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he Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post put a focus on diversifying the seasonal line-up last year and is continuing to bring a wide array of tastes, styles and speakers to the venue over the next year. After hosting a sold-out night with former Vice President Joe Biden, another prominent elected official will come to Long Island — former President George W. Bush. The 43rd President of the United States will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 25, sandwiched between performances Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo on Oct. 12 and the Mariinsky Orchestra from St. Petersburg, Russia, on Nov. 2. “Our 2018-19 season features some exciting top performers including even more classic rock and as well as world-class orchestras. Coming off the success of last season, we’re excited to continue to bring a wide range of programming that appeals to a variety of ages and interests,” Tilles Center Executive Director Bill Biddle said. “This year’s lineup includes everything from the comedy of Steve Martin and Martin Short to world-renowned classical performances by the Israel Philharmonic featuring the final tour of Music Director & Conductor, Zubin Mehta.” The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 2.

For the center’s annual gala, Diana Ross will perform at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 6 followed by Melissa Etheridge the next night. “The classic rock and pop shows were so successful last season that we’re continuing to bring iconic performers such as Melissa Etheridge, Neil Sedaka, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo and Dennis DeYoung of Styx,” Biddle said. “The speaker series includes President George W. Bush in partnership with the Global Institute at LIU and sports icon Terry Bradshaw.” Bradshaw will speak at 8 p.m. Sept. 13. For the Broadway fans, “Spamalot” will hold two performances on the Greenvale campus at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 before “Something Rotten” moves into the space for two performances at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. March 16 and “The Sound of Music” at 6 p.m. April 28. “Our national Broadway tours will provide a variety for everyone with musical and comedy plus our dance performances are already creating a buzz in the community,” Biddle said. Patrons who want the best seats at the best price to Tilles Center performances can save 10% throughout the season by taking advantage of the Tilles Your Way program and purchasing tickets to three or more performances. For a complete listing of the 2018-19 calendar and ticket prices visit tillescenter.org.

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The top seven events

Countess Luann Saturday, August 4 at 8 p.m.

Luann de Lesseps (a.k.a. Countess Luann) is a reality television star, author, actress, singer and mother. An original cast member of Bravo’s hit show The Real Housewives of New York, Luann just finished filming her tenth season. Most recently Luann appeared in her first cabaret show #CountessAndFriends at 54 below. After rave reviews, demand grows for more shows as they continue to sell out. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Avenue, Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300

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Serving Leo’s Famous Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 8-11:30AM Friday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch Check Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included. Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 8/9/18 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer

Saturday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch or Dinner Check Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included. Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 8/9/18 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer

Sunday Only 30% Off Entire Dinner Check Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included. Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 8/9/18 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer

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Sepideh Sunday, August 5 at 7 p.m.

Persian pop star Sepideh returns to North Hempstead for a summer concert. Where: North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W. Shore Road, Port Washington Info & Tickets: (516) 869-6311

Boys II Men Sunday, August 5 at 8 p.m.

American R&B vocal group, known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies, are coming to perform for Long Island. Where: Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247 5200

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for the coming week

“The Bookshop” screening Wednesday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m.

England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s acclaimed novel and directed by Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive), The Bookshop is an elegant yet incisive rendering of personal resolve, tested in the battle for the soul of a community. Where: Bow Tie Cinemas, 115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info & Tickets: (516) 466-2020

“Annihilation” screening Tuesday, August 7 at 7:15 p.m.

Sci-ﬁ horror starring Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh as scientists who lead a terrifying expedition. Where: Port Washington Library, 1 Library Drive, Port Washington Info & Tickets: (516) 883-4400

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Wednesday, August 8 at 2 p.m., Friday August 10 at 8 p.m.,

Saturday August 11 and 18 at 8 p.m., Sunday August 12 and 19 at 2:30 p.m. The winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” was the 2002 season’s most awarded new show on Broadway. Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning ﬁlm, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when “moderns,” including a ﬂapper named Millie Dillmount, were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love. This high-spirited musical romp is a delightful valentine to the long-standing spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there. Where: Broad Hollow Theater Company, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont Info & Tickets: (516) 775-4420

Lady Antebellum with Darius Rucker and Russel Dickerson Saturday, August 4 at 7 p.m American country music group from Nashville, composed of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, come to Long Island for a concert. Where: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, 895 Bay Parkway, Wantagh Info & Tickets: (516) 221-1000 livenation.com

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

13th Annual Orchestra at Shelter Rock

SUMMER CONCERT

ednesday, July 25 through Aug. 22, 11 to 2 p.m.

