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Hot, Well, Everything: Huge Expo & Health Event In Farmingale
The Farmingdale Community Summit Council presents its 18th annual Expo & Health Fair on March 19 at The Farmingdale High School gym from 6 to 8:30 pm. On site will be representatives from service organizations, merchants, health care providers, exhibitors, a model train display from TMB Model Train Club, and many more opportunities to gain valuable information and to be enertained. Learn more by calling (516) 454-6813, or find FarmingdaleSummit on Facebook.com.
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Hot Brandy: A Major Country Star At Looney Tunes
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A songwriter turned major artist in country singer Brandy Clark makes a rare in-store appearance and autograph signing on March 11 at Looney Tunes Records in West Babylon. Clark's latest release, Your Life Is A Record, has her at the top of the country charts. Learn how to attend this special event by logging on to ltcds.com, or call (631) 587-7722.
Hot & Slithery: 'Sensational Snakes' In Smithtown
A uniquely named family themed event – “Ssssensational Ssssnakes” – takes over on March 15 from 1 to 3 pm at Sweetbriaer Nature Center in Smithtown; information: sweetbriarnc.org and (631) 979-6344. On display during this special afteroon will be a selection of serpents, according to the group; participants will learn about their unique adaptation through games and other participatory activities. Children can create a snake craft to take home.
Hot & Scary: Get Ready For 'Horror In Hicksville'
The Long Island Puppet Theater and Nocturnal Creatures NY present “Horror In Hicksville” on Friday, March 13 (naturally) beginning at 7 pm and running deep through the night at the Puppet Theater's Hicksville location. It will be a night of terrifying entertainment featuring horror movies, live music by Discipline Theory and more artists, DJs, and vendors of the strange and macabre, all taking place in a unique venue. Tickets are $20 at the door; for complete information: lipuppet.com and (516) 932-5469, or find Nocturnal Creatures NY on Facebook.
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... With A Bit Of Brooklyn, Too Photos: Jeurys Familia by Bob Smith; Arta Jekabsone via JCAL
Batter Up: Opening Day For New York Mets Is March 26
This season, March 26 marks opening day for The New York Mets at Citi Field in Flushing; once again, the team's home schedule will include a series against crosstown rivals The New York Yankees (July 28 and 29) and a visit from MLB's freshly minted villains, The Houston Astros (June 2 and 3). New to the Mets are pitchers Michael Wacha and former Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello; returning stars include young upstarts Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso. For individual and plan tickets: Mets.com and (718) 507-TIXX.
Yeah, It's Hot: It’s 'Holy Hell' At Flux Factory
It's broiing, and free: Go to “Holy Hell,” running from March 12 through March 20 at Flux Factory in Long Island City; info: (347) 304-0026, or log on to fluxfactory.org. Produced by Springboard Collective, this event surely live up to its name: The nine days of this event will feature such attractions as a hot sauce and hot wing eating competition; mechanical bull riding; a late night “Party In Hell” with a live DJ; three stages of performance art, gluttony, and comedy, as well as more off-kilter attractions.
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Arta Jekabsone: A Rising Star Sings At JCAL
The popular (and still new) “Thursday Night Jazz” series returns with the rising singer Arta Jekabsone on March 12 at The Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning in Astoria; for info and tickets: eventbrite.com, jcal.org, and (718) 658-7400. This New York City-based Latvian singer, composer, and arranger is recognized for her velvety vocal tone, and has already captured several major jazz awards around the globe; she makes a rare Queens appearancee for this special event.
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The Biggest Events At Area Performing Arts Centers & Theaters Swan Lake Madison Theatre, Molloy College, Rockville Centre March 29 • madisontheatreny.corg (516) 323-4444 The Russian National Ballet brings this timeless love story that mixes magic, tragedy, and romance into four acts in a special event that ranks as one of the highlights of the season.
Broadway Blockbusters Patchogue Theatre For The Performing Arts March 21 • patchoguetheatre.org (631) 207-1313 This one truly is a rare event in that it brings the best of a genre together for a special night, all on the same stage: An array of Broadway's biggest stars will sing hits from their smash shows, including Becky Gulsvig. (pictured), Gavin Lee, Telly Leung, and more.
A Cappella Live Staller Center, Stony Brook University March 14 stallercenter.org (631) 632-ARTS [2787] Vocals without instrumental accompaniment, that’s a cappella – and it's hot. Four internationally recognized ensembles come to Staller Center: The boy band sound and moves of The Filharmonic (pictured); the harmonies of gospel/R&B artists Committed; “American Idol” star Blake Lewis; and songstresses Women of the World.
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Proudly Presents Long Island Music Week Nov. 5-15 • Saturday November 7
• Saturday November 14
Open House At 25+ Recording & Rehearsal Studios Meet The Owners & Engineers Tour The Studios
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Support Long Island Music Festival Friday November 13, Saturday November 14, Sunday November 15
200 Acts Appearing at 100+ Clubs, Restaurants, Bars, Performing Arts Centers, Libraries All Genres of Music Showcased February 2021 - Long Island Music Business Association Awards Dinner honoring those iconic Businesses that have supported The Long Island Music Scene including clubs, studios, MI stores, Tribute and original bands from the 60's & 70's, radio station personalities and stations Purpose: To promote brick and mortar music businesses and bring people into stores, studios, clubs and performing arts centers to experience all that LI music businesses have to offer
Advisory Board Kevin Sheehan, owner KJ Farrells & The Warehouse Jerry Ricci, owner Long Island Drum Center Dan Welsh, owner 89 North Karl Groeger, owner, Looney Tunes Mike McElwee, founder Nutty Irishman, owner TJ Finleys Lou Plaia, founder and EVP Reverbnation
Jodi Giambrone, Director of Marketing, Patchogue Theatre Jeff Frohman, owner Murphy's Music Alissa Marti, Director of Business Development, Mulcahy's David Saul, owner Marketing Masters NY Ben Metzger, owner Studio Noir, Director, Long Beach Ukulele Orchestra Heather Draskin, Communications Manager, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
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FILM: Which Of These Friday The 13th Movies Get Lucky?
My Spy Starring Dave Bautista, Kristen Schall, Ken Jeong, Chloe Coleman Directed by Peter Segal STXfilms • Opens March 13
We don't think there's any question about which of this trio of new movies will do the best at the box office ... but we've been wrong a lot. Hollywood believes that the WWE Hall Of Famer Baustisa, after his stints in the Guardians Of The Galaxy series, could very well follow Dwayne Johnson as a legit star in films – and thanks to a funny script and what those who have previewed this film claim is real chemistry between the former
wrestler and child actress Coleman, this one might, indeed, push Bautista into the stratosphere ... even without the Guardians.
Bloodshot Starring Vin Diesel Directed by David S.F. Wilson Columbia • Opens March 13 The hulking Diesel hasn't exactly been on a hot streak of late – but since this throws the big man into the comic book adaptation game, this one has a good shot at the big time. Yeah, it's perfect casting: The rippled Diesel portrays Ray Garrison, a soldier killed in action who is brought back to life as a superhero and unbeatable soldier by The RST Corporation … which has a bit more than just defeating the bad guys on its twisted corporate mind. Our take for March 14: My Spy at #1, with Bloodshot just behind it at #2 (margin of prediction error: 100 percent).
Reviews and previews by Cody Bell; photos courtesy respective film companies
The Hunt Starring Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank, Betty Gilpin Directed by Craig Zobel Universal • Opens March 13 We can't even guarantee this one will open: This horror satire was pulled last fall after President Trump claimed it bashes (and literally brutalizes) conservatives (the plot reportedly involves a bunch of “liberal elites” that kidnap and hunt “deplorables”). Now, in a true 1970s-style exploitation film ad campaign, Universal released a poster containing all sort of outraged quotes and diatribes about The Hunt … yet, the movie has yet to be actually viewed by anyone. Expect more snark, but either way, we must ask: What's Oscar winner Hillary Swank doing in this?
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SPORTS BEAT Considering it's been almost two years since he last played a game – coupled with that crazy story of how getting hurt by a wild boar on his Florida ranch cost him at least $20 million of guaranteed salary in the final year of his contract – it's easy to reason that Yoenis Cespedes would be on his best behavior going into the 2020 campaign ... but you’d be wrong. Almost as soon as he arrived at the New York Mets Yoenis spring training camp in Port Cespedes St. Lucie, Florida, Cespedes, never the friendliest guy, informed the media he would not be speaking to reporters during the 2020 season. My first reaction: “Would Cespedes display such boorish behavior if he were playing for The New York Yankees?” The answer, of course, is that there was no way that CEO Hal Steinbrenner, general manager Brian Cashman, and manager Aaron Boone would
BOWLING
Learn From The Best: Here's some big regional news for parents, teachers, and coaches: People seriously into bowling – and learning about the sport and how to teach its fundamentals – can sign up for a free coaching seminar from USA Bowling Coaching. All attendees are provided materials to take home; participants will be given the opportunity to receive a complimentary online Level 1 course and certification exam, a $49 value. This special day of learning will be Sunday, April 19 from 10 am to 1 pm at Rab's Country Lanes in Staten Island; registrations are required. Register at Bowl.com/usacoachingschedule. For complete information, contact USA Bowling at (817) 385-8340, or write to USABowling@ icbyouth.com. Great Americans Roll On: Congratulations to Pak Wong of New York City on winning his second club tournament of The Great American Seniors Bowling Club on February 9 at East Islip Lanes. The next GAS tournament will be March 15 beginning at 2 pm at Levittown Lanes; members are reminded to wear collared shirts. For more information: (516) 731-5700.
ever tolerate such nonsense. Their Mets counterparts – chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, and manager Luis Rojas – should have called him into a conference room and read him the riot act. My guess is that Cespedes’s agents at CAA/Roc Nation, after reaching for the antacids, must have told him that he was going to be a free agent at the end of the season and that team owners aren’t going to give lavish contracts to 35-year-old outfielders who are deemed to be head cases. Cespedes decided to end his media moratorium six days after he began it. Frankly, I was surprised Cespedes would be so concerned with the press, since spring training is the time of year when writers engage in breezy puff pieces. A good example is
how every daily paper had a beat writer compose articles about how Mets starter and Patchogue native Marcus Stroman said that he would not only have a very good 2020 season, but that he was ready to dominate. Talk is Neil obviously Walker cheap when baseball camp opens. Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen foolishly got a bit peeved when former Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler, who signed a lucrative contract with The Philadelphia Phillies tn December, complained that he didn’t hear from the Mets about a contract extension. In my book, that meant Wheeler enjoyed being part of the Mets organization.
