to address the acute — abrupt and of short duration — form. There are three acute types: mild, moderate and severe. Those with the mild type don’t have organ failure, whereas those with moderate acute pancreatitis experience short-term or transient (less than 48 hours) organ failure.

By David Those with the seDunaief, M.D. vere type have persistent organ failure. One in five patients present with moderate or severe levels (2).

What are the symptoms?

In order to diagnosis this disease, the American College of Gastroenterology guidelines suggest that two of three symptoms be present. The three symptoms include severe abdominal pain; increased enzymes, amylase or lipase, that are at least three times greater than normal; and radiologic imaging (ultrasound, CT, MRI, abdominal and chest X-rays) that shows characteristic findings for this disease (3).

Most of the time, the abdominal pain is in the central upper abdomen near the stomach (epigastric), and it may also present with pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen (4). Approximately 90 percent of patients may also experience nausea and vomiting (5). In half of patients, there may also be pain that radiates to the back.

What are the risk factors?

There is a multitude of risk factors for acute pancreatitis. These include gallstones, alcohol, obesity and, to a much lesser degree, drugs.

Gallstones and alcohol may cause up to 75 percent of the cases (2). Many of the other cases of acute pancreatitis are considered idiopathic (of unknown causes). Although medications are potentially responsible for between 1.4 and 5.3 percent of cases, making it rare, the number of medications implicated is diverse (6, 7). These include certain classes of diabetes therapies, some antibiotics — Flagyl (metronidazole) and tetracycline — and immunosuppressive drugs used to treat ailments like autoimmune diseases. Even calcium may potentially increase the risk.

Obesity effects

When given a multiple-choice question for risk factors that includes obesity as one of the answers, it’s a safe bet to choose that answer. Pancreatitis is no exception. However, in a recent study, using the Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men, results showed that central

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The pancreas is about 6 inches long and sits across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. obesity is an important risk factor, not body mass index or obesity overall (8). In other words, it is fat in the belly that is very important, since this may increase risk more than twofold for the occurrence of a firsttime acute pancreatitis episode.

Those who had a waist circumference of greater than 105 cm (41 inches) experienced this significantly increased risk compared to those who had a waist circumference of 75 to 85 cm (29.5 to 33.5 inches). The association between central obesity and acute pancreatitis occurred in both gallbladder-induced and non-gallbladder-induced disease.

There were 68,158 patients involved in the study, which had a median duration of 12 years. Remember that waistline is measured from the navel, not from the hips. This may be a surprising wake-up call for some.

Mortality risks

What makes acute pancreatitis so noteworthy and potentially dangerous is that the rate of organ failure and mortality is surprisingly high. One study found that the risk of mortality was 5 percent overall. This statistic broke out into a smaller percentage for mild acute pancreatitis and a greater percentage for severe acute pancreatitis, 1.5 and 17 percent, respectively (9). This was a prospective (forward-looking) observational trial involving 1,005 patients. However, in another study, when patients were hospitalized for this disease, the mortality rate was even higher, at 10 percent overall (10).

Diabetes risks

The pancreas is a critical organ for balancing glucose (sugar) in the body. In a recent meta-analysis (involving 24 observational trials), results showed that more than one-third of patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis went on to develop prediabetes or diabetes (11). Within the first year, 15 percent of patients were newly diagnosed with diabetes. After five years, it was even worse; the risk of diabetes increased 2.7-fold. If we can reduce the risk of pancreatitis, we may also help reduce the risk of diabetes.

Surgical treatments

Gallstones and gallbladder sludge are major risk factors, accounting for 35 to 40 percent of acute pancreatitis incidence (12).

Gallstones are thought to cause pancreatitis by temporarily blocking the duct shared by the pancreas and gallbladder that leads into the small intestine. When the liver enzyme ALT is elevated threefold (measured through

a simple blood test), it has a positive predictive value of 95 percent that it is indeed gallstone-induced pancreatitis (13).

If it is gallstone-induced, surgery plays an important role in helping to resolve pancreatitis and prevent recurrence of acute pancreatitis. In a recent study, results showed that surgery to remove the gallbladder was better than medical treatment when comparing hospitalized patients with this disease (14). Surgery trumped medical treatment in terms of outcomes, complication rates, length of stay in the hospital and overall cost for patients with mild acute pancreatitis.

This was a retrospective (backward-looking) study with 102 patients.

Can diet have an impact?

The short answer is: Yes. What foods specifically? In a large, prospective observational study, results showed that there was a direct linear relationship between those who consumed vegetables and a decreased risk of nongallstone acute pancreatitis (15). For every two serving of vegetables, there was 17 percent drop in the risk of pancreatitis.

Those who consumed the most vegetables — the highest quintile (4.6 servings per day) — had a 44 percent reduction in disease risk, compared to those who were in the lowest quintile (0.8 servings per day). There were 80,000 participants involved in the study with an 11-year follow-up. The authors surmise that the reason for this effect with vegetables may have to do with their antioxidant properties, since acute pancreatitis increases oxidative stress on the pancreas.

References:

(1) Gastroenterology. 2012;143:11791187. (2) www.uptodate.com. (3) Am J Gastroenterol. 2013;108:1400-1415. (4) JAMA. 2004;291:2865-2868. (5) Am J Gastroenterol.

2006;101:2379-2400. (6) Gut. 1995;37:565567. (7) Dig Dis Sci. 2010;55:2977-2981. (8) Am J Gastroenterol. 2013;108:133-139. (9) Dig Liver Dis. 2004;36:205-211. (10) Dig Dis Sci. 1985;30:573-574. (11) Gut. 2014;63:818831. (12) Gastroenterology. 2007;132:20222044. (13) Am J Gastroenterol. 1994;89:18631866. (14) Am J Surg online. 2014 Sept. 20.

(15) Gut. 2013;62:1187-1192.

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

Evening Labyrinth Walk

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket will host an Evening Labyrinth Walk on Sept.

12 at 8 p.m. Certified labyrinth facilitator, Linda Mikell, will explain the threestep meditation and help you to set an intention for the walk, which will focus on honoring and remembering loved ones. Each participant is asked to bring a picture or token representing their loved one if they wish. With live music accompaniment from Keenan Zach playing the string bass. Free will donation. For more information, call 631-543-0337.

Medicine Collection Day

The Northport Police Department in conjunction with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office will collect unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications on Thursday, Sept. 13 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Collections will be held at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport (pills only) and the East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, E. Northport (pills, liquids and needles). No questions asked and no personal information required.

For further details, call 631-261-6930.

Stroke Support

Stony Brook Neurology Clinic, 181 Belle Meade Road, East Setauket, hosts a Stroke Support Group Meeting on the last Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. This meeting is open to all stroke survivors, family members and caregivers. For additional information, please call 631-638-2638.

Knit & Crochet

Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station will host a Knit & Crochet workshop on Friday, Sept. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring your current project and drop-in to work and chat with others in a relaxed setting. Free and open to all. Call 928-1212 for details.

American Flag Collection

Throughout September, the American Legion, Greenlawn Post 1244, will have a flag collection box in the lobby of Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. Old, tattered and torn American flags will be collected and disposed of in a ceremony that is befitting their status as the symbol of our great country. For more information, call 631-757-4200.

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Commack School District will host its annual 9/11 Night of Reflection on the football field at Commack High School, 1 Scholar Lane, Commack at 6 p.m. Call 631-261-0360.

Commack Fire Department, 6309 Jericho Turnpike, Commack will hold a 9/11 memorial service at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Call 631-499-6690 for additional information.

East Northport The East Northport Fire Department will hold a 9/11 memorial ceremony at the main firehouse, 1 9th Ave., East Northport at 9:45 a.m. Call 631-261-0360.

Huntington The Town of Huntington will remember those who perished on 9/11 with a reading of the names in front of the 9/11 memorial in Heckscher Park, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington at noon. For further information, call 631-351-3000.

Heckscher Park, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington will host a 9/11 Rembembrance Candlelight Prayer Service at the Chapin Rainbow Stage from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. A program of music, reading and a candle lighting is planned. All are welcome. Call 631-423-4004 for details.

Melville Fire Department will hold a candelight 9/11 memorial service at Station #3, 274 Old Country Road, Melville at 8 p.m. Questions?

Call 631-423-2635.

Port Jefferson The Order Sons of Italy, Vigiano Brothers Lodge 3436 invites the community to a Memorial Candlelight Remembrance of 9/11 at Harborfront Park, 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson at 6 p.m. Candles and refreshments will be provided. Call 631928-7489 for further information.

Rocky Point The Rocky Point Fire Department will mark the 16th anniversary of 9/11 with a ceremony at the corner of Route 25A and Tesla Street in Shoreham (next to the Shoreham Firehouse) at 7 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 631-744-2390.

Setauket A 9/11 ceremony will be held at the Setauket Fire Department, Station #3, 394 Nicolls Road, Setauket at 7:30 p.m.

All are welcome. Call 631-941-4900 for additional info.

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The 1970s ACROSS 1. Private instructor 6. It’s shining in “America the Beautiful” 9. Not all 13. Lickety-split 14. Eyeball shape 15. Take a chance 16. Pull strings 17. *____ People’s Democratic Republic 18. Not quite right 19. *Poison to members of Peoples Temple 21. *Olympic massacre location 23. Weary traveler’s destination 24. Competently 25. Cha-____, dance 28. ____ ex machina 30. Buddhist doctrine 35. Centers of activity 37. “Hey ... over here!”

39. Result of pitcher’s dominance 40. *Islamic Revolution locale 41. Romanov rulers 43. Deity, in Sanskrit 44. Singular of loci 46. Iranian coin 47. The sun, e.g.

48. Brain teaser 50. France’s third-largest city 52. *Heavyweight champion 53. Ice ____ or Middle ____ 55. Short for detective 57. *First U.S. space station 60. *Gregory Peck horror film 64. Declare invalid 65. Be in the red 67. Blind alternative 68. Gaelic-speaking Celts 69. Neither 70. In accordance with law 71. Fencing weapon 72. Old-fashioned “far” 73. Declaration of Independence, e.g.

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8. Manhattan Project invention 9. Big rig 10. Like ear infection 11. Pit at a concert 12. Lt.’s subordinate 15. India’s national tree 20. All thumbs 22. Final, abbr.

24. Goes after 25. *Pinochet’s home 26. Great lake 27. Primitive calculators 29. *Kabul invader 31. Show of agreement, pl.

32. Kappa Alpha _____ 33. One to beat 34. *Pong manufacturer 36. Like a bug in a rug 38. Cafeteria holder 42. Three-toed tree dweller 45. S on garment, pl.

49. Turkish military leader 51. Goad or provoke 54. Jet black 56. Like apple prepped for cooking 57. Ginger cookie 58. Proposal joint 59. Eggnog time 60. Seaside bird 61. New Testament sages 62. *Record label of The Jacksons and ABBA 63. Post-deductions amount 64. “This is the dawning of the ____ of Aquarius” 66. Go a-courting *Theme related clue.

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The air will be filled with the sounds of bluegrass, blues and folk music in Setauket on Sept. 10 when Benner’s Farm hosts its sixth annual Fiddle & Folk Festival.

The farm’s owner Bob Benner said last year nearly 300 music lovers attended the festival where they explored the organic, solar-powered working farm and visited the animals while listening to music. “It’s an old-fashioned festival,” Benner said. “It’s pretty much held all over the farm.”

Charlie Backfish, host of the long-running, weekly WUSB radio program “Sunday Street,” said the festival’s location sets it apart from others.

“There aren’t too many [festivals] that actually take place on a working farm,” Backfish said. “The locale is terrific, and the performers we have are top-notch performers; so it’s a nice combination.”

Emceed by Long Island guitarist and singer Bob Westcott, the festival will feature headliners Daisycutter, The End of America and He-Bird, She-Bird.

Backfish said he’s familiar with the groups and looks forward to their performances. He said the group Daisycutter, from upstate New York, features fiddler Sara Milonovich. The End of America comes from Philadelphia and consists of three singers with incredible harmonies, and they’ve been compared to the early days of Crosby, Stills and Nash, according to the radio disc jockey. He-Bird, She-Bird, a trio from Long Island who sing both originals and covers, Backfish said, perform a roots music type of sound.

“I think we have three interesting acts there,” Backfish said. “They’ll all be on the main stage, and then there’s a second stage at the festival — a meet-the-performers stage. That’s the one that I’ll be hosting, where the audience has a chance to ask questions of the musicians and hear them do some songs that they’re not doing on the main stage.”

Benner said the stage to meet the performers is the solar-powered Shady Grove Stage close to the woods. There will also be a Fiddle Workshop in Jam Hollow where attendees can bring their own instruments to join in on the musical fun.

Amy Tuttle, program director of Greater Port Jefferson-North Brookhaven Arts

Council, said the Stony Brook Roots Ensemble will be on hand for a special performance. The local music group is comprised of classically trained musicians who share a love of American roots music.

“They are terrific,” Tuttle said. “I’ve found that many outstanding young bluegrass musicians across the country are classically trained, and I’m delighted that we have such a talented homegrown group to present at the Fiddle & Folk Festival.”

For those who aren’t musically inclined, they can participate in contra dancing with a live band led by Rusty Ford, and children can enjoy stories and create artwork in the Kids Corner.

