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Roaring ’20s return to L.I. thru Jazz Age exhibit PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI

The Nassau County Museum of Art’s “Anything Goes: The Jazz Age” exhibit, which runs through July 8, features a row of portraits by Man Ray.

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I The Nassau County Museum of Art opened its latest exhibit Saturday, bringing the art, music, literature and feel of the 1920s to the Gold Coast. The “Anything Goes: Jazz Age” exhibit, which opened Saturday and will run through July 8, ﬁlls the Arnold and Joan Saltzman Fine Arts Building with art in every form, from live music being piped through an antique gramophone in the museum shop to the Francis Cugat painting that inspired the famous blue “The Great Gatsby” cover and the Hobey Baker Memorial Award trophy given to the best college hockey player annually. “The show you have here is absolutely everything I’ve got in my heart and in my head,” Director Charles Riley said during the gallery

reception Friday. “Everything I know about the jazz age is laid out in these rooms.” When Riley, author of “Free as Gods: How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism,” was hired during the summer, he said he would work to bring a jazz age show to the museum. The exhibition tracks the progress of modernism in art from cubism to neoclassicism. Composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter were taking syncopation and the blues to new heights at this time, and their records, sheet music, and piano rolls are on view and will be heard throughout the show on ’20’s-era turntables and player pianos. As a Princeton University alumnus, Riley was exuberant discussing the trophy depicting the former Princeton hockey player who died during World War I while serving as a ﬁght-

er pilot. Cugat’s painting “Celestial Eyes” that dons most “The Great Gatsby” book jackets is also on loan to the museum on its ﬁrst trip ever away from Princeton University. The giants among the artists were Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Max Beckmann, Emil Nolde, Gaston Lachaise, Man Ray, Stuart Davis, Florine Stettheimer and Tamara de Lempicka, all of whom are represented in the show with major works, including a little-known Picasso drawing of the famous Jazz Age muse Sara Murphy on the beach at Antibes, as well as a spectacular Léger still life. Art for the show was also curated from Heckscher Museum, Parrish Museum, Cradle of Aviation Museum and New York University Grey Art Gallery.

PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI

Jazz music will be played through antique turntables throughout the exhibit.

PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI

Francis Cugat’s “Celestial Eyes” hangs alongside “The Great Gatsby” book cover.

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Godfrey Townsend: Eric Clapton Tribute

Friday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Godfrey Townsend and his band will perform a repertoire of music spanning more than three decades of beloved guitar legend Eric Clapton’s career — from the ‘60s classic rock anthem, “Sunshine of Your Love,” to 1996’s Grammy-winning “Change The World,” as well as Clapton’s many other great hits along the way, including “Layla,” “I Shot the Sheriﬀ,” “Lay Down Sally,” “Wonderful Tonight,” and “Tears in Heaven.” Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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Pablo Francisco, one of today’s most popular touring comedians, is known for his rapid-ﬁre jokes and spot-on impressions that result in much laughter and applause. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

Mamma Mia!

Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 at 8 p.m. (ongoing performances through April 29)

Audience members will be saying “thank you for the music” after seeing this live production that has become a worldwide sensation, telling a story of a young woman who wishes to have her father give her away on her wedding day while celebrating the classic music of ABBA with songs from “I Have a Dream” and “Take a Chance on Me,” to “The Winner Takes It All” and “Dancing Queen.” Where: Smithtown Performing Arts Center, 2 East Main St., Smithtown Info & Tickets: (631) 724-3700 • smithtownpac.org

“Outside In” with Edie Falco in Person Saturday, March 31 at 7 p.m.

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Northport native and star of “The Sopranos” and “Nurse Jackie,” Edie Falco will attend this special screening of her new ﬁlm, “Outside In,” a drama from writer and director Lynn Shelton (“Your Sister’s Sister”) about an ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town while forming an intense bond with his former high-school teacher. Members $30; general public $40 (includes reception). Where: Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 423-7611 cinemaartscentre.org

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“True Roots” with Author Kristin Cavallari

Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. Join this evening with the star of MTV’s “Laguna Beach,” Kristin Cavallari, as she speaks about and signs copies of her new cookbook, “True Roots,” in which she shows how easy it is to adopt a clean, toxinfree diet while sharing her own personal journey and tips on everything from style to relationships. Where: Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 271-1442 • bookrevue.com

Paint Nite: Calm Palms Wednesday, April 4 at 7 p.m.