With Bob Smith Ferrell McNeil Snow On The & Allen Johnson Roof, Champions On The Lanes: Ferrill McNeil of Bronx, New York, and Allen Johnson of Jamaica emerged as the champions at the second Senior Legends Tour (SLT) event on February 23 at Herrill Lanes in New Hyde Park. McNeil took the crown in the upper average division, earning $600 by defeating Robert Vickers of New York City, who took home $400. Johnson ($600) was the lower average champ, who defeated Paul Rourke of East Islip, who earned $400. Other top finishers were: Upper division – Larry Selzer of Westbury ($300) and Pak Wong of New York City ($250). Lower average top
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Photos: Bill Delawski courtesy Herrill Lanes; SLT winners courtesy SLT
finishers included Eddie Cintron of Laurelton ($300) and George Williams ($250). SLT’s next tournament is Sunday, March 29 at AMF East Meadow Lanes. To view the results and finals video of the SLT Herrill event or to sign up for the East Meadow event, visit thesltour.com. Pursuit Of Perfection: Perfect 300 games were all the rage at Herrill Lanes in New Hyde Park during the beginning of this year: Congratulations to Bill Delawski (pictured left), Danny Yi, Dom Pabellina, and Billy Lowry. Bowlers of area houses wishing to see their pefect games in this spot need only write to goodtimes.magazine@gmail.com.
Instead of graciously wishing him the best and thanking him for his service with the Mets, Van Wagenen took the low road by saying that Wheeler, thanks to the Mets medical staff, was able to cobble together two good half-seasons in 2018 and 2019, which landed him a gigantic payday 100 miles southwest of Citi Field. A trio of really good guys in baseball are
The Way Back
fighting to prolong their careers, and to do so they signed minor league contracts with teams to get an invitation to spring training. Former Mets and Yankees third baseman Todd Frazier signed a major league free agent contract with The Texas Rangers over the winter. Another Mets and Yankees
infielder Neil Walker, is in the Phillies’ camp this spring. Finally, second baseman Joe Panik, who played at St. John’s University and joined the Mets this past August after being waived by The San Francisco Giants, inked a minor league deal with The Toronto Blue Jays. The new Ben Affleck movie, The Way Back, has the star portraying Jack Cunningham, a fictional Southern California high school basketball legend in the early 1990s. Instead of enjoying a fabulous college and pro hoops career, he is forced to work in construction because of numerous poor decisions, as well as a family tragedy which exacerbated his alcohol dependency. Cunningham gets a shot at redemption when the principal at his old high school offers him a coaching opportunity. The film is not easy viewing by any means and is melodramatic in spots, but it does shine a light on mental health and chemical dependency. At the press screening, I attended, former Mets ace Dwight Gooden spoke and reveals how he faced many of the same issues Affleck’s character did. Last year, veteran sportswriter Rick Reilly
With Lloyd Carroll
wrote a book about Donald Trump’s obsession with golf, Commander In Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump (Hachette Books), in which many who spent time on the links with Trump shared their recollections. Veteran tennis and boxing scribe Mark “Scoop” Malinowski takes a similar approach with Close Encounters With Donald Trump. Malinowski gets sports figures and others to share their memories of Trump before he entered the White House. Boxers Mike Tyson and Chuck Wepner are fans, while former heavyweight champ Larry Holmes claims to have never liked him. Nick Kish, who ran the football operations of The Jacksonville Bulls, places the blame for the demise of the spring United States Football League on Trump, who wanted the league to compete with the NFL.
Photos: Neil Walker, Yoenis Cespedes by Bob Smith; The Way Back courtesy Warner Brothers Pictures
Adam & The Metal Hawks
Cancer Can Rock Benefit: Updates & More
Cancer Can Rock NY III, once again hosted by Kate Fox, returns on March 15 to Revolution in Amityville; advance tickets are now available and can be purchased at revolutionny.com and through the Facebook event page. The headliners – Adam & The Metal Hawks (aboive), Etherius, Revel 9, and Black Dawn, all have major projects coming up in the coming months Cancer Can Rock, founded by Jim Ebert, is a charity that strives to serve musicians (and their families) facing aggressive cancer; learn more at cancercanrock.org.
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LI BITES
Calendar Photo: Red Lobster courtesy Red Lobster
Umm, Umberto's: We're noted this before, but we're going to do it again: They come, they go, the chains, the mom and pops, and everything in between – but nobody beats the traditional “plain slice” at Umberto's Of New Hyde Park (633 Jericho Turnpike, (516) 437-7698). Sure, there's a lot of good pizza in these parts, don't get us wrong, but nothing else we taste matches the flavor of an Umberto's regular slice, a perfect melding of cheese, their own tangy sauce, and the always just-right crust. Television food pundits and regular walking around New Hyde Park folks are in agreement; try one slice and you'll be a regular. Cater To Your Hunger: ezCater has announced that Red Lobster has joined their catering marketplace to serve up signature items such as Wood-Grilled Chicken Taco Bars, Maine Lobster Tails, and Cheddar Bay Biscuits to businesses for the first time in its 52-year history. This marks Red Lobster's entry into the $62 billion catering market. Red Lobster is the latest national restaurant chain to join the ezCater platform. By bringing catering online, ezCater gives businesspeople a simple, reliable way to order food from more than 70,000 restaurants nationwide. "We are thrilled to offer the world's largest seafood restaurant
Tuesday, March 10 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Ryan Ruzika Café Al Denté (Oyster Bay) Open Jam / Open Mic Hosted By Brother Dave Coasters Tavern (East Meadow) Open Mic Dawg Pound (Levittown) Open Jam Junction (Long Beach) Singer/Songwriter Night K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh Tribute: Open Rehearsal & All-Star Warmup Junction (Long Beach) Open Mic With Dave Kellan Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Country Night: Urban Rodeo Spinnakers (Oyster Bay) Open Mic Suffolk BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue) Vinyl Night With Looney Tunes Brody McKay's Tavern (Selden) Open Mic Night Dek's (Rocky Point) Jam With The Johnny Mac Band Katie's Of Smithtown Jam Night With Jim Moran, Danny Miranda & Bobby Rondinelli Long Shot Bar & Grill (Coram) Open Mic Night Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Sax Talk With Tom Juliano / Open Mic / Industry NIght Rocky Point Ale House Open Mic With The Johnny Mac Band Shandon Court (East Islip) Ward Cloughan Sound Cellar (Huntington) Jazz Jam Staller Center At Stonly Brook University Starry Nights: March Warehouse LI (Amityville) Country Music Tuesdays: Line Dancing NYC/Brooklyn/Queens Village Green (Whitestone) Open Jam With Lisa Miller
chain, Red Lobster, to all of our customers," said Mike O'Hanlon, head of catering partner business at ezCater. "People can now enjoy their favorites from Red Lobster at work, and it gives Red Lobster a great opportunity to grow their off-premises business." The Red Lobster catering menu includes a number of items such as Chilled Lobster & Shrimp Rolls, Lobster Bisque, Garlic Shrimp Scampi, and Cheddar Bay Biscuits. "Nothing makes a meeting more enjoyable than food, especially freshly prepared seafood and our iconic Cheddar Bay Biscuits. That's why we're excited to make it easy to order Red Lobster for all your catering needs through ezCater," said Salli Setta, president and chief concept officer for Red Lobster. To order catering: ezcater.com/redlobster.