Backfish said for WUSB there is a personal connection to the festival. The station’s radio programmer Gerry Reimer, who died in 2012, was in talks with Benner to bring back the Fiddle & Folk Festival, which was formerly held on the property of The Long Island Museum.

“I think she would very much like what has happened and how this festival continues,” Backfish said Tuttle said the members of the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council enjoy a variety of musical genres and have enjoyed the performers at past festivals at Benner’s.

“They are also very supportive of independent artists,” she said. “The same audience that loves the artistry, lovely surroundings and feeling of community at the Sunset Concerts in Port Jeff also enjoys those same aspects at the Fiddle & Folk Festival.”

Benner said he is looking forward to the event and music lovers coming together as they have the last few years on the farm.

“It’s a day to come out and leave the world’s problems behind for a few hours and enjoy some music and community,” Benner said.

Presented by Homestead Arts, Benner’s Farm, the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council, TBR News Media and WUSB Radio, the music festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine. Benner’s Farm is located at 56 Gnarled Hollow Road in East Setauket.

Admission to the festival is $18 for adults, and $13 for children and seniors at the door. Please bring seating. For more information, call 631-689-8172 or visit www. fiddleandfolk.com.

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By Daniel Dunaief It may take a village and then some to conquer pancreatic cancer, which is pretty close to what The Cancer Genome Atlas project assembled.

Pulling together over 200 researchers from facilities across the United States, the TCGA recently published an article in the journal Cancer Cell in which the scientists explored genetic, proteomic and clinical information from 150 pancreatic cancer patients.

Richard Moffitt, an assistant professor in the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pathology at Stony Brook University who joined the institution at the end of July, was the analysis coordinator for this extensive effort.

‘Moffitt has brought hard work, amazing creativity and great scientific knowledge to the project.’

— Ralph Hruban The results of this research, which worked with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common form of this cancer, offered a look at specific genetic changes involved in pancreatic cancer, which is the third leading cause of death from cancer.

“The study has several immediate clinical implications for patients facing the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer,” Ralph Hruban, one of the corresponding authors on the article and the director of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, wrote in an email.

The work “provides hope for future clinical trials in that 42 percent of patients within this cohort had cancers with at least one genetic alteration that could potentially be therapeutically targetable, and 25 percent of the patients had cancers with two or more such events.”

These genetic findings suggest a potential basis for

genetic change-driven therapy trials down the road, Hruban suggested.

As the analysis coordinator, Moffitt “played a critical role” Hruban continued. “He brought hard work, amazing creativity and great scientific knowledge to the project.”

Moffitt joined this effort about four years ago, after the collaboration began.

The assistant professor said he pulled together the various data sets and analysis results from different teams and helped turn that into a “coherent overall story.”

Moffitt was also in charge of the messenger RNA analysis.

He had been at the University of North Carolina as a postdoctoral researcher in Vice Chair of Research Jen Jen Yeh’s lab for the last five years until his recent move to Stony Brook.

Benjamin Raphael, another corresponding author on the article and a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, suggested Moffitt played a critical part in the recent work.

“In any large-scale collaboration such as this one, there tend to be a smaller number of researchers who play an outsized role in the project,” Raphael explained in an email. Moffitt “played such an outsized role. Without his dedication to the project over the past few years, it is doubtful that our analysis” would have been as comprehensive.

Members of TCGA contacted Moffitt and Yeh because the tandem were working on a new approach to studying gene expression that would eventually be published in a 2015 Nature Genetics article.

Working with Yeh, Moffitt helped tease apart the genetic signature of pancreatic cancer cells from the different types of cells around it, which also includes healthy cells and a cluster of dense cells around the tumor called the stroma.

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Richard Moffitt, who joined Stony Brook university’s Biomedical informatics and Pathology departments at the end of July, recently contributed to an extensive study of pancreatic cancer. the outside but different on the inside and only having 10 in a bag of 100, figuring out what 10 [are] ‘tumor’ colors on the inside was very challenging,” Yeh explained in an email.

The TCGA study explains subtypes of cancer Moffitt didn’t know existed just a few years ago, while exploring the possible role that micro RNA and DNA methylation — the process of adding or taking away a methyl group from a genetic sequence to turn on and off genes — has in describing those subtypes.

Researchers “need projects like TCGA that are a really well-controlled way to study almost every molecule you want to study systematically for 150 cases to reveal these networks,” Moffitt said.

Moffitt has coupled his appreciation for algorithms and math with an interest in biology and engineering.

His Ph.D. was done in a dry lab, which didn’t even have a sink. When he moved to UNC to conduct his postdoctoral work, he took a different approach and worked with surgical oncologists on tissue samples.

Moffitt plans to continue working with TCGA data and also to see how the subtypes can be used to predict responses to therapies.

Some time in the future, researchers hope patients can get a diagnostic biopsy that will direct them to the specific therapy they receive, Moffitt said.

Moffitt grew up in Florida and earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at Georgia Tech before completing his postdoctoral research at UNC. He has been gradually drifting north.

Moffitt and his wife Andrea, who just started her postdoctoral work with Michael Wigler and Dan Levy at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, live in Stony Brook.

The water on Long Island is colder than it is in Florida, where Moffitt spent considerable time on a show skiing team.

This was his version of a varsity sport, where he spent about six hours a day on Saturday and Sunday during the spring and about three hours a night before tournaments performing moving pyramids, among other tricks.

When he was in high school, Moffitt wrote a computer program that automates the show skiing scoring process.

Moffitt processes the world through probabilities, which figured into the way he chose stocks in high school as a part of a stock picking competition and the way he approached his picks for March Madness.

His basketball bracket won a competition for bragging rights among about a dozen entrants in 2016 and he was one game away from repeating in 2017 until UNC beat Gonzaga.

As for his Stony Brook effort, Moffitt plans to collaborate with members of the Cancer Center as well. “Being in demand is a good thing.”

Bringing together people and socializing is what you desire this week, Sagittarius.

Therefore, why not host a party or organize a night out with friends?

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

It is important not to let others make decisions for you, Capricorn. If you feel strongly about something, speak up for yourself and others will notice your assertiveness.

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Someone close to you may be having difficulties he or she is not able to verbalize, Aquarius. Be patient with this person and help work through all of the angles.

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The series, which is sponsored by the Greater Port Jefferson North Brookhaven Arts Council, the Suffolk County Office of Film and Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, will present eight award-winning documentaries through Oct. 30, with the first and last to be screened at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook and the rest at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson.

Each film will be followed by a Q&A with guest speakers.

The documentaries were hand-picked by a seven-member film board which includes co-directors Lyn Boland, Barbara Sverd and Wendy Feinberg along with Honey Katz, Phyllis Ross, Lorie Rothstein and Lynn Rein.

This season will mark the series’ 12th year which is just fine for the film ladies, as they are affectionately called. “I think after 10 years I started to become a believer that it was actually going to have some staying power,” said Boland in a recent phone interview. “I was always holding my breath hoping that we would be there the next year … now I believe that the show will go on.”

Boland said working with the group is “an absolute pleasure. I’m really dumbfounded that everyone sticks around every year,” she laughed. “It seems like the amount of work that has to get done just gets bigger each time because we add things every year — the audience award, surveys, sponsors, concerts. We want to add something ‘special’ to each season.”

This fall’s dynamic line-up was selected after the members attended the Stony Brook Film Festival, DOC NYC, the Hamptons Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival.

The group as a whole is most excited about presenting “Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan,” a behind the scenes look at the New York City Ballet’s long-time principal dancer Wendy Whelan as she faces injury and retirement. “It just took everyone’s breath away,” gushed Boland. “The film just wins you over, plus if you love watching ballet, the ballet sequences are just the perfect length to see how great she was.” Whelan will appear in person at the screening.

Personally, Boland is looking forward to sharing “City of Ghosts” with the audience.

“I think it is the most important film this season because it’s really an inside look at what is going on in Syria,” she said. “When you see it, it’s just so horrifying. We knew we had to get this story out — that people have to see this. What’s going on there is so devastating that you can’t believe it’s not on the news every night.”

Boland is also excited to share “House of Z” which traces dress designer Zac Posen’s career. “I think that the fashionistas and ‘Project Runway’ fans in the audience are going to love every minute of ‘House of Z’ because you really get to see behind the scenes [of the fashion industry],” she said.

One film that has garnered a lot of interest from music lovers, especially blues fans, is the series’ final film, “Sidemen: Long Road To Glory.” The documentary highlights the lives and legacies of Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Hubert Sulin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen and will be preceded by a special blues concert with Scott Sharrard, lead guitarist for the Gregg Allman Band, who makes an appearance in the film.

The film ladies are grateful for the support of the local venues that host their films.

“Theatre Three is our home, that’s where we started. It’s a great size, 400 seats, and we have a wonderful relationship with Jeff Sanzel,” said Boland. With 129 seats, the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room in the Carriage Museum “provides for a more intimate experience and the films screened there tie in to one of the museum’s exhibits.”

Boland relishes the positive feedback she receives after each screening. “I love it when someone is really ‘woke’ by the film, but I also love it when they just love the film and the subject.” For her, the goal of the PJDS is to provide “insight into something and in a very, very small way, cause disruption of people’s previously held ideas and open up a discussion.”

The Port Jefferson Documentary Series will be held at 7 p.m. every Monday night from Sept. 11 to Oct. 30 at Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson or The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook. Please check the film schedule on page B30. Tickets, sold at the door, are $7 per person. (No credit cards please). If you would like to volunteer, please call 631-473-5200. For more information, visit www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.com.

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Visions of Culper spy Day 2016

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Third annual Culper Spy Day celebrates our Revolutionary story

By Jenna Lennon ‘Lucky is the child who listens to a story from an elder and treasures it for years.’

— Barbara Russell, Brookhaven Town Historian

M

argo Arceri first heard about George Washington’s Setauket spies from her Strong’s Neck neighbor and local historian, Kate W. Strong, in the early 1970s.

Arceri lights up when talking about her favorite spy, Anna Smith Strong. “Kate W. Strong, Anna Smith Strong’s great-great-granddaughter, originally told me about the Culper Spy Ring when I used to visit her with my neighbor and Strong descendant Raymond Brewster Strong III. One of her stories was about Nancy (Anna Smith Strong’s nickname) and her magic clothesline. My love of history grew from there,” she said.

Four years ago Arceri approached the Three Village Historical Society’s President Steve Hintze and the board about conducting walking, biking and kayaking tours while sharing her knowledge of George Washington’s Long Island intelligence during the American Revolution.

Today, Arceri runs Tri-Spy Tours in the Three Village area, which follows in the actual footsteps of the Culper Spy Ring. “I wanted to target that 20- to 60-year-old active person,” she said. “I have to thank AMC’s miniseries ‘Turn’ because 80 percent of the people who sign up for the tour do so because of that show,” she laughs.

It was during one of those tours that Arceri came up with the idea of having a Culper Spy Day. “Visiting places like the Brewster House, which is owned by The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, the grave site of genre artist William Sidney Mount at the Setauket Presbyterian Church cemetery (whose paintings are at The Long Island Museum) and the Country House, which every one of the spies visited,” Arceri thought “there has to be a day designated to celebrating all these organizations in the Three Village and surrounding areas; where each of us can give our little piece of the story and that’s how Culper Spy Day developed.”

After a successful two-year run, the third annual Culper Spy Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. offering self-guided tours of 15 locations.

One event you won’t want to miss is the display of historic letters at Stony Brook University’s Special Collections and University Archives located on the second floor of the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library.

Last year more than 60 people came to see two of George Washington’s letters during the event. This year, they’re hoping for an even bigger turnout with four handwritten letters that illustrate the “history and impact of the Culper Spy Ring,” according to head director Kristen Nyitray.

The letters, which were penned by Nathaniel Woodhull, James Jay and Washington, “underscore Setauket’s and the Spy Ring’s pivotal role in the framing of our country,” she said.

The first of Washington’s letters, dated Sept. 24, 1779, addresses issues regarding Robert Townsend, whose code name was

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Head of Special Collections and University archives at Stony Brook University, Kristen nyitray, with a letter by nathaniel Woodhull, one of four letters on view during Culper Spy Day Samuel Culper Jr. It was received just a few days later, as noted on the letter, by Washington’s spymaster, Benjamin Tallmadge.

The letter offers methods of gathering intelligence, such as the mention of using “the stain” or the invisible ink believed to be created by James Jay, and the use of code names and numbers. During the war, Washington didn’t know the identities of the spies operating within the spy ring, so they communicated with code names and numbers to assure complete secrecy.

At this point in history, the spy ring was “still vetting how best to obtain information without detection,” said Nyitray.

Almost a year later, on Sept. 16, 1780, Washington wrote to Tallmadge again, this time very favorable of Culper Jr., offering him public awareness of his actions or compensation for his efforts. The letter states, “I shall be ready to recommend him to the public, if public employ shall be his aim, and if not, that I shall think myself bound to represent his conduct in the light it deserves, and procure him a compensation of another kind.”

However, Townsend quite literally took his secret to the grave. The existence of the Culper Spy Ring was not made public until the 1930s when historian Morton Pennypacker acknowledged the similarities between Townsend’s handwriting and that of Culper Jr. Obtaining Washington’s letters from Christie’s New York was a “collaborative effort” by the university, the Three Village Historical Society, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization and the Raynham Hall Museum.