If you can’t get away for spring break, do the next best thing and head over to Paint Nite at Your Mother’s House, where there will be guided, step-by-step instruction as you paint tranquil palm trees while sipping a cocktail. Where: Your Mother’s House, 2349 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park Info & Tickets: paintnite.com

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Brian Selter: Freedom of the Press

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Thursday, April 5 at 5 p.m. The 14th Annual Joe and Peggy Maher Leadership Forum presents keynote speaker Brian Selter, CNN host of “Reliable Sources” and the senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide, as he discusses current events and the biggest news stories of the day. Where: Madison Theatre at Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info & Tickets: (516) 323-4444 • madisontheatreny.org

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Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Kids can hop on over to Hicks Nurseries and visit with the Easter Bunny over the holiday weekend. Where: Hicks Nurseries, 100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury Info: 516-334-0066 or hicksnurseries.com

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Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children of all ages can bring their baskets to the farm, where Whiskers the Bunny will be hopping about, take part in egg tossing and egg rolling games, visit the farm animals, and go on a hayride. Food vendors will be on the farm all day. Advance tickets required: $10 per person; farm members are free.

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Saturday, March 31 at 11 a.m. The Duckling asks for a cookie and gets it! How do you think Pigeon feels about that? Children can ﬁnd out at this story time, with activities to follow. Where: Barnes and Noble, 1542 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset and 91 Old Country Road in Carle Place | Info: 516-365-6723 (Manhasset) / 516-741-9850 (Carle Place) or barnesandnoble.com

pring It On! Saturday, March 31 at 2 p.m.

Children ages 3 and up can celebrate the new season by creating colorful “stained glass” images of springtime symbols. $4 with museum admission; $3 LICM members.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City | Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

aster Bunny Photo Time Experience

Every day through Sunday, April 1 (check mall website for daily hours) Sponsored by Gymboree, the Easter Bunny is waiting to meet and take his photo with children at his garden in the North Court of the mall starting at 10 a.m. each morning (end times vary per day) until Easter Sunday. Make your reservations at bunnyfastpass.com.

Where: Roosevelt Field Mall, 630 Old Country Road, Garden City Info & Reservations: 516-742-8001 or bunnyfastpass.com

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The Oratorio Society of Queens performs Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, selections from “West Side Story,” “Make Our Garden Grow” the finale from Bernstein’s Candide, as well as Americana favorites on Sunday, May, 20 at 4:00 pm in the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside. OSQ will perform with its 125-plus member chorus under the direction of Maestro David Close featuring soloists and guest artist Jerry Korobow with OSQ’s orchestra, the Orchestral Arts Ensemble of Queens. This year 2018, marks the 100th birthday of American composer, conductor and pianist, Leonard Bernstein, one of the most gifted and brilliant musicians ever to have graced the American musical scene. The Chichester Psalms was commissioned by the Southern Cathedrals Festival at Chichester Cathedral and composed in 1965, is a setting of psalms celebrating joy, offering reassurance in a troubled world and underlining the beautiful theme of humanity living together in unity. The work’s rhythmic verve and melodic beauty are Bernstein at his best… truly music for our time! The West Side Story Choral Suite offers a sampling of Bernstein’s most beloved music from his enduringly popular musical of 1957 including “Tonight,” “Maria,” and “Somewhere.” The musical, based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” updates the star-crossed lovers’ lives to the realities of Manhattan’s west side during the 1950s. Voltaire, an 18th century French philosopher who wrote the book on which Bernstein’s opera, Candide, is based, asks us to “Make our garden