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Wednesday, March 11 Nassau Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Maxwell Street Blues Coasters Tavern (East Meadow) Karaoke Corner Galley Restaurant (Massapequa) Karaoke With Greg Don Lorenzo's Restaurant & Lounge (Glen Cove) Jerry Costanzo & His Trio Half Moon Bar & Grill (Long Beach) Blues Jam With The Mo Betta Blues Band K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Wonderous Stories Landmark On Main Street (Port Washington) Afternoon T.E.A.: Sylph Chamber Music Massapequa Bowl Country Night Mickey Malone's (Floral Park) Jam Night Sunset Grill (Seaford) Blues Night: Blue Plate Special Woody’s Village Park (Massapequa Park) Open Mic With Johnny Mac &
Your Guide To Local Events Dave Ice Suffolk 89 North Music Venue (Patchogue) Country Music Night Beau’s Bar (Greenlawn) Open Mic Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Nick Balzano Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Wayne Sabella Jazz Loft (Stony Brook) The Jazz Loft Trio / Jam Session / (Afternoon Performance) Young At Heart: Strictly Sinatra Lily Flanagan's (Babylon) Country Night Maxwell's (Islip) Bobby Ditgial (Acoustic) M.J. Dowling’s (Sag Harbor) Acoustic Open Mic Paramount (Huntington) Straight Up With Stassi – Live Rail (Smithtown) Open Mic Acoustic Rock & Comedy Jam With Russel
Somehow Sorry March 12 My Father’s Place At The Roslyn Hotel
Pzutto Smithtown Social Open Mic Tremé (Islip) Jim Cammack Featured Artist Project Warehouse LI (Amityville) Live Band Karaoke With Rockjunky / The Dance Mechanics Wild Rose (Farmingdale) Karaoke NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Cutting Room (NYC) Felicia Collins' Jukebox Live Jam Thursday, March 12 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) The David Lamm Duo Bellmore Bean Open Mic Night Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Dee Hariss Corner Galley Restaurant (Massapequa) Trivia Night With DJ Greg Elliot's (Freeport) Open Jam J.W. Dowd's Pub (Hicksville) Karaoke K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Ladies Night & Live Band Karaoke / FM (Steely Dan Tribute) Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Open Mic My Father’s Place At The Roslyn Hotel Live Vinyl / Somehow Sorry Paradise Studios (Massapequa) Open Jam & Networking Session Turning Point (Farmingdale) Terri DeRespino Suffolk Amityville Music Hall The Get Up Kids Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Cassandra House BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue) Karaoke & Ladies Night Brumidi Lodge (Deer Park)
Calendar Bill Wilkinson & The Long Island Sound Swing Band Butterfields (Hauppauge) The Cyndi Hazell Duo Featuring Reesho Lampese Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington) Special Screening: Bagpipes Calling! Featuring Live Bagpipe Band Peformances Garden Grill (Smithtown) Open Mic Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Jen & Larry Husk & Vine (Saint James) KJA Trio Rail (Smithtown) Thursday Night Open Mic Jam Shandon Court (East Islip) Gerry Finlay Southampton Publick House Blues & Brews Jam Session Hosted By George Howard Featuring The Moderators / DJ Lyvik Tremé (Islip) Latinology Warehouse (Amityville) '70s Flashback NYC/Queens/Brooklyn City Vineyard (NYC) Ellis Paul Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning Arta Jekabsone Joe's Pub (Astoria) Karaoke With DJ Frankie Okie Quays Pub (Astoria) Open Mic Rockaway Brewing Co. (Rockaway Beach) Thursday Night Hot Mics
Your Guide To Local Events Friday, March 13
Horror In Hicksville: Discipline Theory Nassau / So Long & Goodnight (My Chemical Romance Tribute) / Jess-O-Lantern / Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Run 4 Cover Tommy Step / Zoë Durand / DJ Louie Bellmore Bean (Bellmore) Lugosi / DJ Kenyon Casey Wayne – Urban Rodeo Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Bad Mary Corner Galley Restaurant (Massapequa) Mulcahy's (Wantagh) Radio Daze / Brian Duggan DJ Savage Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Shore Wave Radio Nicolls Road / 45 RPM Elliot's (Freeport) Contraband / NYCB Theatre At Westbury Martina McBride Shawna Caspi Planting Fields (Oyster Bay) March 13 The Hot Club Of Flatbush Biergarten St. Paul’s United Plattduetsche (Franklin Square) The Touch Methodist Sergio's Italian Restaurant Church (Massapequa) Willy Sacco: Las Vegas Legends / Live Standup Comedy Still Partners (Sea Cliff) Ransom Pier / Bridges & Tunnels Tilles Center (Brookville) Wonderous Stories' Concert For The Rockabillies Bangladesh Revisited: Marshall Jessie's On The Water (Oceanside) Crenshaw / Graham Maby / The Generators Steve Holley Junction (Long Beach) South Of Sunrise Suffolk K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Zeppelin 89 North Music Venue (Patchogue) Complete (Led Zeppelin Tribute) / Screamer Of The Week The Brother Pluckers / Local Tavern (Levittown) Time The Roses Grove Band Passages / Floodwire (Acoustic) Amityville Music Hall Pathology / Long Island Puppet Theater (Hicksville) Pyrexia / Heisenberg / Coronary
Photo: Shawna Caspi by Roni Hoffman
Thrombosis Bartini Bar (Babylon) The Provacateurs / Rattlesnake Bay Street Theater (Sag Harbor) The Moondogs – The Beatles' White Album: LIve Beau’s Bar (Greenlawn) Ten Years Gone Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Matter Bobbique (Patchogue) White Room Boulton Center (Bay Shore) Big Laughs Up & Comers: Farooq Hussain / Olga Namer / Devin Bramble / Nick Tilleli / Christina Scheinberg / Robb Hall / Ricky Grimes / Joe Mahoney / Nicki Mattsson / Tom DeCillis Butterfields (Hauppauge) Transfusion Finley's (Huntington) Shiffley Harbor Crab (Patchogue) Mach 5 (Trio) Garden Grill (Smithtown) The Legendary Murphys Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Danny Mixon Jazz Loft (Stony Brook) Darrell Smith & The Del Segno Trio Karver’s Grille (Holbrook) Joey-Dee Light Katie's Of Smithtown The John Byrne Band Maxwell's (Islip) Rob & Matt From Tonight's Entertainment Oar (Patchogue) Tom McGuire Off Key Tikki (Patchogue) Project X Pace's Steakhouse (Hauppauge)
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Calendar Danny Kean Paramount (Huntington) Granger Smith Patchogue Theatre Live Edition: The Diary Of Anne Frank Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Tommy Santoriello & Margaret Lassen Port Jefferson Village Center Julia Crowe Revolution (Amityville) For The Taking / Afterburn / The Fearless / Hollywood Drive-By / Joe Doukas Shandon Court (East Islip) The Cara Band Southampton Publick House Karaoke Night With Music By Tony Kerr & Dory Seymore St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (Northport) Shawna Caspi / Rupert Wates Tremé (Islip) MYXD Order Vanderbilt Planetarium (Centerport) Led Zeppelin Laser Light Show Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) Craig Rose Warehouse LI (Amityville) The Remedy
Your Guide To Local Events (Franklin Square) Disco Unlimited Sergio's Italian Restaurant (Massapequa) Janet Soluri & Tommy Hicks As Stevie Nicks & Neil Diamond / Live Standup Comedy Still Partners (Sea Cliff) The Rectangle Sunset Grill (Seaford) Guilty Pleasures Swing The Teapot (Floral Park) Fishing With Fredo Tilles Center (Brookville) The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Westy Self-Storage (New Hyde Park) The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company Of Long Island Suffolk 89 North Music Venue (Patchogue) Klassic Rewind / Covergirl Amityville Music Hall Pro-Pain Barmani's Kitchen & Bar (Huntington) The Disciples Of Love / Unbound Bartini Bar (Babylon) Daniel Corozza Bay Street Theater (Sag Harbor) The Moondogs – The Beatles' White Album: LIve Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Miles To Dayton
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/ The Mystic / (Happy Hour) Acoustic Blue Wild Rose Bar & Grill (Farmingdale) Karaoke NYC/Brooklyn/Queens BLVD (Whitestone) Rewind Live Brooklyn Bowl The Soul Rebels Thai Rock (Rockaway Beach) Breakaway
Saturday, March 14 Nassau 3rd Rail (Bellmore) The Hambones Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) White Chocolate Barnum Ballroom (Island Park) Bathtub Gin Bellmore Bean (Bellmore) Michelle Jameson Elliot's (Freeport) Cruise Control Johnny McGorey's (Massapequa Park) The Johnny Mac Band Junction (Long Beach) Ben Goldsmith & The Original Band K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Nikki Torres & The Girls Of Summer (Donna Summer Tribute) / That 70s Band Local Tavern (Levittown) Spitfire Memories 2 (Williston Park) Rewind Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Gaveldown / Turrigenous / My Missing Half Mulcahy's (Wantagh) Shilelagh Law My Father's Place At The Roslyn Hotel Jack Tempchin Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) 12X NYCB Theatre At Westbury The Grass Roots / The Buckinghams / Tommy James & The Shondells Plattduetsche Biergarten
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Brody McKay’s Tavern (Selden) Black Sabbath Tribute Elijah Churchill's (Northport) Take 3 Finley's (Huntington) Floodwire Fork And Fiddle (Port Jefferson) The Gary Sellers Band Garden Grill (Smithtown) Don & The Law Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Noriko Ueda & Ayako Shirasaki Karver's Grille (Holbrook) Tony Sidito Katie's Of Smithtown Lisa Polizzi's Janis Joplin Experience Mills Pond Gallery (Saint James) Acoustic Afternoon Open Mic Mill Roadhouse (Westhampton Beach) Christine Sweeney Oar (Patchogue) Rockin' 45s Duo Off Key Tikki (Patchogue) The Glen Hagen Trio Paramount (Huntington) Ally Brooke / Daniel Munoz Patchogue Theatre Live Edition: The Diary Of Anne Frank Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Tommy Santoriello & Margaret Lassen Repeal XVIII Lounge (Huntington) Barfly Ristegio's (Patchogue) On The Groove Revolution (Amityville) Blizza (311 Tribute) RGNY Vineyard (Riverhead) The 60s Invasion Shandon Court (East Islip) The Cara Band Smithtown Center For The Performing Arts Irish Comedy Night: Joey Callahan / Mike Gaffney / Tim Gage / Kendra Cunningham / Mike Keegan /
Calendar Ed McGonigal Southampton Publick House Saturday Night Publick Affair With DJ JetSet Staller Center At Stony Brook University A Cappella Live: The Filharmonic / Women Of The World / Committed / Blake Lewis Suffolk Theater (Riverhead) Earth Wind & Fire Tribute Band Swell Taco (Patchogue) Christine Sweeney Sylvester Manor (Shelter Island) The Fretless Tremé (Islip) The Hitman Blues Band Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium (Centerport) Led Zeppelin Laser Show Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) 2 Franks & Greg Warehouse LI (Amityville) The Legendary Murphys / Soapbox Messiah NYC/Queens/Brooklyn BLVD (Whitestone) Cover 2 Cover Brooklyn Bowl The Soul Rebels Flushing Town Hall Global Mashup 2: Hungary Meets Ghana Jamaica Arts Center Vaude: A Toast To The Boogie Joe's Garage (Astoria) Soulshine Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Jessie's Girl
Your Guide To Local Events Sunday, March 15 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa) Them Again Bellmore Bean Allen Fox Big Daddy's (Massapequa)
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Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center South Shore Jazz / King Cobras Hillside Public Library (New Hyde Park) Tennessee Walt's Riding With The Outlaws K.J. Farrell’s (Bellmore) Curt Arnel & Friends Sunday Jam Landmark On Main Street (Port Washington) Carbon Leaf Mulcahy's (Wantagh) Roger & JP's 2020 Corned Beef & Chaos: O El Amor
Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) St. Patrick's Celebration: FiveStone Sergio's Italian Restaurant (Massapequa) Louise Bruno (Cher Tribute) / Live Standup Comedy Sunset Grill (Seaford) Sunday Funday St. Patrick's Party Tilles Center (Brookvile) Theater: Bandstand Suffolk Barmani's Kitchen & Grill (Huntington) Way Back When Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Great River) Canta Libre Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Shecky & The Twangtones Connetquot Public Library (Bohemia) Buoy 34 Elijah Churchill's (Northport) St. Patrick's Celebration Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Jacqueline Duryea & Henry Haid / Gail Storm & Danny Marx Greenpoint Harbor Brewing Company (Peconic) Sonic Gumbo Hops Scotch Bottle Shop (Deer Park) Open Mic Huntington High School The Symphonic Pops Of Long Island Oar (Patchogue) J.D. Leonard Paramount (Huntington) Against Me!