In Woodhull’s March 4, 1776, letter, he provides Major General Philip Schuyler updates in regards to officers, battalions and supplies while Jay’s Jan. 9, 1808, letter addresses an unnamed general asking for compensation for his development of a “secret mode of correspondence,” presumably the invisible ink Washington and Townsend used to communicate decades prior.

Nyitray has been contacted from people all over the country looking to make an appointment to view the letters. “I receive calls and emails every week about the letters,” she

said. With the Culper Spy Ring at the forefront of the popular TV show, AMC’s “Turn,” it has “brought positive attention and awareness to our region’s history” and “taken on a life of its own ... the university provides an opportunity for all to engage in history through the letters, which is a much different experience than reading or watching a television program about it.”

Arceri’s favorite part of the day is “seeing all these different organizations coming together as a whole. It really is our Revolutionary story,” she said. “Everywhere you turn in the Three Villages you are looking at an artifact, and as the historical society believes, the community is our museum and that I would really love to put on the forefront of people’s minds.”

The third annual Culper Spy Day has been made possible through the efforts of The Three Village Historical Society, The Long Island Museum, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, Tri-Spy Tours, Stony Brook University Special Collections, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, Frank Melville Memorial Park, Three Village Community Trust, Caroline Church of Brookhaven, Setauket Presbyterian Church, Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson (Drowned Meadow Cottage), History Close at Hand, the Country House Restaurant, Times Beacon Record News Media, Raynham Hall, the Smithtown Historical Society, Discover Long Island, Ketcham Inn of the Moriches and Sagtikos Manor in Bay Shore.

Tickets, which are $25 adults, $5 children ages 6 to 12, may be purchased in advance at the Three Village Historical Society (TVHS), 93 North Country Road, Setauket, by calling 631-751-3730 or by visiting www. tvhs.org. Veterans and children under the age of 6 are free.

Tickets may be picked up at the TVHS from Sept. 11 to 15. At that time, visitors will receive a bracelet and a copy of the Culper Spy Day map with all event listings and include access to 15 Culper Spy Ring locations.

If available, tickets on the day of the event may be purchased at the historical society.

What was the situation on Long Island during the revolutionary War? Why do we know so little about the Setauketbased Culper Spy ring? Who were they?

What did they accomplish? Well! The Setauket spies were just commonplace men and women who grew up in a small farming community on the north shore of Long Island — ordinary people who did extraordinary things. We begin our story with the youngest of the Culper spies.

BENJAMIN TALLMADGE, organizer and leader of the revolutionary War Setauket Spies, was born in Setauket on Feb. 25, 1754. He was the son of the minister of the Setauket Presbyterian Church. The home where he was born is still standing in Setauket at the end of runs road. Tallmadge grew up in Setauket, attended school here with his close friend abraham Woodhull and, like many residents of Suffolk County, he grew to have a healthy distrust for British authorities in new york. a classmate of nathan Hale, Tallmadge graduated from yale in 1773 and, like Hale, taught school for a time in Connecticut.

When the revolution began, Tallmadge enlisted in the Continental army and was soon awarded the rank of major.

Later, General Washington appointed him head of his secret service and tasked Tallmadge with establishing an espionage network against the British in new york City. To conduct this vital undercover operation on Long Island, Tallmadge choose his boyhood friend abraham Woodhull. Together they chose other friends and neighbors from Setauket; men and women who could be trusted and who would prove to be so discreet in all their contacts that their identity would not be discovered until the 20th century.

Major Tallmadge, referred to by the code name John Bolton, not only led Washington’s secret service but was also in most of the battles involving the Continental army in the northern states. among his many exploits was the capture of Fort St. George at Mastic in november 1780. after the war was over, Tallmadge retired from the army with the rank of colonel. In 1784 he married Mary, eldest daughter of General William Floyd of Mastic — Long Island’s signer of the Declaration of Independence. Tallmadge lived in Litchfield, Connecticut, and represented that state in Congress for 16 years. He died in Litchfield in 1835 at the age of 81.

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Continued from page C3 ABRAHAM WOODHULL, a descendant of richard Woodhull, an early Brookhaven town leader and magistrate, was born on his family’s farm in Setauket, overlooking little Bay, in 1750. He was a farmer by occupation. Probably because of his elder brother richard’s death at the early age of 32, Abraham inherited the family home (circa 1690) and farm. the land had been in the family since richard Woodhull came to Setauket, sometime between 1655 and 1657.

From the beginning of the Setauket spies in 1778, Woodhull was in charge of day-to-day operations. His code name was Samuel culper and the spy operation came to be known as the culper ring.

Woodhull was referred to as Samuel culper Sr. after he recruited robert townsend, who became known as culper Jr. Not only did Woodhull direct field activities, but he also risked his life countless times by personally collecting information in New york and on western long Island.

Woodhull was responsible for evaluating the reports received from all sources, determining what was to go forward to Washington’s headquarters and seeing that the dispatches were carried across the Sound by caleb Brewster. His health was poor, partly caused by stress as he lived in constant fear of discovery.

After the war, Woodhull became the first judge of Suffolk county. He died Jan. 23, 1826, and his grave in the Setauket Presbyterian church graveyard was marked by the Mayflower chapter of the Daughters of the American revolution in 1936.

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Mural by vance locke, 1951, depicts Abraham Woodhull, left, bringing secret messages to caleb Brewster.

CALEB BREWSTER was perhaps the most bold and daring of the spies. He was the only one of the group that the British had definitely identified as a spy.

When the revolutionary War broke out, Brewster enlisted in the local militia.

After the August 1776 battle of long Island in Brooklyn, Brewster joined the continental Army with the rank of a lieutenant of artillery. He returned to Setauket in August of 1777 as part of the attacking force from connecticut that fought in the battle of Setauket. In November 1780 he was one of the officers under Major Benjamin tallmadge who captured Fort St. George at Mastic. they returned to connecticut with the entire complement of the fort captured.

In spite of his service designation, one of Brewster’s task throughout the war was to command a fleet of whaleboats operating from the connecticut shore against British and tory shipping on long Island Sound (known as the Devil’s Belt).

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Visit Revolutionary War spy locations on Culper Spy Day

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It happened in Setauket! A clandestine operation, to provide General Washington with information on the activity of the British on Long Island and in New York City, existed in Setauket during the Revolutionary War. You too can explore the sites that figured in the operation of the Culper Spy Ring, as it was known.

On Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., many historic locations in the Three Villages and the surrounding areas dating as far back as 1655 will open their doors to the public and a local restaurant will offer a spy-themed lunch menu as we celebrate the third annual Culper Spy Day — Our Revolutionary Story. Start at whichever location you like and go at your own pace.

Ticket holders will be entitled to admission to the following locations and events:

1. THREE VILLAGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 93 North Country Road, Setauket. Located in the circa 1800 Bayles-Swezey house. Here you can purchase tickets for Culper Spy Day and obtain a copy of the story of the Culper Spy Ring. Enjoy the interactive Culper SPIES! and Chicken Hill exhibits, take part in an invisible ink project, view Anna Strong’s clothesline and attend a book signing by award-winning adult novelist and nonfiction author Selene Castrovilla.

Learn about local walk, bike and kayak tours from Margo Arceri of Tri-Spy Tours.

The Ladies of Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay will be on hand to discuss the role of Robert Townsend (Culper Jr.), one of George Washington’s most important spies during the Revolutionary War, and will be giving out free admission tickets to Raynham Hall Museum, good for Sept. 16 and 17. The Brookhaven Militia will be camped out on the field next door and present drills, musket loading and firing and demonstrations of camp life throughout the day. The gift shop will also be open. 631-751-3730.

2. THOMPSON HOUSE, 91 North Country Road, Setauket. Built in 1709, this five-room saltbox farmhouse was home to five generations of the Thompson family. According to

his diaries, Dr. Samuel Thompson treated members of the Culper Spy Ring, including Abraham Woodhull and Austin Roe. Samuel and his father Jonathan Thompson were members of the Colonial Militia in 1775. After the British occupation of Long Island, Samuel, Jonathan and their families became refugees in Connecticut. Docents will conduct ongoing tours of the home and Dr. Thompson’s Healing Garden, a collection of herbal remedies from Native American, African American and Colonial American cultures. 631-751-2244.

3. FRANK MELVILLE MEMORIAL PARK/ GRIST MILL, 1 Old Field Road, Setauket.

Walk past the post office into the park until you come to the 1937 reproduction of the Setauket Grist Mill. Here you will hear from docents the story of the construction of the park and the history of the grist mills that operated in Setauket from the 1660s until the 1930s grinding the wheat, corn and other grains of Setauket farmers. 631-689-6146.

4. PATRIOTS ROCK HISTORIC SITE, Main Street, Setauket. This glacial erratic boulder is said to be the location of the Battle of Setauket on Aug. 22, 1777. About 150 Patriot soldiers, under General Parsons, crossed Long Island Sound and attacked the fort erected around the Setauket Presbyterian Church. Under the direction of Captain Caleb Brewster, the Patriots mounted a cannon next to the boulder. Loyalist forces under Colonel Richard Hewlett of Queens, successfully defended the fort. Stop here to meet representatives from the Three Village Community Trust who will discuss the importance of Patriot’s Rock and its local and environmental history. 631-689-0225.

5. CAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN AND CEMETERY, 1 Dyke Road, Setauket.

Built in 1729, this timber frame building has maintained its Colonial appearance. Now an Episcopal Church, during the Revolutionary War the Caroline Church was Anglican, and a Colonial extension of the Church of England.

During Long Island’s more than seven years of occupation, American Loyalists, British officers and soldiers worshiped here. The graveyard contains the remains of seven Patriot soldiers as well as soldiers from World Wars I and II. Enter the church for a guided tour and don’t miss the church’s History Center

featuring an exhibit on the church and the community in the 1800s on the lower level of the Parish House. 631-941-4245.

CAROLINE CHURCH CARRIAGE SHED The head of the Culper Spy Ring, Abraham Woodhull, portrayed by historian Beverly C. Tyler, will be stationed at the Caroline Carriage Shed on Dyke Road. Constructed in 1887, this unique structure, the only remaining example of a seven-bay shed built exclusively for horses and carriages, is currently undergoing a stabilization/restoration project, with a matching grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.

The previous building on the site was the 18th-century one-room schoolhouse that was attended by Abraham Woodhull from the age of 6 (1756) to the age of 13 (1763) along with many Setauket spies and spy contacts including Anna Smith Strong, Selah Strong, Caleb Brewster, Austin Roe, Nathaniel Roe, Phillips Roe and Benjamin Tallmadge. Mr. Woodhull will talk about his childhood, his farming and spy activities and will also be glad to answer any questions about his life and times. 631-941-4245.

6. SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CEMETERY, 5 Caroline Ave., Setauket.

The previous church (1714-1812) was surrouned by British fortifications during 1777.

The fort was under the command of Loyalist Commander Col. Richard Hewlett. The present building dates from 1812. The minister before and during the Revolutionary War was Reverend Benjamin Tallmadge, father of Major Benjamin Tallmadge, soldier, patriot and head of General Washington’s secret service. Come into the church sanctuary to hear from docents about this church that served the congregation from the 1660s.

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The graves of Mary and Abraham Woodhull Leaving the church, walk to the left, go through the gate into the cemetery, turn left alongside the church and then left behind the church and right to the brick-encased memorial marker that is the grave site of Abraham Woodhull of George Washington’s Spy Ring.

Docents will give more details about some of the famous people who are the permanent residents of the cemetery, which dates to the founding of Setauket and the Town of Brookhaven in 1655. 631-941-4271.

7. SETAUKET VILLAGE GREEN, Main Street, Setauket. Following the end of the Revolutionary War and the departure of all the British and Loyalist forces from Long Island in 1783, the residents of Setauket held an ox roast on the Setauket Village Green in honor of their native son Benjamin Tallmadge, son of the Setauket Presbyterian Church minister, Benjamin Tallmadge, and General Washington’s intelligence chief. Tallmadge was responsible for the design and implementation of the Setauket-based Culper Spy Ring that provided Washington with complete and accurate details on British and Loyalist activities in New York City and on Long Island.

The 3rd New York Regiment of the Brigade of the American Revolution will be on the village green to entertain you with drills, musket loading and firing and demonstrations of camp life throughout the day. 631-751-3730.

8. EMMA S. CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 120 Main St., Setauket. Circa 1892. The library will present a concert by Linda Russell, Songs of 18th Century America, on the library lawn from 11 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 2 p.m. Bring a folding chair or blanket. There will also be a children’s colonial craft program from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., as well as a display case of Revolutionary War soldiers’ equipment in the library’s lobby. Learn about the library’s Culper Spy Ring website and check out related materials at the information tent adjacent to the front entrance. Tickets are not required for library activities. 631-941-4080.

9. JOSEPH BREWSTER HOUSE, 18 Runs Road, corner of Route 25A, Setauket. Circa 1655, it is considered to be the oldest house in the Town of Brookhaven. During the Revolutionary War, the house was owned by Joseph Brewster, first cousin of Culper Spy Caleb Brewster and neighbor of the ring’s founder, Benjamin Tallmadge. In order to preserve his home and property from confiscation, Joseph Brewster operated a tavern out of the home, hosting the occupying British forces. Docents will lead tours of the house throughout the day while 18th-century cook and living historian Diane Fish will be serving up some tasty and authentic treats from America’s past on the front lawn. 631-751-2244.