grow.” Growing our garden is a metaphor for the flowering of mankind itself, and we celebrate just that with this glorious song. Selections from the best of the American Choral Experience are featured with beloved African-American Spirituals including “Ride the Chariot” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” The African-American experience of slavery is reflected in the texts of the spirituals offering the hope of deliverance from bondage through the use of religious symbols. Heaven becomes a metaphor for release from slavery and ‘riding the chariot in the morning’ might mean escape at dawn. Jerry Korobow, singer, composer and guitarist, is featured playing his original compositions including his very popular “Grandma Song.” An engaging and humorous raconteur, he will give you entertaining insights into how life’s experiences impact a composer’s work and result in the creation of a new song! Queensborough Performing Arts Center is located in Queensborough Community College at 222-05 56th Ave. in Bayside. Parking is free on the main lot next to the theater, which offers easy-access entry. Pre-Concert Tickets are $35; $30 for seniors (62+) and students with ID; $10 for children (12 and under) accompanied by an adult. Tickets on the day of the concert will be $40 at the box office; $10 for children (12 and under) accompanied by an adult. For additional information, please call the Oratorio Society of Queens at 718.279.3006 or visit www. QueensOratorio.org

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, April 06, 8:00 p.m. The Fun Show with Cat & Nat NYCB LIVE, NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 Saturday, March 31, 3:00 p.m. Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 • www.paramountny. com Friday, March 30, 8:00 p.m. Pablo Francisco Friday, April 06, 8:00 p.m. Party Rock: Sing Along to the Biggest Hits from the ’70s to today TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville (516) 299-3100 • www.tillescenter.org Wednesday, April 04, 7:30 p.m. U.S. Air Force Concert Band THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, March 30, 8:00 p.m. Godfrey Townsend: Eric Clapton Tribute LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-1384 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.com Sunday, April 08, 7:00 p.m. Red Molly with Special Guest Ellis Paul NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor (516) 484-9338 • www.nassaumuseum. org Sunday, April 08, 1:00 p.m. Family Sundays at the Museum Friday, April 06, 9:30 a.m. Fri-Yay Art Days! at The Manes Center Saturday, April 07, 11:00 a.m. Studio Saturdays at The Manes Center THE ART GUILD 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset (516) 304-5797 • www.theartguild.org Thursday, April 12, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sip & Sketch SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY Hempstead House, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point (516) 571-7901 • www.sandspointpreserve.org Saturday, April 07, 8:00 p.m. Julian Gargiulo in Concert

PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-8678 • www.plantingfields. org Saturday, April 28, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Arbor Day Family Festival LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Saturday, April 07, 2:00 p.m. I Scream, U Scream!: Kids’ Ice Cream Treat For children ages 3 and up. Free event with museum admission. Monday, April 02, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Kids’ Craft: Build a Butterfly BARNES AND NOBLE 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place (516) 365-6723 • www.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, March 31, 11:00 a.m. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Story Time BOOK REVUE 313 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 271-1442 • www.bookrevue.com Tuesday, April 03, 7:00 p.m. “True Roots” with Author Kristin Cavallari Monday, April 09, 7:00 p.m. Long Island Writers Guild Writing Workshop TURN OF THE CORKSCREW BOOKS AND WINE 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 764-6000 • www.turnofthecorkscrew.com Friday, April 06, 7:00 p.m. April’s Artists of the Month: Rosemarie Tunkel CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre.org Saturday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. Film Screening: “Outside In” with Edie Falco in Person COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • www.cshfishhatchery.org Saturday, March 31, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Spring Egg Hunt THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum.org Saturday, March 31, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Egg-cellent Celebration! A special program featuring hands-on

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A&E Calendar cont’d activities that reflect Long Island boating and fishing traditions the whole family can enjoy. MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny.com Thursday, April 05, 5:00 p.m.

Brian Selter: Freedom of the Press ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 South Ave., Garden City (516) 877-4000 • www.aupac.adelphi. edu Sunday, April 08, 3:00 p.m. The Klezmatics

THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com Friday, March 30, 7:00 p.m. Cafe Music at The Dolphin Sunday, April 08, 11:30 a.m. Kids’ Storytime & Craft

WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station (631) 427-5240 • www.waltwhitman. org Friday, April 06, 6:00 p.m. Open Mike & Walking with Whitman: Terrance Hayes