Red River Inn (Yaphank) Jam Night Revolution (Amityville) Cancer Can Rock Benefit: Kate Fox / Revel 9 / Etherius / Adam & The Metal Hawks / Black Dawn Southampton Publick House Tom Wardle Sneaky Pete's (Patchogue) Songwriters Of Long Island St. John's Church (Cold Spring Harbor) Dr. Carol Weitner Station Pub (Sayville) Open Jam Staller Center At Stony Brook University Children's Show: U Are The Music! Swell Taco (Patchogue) Christine Sweeney Tremé (Islip) Jazz Jam Hosted By Robert LePley Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) Dan Hill NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Bourbon Street (Bayside) Al Smith City Vineyard (NYC) Della Mae Irish Whiskey Bar (Astoria) Bluegrass Jam With Dave McKeon & Mary Noecker Jazz Standard (NYC) The George Coleman Quintet Monday, March 16 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Kane Daily
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Calendar Bellmore Bean Open Mic Comedy Night Creative Corner (West Hempstead) Open Mic Night & Jam K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Super Monday Jam Session Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Country Night Ziggy's Corner Pub (Massapequa) Open Mic Comedy Night Suffolk Bartini Bar (Babylon) Open Mic With Dave Drew BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue) Acoustic Open Mic Cinque Terre Restaurant (Huntington) Monday Night Live Jazz Jam Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Ron Thompson Katie's Of Smithtown Blues Jam Lion’s Den (West Islip) Open Mic Little Nook Café (West Sayville) Open Mic Hosted By Justin Odiogn & Eva Marie Nags Head Ale House (Huntington) Open Mic Sachem Public Library (Holbrook) Lecture: Recording Broadway – An Afternoon With Thomas Z. Shepard Shandon Court (East Islip) Musicians Night Hosted by Gil McLean Tap & Barrel (Smithtown) Vox Populi Open Mic Hosted By Michael Perlmutter Village Lanterne (Lindenhurst) Open Mic Night Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Psychic/Medium Christopher Allan NYC/Queens/Brooklyn El Rey Restaurant (Jamaica) Comedy Bites: Live Standup Comedy Jazz Standard (NYC) The Mingus Big Band Tuesday, March 17 Nassau 317 Main Street (Farmingdale) 2U (U2 Tribute) Amalfi Restaurant (Glen Cove) Open Mic Night With Frank Walker Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Steve Dale Café Al Denté (Oyster Bay) Open Jam / Open Mic Hosted By Brother Dave Coasters Tavern (East Meadow) Open Mic Dawg Pound (Levittown) Open Jam K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) St. Patrick's Day Party: The Legendary Murphys Junction (Long Beach) Singer/Songwriter Night Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Bad Habits (Thin Lizzy Tribute) / Crisis Crayons Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Country Night: 12X Sergio's Italian Restaurant (Massapequa) Charlie Gange's Sinatra St. Patrick's Spectacular / Live Standup Comedy Spinnakers (Oyster Bay) Open Mic With Mike Dorio Turning Point (Farmingdale) Karen Bella
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Suffolk American Legion Post 94 (West Babylon) Fourth Millennium BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Your Guide To Local Events Vinyl Night With Looney Tunes Café Castello (Bellport) Open Mic Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) Open Mic Dek's (Rocky Point) Jam With The Johnny Mac Band Garden Grill (Smithtown) Tooty & The Mother Plucker Katie's of Smithtown Jam Night Long Shot Bar & Grill (Coram) Open Mic Maxwell's (Islip) St. Patrick's Celebration: Joe Soul O & John Pizz Patchogue Theatre The Red Hot Chilli Pipers Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Sax Talk With Tom Juliano / Open Mic / Industry Night Rocky Point Ale House Open Mic With The Johnny Mac Band Shandon Court (East Islip) Ward Cloughan Warehouse LI (Amityville) Country Music Tuesdays: Line Dancing NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Village Green (Whitestone) Open Jam With Lisa Miller Wednesday, March 18 Nassau Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Kane Daily Charlotte's Speakeasy (Farmingdale) Rugcutter Wednesdays: Dance Party Coasters Tavern (East Meadow) Karaoke Corner Galley Restaurant (Massapequa) Karaoke Night With DJ Greg Homestead (Oyster Bay) Open Mic With "Big Daddy" John Struck Jetty Bar & Grill (Long Beach) Country Music Originals Night K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Wonderous Stories Mickey Malone's (Floral Park) Midweek Jam With Don Celenza & Friends Sunset Grill (Seaford) Blues Night: Blue Plate Special Woody’s Villlage Saloon (Massapequa Park) Open Mic Night With Johnny Mac & Dave Ice Suffolk Babylon Beanery Open Mic Night Basement (Port Jefferson Station) Equilibrium Open Mic & Chill Sessions Blue Point Brewing Company (Peconic) Dan Donnelly BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue) Open Mic With Kyle Fitzpatrick Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Wayne Sabella Jazz Loft (Stony Brook) The Jazz Loft Trio / Jazz Jam Session Lily Flanagan's (Babylon) Country Night Rail (Smithtown) Open Mic Acoustic Rock & Comedy Jam With Russel Pzutto Quogue East Pub (East Quogue) Open Mic With Johnny B. Smithtown Social Open Mic Toomey’s Tavern On The Crik (Amityville) Acoustic Open Mic With Tom Tremé (Islip) Dudley Music Presents The Swing Sessions Warehouse LI (Amityville) Live Band Karaoke With Rockjunky
Calendar NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Club Macanudo (NYC) Paula Atherton Cuttting Room (NYC) Felicia Collins' Jukebox Live Jam Thursday, March 19
Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Tooty & The Mother Plucker Bellmore Bean Open Mic Night Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Jim Treutlein Corner Galley Restaurant (Massapequa) Trivia Night With DJ Greg Elliot's (Freeport) Hitman Blues Jam K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Live Band Karaoke / Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder Tribute) Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Open Mic My Father's Place At The Roslyn Hotel A Night Of Classic Rock To Benefit Spectrum Designs Foundation & Nicholas Center NYCB Theatre At Westbury Rain (Beatles Tribute) Paradise Studios (Massapequa) Open Jam & Networking Session Turning Point (Farmingdale) Terri DeRespino
Your Guide To Local Events Bellmore Bean Coincidence Machine Big Daddy's (Massapeaua) Contraband (Unplugged) Elliot's (Freeport) Clamdiggers K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Franks 'N Beans Landmark On Main Street (Port Washington) David Broza & Trio Havana Memories 2 (Williston Park) Timeless Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Pudding Time (Primus Tribute) Mulcahy's (Wantagh) Disco Unlimited My Father's Place at The Roslyn Hotel The Ed Ryan Band Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) The Zoo / Whiskey Road Still Partners (Sea Cliff) Jon LeDeau
Sunset Grill (Seaford) Rockin' 45s Tilles Center (Brookville) Dog Loves Books Suffolk Barmani's Kitchen & Grill (Huntington) No Stone Unturned Bartini Bar (Babylon) The Kevin McLeod Band Bay Street Theater (Sag Harbor) All Star Comedy Hosted By Joseph Vecsey Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Kyle Fitzpatrick Bobbique (Patchogue) Mountain Jam Orchestra (Allman Brothers Band Tribute) Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
AQUARii / Heavy Duty Super Ego Brickyard At The Clarion Hotel (Ronkonkoma) Mach 5 Butterfield's (Hauppauge) Guilty Pleasures Cowfish (Hampton Bays) OP Effect Garden Grill (Smithtown) Breaking Dawn Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) James Weidman Gunther's (Northport) The Johnny Mac Band Karver's Grill (Holbrook) Kelli Baker Katie's Of Smithtown Emerald Rising Maxwell's (Islip) Waxxamus Band Oar (Patchogue) Frank Belluci Pace's Steakhouse (Hauppauge) Danny Kean
Suffolk Beau's Bar (Greenlawn) The Ray Hauck Trio Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Steve Mall Garden Grill (Smithtown) Open Mic Hosted By Sly Geralds Half Hollow Hills Community Library (Melville) Open Mic Hosted By Toby Tobias James Joyce (Patchogue) Open Mic Hosted by Steven Archdeacon Jazz Loft (Stony Brook) The Bad Little Big Band Paramount (Huntington) Howard Jones Acoustic Trio: Robin Boult / Nick Beggs Rail (Smithtown) Thursday Night Open Mic Jam Featuring The Rail House Band: Rob Noxious, Russ Pzutto, Joe Sansone, & Tony Pappas Revolution (Amityville) Tiny Moving Parts / Belmont / Capstan / Jetty Bones / Behind The Facade Rhum Island-Inspired Cuisine & Rum Bar (Patchogue) Mr. Next Level Southampton Publick House Brews & Blues Weekly Jam Session Hosted By George Howard Featuring The Moderators / DJ Lyvik Tremé (Islip) La Elegancia De La Salsa Warehouse LI (Amityville) The Electrix (Grateful Dead Tribute) / Spiral Eye (Hot Tuna Tribute) Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Savage Pianos NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Cutting Room (NYC) Joe Henry Joe's Pub (Astoria) Karaoke With DJ Frankie Okie Quays Pub (Astoria) Open Mic Rockaway Brewing Co. (Rockaway Beach) Thursday Night Hot Mics Friday, March 20 Nassau 3rd Rail (Bellmore) Danny Langdon Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) The Fab Francese Trio Bayou Jones (Merrick) Acoustic Blue