10. COUNTRY HOUSE RESTAURANT, 1175 N. Country Road, Stony Brook. Built in 1710, the restaurant is one of the most historic buildings on Long Island. It was historically used as a stagecoach drop-off and a town meeting place. On Culper Spy Day the restaurant will serve up a special spy-themed menu from noon to 4 p.m. Adult meals start at $14. Children’s meals, which includes a soft drink, are $10.95. Kids can decode a secret spy code and win a free dessert (everyone’s a winner). Call 631-751-3332 for reservations.

11. LONG ISLAND MUSEUM, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook. The museum’s vast collection of art and historic artifacts features more than 200 horse-drawn vehicles including two owned by Revolutionary War hero Peter Gansevoort, grandfather of author Herman Melville. Tour the museum’s galleries as well as the outbuildings and gardens and view Revolutionary War artifacts in the Visitors Center.

Blacksmithing demonstrations will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a special lecture

by John G. Staudt, adjunct assistant professor of history at Hofstra University, titled “The Terrible Force of War: Eastern Long Island in the American Revolution,” will be at 2 p.m. in the Carriage Museum’s Gillespie Room. 631751-0066.

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12. STONY BROOK GRIST MILL, 100 Harbor Road, Stony Brook. Long Island’s most completely equipped and working mill, the Stony Brook Grist Mill, circa 1751, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. During the Revolutionary War, occupying British forces confiscated much of the grain to provision their own troops. A miller will be on hand to demonstrate the workings of the mill from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 631-689-3238.

13. STONY BROOK VILLAGE WALKING TOURS, 111 Main St., Stony Brook. Costumed docents will guide visitors on a walking tour of historic Main Street. Points of interest will include the Stony Brook Village Center, The Jazz Loft, The Three Village Inn and the Hercules Pavillion. Tours will depart from in front of the Stony Brook Post Office at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. 631-751-2244.

Continued from page C6 This, together with his knowledge of the Long Island shoreline, his work as a mate on sailing ships and his boyhood association with Benjamin Tallmadge, made him an ideal choice to carry intelligence back and forth across the Sound.

It was Caleb Brewster who most likely gave Benjamin Tallmadge the idea to use Setauket as a center for intelligence operations. Beginning in 1777, Brewster gathered information on the activities of British and Loyalist units on Long Island from his friends, relatives and other contacts and gave the mostly verbal information to his boyhood friend Tallmadge.

Once Tallmadge formalized the activities of the Culper Spy Ring, Brewster took his whaleboat crews to Setauket and neighboring coves to bring messages back to Fairfield, Connecticut, for Major Benjamin Tallmadge to deliver to General Washington. Brewster also made numerous trips with his whaleboat crews into Long Island Sound to attack British and Loyalist ships. This activity also provided opportunities for gathering intelligence for General Washington.

Photo from Bev Tyler

Anna Smith Strong and her magic clothesline as portrayed by Donna Smith 14. STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, 2nd floor, Room E-2320, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook. SBU’s Special Collections will hold an Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. View two original Culper Spy Ring letters authored and signed by George Washington in 1779 and 1780, a 1776 letter written by General Nathaniel Woodhull to Major General Philip Schuyler and a letter

by James Jay, the inventor of an invisible ink used by Washington. 631-632-7119.

15. DROWNED MEADOW COTTAGE MUSEUM, corner of West Broadway and Barnum Avenue, Port Jefferson. The Revolutionary War era Roe House, now known as the Drowned Meadow House, was originally constructed circa 1755; and Phillips Roe, a member of the Culper Spy Ring along with his brothers Nathanial and Austin, was known to have lived there. Exhibition on view will be Patriots Stand as portrayed by Currier and Ives, and costumed docents will lead tours of the house throughout the day. 631-473-4724.

ANNA SMITH STRONG, the great-granddaughter of Setauket’s lord of the manor, Colonel William (Tangier) Smith, was a strong and ardent Patriot. She devised, according to a folklore story first detailed

by Morton Pennypacker in his book “George Washington’s Spies,” a wash line signal system to identify for Abraham Woodhull the whereabouts of Caleb Brewster’s whaleboat, so that Woodhull could find him and pass along the messages meant for General Washington.

As detailed by Pennypacker and embellished by Strong family historian Kate Strong in her “True Tales,” to avoid detection by the British it was necessary for Brewster to hide his boat in six different places, each identified by a number.

“Nancy” Strong, as she was known by friends and neighbors, hung her laundry from the line in a code formation to direct Woodhull to the correct location. A black petticoat was the signal that Brewster was nearby, and the number of handkerchiefs scattered among the other garments on the line indicated the meeting place. Using the most ordinary of personal items and improvising on the most ordinary of personal tasks, Anna made an extraordinary contribution to the cause of freedom.

Anna Strong lived on Strong’s Neck with her six children throughout the war. Her husband, Selah Strong, was confined in a New York prison in January, 1778, for “Surreptitious correspondence with the enemy.”

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Auxiliary Revolutionary War and Culper Spy Ring sites to visit A. SAGTIKOS MANOR, 677 Montauk Highway, Bay Shore. Setauket’s Jonathan Thompson purchased the house and 700 acres for his youngest son Isaac in 1758 for 1,200 British pounds. Isaac married Mary Gardiner from East Hampton in 1772 and the couple immediately more than doubled the size of the original house by adding nine new rooms.

Judge Isaac Thompson was a prominent member of Islip Town government before and after the American Revolution and later a member of the New York State Assembly. Isaac is also believed to have been a spy for General Washington, working through members of the Culper Spy Ring. The estate served as headquarters for the British Army on Long Island for a brief time during the Revolutionary War. President George Washington stayed there during his tour of Long Island in 1790.

The manor is open through September on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 3:30 p.m. (last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.). Call 631-8540939 or visit www.sagtikosmanor.org for fees and more information.

B. RAYNHAM HALL MUSEUM, 20 West Main St., Oyster Bay. Home of George Washington’s intelligence operative, Robert Townsend (code name Samuel Culper Jr.) who spent the war in New York City (Manhattan). Purchased by Robert’s father Samuel around 1740, this home tells the story of the Townsend family during the Revolutionary War. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For admission fees and other information, call 516-922-6808 or visit www.raynhamhallmuseum.org.

C. NORTHPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 215 Main St., Northport. Second Lieutenant Henry Scudder, a resident of a large farm near Crab Meadow, was captured by the British after the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776.

He was paroled in a prisoner exchange and fled to Connecticut rather than take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. From Connecticut, he planned and led numerous raids on Long Island, becoming a courageous and elusive spy for the Continental Army.

Scudder often penetrated enemy lines, sending back important information on troop movements. During one spying mission on British held Fort Slongo, Scudder and Bryant Skidmore drew a plan of the fort and sent it to General Washington. Utilizing the map, 100 American raiders rowed across the Sound and launched a successful attack on the fort in 1781. Only one American was wounded, Sgt. Elijah Churchill, who became the first recipient of the Purple Heart. Hours are Tuesdays through Sundays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 631-757-9859 or visit www. northporthistorical.org.

E. MANOR OF ST. GEORGE (FORT ST. GEORGE), Neighborhood Road, Shirley. This was the south shore home of William “Tangier” Smith who purchased the land from Native Americans in 1691. Smith’s north shore home on Little Neck (now Strong’s Neck) was called St. George’s Manor to differentiate it from his other home. Culper spy Anna Smith Strong is a direct descendant of William Smith.

During the Revolutionary War the British erected Fort St. George on the site. The fort was a depository of stores, dry goods, groceries and arms to supply British forces in Suffolk County. In November, 1780 Benjamin Tallmadge and a detachment of dismounted dragoons attacked, captured and burned the fort and the British ships in the harbor loaded with stores, without the loss of a man. On the way back to the north shore they burned the British supply of winter forage in Coram, thus ending British rule and influence in that part of Long Island.

Visiting hours for the manor are Thursday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Oct. 30. Free admission. For more information, call 631-281-5034.

Continued from page C7 She got permission to bring him food, which evidently saved his life, and she obtained his release by appealing to her Tory relatives. He was still in danger and spent the rest of the war in Connecticut.

While British officers luxuriated in the Manor House (no longer standing — a 19th-century manor replaced it), Anna lived in a small cottage across the bay from Woodhull’s farm, staying there to also protect her family’s rights to the estate. A good friend of Caleb Brewster, as a member of the Culper Spy Ring in Setauket, she was a vital link between the Continental Army officer Caleb Brewster and Abraham Woodhull, the Patriot spy posing as a Loyalist.

In one letter during the spying operation Brewster noted that he was “up behind the Strongs.” In a letter written to British Intelligence Chief Oliver Delancy in February 1781, British spy William Heron wrote, “Private dispatches are frequently sent From your city to the Chieftain [Washington] here by some traitors. They come by the Way of Setalket [sic], where a certain Brewster receives them at, or near, a Certain woman’s.” The certain woman was almost certainly Anna Smith Strong.

After the war Anna and Selah were reunited and Selah led Washington’s carriage and party to the Roe Tavern in April of 1790 when the then President Washington made his tour of Long Island. Anna died in 1812 and Selah in 1815. They are buried in the Smith-Strong family graveyard along Cemetery Road on Strong’s Neck.

F. WILLIAM FLOYD ESTATE, 245 Park Drive, Mastic Beach. 250 years of history are preserved at the William Floyd Estate. The estate contains the ancestral house, grounds and cemetery of the William Floyd family.

William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the house in 1734.

In colonial times, the Floyds ran a huge plantation; later, the family turned to business and politics, and the lands were used for outdoor recreational pursuits like hunting and fishing.

Guided tours of the Old Mastic House are offered every half hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fridays through Sundays and holidays from Memorial Day to Veterans Day. Call 631-3992030 or visit www.nps.gov/fiis/planyourvisit/ williamfloydestate.htm for more information.

Beverly C. Tyler is a writer, author, photographer, interpreter and lecturer on local history for the Three Village Historical Society. He pens a bi-weekly column for Times Beacon Record News Media titled “History Close at Hand.”

Vance Locke mural, 1951, of Austin Roe riding from the Brooklyn Ferry with spy messages

married Abigail Strong of Setauket, sister of Selah Strong. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison lodged here in 1791 while on a trip to visit Gen. William Floyd of Mastic. The beautifully restored Ketcham Inn is open for tours by appointment only. $15 per person.

For additional information, call 631-8781855 or visit www.ketchaminn.org.

D. KETCHAM INN, 81 Main St., Center Moriches. The historic Terrill-Havens-TerryKetcham Inn during the Revolutionary War was the home and tavern of Benjamin Havens, a spy for the Culper Spy Ring, who

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From left, Abraham Woodhull (Beverly C. Tyler) receives a secret spy code from Major Benjamin Tallmadge (Art Billadello) at the front door of the Country House in Stony Brook. Photo by Heidi Sutton

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AUSTIN ROE ran a tavern in East Setauket where food and drink were served and where travelers could stay overnight on their way to or from the south or east end of Long Island. The original location of the tavern (it was moved in 1936) was along what is now Route 25A, just west of the south end of Bayview Avenue. The site is marked by a state road sign that details a few of the most important facts about Austin Roe and the tavern. Captain Austin Roe used his position as a tavern owner to justify his trips to New York City (Manhattan).

While in New York, Roe gathered supplies he needed for the tavern and expensive materials and goods for Anna Strong.

These trips provided the cover he needed to obtain the spy messages he carried to Abraham Woodhull in Setauket that had to be relayed to General Washington.

Born in 1748, Austin Roe was 29 years old when he first agreed to be a part of the Setauket spies. He made the 110-mile round trip at least once a week.

The road was heavily traveled by British and Tory troops and by highwaymen (thieves and robbers). Captain Roe would receive information (usually directly from Robert Townsend). The messages were written in code or invisible ink.

Roe would ride back to Setauket and pass the information to Woodhull, who would secretly meet Brewster. The intelligence would then go across the Sound to Fairfield and then to General Washington.

Captain Austin Roe made numerous trips to New York and was never discovered.

He moved to Patchogue in 1798 where he founded Roe’s Hotel. He died there in 1830 at the age of 81.

The present location of the Roe Tavern, where on April 22, 1790, President George Washington enjoyed the hospitality of Austin Roe and spent the night, is off Old Post Road. The house is private and not open to the public.

Image courtesy of LIM

Robert Townsend decodes a spy message from George Washington in ‘Culper Spy’

by Mort KÜnstler.

ROBERT TOWNSEND (code name Samuel Culper Jr.) coordinated the efforts of the spy network in New York. We will probably never know all the spies who contributed information on British movements, but we do know that Townsend was the principal contact in New York between most of 1779 and 1781.

During portions of that time Abraham Woodhull (Samuel Culper Sr.) took over from Townsend, as he had done before recruiting Townsend. The Culper Spy Ring supplied General Washington with vital information concerning British troop movements, fortifications and intentions in New York and the surrounding area during the perilous war years from 1778 to 1783.

The sensational intelligence transmitted by the spies led to the capture of Major John Andre (he was hung as a spy on orders of General Washington) and the discovery of Benedict Arnold’s plot to turn over West Point to the British. The spy ring also supplied Washington with information that enabled him to prevent the British from attacking the French Army as they arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, in July 1780, and possibly also destroying the French fleet that transported them to Newport.