Community Calendar OLDE TRADING POST 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 492-3195 • www.oldetradingpost.com Tuesday, April 03, 7:30 p.m. Game on Trivia Every Tuesday night. NORTHWELL HEALTH 300 Community Drive, Manhasset (516) 881-7000 • www.northwell.edu Saturday, April 07, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Preparation for Childbirth / One-Session Class Register in advance. Sunday, April 08, 9:00 a.m. Preparation for Childbirth / One-Session Class SID JACOBSON JCC 300 Forest Drive, Greenvale (516) 484-1545 • www.sjjcc.org Tuesday, April 10, 10:30 a.m. Bestselling Author Fiona Davis UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset (516) 627-6560 • www.uucsr.org Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Friday, March 30, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday Bridge, Lessons & Game Play Friday, April 06, 1:00 p.m. Friday Bridge, Lessons & Game Play Wednesday, April 04, 7:30 p.m. Inisfada Zen Sitting Meditation Thursday, April 05, 9:30 a.m. Yoga with Mike Mancini

SOCCER FOR THE COMMUNITY 1801 Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park (516) 869-6311 • www.soccerforthecommunity.com Friday, March 30, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Soccer for the Community: Youth Soccer Clinic Every Tuesday or Friday beginning March 20 and 23. Tuesday, April 03, 5:00 p.m. Soccer for the Community: Youth Soccer Clinic Friday, April 06, 5:00 p.m. Soccer for the Community: Youth Soccer Clinic ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF LONG ISLAND 38 Old Country Road, Garden City 516-741-7304 • www.ehsli.org Sunday, April 01, 11:00 a.m. Is It Ethical to Use Animals for Food? ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury (null) • Wednesday, April 25, 12:00 p.m. Luncheon and Theatre Performance: “Funny Girl” Noon lunch and 1:15 p.m. performance. Call John Hyland, 516-482-3795, for reservations. STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck (null) • www.scwculturalarts.org Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m. Chris Nicola, Creator of the Film “No Place on Earth”

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Party Rock to rock Klezmer music by The Paramount Grammy winners ML Presents, the company that produces the popular Back To The Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl, GO 90s with The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air, and my2000s Party with TRL has put together an all-star lineup of singers to form Party Rock. The Paramount will present Party Rock on Friday, April 6 at 8 p.m. At this concert, there will be epic performances of mega-hits from the ’70s through today’s top 40. The talented roster includes Jerome Bell of “American Idol”; Jenna O’Gara, Mark Rinzel, and Chris Hall of the group Jessie’s Girl; Mat Fernandez, Gabrielle Wiernik, and Robin Andre of The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air; and

Estee Hadzikostas and Qua Jordan of TRL. The performances will feature hits from music artists, including Prince, Bruno Mars, Blink 182, Guns & Roses, Kelly Clarkson, Daft Punk, Run DMC, Spice Girls, The Killers, Flo Rida, Macklemore, ACDC, Journey, Donna Summer, Madonna, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and more. Enjoy the best of music from yesterday and today at this one-night concert event. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington. For tickets, go to www.paramountny. com. Join the world-renowned Klezmatics for a concert of exciting klezmer music. The Klezmatics will perform on Sunday, April 8, at 3 p.m. on the Westermann Stage, Concert Hall in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, located at 1 South Ave. in Garden City. The Klezmatics are currently celebrating their 30th anniversary — 30 years of transforming the Yiddish and klezmer world; 30 years of Yiddish music as a voice for social justice, change, the underdogs and oppressed; and 30 years of “heretical” behavior, of questioning, of going against accepted beliefs and dissenting from established dogma. The Klezmatics are world-renowned and Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world. They erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century with

music that is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic musical influences including Arab, African, Latin and Balkan rhythms, jazz and punk. They have released nine albums of provocative, reflective, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels. Tickets to the concert are currently on sale for $45/$40 with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available online at www.pac. adelphi.edu or at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or via email at boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

Can’t pick up the phone right now…He’s dead BY JA DA B U T L E R A young woman named Jean sits in a café hears a man’s cell phone ringing at the table next to her. After listening to its endless ringing, she decides to ﬁnd out why the man won’t answer his phone. That’s when she discovers that he is dead. Jean decides to answer the phone and the journey that follows changes her entire life. “Technology outlives us, all that is left are memories, and this cell phone that seems to be alive after he is gone,” Michaela Fox, an LIU Post sophomore musical theater major and Mrs. Gottlieb, said. “It’s a satire on technology and our absorption with it,” she said. The play, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” written by Sarah Ruhl, is directed by LIU Post MFA student Chamila Priyanka. The small cast of six LIU Post sophomore and junior musical theatre majors each play a large role in portraying a dark and comedic perspective on contemporary issues. “I like the structure of the play. It’s not a realistic play, it’s kind of absurd,” Priyanka said. “It is a powerful artistic statement of the current society.”