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Calendar Paramount (Huntington) Big Shot (Billy Joel Tribute) Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Tommy Santoriello & Margaret Lassen Port Bistro & Pub (Port Jefferson) The J Effect Port Jefferson Village Center In The Round: Wes Houston, Pete Mancini, & Jim Allen Revolution (Amityville) Mod Sun Simplay (Hauppauge) Karaoke Night Six Harbors Brewing Company (Huntington) Tooty & The Mother Plucker Southampton Publick House Karaoke Night With Music By Tony Kerr & Dory Seymore Suffolk Theatre (Riverhead) Roomful Of Blues / Popa Chubby Tremé (Islip) The Affordables Blues Band Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) The Fridays Warehouse LI (Amityville) Screamer Of The Week / Misty Mountain (Led Zeppelin Tribute) Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Shawn Mullins NYC/Queens/Brooklyn BLVD (Whitestone) Last Man Standing Bourbon Street (Bayside) The Italian Chicks Comedy Show Jamaica Arts Center Vaude: A Toast To The Boogie Joe's Garage (Astoria) Live Music By Your Playlist
Your Guide To Local Events Saturday, March 21 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) The Electric Dudes Barnum Ballroom (Island Park) Mountain Jam Orchestra (Allman Brothers Band Tribute)
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Andy Glasser Memorial Mulcahy's (Wantagh) All The Blink Things (Blink-182 Tribute) / New Divide My Father's Place At The Roslyn Hotel Brand X Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Ikabar Krane / Peat Moss & The Fertilizers Theatre At Westbury March 22 NYCB Marlon Wayans Plattduetsche Park (Franklin The Long Square) Island Penny Lane (Beatles Tribute) Partners (Sea Cliff) Museum Still Glass Bottom Soul Sunset Grill (Seaford) The Legendary Murphys Swing The Teapot (Floral Park) The Pointers Tilles Center (Brookville) Jana Robbins & Haley Swindal: We Just Move On! The Songs Of Kander and Ebb
Bellmore Bean Acoustic Color Elliot’s (Freeport) Our Generation Jessie's On The Water (Oceanside) Last Waltz Junction (Long Beach) Ninjas Need Money K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Wonderous Stories / Wild Honey Landmark On Main Street (Port Washington) Us & Floyd (Pink Floyd Tribute) Memories 2 (Williston Park) Cover To Cover Mr. Beery's (Bethpage)
Suffolk 89 North Music Venue (Patchogue) Decadia / 45 RPM Amityville Music Hall Wave Break / At Second Glance / Jack Corbin / Until Tonight / Finite State / Anthony Morace Barmani's Kitchen & Bar (Hunington) The Bruno Brothers Band Bartini Bar (Babylon) Second Chance Bay Street Theater (Sag Harbor) Joplin's Pearl Featuring Amber Ferrari (Janis Joplin Tribute) Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue) Brother Pluckers
Photo: Teddy Thompson Ellington Photoby byJ.W. Jos van Vliet
BrickHouse Brewery (Patchogue) Jet City BroadHollow Theatre (East Islip) Jeff Allen (Elton John Tribute) / The Magical Sound Of Motown Brody McKay's (Selden) Mr. Chrisp (Acoustic) Butterfield's (Hauppauge) The Tercels Finley's (Huntington) Shorewave Radio Finnbar's Pub (Mt. Sinai) The Johnny Mac Band Garden Grill (Smithtown) DNA Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Joe Tranchina Greenpoint Harbor Brewery (Peconic) Carrie & The Cats Karver's Grille (Holbrook) The Little Music Company Mills Pond Gallery (Saint James) Acoustic Afternoon Open Mic Oar (Patchogue) Rubber Soul Paramount (Huntington) Jessie's Girl (1980s Tribute) Patchogue Theatre Brodway Blockbusters: Becky Gulsvig / Gavin Lee / Telly Leung / Lesli Margherita / Nic Rouleau / Ben Hope & Elisabeth Evans Pomodorino Trattoria Italiano (Huntington) Tommy Santoriello & Margaret Lassen Repeal XVIII (Huntington) Hard Drive Revolution (Amityville) Violet Nine / Embodied By Ghosts / Kill The Blonde / Watch Them Burn / Homeseeker Shaker's Pub (Oakdale) Sanction Shandon Court (East Islip) The Cara Band Southampton Publick House Saturday
HEADLINERS Howard Jones Acoustic Trio The Paramount, Huntington March 19 • paramountny.com • (631) 673-7300 The New Wave icon and synth pioneer's acoustic trio shows are an intimate, stripped-down trip through his 30-year music career. Featuring Jones on electric piano, Robin Boult (Roger Daltrey, Dave Stewart, Fish) on acoustic guitar, and Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo, Belinda Carlisle, John Paul Jones) on Chapman Stick, these shows deliver a fresh take on Jones’ best-known and biggest-selling hits.
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Tommy James & The Shondells The Grass Roots The Buckinghams NYCB Theatre At Westbury March 14 (516) 247-5200 Classic rockers, get ready for a triple treat of 1960s and 1970s hitmakers: Far more AM band favorites than you can count on all your fingers and toes with James (“Crimson & Clover,” “Draggin’ The Line”), The Buckinghams (“Kind Of A Drag”), and the multi-faceted Grass Roots (“Midnight Confessions,” “Sooner Or Later”), one of the more underrated groups of the “serious” rock era. The Moondogs: The Beatles' White Album – Live Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor March 13 & 14 • baystreet.org (631) 725-9500 The area band The Moondogs has been covering the music of The Beatles for decades. The current incarnation of the band had its genesis at Bay Street Theatre at a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ 1964 arrival in America.
Calendar Night Publick Affair With DJ JetSet Staller Center At Stony Brook University Russian National Ballet – Giselle Stereo Garden (Patchogue) Lynch Mob Suffolk Theater (Riverhead) AbbaFab (Abba Tribute) Tremé (Islip) Mach 5 Vail-Leavitt Music Hall (Riverhead) Dead Of Winter – Grateful Dead Tributes: The Electrix / Reckoning / Dawg Star Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) Southbound Warehouse LI (Amityville) Vinyl Revival / Petty Rumours (Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks Tribute) NYC/Queens/Brooklyn BLVD (Whitestone) LI Rewind Shawn Choi (Flushing) Navatman Music Collective & Dance Company Thai Rock (Rockaway Beach) Blue Roots Sunday, March 22 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Dan Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Little Wilson / Sunrise Jazz Great Neck House Live Comedy: Talia Reese / Tugboat Manny / Art Schill / Jack Cloonan Junction (Long Beach) Penny Lane K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Curt Arnel & Friends Open Jam Locust Valley Public Library Tennessee Walt's Riding With The Outlaws Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Celebration Of Life For
Your Guide To Local Events Ralph “Sarge” P. Mulcahy's (Wantagh) St. Partick's Parade Celebration Sunset Grill (Seaford) Off The Hook's Pajama Jam Tilles Center (Brookville) Shanghai Quintet
Giacomo Jack's (Amityville) Dave Ice & Johnny Mac Grasso's (Cold Spring Harbor) Glafkos Kontemeniotis & Marcus McLaurine / Danny Marx & Bill Heller Greenpoint Harbor Brewery (Peconic) The East End Trio Long Island Museum (Stony Brook) Suffolk Teddy Thompson 89 North (Patchogue) (Afternoon) The Moriches Community Center (Center Moriches) Folkie Fest Presents Strong Blues Barnburner To Benefit Suffolk Women Of Song: Sarah Lewis / Rorie Kelly / Inda Eaton / Julia King / Gail Storm / Delaney Hafener / Emcee: James O'Malley Oar (Patchogue) Joe Cumia Off Key Tikki (Patchogue) Louise Bruno (Cher Tribute) / Charles Gagne / Larry Lombardi / John Piazza Paramount (Huntington) Indigo Girls Vaude: A Toast To The Boogie Red River Inn (Yaphank) March 20 • Jamaica Arts Center Jam Night Shandon Court (East Islip) County Homefront: The Kane Daily Tommy Mulvihill Band / The Foster Europe Band / Southampton Publick House Harmonica Bill & Marked Deck Tom Wardle Bayard Cutting Arborteum (Great River) Station Pub (Sayville) Gemini Journey Open Jam Featuring Jim Moran Blue Point Brewing Company Swell Taco (Patchogue) (Patchogue) Safrah & John Kelly Christine Sweeney Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) Treme (Islip) Edgar Guitars Open Mic & Jam Jazz Jam With Robert LePley Connetquot Public Library (Bohemia) Village Idiot Pub (Lake Grove) The Eagle River Band Paris Ray Emma Clark Library (Setauket) NYC/Queens/Brooklyn Natalie Kress
City Vineyard (NYC) Scott Sharrad / Chrissi Poland Irish Whiskey Bar (Astoria) Bluegrass Jam With Dave McKeon & Mary Noecker Treehouse @ 2A (NYC) Wes Houston, Pete Mancini, & Jim Allen Monday, March 23 Nassau Bacaro Italian Tavern (Massapequa Park) Johnny Mac & Dave Ice Bellmore Bean Open Mic Comedy Night Cinque Terra Restaurant (Huntington) Monday Night Live Jazz Creative Corner (West Hempstead) Open Mic Night & Jam K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Super Monday Jam Session Ziggy's Corner Pub (Massapequa) Open Mic Comedy Night Suffolk Amityville Music Hall Midnight / Savage Master / Rotten / Deathcycle Katie's Of Smithtown Blues Jam Lion’s Den (West Islip) Open Mic Little Nook Café (West Sayville) Open Mic Shandon Court (East Islip) Musicians Night Hosted By Gil McLean Tap & Barrel (Smithtown) Vox Populi Open Mic Hosted By Michael Perlmutter
Make Plans Now For These Major Concerts & Events Savage Pianos Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center March 19 • whbpac.org • (631) 288-1500 This act is a hot dueling piano show from the northeast known for its craftsmanship, deep repertoires, and unique personalities. Fronted by Steve Savage, a classically trained pianist from The Berklee College of Music, Savage
Pianos offers a pair of performers on facing pianos taking turns playing audience requests and curated playlists. Expect rock, comedy, audience participation, and a lot more.