Stephen Michael Smith, Music Director/Conductor

Sunday

Children will be busy (and cool) at this weekly event that involves sprinklers, bubbles, lawn games and other activities. $4 for kids ages 3 to 12; $6 for accompanying adult.

August 5 1:00

Where: Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor Info: 516-692-6768 or csfishhatchery.org

Symphonic Sympho onic Afternoon Under a Grand Grrand and Tent Rain or Shine e

acky Water Wednesdays

Shrek: The Musical

GERSHWIN Cuban n Overture STRAUSS Four Last So Songs Jessica Sandidge, Sandid idge ge, soprano RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini* *including Variation 18: Somewhere in Time Nathaniel LaNasa, piano

Saturday, July 28 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, July 29 at 10:30 a.m. (ongoing performances through Sept. 2) Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animation ﬁlm, Shrek: The Musical brings all the beloved characters children know from the ﬁlm to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.

Where: John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport Info & Tickets: 631-261-2900 or engemantheater.com

$5 Suggested Donation

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock

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Come Visit

THE OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM 102 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay We are open Sat. & Sun. 10AM-4PM and invite you to our Visitor Center, Theodore Roosevelt's historic train station, display yard with railroad equipment and turntable.

Hands-On Harley-Davidson™ Open through September 2. Roar into a kid-sized motorcycle dealership and engineering lab. Using activities that promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) themes, this interactive exhibit provides hands-on opportunities to “Dream It!”, “Build It!” and “Ride It! Be a design engineer and learn how acceleration, speed, friction, gravity, and other laws of physics aﬀect a motorcycle in motion Work with friends and family to create a custom motorcycle using interchangeable parts and accessories. See what happens when a rider throttles, leans into a curve, or descends a mountain road

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum11 Davis Ave. Garden City, NY 11530 Info & Tickets: (516) 224-5800 | www.licm.org/exhibits/exhibit/hands-harley-davidson/

Go aboard the newly acquired DE/DM locomotive and M7 cab simulators. At the Visitor Center enjoy viewing an exhibit of 20 posters featuring Advertising Art from the Golden Age of Railroading.

516-558-7036

or on the web @ www.obrm.org Admission: $5.00 Adults, $4.00 Seniors 62+, $3.00 children 6-12 5 and under FREE

Bubbles When: Current Exhibits Step inside an enormous bubble and use giant wands to make a room full of bubbles, blurring the boundary between play and experimentation. Bubbles are fun for all ages.As a sensory experience, bubbles invite children to become more observant of size, shape, patterns, reﬂection and color. Adults can pose challenges to draw upon the natural curiosity of children. Kids learn: Physical properties of liquids, Interaction of light, Molecular structures and Cooperation.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum11 Davis Ave. Garden City, NY 11530 Info & Tickets: (516) 224-5800 | www.licm.org

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GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER UPCOMING EVENTS, FILMS, CLASSES & PERFORMANCES

WEEKLY ARTS CAMPS THROUGH AUG 24! WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 | 7:30pm JUNIOR CAMP AVAILABLE TOO! THE BOOKSHOP

SUMMERARTS CAMP AT GCAC

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 | 7:30pm

DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES: YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!

Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. Directed by Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive), The Bookshop is an elegant yet incisive rendering of personal resolve, tested in the battle for the soul of a community.

From “Love Me Do” to “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, Deconstructing the 1963 Beatles traces the remarkable story through the year of 1963 as he Beatles create their ﬁrst hit singles and albums, including “Please Please Me” and “She Loves You”. A magical and educational journey with Musicologist, Scott Freiman.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 | 7:30pm

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 11:30am

LOVE GILDA: THE ETERNAL SPIRIT OF GILDA RADNER

MAKING MEMORIES THROUGH THE MOVIES!