One of the most important contributions of the Culper Spy Ring was to provide General Washington with accurate and detailed intelligence. In many instances, Washington was able to check the veracity of information received from other sources by comparing it with intelligence received from the Culper Spy Ring.

There were many other Patriot spies reporting to General Washington, some known and many still unknown. They all risked their lives, soldiers and civilians alike, to provide vital intelligence that allowed General Washington and the Continental Army to defeat the greatest army in the world and to “turn the world upside down.”

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THE GARDENER’S DELIGHT

Choosing sun-loving grasses for your garden

By Kyrnan Harvey

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’

Pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia)

Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens’

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Do you have some part of your property that is all hot and dry in full sun? Maybe at some remove from the house, in the backyard or out at the road, where the lawn grasses perennially compete with crabgrasses and other weeds over poor soil and there is nothing to look out at through your windows?

The next two or three months would be a great time to dramatically transform your homescape with a matrix of ornamental grasses throughout which you could, in time, introduce many different flowers. Now through December is their season to glow, especially in the late summer and autumn sun.

Many landscapers cut down grasses as part of their fall cleanups, but we cut down ours at the very end of winter.

There are cool-season ones (feather-reed grass, blue fescue) that start growth soon after winter and warm-season ones (switchgrass, Miscanthus, fountain grass) that are delayed until the heat of May. The former bring beauty starting in late spring, the latter from late summer; but all of them bring texture and form that endure for many months, often right through winter.

Flowers of grasses are not colorful, of course, but they provide a dreamy complement and contrast to flowers. They catch early and late rays, they rustle with the wind, they glisten with dew, and they are sculptural with frost and snow. The leaves of some grasses are bluish or silvery gray and some have reddish tints. And, most importantly, all ornamental grasses are 100 percent deer proof.

I believe that to achieve the desired effect, a minimum of 400 square feet of garden space is needed, preferably more. One important proviso is that the flopping of these grasses must be prevented. Many prefer lean soil, not too fertile and not too much water.

If you have automatic irrigation, create separate zones for the beds. Withhold overhead watering from these beds overnight, which would cause the top-heavy flowers to flop. If you have poor soil or builder’s fill, this could actually work in your favor.

In my garden I have heavy clayish loam and no automatic irrigation. I hand-water with a hose, soaking certain plants, including grasses, if and when they most need it. This is easy and relaxing work, and you know your plants are loving it. Cool-season grasses benefit from extra water in the heat of summer, but many of the best grasses thrive on absolute neglect.

What handful of grasses should you look for and how might you obtain them? There are numerous wholesale nurseries that grow many different grasses here on Long Island, and any independent garden center would be happy to order them.

You will find one- or two-gallon containers at local garden centers, ready for planting; whereas mail order would be much smaller plants. Nowadays it is so easy to go into your phone or computer and see what’s what.

For a hot, dry, sunny location, I can highly recommend first and foremost Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ (feather-reed grass) and any of a growing number of Panicum (switchgrass) varieties. Let these two, with their height and verticality, establish structural continuity throughout the planting. Get seven of the ‘Karl Foerster’ and three of the switchgrass per 400 square feet. Plant ‘Karl Foerster’ in drifts or blocks.

It will be highly unlikely you will find a ‘Karl Foerster’ at this time of year without its seed heads cut down. This great plant flowers in June; growers’ daily overhead irrigation causes the flowers to flop, so they cut them down. Plant them anyway and look forward to next year.

Scatter the switchgrass, randomly. Scatter or drift Muhlenbergia (muhly grass) in the same proportion as the feather-reed grass.

Again, grasses should usually be planted en masse, to create the naturalistic mood, but they don’t necessarily need to be planted as a block.

At this point, minus the feather-reed grass that has been cut down, you will have a significant show already. Instant gratification. Now, if you have the space, you can supplement with a couple more: Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) and Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem), best used as scatter plants. You could even drop in a specimen grass, like Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens,’ though it would want that hose in the dry weeks of July.

Although these grasses are very droughttolerant do not make the mistake of not watering them thoroughly until they are established. Typically they are pot-bound, and these can dry out if they are left unwatered for two or three days. Sometimes if I plant

Ornamental grasses add unique texture to the landscape. Photo by Kyrnan Harvey drought-tolerant grasses in June or July, I will keep hand-watering them through August.

When laying out your grasses be sure to leave plenty of room for other perennials and bulbs and even naturalizing biennials and annuals, all of which together will enhance and compliment your new dreamscape of grasses.

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

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If we had a family crest, it would surely be the tomato. No matter the season, hardly a day goes by without tomatoes playing a role in one of our daily meals.

Even in the winter we cook with good canned tomatoes and use campari tomatoes in salads and other dishes that call for fresh tomatoes.

Granted there’s nothing like a summer tomato, plucked still warm from the sun, sprinkled with salt and consumed on the spot. From tiny cherry tomatoes to the traditional Big Boys and beefsteaks to the ever more popular heirlooms, summer tomatoes are the true treasures of the garden. Although the cool temperatures this season have delayed their ripening, they’ve finally appeared in all their glory and I, for one, can’t get enough of them.

Sliced and doused with extra virgin olive oil, salt and fresh basil, they make an ideal lunch or side dish. Cut into wedges and tossed with cucumbers, red onion, an herb or two and feta or Gorgonzola cheese, they become the perfect salad to complement just about anything.

Between slices of crusty bread and slathered with good mayonnaise, they make a tasty sandwich.

If you have any left over, here are a few unusual but simple Italian recipes in which they star along with their culinary mates, garlic and basil.

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Tomato-Poached Eggs YIELD: Makes 4 to 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • • • • • •

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups lightly pureed fresh tomatoes Handful basil leaves, torn Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 4 to 6 large eggs

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In a large nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil, then add the garlic and cook only until it begins to color and release its aroma. Add the tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring

frequently, until excess liquid has evaporated, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.

Spread tomato sauce evenly over bottom of pan. Carefully break the eggs over hot tomato sauce, cover and cook until whites are set and yolks are still runny. Gently slide the eggs and tomatoes under them onto a large serving platter and serve immediately with polenta or crusty bread.

Tomato–Garlic Bread YIELD: Makes 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • • • • •

2 to 3 plum tomatoes 6 large slices rustic bread 1 garlic clove, peeled 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS: Slice the tomatoes in half; squeeze them to remove the seeds and juice. Toast the bread until light brown. Rub the garlic over the toasted bread, then rub the cut side of the tomato over the same side of the bread. Drizzle one tablespoon olive oil over each slice of bread; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve with cocktails, wine, beer or as accompaniment to any meal.

Penne with Uncooked Tomato Sauce YIELD: Makes 4 to 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • • • • •

1 pound penne 1 pound fresh tomatoes, diced 1 clove garlic, minced ¹/₄ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 handful Italian flat-leaf parsley, basil or arugula leaves, chopped • Salt and freshly ground black pepper DIRECTIONS: Cook penne according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large pasta bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Add hot drained cooked pasta to bowl; toss to combine with tomato mixture (the heat of the pasta just barely cooks the tomatoes). Serve immediately, warm or at room temperature with a green salad, bread and cheese.

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art exhibits

‘Art is a line around your thoughts.’ - Gustav Klimt

Art League of LI

North Shore Public Library

The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 E. Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery will display an Instructor’s Exhibition 2017 through Sept. 10. From Sept. 16 to Oct. 27 the gallery will present Passion for Fashion: of Purses & Paintings from The Gerson & Judith Leiber Collection. Call 631-462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org for more information.

North Shore Public Library is located at 250 Route 25A, Shoreham. Through the month of September the library will display “Color is Song” (Matisse): Paintings by Nichols Nappi.

An art reception, hosted by the Friends of the Library, will be held on Sept. 16 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call 631-929-4488.

The Atelier at Flowerfield

Port Jefferson Free Library

The Atelier at Flowerfield is located at 2 Flowerfield, Suite 15, in St. James. From Sept. 14 to Nov. 2 the gallery will present Summer 2017 Masterworks, an exhibit featuring the works of nationally and locally well-known artists and instructors. An art reception will be held on Sept. 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 631-2509009 or visit www.atelierflowerfield.org.

Port Jefferson Free Library is located at 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson. September’s Gallery exhibition, titled What Mental Health Looks Like, will showcase works by People of Recovery Center East. Postage stamp frames by Jessica Winkler will be featured in the display case. Questions? Call 631-473-0022.

Port Jefferson Village Center

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The Port Jefferson Village Center is located at 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson. Through the month of September the second floor gallery will present Visions of Color, a group exhibit by members of the Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council. Join them for an art reception on Sept. 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. For more information, call 631-802-2160 or visit www.portjeff.com.

b.j. spoke gallery is located at 299 Main St., Huntington. Visit the gallery through Oct 1 to view a solo exhibit by Katherine Criss titled Surreal Encounters in Paint & Pixels #2 as well as a member show. A reception will be held on Sept. 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. Call 631-549-5106 or visit www.bjspokegallery.org.

Cold Spring Harbor Library

Cold Spring Harbor Library is located at 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. Through Oct. 29, the members of the Long Island Center of Photography will present an exhibit on a new way of seeing the ordinary and the beautiful in Cold Spring Harbor, from harbor views to Main Street. Join them for a reception on Oct. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Call 631-6926820 for more information.

Comsewogue Public Library

The Comsewogue Public Library is located at 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station. During the month of September the library will present an exhibit featuring the paintings and jewelry of Ross Barbera. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. For more information, call 631-928-1212 or visit www.cplib.org.

East Northport Public Library

The East Northport Public Library is located at 185 Larkfield Road in East Northport. The Gallery will showcase I Photograph the Word As I Would Like It to Be, framed assorted photos by John Spoltore, through Sept. 30. For additional information, call 631-261-2313.

Emma S. Clark Library

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library is located at 120 Main St., Setauket. Through the month of September the library will showcase an exhibit by Joe Ventimiglia featuring Handmade Paper with Dried Flower Inclusions. The exhibit may be seen during regular library hours. Call 631-941-4080.

fotofoto gallery

fotofoto gallery is located at 14 West Carver Street in Huntington. Through Sept. 23 the gallery will showcase a photography exhibit, A Boating pARTy, featuring the works of Holly Gordon, Jeff Urquardt and John Ellsworth. For further information, call 631-549-0448.

Gallery North

Gallery North is located at 90 North Country Road, Setauket. Through Sept. 29 the gallery will present Honoring the Page, an exhibition focusing on the unique range of artists’ interpretations of the world around us and explore books as various forms of art and communication. Questions?

Call 631-751-2676.

Harborfields Public Library

Harborfields Public Library is located at 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. Stop by the library

The Reboli Center for Art and History

Photo courtesy of Reboli Center

‘Louise’ by Vicki Sawyer will be on view at the Reboli Center through Oct. 29.

through the month of September to view the 2017 Senior Art Show, Visions of Experience.

All are invited to a reception on Sept. 17 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments. Call 631-757-4200.

Heckscher Museum of Art

The Heckscher Museum of Art is located at 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Through April 15, 2018, the museum will present The Art of Narrative: Timeless Tales and Visual Vignettes.

Through Nov. 12, Ebb & Flow: Seascapes and Shoreline Views, paintings, prints and photos of the sea, will be on display. Call 631-351-3250 or visit www.heckscher.org for more information.

Huntington Arts Council

Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Gallery is located at 213 Main St., Huntington. A juried exhibit, Absolutely Abstract, will be on display through Sept. 9. For more information, call 631-271-8423.

Huntington Public Library

Huntington Public Library is located at 338 Main St., Huntington. On view in the Main Art Gallery through September and October will be an ALA Poster Exhibit, a collection of posters published by the American Library Association depicting celebrities, real and imagined, extolling the virtues of reading for readers of all ages. A private collection of small appliances made in the U.S. in the early 1900s through the 1940s will be on view in the display cases.

Questions? Call 631-427-5165.

The Long Island Museum

The Long Island Museum is located at 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook. Through Sept. 17 the museum will present Lumen Martin Winter: An Artist Rediscovered. Dog Days: Portraits of Man’s Best Friend is presented through Dec. 31. From Sept. 15 through Oct. 22 the Visitors Center will showcase a juried art competition, Animal Kingdom: From Tame to Wild. The winning entries will be announced at an artist reception will be held on Sept. 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Call 631-751-0066 or visit www. longislandmuseum.org for more information.

The Reboli Center for Art and History is located at 64 Main Street in Stony Brook Village. Currently on view through Oct. 29 is an exhibit titled Connection featuring the works of Vicki Sawyer. For more information, call 631-7517707 or visit www.ReboliCenter.org.

Sachem Public Library

Sachem Public Library is located at 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook. During the month of September the gallery will showcase the creative expressions of adults in the art program of the Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI). An artist reception will be held on Sept.

9 at 1 p.m. The display case will feature Revolutionary War History by Bob Winowitch. Call 631-588-5024 for further information.

Smithtown Library

The Smithtown Library is located at 1 North Country Road, Smithtown. Through September, the photography of Matthew Rankel will be on display in the downstairs Community Rooms. For more information, call 631-360-2480, ext. 235.

STAC

The Smithtown Township Arts Council Gallery is located at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, St. James. Through Sept. 30 visitors can view an exhibit, Colors of the Night. Call 631862-6575 for further details.