Photos: Howard Jones (cover & article) by Simon Fowler
Red Hot Chilli Pipers Patchogue Theatre For The Performing Arts March 17 patchoguetheatre.org (631) 207-1313 This isn't your ordinary bagpipe band: It fuses traditional Scottish music and rock anthems, which they call "Bagrock." Imagine traditional pipe tunes with contemporary anthems such as Queen’s “We Will Rock You,”“Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol, “Let Me Entertain You” by Robbie Williams, and a medley of Deep Purple's “Smoke On The Water” and AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” The Outlaws The Space At Westbury Theatre March 27 • (516) 283-5566 The country rock legends are still rolling down the road, moseying up to towns and cities across America performing their radio classics – and they have a new album, Dixie Highway, slated to hit stores this week.
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Mohegan Sun (CT): The Grammy award-winning veteran guitarist Carlos Santana will embark on a North American tour this summer. A continuation of 2019’s “Supernatural Now Tour,” the “Miraculous Supernatural 2020 Tour” will stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, August 14 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $199.50, $99.50, and $89.50 and are on sale now through Ticketmaster; for more information, call (888) 226-7711. Santana and his band (which also currently features Santana’s wife, Cindy Blackman Santana) will highlight songs from both his Supernatural and Woodstock eras, as well as newer tracks from his Carlos Santana 2019 full-length album Africa Speaks, as well as some extra musical surprises. “I feel like a 20 year old on stage playing with my band, and they deliver incredible energy on every song,” said Carlos Santana recently. “When we hit the stage, we know we will touch your heart and make you dance, sing, cry, laugh and leave your worries and fears behind. The shows will feature the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow … with energy.” This past year, Santana celebrated Terry the 20th anniversary Fator of his multiple Grammy Awardwinning album Supernatural, along with the 50th anniversary of his Woodstock performance. Santana’s 1999 album Supernatural featured the back-to-back #1 singles “Smooth” and “Maria Maria,” and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, topping the charts in more than 12 countries, and sweeping the 2000 Grammy Awards. Resorts World Catskills (Monticello): Resorts World Catskills, New York’s newest casino resort with the closest proximity to Manhattan, has announced its spring 2020 entertainment lineup. On tap: The multi-platinum band Styx, known for such hits as “Come Sail Away” and “Renegade,” will jam out on March 27. For sports fans Catskills Clash, presented by Star Boxing, returns to the RW Epicenter for Catskills Clash III on April 17 and Catskills Clash IV on June 19. Veteran rockers REO Speedwagon, known for their chart-topping hits including “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Keep On Loving You,” will rock the house on June 6. These live entertainment events will be hosted in Resorts World Catskills’ 2,500 seat RW Epicenter. For complete information: rwcatskills.com and (833) 586-9358.
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The Long Island Music Expo takes over a lavish location on Sunday,
March 22 from 10 am to 6 pm at The Huntington Hilton in Melville; adults are $10, with children (4-10) admitted for $8 (ages three and under are free). Advance discounted tickets are available now at the website longislandmusicexpo.net. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase on site. Part of the proceeds of this event will go to Rockin’ for Rescue, a Long Island pets organization. This event will feature music instrument builders, distributors, and retailers, most of whom are based in New York. There will be demonstrations of new and vintage gear such as guitars, basses, drums, and accessories. Area author and musician Andy Aledort will sign his new book, Texas Flood: The Inside Story Of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and will host a guitar clinic at 2:30 pm. Other attractions at this family friendly event: Raffles, a music peting zoo, and a special live musical peformance featuring students from Farmingdale’s School Of Rock at 4:30 pm.
The Long Island Music Lover’s Faire
Stacks Of Wax (& Music Of Every Style) For All The next edition of The Long Island Music Lover’s Faire takes place on Sunday, March 22 from 10 am to 3 pm at The American Legion, located 66 Veterans Boulevard in Massapequa; for complete information, call (973) 209-6067 or log on to showsandexpos.com.
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Belly Laughs & Blarney Get ready for a full night of Irish-themed humor as national standup star Greg Fitzsimmons (pictured) leads fellow star comics Kevin Brennan and host Mike Keegan for a mirth event that lands perfectly on St. Patrick's Day itself. Tickets and information: madisontheatreny.com, and (516) 323-4444.
“The Man” Is A Superstar So who is the biggest Irish star of the moment? It may very well be Becky Lynch, the flame-haired WWE Raw women's champion who calls herself “The Man.” Lynch is announced as taking on Asuka at the March 22 WWE “Road To Wrestlemania” card at Madison Square Garden (as with all wrestling shows, cards are subject to change). Learn more at wwe.com.
Some photos are used for illustrative purposes and do not reflect actual goods or services. Photos: Cabbage by Brett Handon; Bagpipes Calling! courtesy Cinema Arts Centre; Becky Lynch by Super Festivals (CC); haircut courtesy St. Baldrick’s (file photo)
Our Musicians Honored A special night at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington: A new documentary film, Bagpipes Calling!, featuring The Northport Pipe & Drum Band and a wealth of area musicians, will be shown on March 12 – and live Irish music and an authentic Scottish Highland bagpipe performance are on the amazing bill of entertainment as well. Info: cinemaartscentre.org and (631) 423-7610. Prodigal Sons Once of Ireland's most popular exports during these past few decades has been The Prodigals – and they'll perform live in concert on March 24 at The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport. Tickets and info: engemantheater.com and (631) 261-2900.
We’re All Laddies & Lasses:
Ways To Get Your Irish On This Month The Real Deal Every week, Shandon Court is East Islip features live Irish music to thrill the soul, featuring authentic acts such as Ballybay, Co. Monaghan's Gerry Finlay and his amazing Cara Band – and on March 17, these musicians will be performing to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Learn more at shandoncourt.net, or call (631) 581-5678.
Fill Up With Classic Fare The 30th annual Independent Group Home Living Program, Inc. (IGHL) St. Patricks' Chinese auction and corned beef and cabbage dinner – featuring guest Chef Walter O'Stockton – is set for March 13 beginning at 4 pm at IGHL's Manorville Opportunity Center; for more information on this event: Call (631) 878-8900
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A Sip Of Tradition The Vine Wine Bar in Merrick will feature The Vine Wine Academy presenting some of the best small batched Irish Whiskeys on March 12 beginning at 7 pm. Space is limited; for reservations, call (516) 812-7883. More information: thevinewinebar.com.
Hey, Curly It happens every year at this time: Volunteers shave their heads to help raise funds for The St. Baldrick's Foundation's support of chilren's cancer research. Learn more about it at stbaldricks.org; local events (find more on the website): March 14 at Napper Tandy's in Smithtown, Fatty McGee's in East Islip, Rudi's in Patchogue, and more.
Shape Your Shamrock Hey, kids: “St. Patrick's Day Sculpture Craft” is on tap on March 17 at 3 pm at The Douglaston/ Little Neck Branch of The Queens Library; info on this free event is at (718) 225-8414 and queenslibrary.org. For St. Patrick's Day, sculpt a decorative bowl or a shamrock with clay.
Shhhh … A Love Letter To Ireland The Irish-themed film classic, The Quiet Man starring John Wayne, will be presented by film historian Larry Wolff on March 18 at 6:30 pm at the library at Chestnut Hollow School in Dix Hills. To register, log on to hhhlibrary.org or call (631) 421-4530.
CLUBBING Open Mic With Sly Geralds The Garden Grill, Smithtown March 19 • thegardengrill.com (631) 265-8771 He's a master of the bass, and he's all over the place: Sly Geralds is ready to rock your world with an array of styles and sounds as he returns to Garden Grill to host an open mic night that are you are most welcome to come and be a part of.
E3 • Village Pub, Massapequa • March 14 • (516) 798-9699 A hot band on the area scene, E3 offers the kind of guitar-driven rock trio that's kept Long Island fans coming out to area clubs for decades, performing the hits of everyone from ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, and Van Halen to Collective Soul, Foo Fighters, and Green Day – and just about any other classic act you could think of. Nikki Torres & The Girls Of Summer (Donna Summer Tribute) K.J. Farrell's, Bellmore March 14 kjfarrells.com (516) 804-9925 The 10 pm headliners at this Nassau County rock mecca are as close to local legends as it gets: The multi-talented Torres recently put together this lavish tribute to the 1970s R&B diva Donna Summer (“Love To Love You Baby”), and the results have been enraptured fans and standing ovations everywhere it has performed.