The Gold Coast Arts Center School for the Arts offers an exciting range of classes each semester for students of all ages and abilities. Classes include: Dance, Acting, Ceramics, Art, Music, Chess, Robotics and more!

In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reﬂects on her life and career. Love, Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.

Making Memories is a series of special programs designed for people living with memory loss and their caregivers. In our Making Memories at the Movies events, individuals of all ages will enjoy clips of classic ﬁlms followed by guided conversation and reminiscence.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 | 8:00pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 | TIME TBA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 | 8:00pm

THE 50+ COMEDY TOUR

GALA TO BENEFIT GCAC!

KISS ME, KATE!

The Comedy Show that’s been 50 years in the making! This is THE Show designed for ‘mature’ audiences! Don’t miss another hilarious night of non-stop laughter & fun!

The Stars Come Out! Annual Gala Beneﬁting The Gold Coast Arts Center’s Arts in Education Outreach Programming! Invitation to follow... stay tuned!

Tony winner Kelli O’Hara stars in the revival of this classic Cole Porter musical at Studio 54 on Broadway. A dazzling classic that earned the ﬁrst-ever Tony Award for Best Musical.

SummerArts Camp brings fun and creative experiences to children of all ages, all summer long! With activities like cartooning, dance, acting, chess, vocal expressions- campers have the chance to learn a new skill, or build on their existing abilities! Call to register!

ALL FALL-WINTER CLASSES NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT! AGES 3+

SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

WE ARE LOCATED AT 113 MIDDLE NECK ROAD, GREAT NECK, NY 11021

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR TICKETS & A COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF CLASSES & EVENTS!

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Ballroom dancing to Two-day Hong Kong return to G.N. Plaza Dragon Boat fest set will get $150 and third place will get $75. Up to 20 people, 16 years or older, may participate. Anyone interested in competing should email plaza@zimmed.com or call 516-829-1301 to give his or her name, phone number, and a song four minutes long or less. The week after, on Aug. 15, the village will host its rescheduled Ballroom Dancing Promenade, featuring award-winning sibling ballroom dance duo Artur and Alina Shvetsova. That event, canceled due to inclement weather, will remain on Middle Neck Road between Grace Avenue and Maple Drive. Café style dining will begin at 6:30 p.m. and dance instruction starts at 7 p.m. “After last year’s incredible reaction from the Great Neck community to our ballroom dancing promenade night, we had to bring this fun-ﬁlled night of dancing back to the community,” Ron Edelson, director of the business improvement district, previously said.

In Celebration of the “Year of the Dog,” the Board of Directors of the It’s almost time for Great Neck Plaza 28th Annual Hong Kong Idol. Dragon Boat Festival in The Village of Great Neck Plaza, along New York announced that with its business improvement district, this free multicultural feswill host a karaoke competition promtival and sporting event enade night on Wednesday in hopes of will be held Saturday, showcasing local talent and the village’s Aug. 11, and Sunday, Aug. restaurants. 12. It will take place on Bond Street startThe festival events ing at 7 p.m. with café style dining offered consist of several Special/ by Elaine’s Asian Bistro, La Rotonda, IpInvitational Cup races. pon Asian Cuisine, Bee Organic and Great The Municipal InviNeck Diner. Sal Vivo will return as the tational race, featuring event’s DJ and MC. various teams from our “This competition always brings out elected officials, Mayor De some wonderful local talent,” Great Neck Blasio, Queens Borough Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. “In the President Katz, Congresspast we have had amazing singers perwoman Meng, and Asform music from jazz to rap to pop to show semblyman Kim’s office tunes. We are very excited to see how the were invited to field teams competition will play out this year.” as well as the NYC govThe first place winner will get $300 ernment agencies NYPD, in gift certificates for a Great Neck Plaza NYFD, DEP, and Parks Debusiness of his or her choice. Second place partment. Other special races include the Hong Kong Family Invitational, The Health Care Invitational, A Senior’s Invitational, Women’s Invitational, Media Challenge and The Educational Invitational. This year’s Corporate Invitational looks to be a good one, with 10 corporate teams joining us to race for their companies. The much anticipated Charity race goes off this year with 12,500 in the kitty to be split among the competitors designated charities. The Festival will be at Meadow Lake PHOTO COURTESY OF ZIMMERMAN/EDELSON in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, rain or shine, 9 Nationally acclaimed ballroom dancers Artur and Alina Shvetsova will be am to 5 pm on both days. visiting Great Neck Plaza. Admission is free. HKDBF-NY, an inter-