The works of Aldo Arena will be on view at Apple Bank, 91 Route 111, Smithtown through Oct. 28. The exhibition, part of STAC’s Outreach Gallery Program, may be viewed during regular banking hours. For more information, call 631-862-6575.

Three Village Historical Society

Three Village Historical Society, 93 North Country Road, Setauket, is presenting Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time, along with the SPIES exhibit about the Culper Spy Ring. Viewing hours are Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m., and by appointment. $10 adults, $5 children and students, members free. Call 631-751-3730 or visit www.tvhs.org.

Call for artists The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook seeks original artwork and handcrafted works from Long Island artists and artisans for the 2017 Holiday Celebration Gala & Silent Auction in November. Free to enter.

Call 751-0066 for more information.

OPEN AUDITIONS The Long Island Symphonic Choral Association (LISCA) will hold auditions for all voice parts at the Three Village Church, 322 Main St., Setauket on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Call 631-751-2743 for further information.

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will hold open cast calls for ages 8 to 17 for its 34th annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Nine roles will be double-cast and readings are provided. A Christmas Carol (“Christmas Is Coming”) will be taught.

Rehearsals begin late September and are weeknights beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday mornings or afternoons, and Sunday mornings, afternoons, or evenings. Performances will be held from Nov. 16 to Dec. 30 on the Mainstage. Young actors must appear in half of the performances, including the student matinees. For full details visit www.theatrethree. com/auditions.htm.

Also seeking an actor (late 20s to 40s) for the role of Bob Cratchit. Must appear in all performances. Audition by appointment only. E-mail Scrooooge@ aol.com for further information.

The North Shore Chamber Choir has openings for first and second sopranos, first and second tenors, baritones and basses for its Fall 2017 season. Open auditions will be held at the Caroline Church of Brookhaven, 1 Dyke Road, Setauket on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Rehearsals begin on Sept. 19. For more information, call 631-929-8549 or email artisticdirector@nschamberchoir.org.

Tryouts for the adult, multigenerational chorus, The Silver Chords, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, 23 and 30 at the Eugene A. Cannataro Senior Center, 420 Middle Country Road, Smithtown at 10 a.m. All voices welcome. Audition is with the chorus director to determine part. Experience singing with groups helpful but not necessary. Free concerts are given in May and December in Kings Park and Bellport. For more information, call 631-235-3593.

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will hold auditions for boys and girls ages 8 through 14 for Disney’s “The Lion King JR.” on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Ages 8 to 11 will be seen from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and ages 12 to 14 will be seen from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Call backs will be on Thursday, Sept. 21 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

All roles are open. Performances will be held from Feb. 10 to 24, 2018. Prepare a musical theatre song of your choice and bring sheet music. Please bring a headshot and resume. For additional information, visit www. smithtownpac.org/auditions.

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Thursday 7 An Evening of Wine Under the Stars

Join the Huntington Historical Society for its annual Evening of Wine Under the Stars at the Dr. Daniel Kissam House, 434 Park Ave., Huntington from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. honoring Mark McAteer from the Laurel Group. Featuring wine and beer, along with gourmet hors d’oeuvres, live music, silent auction and raffle baskets.

Tickets are $85, $70 members. To order, call 427-7045, ext. 401.

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The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook will bid farewell to summer with bluegrass, beer and free admission from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitors may tour the Carriage Museum, enjoy bluegrass music by Buddy Merriam and Kathy Devin on museum grounds and taste local hand-crafted beers from Lithology Brewing Company. Pack a picnic, bring chairs or blankets and enjoy the evening. Questions? Call 751-0066.

Friday 8 East Northport Festival

The East Northport Chamber of Commerce will present the 2017 East Northport Festival today from 6 to 11 p.m., Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at John Walsh Memorial Park and north on Larkfield Road, E. Northport. Featuring rides, games, sidewalk sales and exhibits, international food court, craft beer and wine garden, farmers market, live music by The Crooked Rail and more. For more information, call 261-3573.

Book signing

Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington will welcome author John Joseph Dowling Jr. who will be speaking and signing copies of his new novel, "Chapters of Love: Chasing Sunrise," at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.

Bryan Gallo in concert

Grounds & Sounds Cafe, located at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket will welcome singer/songwriter Bryan Gallo (country-rock and pop) in concert at 9 p.m. Open mic at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 per person at www.groundsandsounds.org or at the door. For more information, call 751-0297.

Saturday 9 East Northport Festival See Sept. 8 listing.

Multifamily Yard Sale

Setauket United Methodist Church, 160 Main St., Setauket will host a Multifamily Yard Sale

Sunday 10 Brookhaven Country Fair See Sept. 9 listing.

Hallockville Country Fair See Sept. 9 listing.

Outdoor Art Show & Music Festival See Sept. 9 listing.

Italian Car Show

Live jazz in Stony Brook

Enjoy a free outdoor concert featuring Rolling Stones tribute band, Streetfighter, at Smith Haven Mall's Lifestyle Village, Moriches Road, Lake Grove from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Bring seating.

Call 724-8066 for details.

Theatre Three, located at 412 Main Street in Port Jefferson will present The Comedy Club at 8 p.m.

Featuring stand-ups Paul Anthony, Steve Lazarus and Maria Walsh. Tickets are $35. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

See Sept. 8 listing.

The North Shore Civil War Roundtable will hold a meeting at the South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station at 7 p.m. Guest speakers Howard Ehrlich and Harvey Sackowiz will discuss the troubled life of President Lincoln’s wife. Free and open to all. For additional information, call 549-4411.

Tribute to the Rolling Stones

An evening of comedy

East Northport Festival

Civil War Roundtable Meeting

The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook will present a concert by The Jazz Loft Big Band from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. To order, call 751-1895 or visit www.thejazzloft.org.

The evening will feature performances by The Whiskey Rebellion, Andrew Fortier, The Claudia Jacobs Band, and jazz guitarist Matt Marshak and his band. Tickets cost $40 per person and include food and beverages. Payments can be made by cash or check made payable to Mary Emerson.

For more information, please call 744-9556.

TIME TO SHOP! Gallery North in Setauket will present its 52nd annual Outdoor Art Show & Music Festival on Sept. 9 and 10. Photo from Gallery North

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come shop in a friendly atmosphere for unique treasures and awesome new products. Questions? Call 751-7375.

Brookhaven Country Fair

Longwood Estate, corner of Longwood Road and Smith Road in Ridge, will host the Brookhaven Country Fair today and Sept.

10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring historic re-enactments and demonstrations, food, craft vendors, children’s activities, train show, pet show, house tours, live music by the Ed Travers Band and more. $5 admission fee. Pets are permitted on a leash. Questions? Call 924-1820.

Hallockville Country Fair

Celebrate the North Fork’s agricultural traditions and folk arts at the 37th annual Country Fair at Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Ave., Riverhead today and Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy old-fashioned games and activities, woodworking, basket weaving, wooden boat building, rug hooking, a 1930s quilt show, bake sale, live music, farmers market and more. Admission is $8 adults, $5 children ages 5 to 12. For more information, call 298-5292.

Outdoor Art Show & Music Festival

Gallery North, 95 North Country Road, Setauket will present its 52nd annual Outdoor Art Show & Music Festival today and Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. With over 100 exhibiting artists and artisans, the two-day event will feature a variety of art and crafts such as painting, photography, ceramics, woodcarving, jewelry and glass art and provide the community an opportunity to interact with artists, purchase finely made crafts and enjoy a weekend full of exciting activities. Held rain or shine. Free admission. Call 751-2676 for more information.

Village Cup Regatta

The 8th annual Village Cup Regatta will be held at Harborfront Park, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson starting at 10 a.m. Enjoy a Memorial Parade of Boats, a regatta between John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson, followed by a celebratory reception

and presentation of the Village Cup at the Village Center in front of the park. The event raises funds for pancreatic cancer research. Call 516-810-6695 for additional info.

Caumsett Summer Stroll

Join the folks at Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington for a 1.5-mile Late Summer Seasonal Stroll from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults only. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 423-1770.

Second Saturdays Poetry Reading All Souls Church, located at 81 Main Street in Stony Brook Village, will host a Poetry Reading from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hosted by Suffolk County Poet Laureate Gladys Henderson, the featured poets will be Doreen Spungin and Natalie De Paz. An open reading will follow. Free.

Bring a can of food to help feed the hungry in our area. Questions? Please call 655-7798.

Grand Fall Auction

The United Methodist Church of Lake Ronkonkoma, 792 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove will host its 8th annual Grand Fall Auction at noon (viewing at 11 a.m.). Hundreds of items, live bidding, no cost to register and no buyers’ premium. View the catalog at www.umclr.com.

Summer Saturday Museum Days

The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicholls Road, Stony Brook will present the Robert D. Cess Concorso d’Eleganza XII annual celebration of Italian vehicles from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vehicles will be on display on the lawn adjacent to the Graduate Physics Building and directly across from the Sports Complex off John S. Toll Drive. Free admission.

Call 632-7444 for further information.

Fall Festival

The Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society invites the community to a Fall Festival at the 1888 Fitz-Greene Hallock Homestead, 2869 Pond Road, Lake Ronkonkoma from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Featuring an antique car show, craft vendors and live music by Relish the Sound plus ongoing tours of the homestead. $5 admission fee. For information, call Evelyn at 588-7599.

Fall Aero Show

Sunken Meadow State Park, Route 25A and Meadowbrook Parkway, Kings Park will host a Remote Controlled Fall Aero Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with demonstrations of all types of miniature aircrafts including fixed wing, helicopters, gliders and electric. Free but parking fee will be in effect. For more information, call 269-4333.

Nesconset Day Fair

The Nesconset Chamber of Commerce will present the 27th annual Nesconset Day Craft and Street Fair on Smithtown Blvd. and Charles P. Toner Park, Nesconset from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring food and merchandise vendors, bouncy house, farmers market and more. No rain date. Questions? Call 724-2543.

Suffragists Parade and Rally

The Cumsewogue Historical Society will host Saturday Museum Days from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Terryville Union Hall, 358 Terryville Road, Terryville through the month of September.

Stop in and chat about the old days and view historic artifacts, photos of the area and maps.

For more information, call 928-7622.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of voting rights for New York women, the American Legion Hall 155, 115 Church St., Lake Ronkonkoma will host a Suffragists Parade and Rally. Parade starts at Carlson Road and Hawkins Avenue at 11 a.m. followed by a rally at the hall featuring a ceremony, songs, speeches, displays and historical information. Call 585-1687 for more info.

Benefit concert in East Setauket

Vanderbilt Car Show

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, East Setauket will host a benefit concert, A Change of Heart for Richard, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. to raise funds for Richard Rabatin, owner and teacher at the Stony Brook School of Music in Setauket to help defray the cost of medical bills.

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

The Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island and the MG Car Club–Long Island Center will hold their annual Invitational Concours d’Elegance, featuring vintage and new automobiles, at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rain date is Sept. 17. Visitors pay only general museum admission fee –$7 adults, $6 seniors

SEPTEMBER 07, 2017 • ARTS & LIFESTYLES • PAGE B27 and students, $3 children 12 and under. For more information, call 854-5579 or visit www. vanderbiltmuseum.org.

Fiddle & Folk Festival

Benner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket will host the 6th annual Fiddle & Folk Festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Featuring live music by Daisycutter, The End of America, HeBirdSheBird and the Stony Brook Roots Ensemble.

With sing-alongs, kids corner, contra dances and more. Bring your own instruments and join the fun. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 children and seniors. To order, call 689-8172 or visit www. fiddleandfolk.com. See story on page B11.

Monday 11 For 9/11 events on the North Shore, see page B10.

Prohibition lecture

The Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport will welcome Jonathan Olly, assistant curator of the Long Island Museum at 7 p.m.

Olly will discuss the prohibition period on Long Island in a lecture titled "Midnight Rum." Free and open to all. Call 261-6930 for more info.

Tuesday 12 Book signing

Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Alan Schwarz will be speaking about and signing copies of his book, "A.D.H.D. Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic," at the Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.

Music Legends Live!

Join the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington for an educational lecture, "Jazz: From Nightclubs to Hollywood," with Bill Shelley at 7:30 p.m. The evening will highlight such stars as Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey and Bing Crosby with a special tribute to Sarah Vaughn. Tickets are $16, $11 members includes reception. Call 423-7611.

Wednesday 13 An evening of folk dancing

Israeli and international folk dancing will be offered at Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m.

Come alone or bring a friend. Free. Questions?

Call Linda at 269-6894.

The Liverpool Shuffle in concert

Long Island Beatles tribute band, The Liverpool Shuffle, returns to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport in concert from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Performance will take place in the Mansion Courtyard, weather permitting. In the event of rain, the event will be moved to the Planetarium. Tickets are $25 adults online at www.vanderbiltmuseum.org, $30 at the door; $15 children ages 5 to 15; under age 5 free.

Call 854-5579 for more information.

Prohibition Night fundraiser

The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, in collaboration with the Three Village Historical Society, will host a Prohibition Night fundraiser from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of jazz featuring Tom Manuel and his Firehouse Five, dancing, beer and wine. Period clothing encouraged. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. To order, call 751-1895 or visit www. thejazzloft.org. See story on page B31.

Historical Society Meeting

The Rocky Point Historical Society will hold a meeting at VFW Post 6249, 109 King Road, Rocky Point at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Michael Wiermann who will present a program titled Automobile Factories of Port Jefferson Station. Open to all. Call 255-4304 for further info.