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APPLE SAUCE
It's A Disco Daze – Again: These days, disco culture is the stuff of legend: Dazzling mirror balls and raining glitter, unconventional fashion, and extraordinary excess – but those who were fortunate enough to experience the disco era firsthand understand the elements that came together to create an exquisite musical and cultural storm. The lovechild of young baby boomers who felt left out of sixties counterculture and the increasing polarity of New York City nightlife, disco was born on February 14, 1970. On that evening, downtown disc jockey David Mancuso hosted "Love Saves The Day," the first of many invitation-only underground dance parties at his SoHo loft apartment at 645 Broadway – parties that quickly outgrew the space before relocating to a larger venue at 99 Prince Street. From within the eye of the storm in New York City, disco soon took center stage in mainstream culture, with anthems such as Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"; on the big screen with Saturday Night Fever, and on dance floors with hits that
Disco Is Back At Morrison Hotel Gallery crossed over – even on to rock & roll radio – and dominated the sales charts, from Van McCoy's "The Hustle" to literally dozens of other smash hits. Upon its half-centennial, “Disco At 50,” presented by Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City, brings it all back to the place where it began, retrospecting the cosmopolitan renaissance from invite-only obscurity at Mancuso's loft to the velvet-roped phenomena that would ensue with the advent of genre goliaths like Studio 54 and Paradise Garage. On public view starting February 14, this month-long exhibition featuring photographers Bill Bernstein, Ron Galella, Lynn Goldsmith, Rose Hartman, and Allan Tannenbaum is a love letter to legendary nights and an era when exclusivity was all about inclusivity. The RSVP-only opening night of the exhibition on February 13, featured DJ Samantha Michelle, and also featured specialty cocktails, nonstop dancing, and a celebration of the joie de vivre that made the disco era an extraordinarily magical moment in music and pop culture history. It's even been said that a "dress to kill" code was strictly enforced on the night of the special event. That lavish opening night was just the beginning: The beat will go on through March 15, overlapping the March 13 opening of “Studio 54: Night Magic” at The Brooklyn Museum. Running through July 5, the exhibition will go behind the velvet rope and inside the history, social politics, and trailblazing aesthetic of the disco movement. The exhibition will combine photography, fashion, drawing, and film, as well as neverbefore-exhibited costume illustrations, set proposals, and designs to explore Studio 54's existence within the wider history of New York City. For more information on this event and Morrison Hotel Gallery, call (212) 941-8770.
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Photos by Rich Balter Photography, provided by Indulgent Lucie
It’s ‘Nashville To Win’ For This Hot Area Act
The area-based, revived band Indulgent Lucie – comprised of Kare', Walt Willems, Tones Colonna, John Ludwig, Neil DeRiggi, and Lisa Dee – is now a blazing six-piece country/pop act that’s riding high following the release of its new single, “Nashville To Win.” Originally titled “Tip Jar Dreams,” “Nashville To Win” is the story of two musicians who travel to Nashville to make it in the music business – but what they find are grueling music sets, tough honky-tonk bars, and tip jar dreams that eventually leads them to stardom (“Bet it all on Nashville/Nashville to win).” The Northport-based group mixed genres while staying close to its country roots. Their audience has been expanding as the band performs shows throughout Long Island. Upcoming area appearances include The Warehouse in Amityville on March 12; Elliot’s in Freeport on March 28; and Napper Tandy’s in Northport on April 17. To hear, buy, or stream “Nashville To Win,” the song can be found at Spotify, Apple Music, CDBaby.com, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio.
Meghan Rafferty:
‘On Camera Acting’ A Rare Opportunity In Sag Harbor
Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor has announced that “On Camera Acting With Meghan Rafferty” workshops for both adults and teens are now open for registration. Workshops will be held on Sunday, March 29, at the Theater; The adult class will be from 9:30 to 11:30 am, followed by the teen program, open to kids ages 12 to 17, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Information on registration can be found at baystreet.org/education, by contacting Director of Education Allen O'Reilly at allen@baystreet.org or by calling (631) 725 0818. Participants of the workshops will work one-on-one with the famed Rafferty to hone their craft and on-screen appeal in a real-life audition setting. The workshop is open to beginners as well as experienced professionals.
CLASSIC ROCK
Keepin' On Keepin' On: Grand Funk Railroad marks its 51 st
Photos: Grand Funk Railroad by Allen Clark
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad marks its 51st year in 2020, and the group is celebrateing with its "Some Kind Of Wonderful” tour; more dates will be announced soon, including a show in New York. Named in honor of their 1975 hit, the tour began in Lincoln, Rhode Island, on February 8. As with all classic rock bands, here' a compendium of who is in the band these days: Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass) lead a five-piece group that also includes guitarist Bruck Kulick (formerly of Kiss), lead singer Max Carl (38 Special), and keyboardist Tim Cashion … Burton Cummings pretty much announced on social media that he and fellow Guess Who member Randy Bachman will reunite for live performances this year; they're listed as performing at a music festival in British Columbia in August … More touring team-ups: The Charlie Daniels Band and
Rod Stewart
The Marshall Tucker Band will co-headline the “Fire On The Mountain” tour; it will stop on May 9 at The NYCB Theatre at Westbury. "We have played more shows with the MTB through the years than any other band, and have worked together for over 40 years," said Daniels. "We have so much history and so many memories and the music is so compatible that when we get together, the audience, CDB, and MTB have a big ole southern-style good time." … Rod Stewart – whose concerts are more like Las Vegas spectacles than rock shows these days, but so it goes – will bring his “A Night Of Hits” tour to sheds this summer; Cheap Trick will open these events … Journey, as always, will tour – this time with The Pretenders also on the bill this summer; they’ll have a date at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater.
MEDIA What You're Listening To: In continued research beyond its recent 2019 "Global State of Mobile" report, Comscore uncovered additional critical insights around mobile music streaming. Comscore mobile audience insights show that mobile apps monopolize the time spent on music platforms; top music apps capture almost the entirety of total minutes for all music apps; and that paid users spend more time per month engaging with music streaming apps than free users do.This recent Comscore mobile research looked at how U.S. audiences engage with mobile music apps, including iHeartRadio, Pandora, Soundcloud, Apple Music, Spotify, and Google Play Music, discussed how their audiences vary across mobile web and app, and examined time spent by consumers – including a look at the difference between free and paid users and their tolerance for advertising. "The mobile music streaming market appears to be a classic 'winner-take-all' scenario," said Kelly Lewis, Comscore's product manager. "Most users are likely locked-in to one or two services, leaving little room for growth by smaller platforms beyond niche market offerings." To read the full findings of this additional research and to read the entire 2019 “Global State of Mobile” report, log on to comscore.com. Rowlands Reigns: Court TV has promoted veteran crime and justice reporter Ted Rowlands to network anchor. Rowlands joins Vinnie Politan, Seema Iyer, and Julie Grant helming the network's anchor desk based at Court TV's headquarters in Atlanta. Rowlands has served as a field producer and reporter for the new Court TV since its launch this past May. A crime and justice correspondent with more than 20 years of experience, Rowlands is best known for covering such high profile criminal cases as those involving O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Jodi Arias, Scott Peterson, Robert Blake, and Phil Spector. He previously worked for ABC News, CNN and in local television, as well as serving as a contributor on crime documentaries produced by ABC, the BBC, Discovery ID and Photo: Ted Rowlands via PR Newswire/Court TV
Ted Rowlands
Turner Broadcasting. "Ted is one of the most-seasoned true-crime journalists in the business and his insight, interviewing and reporting in the field since our launch have been outstanding," commented Court TV vice president and managing editor Scott Tufts. "We're thrilled to have him on the desk as the newest member of our first-class Court TV anchor team." Court TV is a multi-platform network, available to be viewed on cable, over-the-air, and over-the-top. Court TV is also live streamed on CourtTV.com as well as the Court TV app for Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android and Apple devices.
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Vanessa Trouble
Filling All The Senses: The Jazz Loft’s Gallery Jazz Series
The Jazz Loft, located at 275 Christian Avenue in Stony Brook has announced its premiere lineup for The 2020 Gallery Jazz Series, sponsored by Olivia and Harlan Fischer. Four concert dates throughout the year comprise the 2020 series, and features The Eli Yamin Trio, led by the acclaimed pianist; the famed singer Vanessa Trouble; Mardi Gras with The Hot Peppers; and The Dan Pugach Nonet and Nicole Zuraitis. All shows are on Thursday evenings at 7 pm; tickets can be purchased at thejazzloft.org. “We are fortunate to have the loyal financial support of Olivia and Harlan Fischer, who enable The Jazz Loft to present such exceptional talent in our Gallery Series,” said Jazz Loft founder Tom Manuel. “This year’s lineup will be bringing some of the top call artists in New York City right to our doorstep with programs that will be diverse and quite exciting." On tap this week and in the coming months (the series got
Eli Yamin
underway with a rousing performance by The Eli Yamin Trio on February 13 (the artist is pictured above): Thursday, May 14, 7 pm: Vanessa Trouble Celebrates The Great Women Of Song Tickets: $25, $20, $15, $10 Thursday, July 9, 7 pm Mardi Gras with The Hot Peppers Tickets: $25, $20, $15, $10 Thursday, October 8, 7 pm: The Dan Pugach Nonet Featuring Nicole Zuraitis Tickets: $25, $20, $15, $10 For further information: thejazzloft.com and (631) 751-1895.
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Photo via Parkwood Entertainment; photo by Melina Matsoukas
Beyoncé's Ivy Park: From The Stage To Your Closet
Following the announcement of their partnership in the spring of 2019, Adidas and Beyoncé have introduced the first Adidas Ivy Park collection, now available in stores and online. Beyoncé has united with Adidas to design a collection that combines fashion and storytelling. This relationship “champions the values of inclusivity, community and diversity,” and will take consumers on an unconventional journey starting with this capsule collection for Spring '20,” according to a press release. “The partnership respects Beyoncé's ownership of Ivy Park, and continues her journey as one of the first black women to be the sole owner of an athleisure brand.” "It is a dream come true to re-launch Ivy Park as the sole owner," said Beyoncé. "My team has worked hard with the Adidas team in bringing my vision to life for this first collection, and I am grateful and proud. From the accessories to the clothes and footwear, I wanted to design and re-imagine pieces that serve as favorite armor for anyone who acknowledges the strength in their individual style and lives freely and boldly." "Adidas is the creator's brand and has always championed the creative mindset," said Torben Schumacher, GM of Adidas Originals & Style. "With Beyoncé, we have the shared goal of putting creativity at the forefront of everything we do to go beyond what we've done before and create something entirely new.” The collection is available online at adidas.com and in select stores. Items are currently available in sizes XS – XL. Prices range from $25 for accessories to $250 for outerwear.