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national, multi-cultural celebration and sporting event, the largest multicultural Festival in New York and the largest festival of its kind in the U.S. It keeps up the ageold tradition of Dragon Boat Racing in colorful, custom-made teak boats, which are virtual works of art gliding on water. Custom made by a small coterie of craftsmen in Hong Kong, weighing one ton each, colorfully painted with a Dragon head at the front and Dragon tail at the rear, the boats are piloted by up to 20 crewmen, including 18 paddlers, a drummer and steersperson. For 27 years, HKDBFNY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 50,000 attendees throughout North America. With a record number of teams participating 200+ well-trained teams, involving more than 2,500 participants competing from across the U.S. and Canada, this year’s festival is expected to be notable in its scale and ﬁerce competition. The festival takes place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, featuring events for the entire family. The opening day parade is at noon on Saturday, Aug. 11. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship ﬁnals will be held Saturday/Sunday, with the teams vigorously competing for their share of the cash & prizes.

Racing starts at 9 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 5 p.m. each day, rain or shine. Other festival events consist of the NYC Regular Open, corporate youth, charity race, Non-Profit Organization’s Invitational and sponsors challenge, a photo contest as well as presentations on the Main Stage of traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional Dragon dance, musical and other diverse performances and demonstrations of folk arts and crafts. Master storyteller Jonathan Kruk joins us again. An International food court, and booths staffed by sponsors of the event, many of whom will be giving away promotional items, and many community-based organizations participating help make for a unique, actionpacked, multi-cultural, New York weekend. The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and performer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing. Parking on-site is limited, festival goers can park at CitiField and take the special MTA shuttle with your MetroCard or use correct change. Please take the MTA or shuttle bus. Directions to the Festival by bus/subway. Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to ensure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Directions to the Festival by car – take the Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to exit 11 south, then stay on service road to the Park. Parking is severely limited.

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Town artists featured in Hecksher L.I. exhibit BY R E B ECC A K L A R The upcoming Long Island Biennial exhibit at the Hecksher Museum in Huntington isn’t focused on one theme or type of art, but is rather centered on Long Island artists. This is the ﬁfth edition of the Biennial. Jurors received more than 350 pieces of art from artists across the island. Fifty-two pieces were chosen, including work from Port Washington’s Rachelle Krieger, New Hyde Park’s Pat Detullio and Sands Point’s Jane Breskin Zalben. The exhibit opens on Aug. 4 and will run until Nov. 11. Detullio’s piece is a painting that depicts the view of Brooklyn from someone on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive going toward the South Street Seaport. It shows the frame of the bridge against the Brooklyn backdrop. “My Husband and I were both born in Brooklyn, and it just … spoke to me when I took that photograph,” Detullio said. Detullio said she was shocked when her piece was chosen. She hasn’t been painting too long, only about 10 years, she said. It’s something she always wanted to pick up, but never had

the time to explore when she was working and raising children, she said. “Then I had a health issue, and I thought well, what would you regret not doing?” Detullio said. “And it wasn’t traveling Europe or anything like that, it was that I hadn’t done anything with the arts.” Zalben had a similar experience that spurred her into painting. Though she had always done art, and went to school for it, she had primarily done illustrations for most of her life. Painting large canvas pieces was always “the elephant in the room,” she said. It was an area she said she wished to explore. When her mother died a couple of years ago, it served as a push for her to further pursue painting, she said. “You sort of say, you got to do it now,” she said. Zalben also said she found gauze and bandages “squirreled away” among her mother’s belongings. Rather than tossing them, she used them in her art. Zalben started a series of acrylic paintings, dyeing and spray-painting the gauze. She also added her mother’s Continued on Page 83

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“Rocks and Rays” by Rachelle Krieger, of Port Washington.