For seniors Senior Tuesdays

The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook invites seniors ages 62 and older for a free, self-guided tour of Dog Days: Portraits of a Man's Best Friend in the Art Museum on Sept.

12 from 10 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by Jefferson's Ferry. For further details, call 751-0066.

Senior Second Wednesday

Seniors ages 62 and over receive free admission to the Heckscher Museum, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington on Sept. 13. A docent tour will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. Call 351-3250 for additional information.

Theater ‘Man of La Mancha’

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will close out its 20162017 season with "Man of La Mancha," the classical musical of a dying man’s quest for the impossible dream, from Sept. 9 to Oct. 22. Tickets are $35 adults, $32 seniors, $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

'The Complete Works of Shakespeare'

The Carriage House Players (formerly Arena Players) will present "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" (abridged) at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport on Sundays, Sept. 10, 17 and 24 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 per person. To order, call 516557-1207 or visit www.carriagehouseplayers.org.

'The Bridges of Madison County'

Theatre Three, located at 412 Main Street in Port Jefferson, will kick off its 2017-2018 season with the musical "The Bridges of Madison County" from Sept. 16 to Oct. 28. An unforgettable story of two people caught between decision and desire, as a chance encounter becomes a second chance at so much more. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors and students. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

'Gypsy'

John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present a production of "Gypsy," the rags-to-riches story of Louise, an awkward young girl who rose to national fame as the burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, from Sept.

14 to Oct. 29. Let them entertain you with "Everything's Coming up Roses," "If Mama Was Married" and more. Tickets range from $73 to $78. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www. engemantheater.com.

'Oliver!'

Join the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown for a rousing production of "Oliver!" from Nov. 11 to Jan. 21, 2018. Consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart's classic musical based on Charles Dicken's novel, "Oliver Twist," with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage. Tickets are $25 adults, $15 children under 12. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www. smithtownpac.org.

'A Christmas Carol'

Celebrate the season with Long Island's own holiday tradition, the 34th annual production of "A Christmas Carol," at Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson from Nov. 18 to Dec. 30. Follow the miser Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey that teaches him the true meaning of Christmas — past, present and future. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors and students, $20 children ages 5 to 12. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

'Annie'

Leapin' Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine Annie takes center stage at the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport from Nov. 9 to Dec. 31 in one of the world's best loved family musicals. Featuring such un-

River Otters of Long Island

Film 48 Hour Film Competition screening

The Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will host a 48 Hour Film Competition screening on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. View short films produced by filmmaking teams from all over Long Island. A jury-selected winner will be announced at the end of the screening. Tickets are $10, free for filmmakers. To order, call 423-7611.

'Man in Red Bandana'

The JJ Elwood Cinema, 1950 Jericho Turnpike, E. Northport will screen the award-winning film, "Man in Red Bandana," about Welles Crowther, a 9/11 hero who tragically died that day, from Sept. 8 to 14 with showings at 1:30 and 7 p.m.

Grand prize winner at the Rhode Island Film Festival, the film depicts the actions of one man and how he positively affected thousands. Narrated

by Gwyneth Paltrow. Rated PG-13. For more information, call 499-7800.

‘Gifted’

The East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, E. Northport will screen "Gifted" starring Chris Evans and McKenna Grace on Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. Rated PG-13. Free and all are welcome. Call 261-2313 for more info.

'American Veteran'

The Port Jefferson Documentary Series kicks off its fall 2017 season with a screening of "American Veteran" at The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook on Sept.

11 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door (no credit cards please). For more information, visit www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.com. See story on page B14.

'Yankee Doodle Dandy'

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of a musical classic, "Yankee Doodle Dandy," at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Preceded by a Sky Room Talk with film historian Philip Harwood about its production and wonderful backstory. Tickets are $16, $11 members. Call 423-7611 for further information.

‘The Circle’

Join Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn for a free screening of "The Circle" starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks on Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m. Rated PG-13. For more information, call 757-4200.

Class reunion

The Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society will present a program, River Otters of Long Island, at the Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor at 7 p.m.

Guest speaker will be Mike Bottini. Free and open to all. Call 692-6820 for further details.

Port Jefferson High School, Class of 1967 will hold its 50th reunion the weekend of Sept. 22 to 24. Main event will be on Sept. 22 at the Hilton Garden Hotel on the campus of Stony Brook University from 6 to 11 p.m. with dinner and dancing. Tour of the high school at 11 a.m. followed by a football game at 2 p.m. on Sept. 23.

Brunch at Three Village Inn in Stony Brook from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 24. Purchase tickets at www.reuniondb.com. For further information call Deborah Watt at 941-828-7475.

Thursday 14 Hadassah meeting

The Seaport Chapter of Hadassah will meet at the Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station at 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Suffolk Regional President Stacy Berm who will speak about the Hadassah regional president's recent trip to Israel. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. For info, call 924-6313.

Tribute to Styx

Enjoy a free outdoor concert featuring Styx tribute band, Rockin’ the Paradise, at Smith Haven Mall's Lifestyle Village, Moriches Road, Lake Grove from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Bring seating.

Call 724-8066 for details.

forgettable songs as "It’s the Hard Knock Life," "Easy Street," "New Deal For Christmas," and the eternal anthem of optimism, "Tomorrow."

Tickets range from $73 to $78. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

MOLTO BELLA! The Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University will host an Italian Car Show on campus on Sept. 10. Photo from SBU

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

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

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

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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

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www.www.infantjesus.org Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, Pastor Associates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital Religious Education: (631) 928-0447 Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

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

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

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

CONGREGATIONAL MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

“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.

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 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.

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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

Summer Sunday Services: 8:00 am and 10:00 am Camp Caroline for children at 10:00 am Weekday Holy Eucharist’s: Thursday 12:00 pm 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.

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 Vacation Bible School - August 14-18 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Ages 4-6th grade FREE! All Welcome!

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!

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

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Religious GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

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

Rev. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter Sunday Services Orthros 8:30 am - Devine Liturgy 10 am Services conducted in both Greek & English* Books available to follow in English* Sunday Catechism School, 10:15 am - 11:15 am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 pm - 8 pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups* Thrift Store* Banquet Hall available for Rental* For information please call Church office*

JEWISH

CHABAD AT STONY BROOK

“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

HILLEL STONY BROOK HILLEL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH LIFE

Melville Library N5580, Stony Brook (631) 632–6565 www.stonybrookhillel.org • email: stacy.meyrowitz@stonybrook.edu

High Holiday services to Stony Brook University Hillel are open to the public but require reservations. Services are available for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by registering at www.stonybrookhillel.edu/highholidays2017 or 631-632-6565. hillel@stonybrook.edu

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

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

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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

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METHODIST

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)

COMMACK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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 New worship times for the summer: 8:30am and 10:30am Starting from June 25th 2017 - September 3rd 2017 Vacation Bible School August 14 - 18 • 9am to 12pm • Children aged 3 to 11 Drama Camp August 21 - 25 • Children aged 4 to 11

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

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

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

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

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Welcome to our church!

We invite you to Worship with us!

Come check us out! Jeans are okay!

Open Table Communion 1st Sunday every month.

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

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

Rev. Steven kim, Pastor

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

STONY BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST

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

Renewing, Restoring, Reviving for the 21st Century!

PRESBYTERIAN

SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green (631) 941-4271

Making God’s community livable for all since 1660!! www.setauketpresbyterian.org Email: setauketpresbyterian@verizon.net

Rev. Mary, Barrett Speers, pastor

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

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PORT JEFFERSON DOCUMENTARY SERIES

▶ “City of Ghosts” which will be screened at Theatre Three on Oct. 23, follows the efforts of “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently” (RBSS), a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014.

With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today. Directed by Matthew Heineman, “City of Ghosts” was the winner of the Grand Jury Award at the Sheffield Documentary Festival. Guest speaker TBD.

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Film schedule ▶ The fall season will kick off with a screening of “American Veteran” at The Long Island Museum on Sept. 11. Filmed over a five year period, the documentary follows Army Sergeant Nick Mendes, paralyzed from the neck down by an explosive device in Afghanistan, from the V.A. hospital bed where he spent 7 months, to the fully accessible home where he now lives with his wife Wendy. Winner of the Panavision Showcase at the Syracuse International Film Festival, the film is co-sponsored by Jim and Theresa Tsunis and The Northwind Group of Hauppauge. Guest speaker will be director Julie Cohen. ▶ “House of Z,” which will be screened at Theatre Three on Sept. 18, chronicles the meteoric rise of fashion designer Zac Posen at the age of 21, his brand’s falling out of favor several years later and his challenge to rebuild his company and his reputation. The documentary peeks past the glamour of the runway and the red carpet to show audiences a true portrait of Posen as both an artist and businessman. Guest speaker, via Skype, will be director Sandy Chronopoulos. ▶ Theatre Three will screen “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” on Sept. 25. Produced by Susan Sarandon, this illuminating documentary explores Lamarr’s career as a 1940s Hollywood actress (Snow White was created in her image) and later as the secret inventor of secure wifi, bluetooth and GPS communications. The screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University. Director Alexandra Dean will be the guest speaker for the evening.

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‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’ will be screened at Theatre Three on Sept. 25. ▶ The fourth film, titled “A Suitable Girl,” will be screened on Oct. 2 at Theatre Three and tackles the subject of arranged marriages, an issue which has become increasingly controversial to the Western world as women have rightfully embraced their independence. Winner of the Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, “A Suitable Girl” follows several young, modern women in India looking to get married over the course of four years and intimately capturing their thoughts on arranged marriage, giving them a voice, and offering a unique perspective into the nuances of this institution. Guest speaker will be director Smriti Mundhra. ▶ The series continues on Oct. 9 with a screening of “Frank Serpico” at Theatre Three. As an NYPD officer in the hippie era, Frank Serpico blew the whistle on the corruption and payoffs running rampant in the department. He was shot in the face during a drug arrest that was rumored to be a setup and most famously became

the subject of Sidney Lumet’s classic film, “Serpico.” Forty-plus years later, Serpico talks about his Southern Italian roots, his time as an undercover officer, and his post-NYPD life. The documentary gives a powerful portrait of an always-committed public servant who still walks the walk in his very own unique way. Guest speaker will be director Antonino D’Ambrosio. ▶ “Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan,” to be screened at Theatre Three on Oct. 16, offers an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave the New York City Ballet after a record-setting three decades. One of the modern era’s most acclaimed dancers, Whelan danced ballets

by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins as well as new works by modern standout choreographers with many roles made specifically for her. Co-sponsored by the Law Offices of Michael S. Ross, P.C. in Hauppauge; Backstage Studio of Dance in Port Jefferson Station; and Amy Tyler School of Dance in Port Jefferson. Guest speaker will be Prima Ballerina Wendy Whelan.

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▶ The final film for the Fall 2017 season, “Sidemen: Long Road to Glory,” will be screened at the Long Island Museum on Oct. 30. An intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen, the film captures some of the last interviews and their final live performances together before their deaths in 2011. Co-sponsored by the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and the Long Island Blues Society. A Q&A will be conducted

by Tom Needham of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and WUSB with guest speakers director Scott Rosenbaum and lead guitarist for the Gregg Allman Band, Scott Sharrard.

A pre-film blues concert will be held at 6 p.m. featuring Scott Sharrard. Tickets for both the concert and film are $14.

From left, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin and Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith Photo from PJDS

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITY

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON

UNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT

380 Nicolls Road • between Rte 347 & Rte 25A (631) 751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org

109 Brown’s Road, Huntington, NY 11743 631–427–9547

(minister@uufsb.org) Sunday Service: 10:30 am

Rev. G. Jude Geiger, Minister

Rev. Margaret H. Allen

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.

www.uufh.org

(minister@uufh.org) Starr Austin, religious educator (dreuufh@gmail.com) Sunday Service 10:30 am, Children’s Religious Education 10:30 am Whoever you are, whomever you love, wherever you are on your life’s journey, you are welcome here.

Our services offer a progressive, non-creedal message with room for spiritual seekers.

Services and Religious Education each Sunday at 10:30 am Youth Group, Lifespan Religious Education for Adults, Adult and Children’s Choirs. Participants in the Huntington Interfaith Housing Initiative. Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

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

Rev. Saba Mchunguzi

Unity Church of Healing Light is committed to helping people unfold their Christ potential to transform their lives and build spiritual community through worship, education, prayer and service.

Sunday Worship & Church School 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.

Sign Language Interpreter at Sunday Service

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FEATURE STORY

Vendors wanted ▶ Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook is seeking handmade craft vendors for its upcoming Fall Festival on Sept.

16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sachemlibrary.org. ▶ St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown is seeking vendors for its German Fall Festival to be held on Sept. 16 from noon to 5 p.m. Rain date is Sept. 23. Call 631-265-2288 for more info.

From left, Steve Healy and Tom Manuel during a recent tour of The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook

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The Jazz Loft to host Prohibition Night fundraiser An evening of booze, jazz and dance

By Kevin Redding For one glorious evening, The Jazz Loft on Christian Avenue in Stony Brook will transport local guys and dolls back to the rip-roaring time when big bands reigned supreme, a sea of flapper dresses whirled around the dance floor and booze was in high demand.