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Cast members Victoria-Rousseau, Liv-DAchille and Brandon-Bennett rehearse-a-dinner scene. (Photo-by-Ashley-Bowden) Priyanka has directed four one-act plays at Post and a four-act play in his home country of Sri Lanka. “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is his ﬁrst time directing a full-length show. Priyanka praises his cast for having many talents. “They have good training here. So it is very easy to work with them,” he said. The cast all helped with creating

multiple elements of the performance, and they were heavily involved with contributing ideas, according to Fox. “It was just a bunch of creative minds working together,” she said. “The collaboration is an essential part of this business,” Priyanka said. “My cast helped me so much when I rehearsed those

scenes. Everyone gave me their ideas. It is amazing.” “[Chamila] is really fun. It’s fun to watch him grow and develop as he learns things from us and we learn things from him,” Fox said about working with Priyanka. “He’s one of the better directors I’ve worked with here [at Post],” she said. Priyanka hopes that the theme of the play reaches his audience. “This play is a kind of statement of current society. We are moving from the tangible world to the intangible world because of digital technology,” he said. “Our souls and bodies don’t want to be together anymore.” Performances take place on the Little Theatre mainstage at the LIU Post campus in Brookville on Saturday, March 24, Wednesday, March 28, and Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors, and $10 for students. They can be purchased at the Little Theatre box oﬃce or at www.tix55.com/ptc700/. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer. com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Book Club evening with Carribean twist Again, it was my turn to host The Book Club. The book we read was “Marriage of Opposites” by Alice Hoﬀman. This engaging “faction” book is set in St. Thomas in the 1800s and chronicles the life of Camille Pissaro’s mother and Camille Pissaro. I immediately started to research what hors d’oeuvres were served in the Carribean. After much reading, I came up with the following menu. All recipes are very easy to prepare and delicious. They may easily be prepared ahead of time allowing the host to be a guest. The following hors d’oeuvres may also be worked into your Spring Entertaining repertoire. Start the evening with a welcome drink of Rum Punch to set the mood. Set out the hors d’oeuvres on a Carribean pareo, instead of a tablecloth. Then let guests help themselves while discussing the book. I am sure your guests will enjoy these tasty tidbits as much as mine did, as not a morsel was left at the end of the evening! MENU (Serves 8) Rum Punch Curried Chicken with Endive

Carribean Nuts Mango with Chili Powder Plantain Chips* Deviled Eggs *Recipe Not Given Rum Punch Pineapple Juice Cranberry Juice Orange Juice Rum Triple Sec Ice 1. Fill a pitcher with ice. Pour in equal parts of the liquids. Stir. 2. Fill glasses with ice. Pour Rum Punch into the glass. Garnish with a paper umbrella, if desired. Curried Chicken with Endive 8 oz. cooked chicken breastskin removed 1/4 cup Major Grey’s Chutney 3 tblsps.sweet curry 1/8 cup mayonnaise 2 endives, separated 1. In a Cuisinart, ﬁtted with a steel blade, roughly combine all of the above, except for the endive. 2. Place chicken mixture in a bowl. 3. In a separate bowl, stand up the endive leaves. This maybe refrigerated up to 12 hours.

3 tblsps. the freshest chili powder 1. Place chili powder in a shallow bowl. Place bowl on a plate. Surround with mango spears. Refrigerate until serving.

ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect Carribean Nuts (Yields 1 lb.) 1 lb. unsalted peanuts 1 tblsp. freshly ground pepper 3 tblsps. butter salt, to taste 1. In a skillet, saute the nuts and the pepper in the butter over moderate heat, stirring often, until lightly browned and very fragrant. 2. Drain on paper towels, season with salt. NOTE: Keeps 2 to 3 weeks; can be frozen Mango with Chili Powder 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and cut into batons

Deviled Eggs 8 large eggs 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Paprika, for garnish Chopped fresh chives, for garnish 1. Cover the eggs with cold water in a heavy, 3-quart saucepan and bring to a rolling boil, partially covered. Reduce the heat to low and cook the eggs, covered completely, for 30 seconds. Remove from the heat, let stand, covered, for 15 minutes. Transfer, with a slotted spoon, to a bowl of ice and cold water and let stand for 5 minutes. 2. Peel the eggs and halve them crosswise. Carefully remove the yolks and place them in a medium bowl. Placer the egg whites, cut side up on a service plate. 3. Mash the yolks with a fork. Add mayonnaise, mustard and cayenne pepper and stir with a

fork until smooth, then season with salt and pepper, to taste. 4. Fill a pastry bag, ﬁtted with a 1/2-inch star top, with the yolk mixture and pipe it into the egg whites. Garnish with a sprinkle of paprika. 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 Spring and Summer parties delicious and stress-free, call 516484-7431 and you will be a guest at your own party!

Boxcar Lillies, Low Tickets for Holocaust Lily to perform on L.I. Museum benefit April showers usually bring May flowers, but the “Lilies” are coming to Long Island a month early. Touring artists The Boxcar Lilies and Low Lily share an April 7 bill as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series. The 8:30 p.m. concert at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off Route 25A in Centerport) will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. An Americana duo from Massachusetts,The Boxcar Lilies have been wowing audiences since forming in 2009. Combining innovative vocal harmonies and exceptional songwriting, the two musical artists have made a name for themselves with their signature mix of folk, country, blues, and bluegrass-tinged Americana music. Jenny Goodspeed (electric bass, guitar, vocals) and Stephanie Marshall (washboard, guitar, vocals) deftly weave their voices into a sound that is sometimes delicate and other times gritty, but always soul stirring. Their trademark music have put The Boxcar Lilies on the Americana music map, but their genuine and charming stage presence and offthe-cuff banter have helped keep them there.

Low Lily, a New England-based string and vocal trio, explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar), Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin), and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass to Irish, Scottish, New England, and old-time Appalachian sounds. When you combine this with their inventive composition skills and arrangements, you get music that is rooted yet contemporary. As PopMatters notes, Low Lily has “an incredible knack for putting a little pop twist on a traditional folk/Americana sound.” In March, Low Lily released 10,000 Days Like These, its first full-length CD. The trio’s previous, self-entitled EP was released in 2015. This will be Low Lily’s first Long Island concert appearance. Tickets to the concert are priced at $25 ($20 for FMSH members), and may be purchased in advance online at www.fmsh. org. For more information, visit the website or call 631- 425-2925.

Experience a taste of Long Island’s best restaurants at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s annual benefit: “Taste of Long Island.” This year’s benefit features a tasting event and silent auction on Monday, May 7 at 6 p.m. at Westbury Manor, 1100 Jericho Turnpike in Westbury. In addition, three middle and high-school students will be presented with the Friedlander Upstander Award. The Tolerance Benefit is a way for donors, volunteers, Holocaust Survivors and members of the community to join together to raise money in support of HMTC’s Holocaust, anti-bias and anti-bullying education programs. Those donations make it possible to provide transportation for school groups to visit HMTC’s world-class museum and to hear first-hand testimony from a Holocaust survivor and for nurses and law enforcement officers to participate in free training workshops. The Friedlander Upstander Award,

presented by HMTC and the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, is awarded to Nassau and Suffolk County middle school and high school students who have acted as Upstanders against bullying or intolerance in any of its forms. Recipients receive a $2,500 scholarship. The Tolerance Benefit is sponsored by Sterling Risk Insurance, the Ike, Molly & Steven Elias Foundation, the Maidenbaum Property Tax Group, Title Associates, The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, and Samar Hospitality. Other Sponsorship opportunities are available. Tickets are $130 a person and a ten-pack of tickets is available for $1,250. To make a donation or purchase tickets online visit www. hmtcli.org/tolerance. For more information about sponsorship packages and to purchase tickets, contact Deborah Lom at 516-5718040 or via email, dlom@hmtcli.org.