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Town artists featured in Hecksher L.I. exhibit Continued from Page 82 household cleaners to experiment with mixed media. When painting the canvasses, Zalben said she can “really move.” “You can listen to loud music and you can dance while working, whereas at a drafting table you’re very still,” Zalben said. “So it’s a very diﬀerent experience.” For Krieger, there was never a question about whether she would pursue art, she said. “I always knew I was an artist,” Krieger said. If she didn’t pursue art, though, Krieger would have gone into the sciences, she said. She draws on her science interest in her artwork. Her piece in the exhibit is from a series called “Rocks and Rays,” which she calls an “ode to Mother Earth and our

environment” and shows the correlation between art and science. “It generally focuses on the kind of dance between the invisible part of the environment, electricity, lightwaves, wind and air patterns, as well as the solid elements of earth, like rocks,” Krieger said. The jurors for the exhibit were Christine Berry, of Berry Campbell Gallery, Robert Carter, a professor of art at Nassau Community College, and Bobbi Coller, an independent art historian and curator. “The art world needs as many venues as possible for new artists; this is so important and very much appreciated,” Carter said in a museum release. “The artist entries were surprising in how they varied in media use and subject matter – touching on nature, social issues and more. And, each juror brought their own unique perspective to the judging.”

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“Brooklyn” by Pat Detullio, of New Hyde Park.

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“Off the Grid” by Jane Breskin Zalben

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Cobb Salad revisited for summer According to The Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, Calif., their owner, Bob Cobb, invented the Cobb Salad in 1937. Supposedly, one night around midnight, the hungry owner raided the walk-in refrigerator and found Romaine lettuce, avocado, watercress, cooked, boneless breast of chicken, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, chives, cheese, cooked bacon and French dressing. He chopped the ingredients and served them to his friend, Sid Grauman of Grauman’s Chinese Theater. The salad was so delicious Sid asked for it the next day, as did Jack Warner of Warner Bros. fame and the countless movie moguls and stars that frequented The Brown Derby in the ’30s and ’40s and up until its closure in 1982. (You may still order a Cobb Salad at The Brown Derby in Disney properties from Orlando, Florida to Tokyo,Japan and all points in between.) Summer is a great time to serve a Cobb Salad. I make mine four hours be-

fore my guests arrive and keep it in the refrigerator, covered with a damp paper towel until serving time…the perfect make-ahead summer meal. Instead of chicken, I top my salad with cooked shrimp. I also like to serve thinly sliced salami, proscuitto and a wedge of Parmesan cheese alongside, for people to add, according to their own liking. Serve freshly baked Brioche rolls alongside and your salad becomes very ﬁlling. The key to this dish is the presentation. Just ﬁll your favorite salad bowl with your favorite chopped lettuce and top with your “add-ons”, grouping each one together. I have given a suggested list, but feel free to choose what you and your guests prefer. Let inspiration and seasonality be your guide. You are your guests will be transported back to glamorous Hollywood. MENU (Serves 4-6) Cobb Salad “The Original” Cobb Salad

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ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect Dressing Thinly Sliced Proscuitto & Salami Wedges of Parmesan & Bleu Cheese Brioche Rolls* *Recipe Not Given Cobb Salad 1/2 head Romaine lettuce (about 4 cups) or lettuce of your choice, chopped 1 bunch watercress, washed, dried in a salad spinner 1 head radicchio, sliced 1 lb. cooked shrimp cocktail (crabmeat also works well) 2 breasts boiled chicken, shredded