Presented by the Three Village Historical Society in collaboration with The Jazz Loft, the Prohibition Night fundraiser is a 1920sset event on Thursday, Sept. 14 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. that encourages residents to dress in period clothes, mingle and dance to the sounds of the era and get a sense of what it was like to live in this area during one of the most exciting decades of the century.

‘... I love that we could do something like this and transport people back in time for a night and provide a very clear picture of what was happening back in the day.’

— Tom Manuel

But unlike folks of the time who had to smuggle illegal alcohol into speakeasies, it’s no secret that beer and wine will be flowing at the event all night long as it’s sponsored by Montauk Brewery Company, representatives from which will provide raffles and tastings of its beers, including the Watermelon Session Ale. All proceeds will benefit the historical society.

The fundraiser will serve as a prequel of sorts to the historical society’s 23rd annual Spirits Tour on Oct. 21, dubbed The Spirits of Prohibition: Setauket of the Roaring ’20s, which will guide residents through life in Setauket and Stony Brook as it was during that decade. Continuing with Spirits Tours tradition, actors will be situated in various parts of the Caroline Church of Brookhaven and

Setauket Presbyterian cemetery and portray local figures from the past who were involved in the suffrage movement as well as the smuggling and secret storage of alcohol.

“It’s such a fascinating time in history. The jazz clubs during that period, between the flapper dresses, the jazz music, and the romance of everything, could rival any hip hop club today,” TVHS President Stephen Healy said. “It’s fascinating how people got alcohol during this time. They would smuggle it in coffins and rum-running boats and out here we had a lot of farmers growing potatoes, a key ingredient in vodka. So we were actually a pretty good source.”

Healy added that because the event tackles an era that jazz music helped define, it was a no-brainer to collaborate with The Jazz Loft, a nonprofit the society president had wanted to work with for a while now, and its director Tom Manuel. With an added connection with the president of Montauk Brewery, he said it was a perfect fit.

“Those three themes matched up perfectly — the alcohol, the prohibition history and the jazz music,” Healy said. “It will be fantastic. We’ll have beer tastings, raffles and probably a walk around that night. While you listen to jazz music, you can either sit at the table and watch the show or mingle and learn about prohibition history, our society and the loft.”

Manuel, who founded The Jazz Loft in May 2016 as a hub for jazz preservation, education and performance, is not only providing the venue for the event at no cost but the entertainment as well.

With trumpet in hand, he and his Firehouse Five band will be performing a program of music that spans the decade, including Louis Armstrong’s “Indiana,” “I’ve Found a New Baby,” and “I’m Confessin’” and early Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt among others. The band, consisting of trumpet,

guitar, bass, drums, cornet, saxophone and trombone, will even be performing on period instruments acquired from the loft.

“Jazz has always been the soundtrack to what was happening in our country, so I love that we could do something like this and transport people back in time for a night and provide a very clear picture of what was happening back in the day,” Manuel said.

Recalling an interaction he once had with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about the ’20s, Manuel said, “He was talking about this and said, ‘It’s interesting how anytime you tell people they can’t do something, everybody wants to do it and it immediately becomes popular.’ So in the ’20s, it was you can’t drink, you can’t wear that, you can’t listen to this music, and so of course what does everybody do? They go absolutely crazy over all this and all they want to do is hear jazz, dance, drink booze and have a great big party. I think the time’s extra special for that naughty factor.”

Manuel said the event was especially important to him because it gave his nonprofit the opportunity to collaborate with another, which is part of the loft’s overall mission.

“It’s so essential that we nonprofits work together because we can’t do it on our own,” he said. “I don’t care how successful you are; we are all in the arts and the arts is all about collaboration. So we can’t just hide in our little corners. I’m so happy that the TVHS is growing. That, to me, is why we do this. Now, together, we’re stronger as a team.”

The Jazz Loft is located at 275 Christian Ave. in Stony Brook Village. Tickets to Prohibition Night are $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. Period costumes are encouraged. To order, call 631-751-1895 or visit www.thejazzloft.org. Spirits Tour tickets will also be on sale during the event. For more information on the Spirits Tour, visit www.TVHS.org or call 631-751-3730.

▶ Building Bridges in Brookhaven is seeking merchandise and food vendors for its upcoming Unity Fest 2017 at Bethel Hobbs Community Farm, 178 Oxhead Road, Centereach on Sept.

16 from 2 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 631-320-8575 or email buildingbridgesbrookhaven@gmail.com. ▶ The Town of Brookhaven has vendor exhibit tables available for its 13th annual Building Business in Brookhaven EXPO Networking & Business Trade Show on Sept. 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville. Full table $125. Call 631-451-6563. ▶ Smithtown United Methodist Church, 230 Middle Country Road, Smithtown is seeking vendors for its 27th annual Country Fair to be held on Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fee is $50 for a 10-foot by 10-foot space. Deadline is Sept. 13. Call 631-265-6945 for more info. ▶The 5th annual Centereach Street Fair will be held on Sept. 24 on Mark Tree Road in Centereach from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Interested merchandise and food vendors should call 631-974-5425. ▶ The Farmingville Residents Association will host flea markets on Sept. 24 on the lawn of Pat’s Tattoos, 22 Granny Road, Farmingville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain date is Oct. 1. For applications, pricing and full info, please email FRA23@optonline.net. ▶ St. James Chamber of Commerce is seeking craft vendors for its 30th annual St. James Day along Lake Avenue on Oct. 1. 10-foot by 10foot spaces are available for $150. Applications are available online at www.stjameschamber.org or by calling 631-584-8510. ▶ Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach is now accepting vendor applications for its annual indoor Women’s EXPO to be held on Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit www. womensexpoli.org. for more info. ▶ St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 90 Edgewater Ave., Smithtown seeks craft and new merchandise vendors for its annual Craft Fair and Fall Festival on Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a rain date of Oct. 21. Vendor deadline is Oct. 8. Call 631-265-4520 or visit www.Stthomasofcanterbury.net. ▶ The Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches will host its annual Fall Fair on Main Street on Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Interested merchandise and food vendors should call 631878-0003 for details. ▶ Benner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket is seeking vendors, craftspeople and artisans for its annual Harvest Festival on Oct. 22 from noon to 4 p.m. Call 631-689-8172 or visit www.bennersfarm.com for more information.

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Amy Tyler School of Dance Home of Harbor Ballet Theatre

turning the ordinary into the extraordinary Fall registration is now being accepted for ages 3 thru adult.

Join us for what is sure to be our best year ever!

Classes begin on September 11

Contact us at 631–476–3970 or email to harborballet@aol.com visit our website at amytylerschoolofdance.com

Proudly serving Port Jefferson, Setauket and the surrounding area for 30 years

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There is still time to register for all of your classes.

For registration information please call 631.476.3970

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KIDS KORNER

We Proudly Present the TIMES BEACON RECORD NEWS MEDIA

HISTORY HONOR ROLL

With gratitude to the many residents, businesses and organizations who continue to come forward and help us bring our local history to life though our film, GIRLS ON A MISSION Catch a screening of ‘What’s on YOUR Plate’ at the Cinema Arts Centre on Sept. 9. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two 11-year-olds, Sadie and Safiyah, as they take a close look at food systems in New York City and follows their quest to understand what’s on all of our plates.

Programs

Photo from Aubin Pictures

Tales for Tots

Children ages 3 to 5 with a caregiver are invited to the Smithtown Historical Society’s Roseneath Cottage, 239 Middle Country Road, Smithtown for story time on Sept. 8 at 11 a.m.

Discover the joy of cooking through reading.

Free admission. Open to all. Call the Smithtown Library at 360-2480 to register.

Back to School

Join the Long Island Science Center, 21 North Country Road, Rocky Point for a program, Back to School, on Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn about birds of prey from Eric Young from Sweebriar Nature Center at 1 p.m. and enjoy a story and make a bookmark craft with children’s author Cindy Sommer at 2:30 p.m. $10 per person. To RSVP, call 208-8000.

Mix and Make Marvelous Fall Colors

Maritime Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson will present a drop-in program, Mix and Make Marvelous Fall Colors, on Sept. 9 and 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. Young scientists will make their own paint and create a seasonal work of art. $5 per person. For more information, call 331-3277 or visit www.maritimeexplorium.org.

Fun with Butterflies

Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown will present Fun with Butterflies on Sept. 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children can become detectives and search for clues to the butterfly’s amazing life cycle in the center’s enclosed butterfly garden.

While inside, enjoy the new fairy garden and its miniature inhabitants. Color in a picture of a butterfly to take home. $5 adults, $3 seniors and children under 12. For additional details, call 979-6344.

Storytime at Barnes and Noble

Barnes and Noble at Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove and 4000 E. Jericho Turnpike, E. Northport will host a storytime event on Sept. 9 at 11 a.m.

Is there a monster in your closet? Are you brave enough to catch him? Parents and children will love “How to Catch a Monster” by Adam Wallace followed by an activity. Free. For more information, call 724-0341 (LG) or 462-0208 (EN).

Toddler Time

Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington hosts Toddler Time for ages 3 to 5 every Thursday at 11 a.m. Free. No registration necessary.

For further information, call 271-1442.

Film ‘What’s On YOUR Plate?’

As part of its Cinema for Kids series, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen “What’s on YOUR Plate?,” a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics on Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. Following the film, parents and children are invited into the Sky Room Cafe to learn how to make vegetarian sushi rolls as a healthy snack or meal with natural foods chef, Bhavani Jaroff from iEat Green. Tickets for movie are $12, free for kids under 12; sushi workshop is $10 adults, $8 children. Call 423-7611 for further details.

Theater ‘Cinderella’

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present the classic fairy tale “Cinderella” from Sept. 23 to Oct. 29. Poor Cinderella is endlessly taunted by her wicked stepmother and stepsisters and not allowed to attend the Royal Ball. Will her fairy godmother step in and save the day? Will Cinderella meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after? Tickets are $15. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present an allyouth production of Disney’s beloved fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” from Sept. 16 to Oct. 29. Join Belle, the Beast, Gaston and Mrs. Potts on an enchanting musical adventure. All seats are $15. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www. smithtownpac.org.

‘A Kooky Spooky Halloween’

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present “A Kooky Spooky Halloween,” a merry musical about a ghost who’s afraid of the dark, from Oct. 7 to 28 with a sensory-friendly performance on Oct. 15 at 11 a.m. When his secret is revealed, he is forced to leave his haunted home and set off on a quest with his newly found friends to learn the power of helping others. Come in costume if you wish! Tickets are $10, To order, call 928-9100 or visit www. theatrethree.com.

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

For their generous support we thank: Glynn Mercep and Purcell, LLP Margo Arceri and Tri-Spy Tours Michael Harford Fred and Debbie Bryant, Bryant Funeral Home Charles Lefkowitz and Realty Three Peter Moloney and Moloney Funeral Homes Michael Ardolino of Realty Connect • Chris Nevin Andy Polan and Stony Brook Vision World The Connell Family and M.A. Connell Funeral Home Trumbull Printing • Jetset Jenny Ann Kilbourne • Matt Duff y Stephanie Pessoa and Brandon Loos Virginia Cash Cares • Joe DiSanti Long Island Speed Specialists For their invaluable assistance we thank: The Ward Melville Heritage Organization SPLIA (Society For The Preservation of Long Island Antiquities) Steve Healy and The Three Village Historical Society Bev Tyler • Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson Three Village Community Trust Long Island Seaport and Eco Center Antique Costumes and Props by Nan Benner’s Farm • John Worrell • Theatre Three Stony Brook University • Caroline Church Setauket Gourmet Deli • Setauket Village Diner Via Pizza • Pasta Pasta • Eastern Pavilion • Unique Cleaners Toast Coffeehouse, Port Jefferson and Patchogue Todd Shapiro Associates • Empire National Bank We welcome community participation.

If you are interested in preserving our local history and wish to add your name and that of your business to our movie credits (e.g. Executive Producer, Associate Producer), please call us at 631-751-7744 ©150286

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photo of the week

Harbor Ballet Theatre is proud to announce that Craig Salstein, current soloist with American Ballet Theatre will return as our Cavalier for the 2017 production.

LONE STAR STATE ON OUR MINDS Ann Becker of Mount Sinai took this photo at Heritage Park in her hometown on Labor Day. The stone, one of 100 that line the Avenue of America path, has been decorated with flowers and mementos for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

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

WE ARE DANCING BECAUSE REGISTRATION TIME IS HERE!!

JAZZ ★ HIP HOP ★ BALLET ★ TAP ★ LYRICAL ★ CHARACTER ★ ACRO ★ OPEN/CONTEMPORARY ★ JUMPS & TURNS TECHNIQUE INTRO TO DANCE ★ COMBO ★ TINY DANCER ★ ACRO/HIP HOP ★ BREAK DANCE ★ BOYS HIP HOP ★ SPECIAL NEEDS

HOLBROOK LOCATION

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Fall Registration Thurs., Sept. 7 3:00PM - 7:00PM Sat., Sept. 9 • 10:00AM - 2:00PM 310 Main Street, Holbrook

Fall Registration Fri., Sept. 8 • 3:00PM - 7:00PM Sat., Sept. 9 • 10:00AM - 2:00PM 556 North Country Road, St. James

631-585-6900

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On Going Fall Registration. First Day of Fall Classes: Monday, September 11th

FREE COMBO IN SEPTEMBER! +Registration Fee Expires 9/30/2017

10 OFF Registration Fee

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25th Year Anniversary and still going strong!!

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