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2 medium tomatoes, chopped OR 1/2 pint of grape tomatoes, sliced in half 6 strips crisp bacon, cut into strips 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced in half 1 avocado, cut into cubes 1 zucchini, cut into cubes 6 oz. marinated artichoke hearts 6 oz. roasted red peppers, cut into strips 1. Place lettuce in a large bowl. 2. Arrange your toppings over the lettuce. If making ahead of time, top with a damp paper towel and refrigerate until serving. The “Original” Cobb Salad Dressing (Adapted from The Brown Derby Restaurant Group) 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1/4 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tsps. salt 3/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper 3/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/4 tsp. dry English mustard 1 small clove garlic, ﬁnely minced 1/4 cup full-ﬂavored olive oil

3/4 cup grapeseed oil 1. In a jar with a lid, add all ingredients together, except oils. Mix well. Add olive oil and grapeseed oil and shake until combined. Wedges of Parmesan and Bleu Cheese 1 Chunk of Parmesan Cheese 1 Chunk of Bleu Cheese- I am a huge fan of Jasper Hill Farm’s Bayley Hazen Blue, this is the most delicious bleu cheese I have ever eaten. It is a non-gmo, raw cow milk cheese with a natural blue rind and aged 3-4 months. The creaminess of this cheese is extraordinary. For more informtion, jasperhillfarm.com or 802-533-2566 Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 35-year-old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. Need help making your parties delicious and stress-free, Call 516-484-7431 and you will be a guest at your own party! If you make any of these recipes, send me a photo at party@culinaryarchitect.com

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Alum to sing opera at G.N. Plaza concert BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Pamela Levy, the head of fine and performing arts at Great Neck North High School, will head a night of opera at Firefighters Memorial Park in Great Neck Plaza on Aug. 7, alongside soprano soloist Ashley Bell and former students. Levy said the night of opera, beginning at 8 p.m. and sponsored by the Great Neck Inn, will feature a “cross-section of different styles and genres,” with pieces from “Les Misérables,” “Rigoletto” and other works. But what’s always rewarding for her, she said, is performing in her home community and seeing how former students have evolved. “It’s wonderful because I live in the community, I am an educator in the community, so several of my former students that I love perform,” Levy said. “So it’s a great feeling seeing them go from student to professional and be able to work with them in that capacity.” The performances will be delivered by Bell, who is currently performing in Europe, as well as Diana Charlop, a Great Neck native, Alex Schecter, a recent Vanderbilt University graduate, and Great Neck North graduate Jake Levy. “These singers, for the most part, have just come back from college and the singer who is our guest artist is now in Europe,” Levy said, referring to Bell. “She sings all over the world.” Bell began her opera career at 9 years old as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus and made an Off-Broadway debt at 16 in “The Golden Touch.” She has since worked as a soloist in the United States, Italy, Spain, France and Russia, and recently debuted at Carnegie Hall. Charlop began her voice studies at 14 in Great Neck South High School’s opera pro-

gram while performing in community theater. She has since been in numerous performances and won awards as a vocalist and is currently attending the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Jake Levy, born and raised in Great Neck, studied at UCLA’s Ray Bolger Musical Theatre Program and has appeared in shows like “Rent,” “Hairspray,” “13 the Musical,” “Les Misérables” and numerous others. Schecter, a Blair School of Music graduate, attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, sang in the Vocal Company of the College Light Opera, and has appeared in numerous shows. Also, in 2017 and 2016, he won the NATS Southeastern Musical Competition. “I like to think of it as farm to table: it’s homegrown talent,” said Pamela Levy, who was also a vocal director at Great Neck South High School. In addition to heading fine and performing arts at Great Neck North, Levy is a pianist, director of the Manhattan Chorale at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege, and holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music. She has also directed music for many operas like “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Die Zauberflöte,” “Les Contes D’Hoffmann,” “Die Fledermaus,” “Gianni Schicchi,” “Suor Angelica” and “Carmen.” If weather is poor, the event will move to the Great Neck Social Center at 80 Grace Ave. To find out if the venue has been moved indoors, call Village Hall at 516-482-4500. There will also be a recorded message on the answering machine or an update posted online at www.greatneckplaza.net if the concert is moved indoors. “I’m really very lucky and grateful to the community because there’s so much support for the arts,” Levy said.

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