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Hayley Williams: Paramore Powerhouse To Unleash Solo Album
Hayley Williams has uneviled “Simmer,” the first single from the Paramore singer’s debut solo album. The track is available now; an official video – directed by Warren Fu – is streaming now via the Hayley Williams YouTube channel. Williams’ upcoming debut solo album, Petals For Armor, is set for release on May 8. “I’m so ready and so incredibly humbled to get to share this project,” said Williams, who continued: “Making it was a scary, empowering experience ... I’m in a band with my favorite musicians, so I never really feel the need to step into a role as a player when it comes to Paramore records. This project, however, benefited from a little bit of musical naïveté and rawness and so I experimented quite a bit more.” Find Hayley Williams on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.
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ARTS ANNOUNCEMENTS Comedy Dinner & Comedy Night: Bushra Ansari & Behroze Sabzwari Long Island Marrriot, Uniondale March 21; eventbrite.com; (516) 510-6959 A fundraising dinner featuring live comedy to support The Indus Health Network.
Newt Gingrich
Books Newt Gingrich Book Revue, Huntington March 24; (631) 271-1442; bookrevue.com The former Speaker Of The House will speak about and sign copies of his new book, Shakedown. Children Snow White Goes West The Showplace At Bellmore Movies Through March 15; plazatheatrical.com; (516) 599-6870 Plaza Theatrical Productions: An allages tongue-in-cheek retelling of the timeless classic. Hansel & Gretel Theatre Three, Port Jefferson Through March 21; theatrethree.org; (631) 928-9100 Enjoy an outrageous adventure with the world’s most famous brother and sister team as they contend with a feeble father, a wicked stepmother, and a well-meaning witch.
Caitlin Peluffo
Friday Night Face-Off Theatre Three, Port Jefferson Most Fridays at 10:30 pm; theatrethree.org; fridaynightfaceoff.com; (631) 928-9202 Long Island's longest-running improv comedy show. All-Star Comedy Hosted By Joseph Vecsey Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor March 20; baystreet.org; (631) 725-9500 The popular standup star introduces a trio of hot comics: Alex Carabono, Caitlin Peluffo, and Tino Romero. Film Joe Bob Briggs: How Rednecks Saved Hollywood Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington March 11; cinemaartscentre.org; (631) 423-7610 America's best-known drive-in movie expert will use more than 200 clips and stills to review the history of rednecks in America, as told through the classics of grindhouse and mainstream films. Bagpipes Calling! Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington March 12; cinemaartscentre.org; (631) 423-7610 This new documentary charts a day in the life of The Northport Pipe & Drum Band, led by filmmaker/musician Andrea Wozny as she explores the music and community of Irish Folk Musicians and Scottish Highland Bagpipers in Long Island. The evening features live traditional Irish music and a Scottish Highland Bagpipe performance, Q&A, and reception with the filmmaker. Hobbies Long Island Auto Replica Society Henrietta Acampora
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Recreation, Centereach Joseph & The Amazing Third Thursday of each month Technicolor Dreamcoat at 7 pm; (516) 884-2270; (631) 946-6335 L.I.A.R.S. meetings are open to anyone with an interest in building scale models of automobiles.
Special Events Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Madison Theatre At Molloy College, Rockville Centre March 23; (516) 323-4444; madisontheatreny.org This is an immersive experience that invites fans to jump in and explore unknown ocean depths, where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago – and perhaps live still today. Theater Green Day's American Idiot CM Performing Arts Centre, Oakdale Through March 14; (631) 218-2100; cmpac.com
Joe Bob Briggs
The hit Broadway show based on the music of modern punk's ultimate trio comes to CM PAC. Green Day's American Idiot Smithtown Center For The Performing Arts March 21 through April 18; smithtownpac.org; (631) 724-3700 The two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical is based on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album of the same name. Sister Act John W. Engeman Theatre, Northport March 19 through May 3; (631) 261-2900; engemantheater.com When the witness protection program sends aspiring disco diva Deloris Van Cartier to a struggling convent after she sees her boyfriend commit a murder, she takes her act to the
nun’s choir, where she finds an unexpected sisterhood. Guys & Dolls BayWay Arts Center, East Islip Through March 15; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theatre: What more needs be written? The legendary oddball romantic comedy featuring the legendary scalawag Nathan Detroit returns to Long Island. Note: This show moves to BroadHollow Theatre in Elmont on March 25 for an extended run; tickets are at (516) 775-4420 and broadhollow.org. Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Three, Port Jefferson Through March 21; theatrethree.org; (631) 928-9100 The Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is revived in spectacular fashion. See How They Run Manes Studio Theatre, Lindenhurst March 20 through April 5; (631) 226-8400; studiotheatreli.com From Phillip King: Scandal in the vicarage in this comedy as the Reverend Toop’s zany wife tries to keep her hard-to-explain behavior from her stuffy husband. Bandstand Tilles Center, Brookville March 15; tillescenter.org; (516) 299-3100 The Tony Award-winning musical from Hamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler.
Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
THEATER for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Public Theater At the beginning of The Public Theater’s deeply satisfying revival of Ntozake Shange’s celebratory 1976 ”choreopoem,” the late poet-playwright states her intention to “sing a black girl’s song. Sing the song of her possibilities.” Interweaving poems, dramatic monologues and AfricanLatino inspired choreography (by the ever-inventive Camille A. Brown), Shange dissects with scalpel-like precision the complex relationship between black men and black women, counterpointing men’s betrayal and abuse of women against women’s overwhelming need for a man’s love – and her own identity. Director Leah C. Gardiner, an all-female creative team (choreographer Camille A. Brown, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, scenic designer Myung Hee Cho and composer Martha Redbone) and seven actresses of great talent and presence give dramatic life to black women’s inner journey from hurt and pain to self-respect. By their
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attention to one another’s stories, by a touch or a nod, they celebrate community and sisterhood.
The cast members are identified by the color of their stunning costumes (“Lady in Blue,” and so on) imprinted with images of a female relative of the individual actress. They embody the variety of the black woman’s experiences ranging from Celia Chevalier’s
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portrayal of a young girl sneaking into her library’s adult reading room to discover imaginary camaraderie with Haitian leader Toussaint L’Ouverture; “Orange Is The New Black’s” Adrienne C. Moore as a high school senior who gleefully loses her virginity on graduation night; extraordinary singer Sasha Allen’s revealing the horror of an unwanted pregnancy and abortion, and the commanding Okwaui Okpokwasili as a woman demanding “I want my stuff back” from a former lover who stole more than just her physical “stuff” from her; and the moving Jayne Lawson in the harrowing and heart-rending monologue as a mother pleading with her crazed Vietnam vet lover not to drop her children from a window. Ultimately, with wit and wisdom, this show celebrates woman’s ability to survive and to discover her inner strength: “I found God in myself, and I loved Her fiercely.”
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RHYTHM TRACKING
With Jimi LaLumia
Going Gaga Again: Lady Gaga is preparing to drop a new single (her first solo song in three years, below) and album shortly, and the conversation begins: "Will Top 40 radio welcome her back? Is she 'old' by the standards of radio-listening youth culture?" If it turns out to be a great record, shouldn't it be able to stand on its own? The reality is that, when "Shallow" was released as a single for Gaga's A Star Is Born soundtrack album in 2018, it was strongly resisted by hit radio because they felt that Gaga had “aged out” from their audience. The success of the film and the charttopping soundtrack Lady Gaga changed that game, and "Shallow" gradually fought its way onto the air and became a much-loved hit. The grim reality, which we have discussed here before, is that contemporary hit radio is more concerned with imagining than what the actual finished product is, so it will be interesting to see if the last of the superstars is able to claw her way back onto the airwaves once again. Is It Live, Or …?: I have mixed feelings on the concept of hologram concerts. In one regard, the idea of crowds paying money to watch an image reconstruction of an actual performer, cheering and calling for encores, strikes me as something out of a bizarre sci-fi movie. On the other hand, a Beatles or Sex Pistols concert with original members intact might be well worth the price of admission. A recent Whitney Houston hologram concert has become the subject of much heated discussion, with ticket buyers either loving or hating the final result, no middle ground to be had. As more of these shows take place in 2020, the future of the genre will finally be decided. I know many performers who no longer have the wellness to tour and perform who nonetheless would probably welcome the chance to share their legacies with new audiences. The jury will be out on this subject for a while, but I do look forward to attending a hologram concert before making a final judgement. A Cinema & Music Star Passes: I'm sad to report the death of multi-talented musician, songwriter, and filmmaker Ivan Kral, notable for his work Ivan Krall in The Patti Smith Group and with Iggy Pop in the late 1970s and early '80s. His New York City scene documentary The Blank Generation stands as the singular classic of its era. We became friends in the years that followed and worked on a few projects together; he is gone too soon, and will be missed. Photos: Ivan Krall by David Sedlecky (CC)
JAZZ & BLUES Photos: Johnny A by Michael Sparks Keegan; Big Mike & The R&B Kings by Michelle Hasselton
Johnny A.
Johnny A. Is AOK: National recording artist and guitarist Johnny A. – who has appeared in the area often in the past – is now in the midst of a fresh tour. “Most of these venues will be a first for me and I'm excited to be bringing the ‘Just Me...And My Guitars’ show to them,” said Johnny A. “I'm counting on all my friends and fans to please help me get the word out.” The current performances are dubbed “Just Me...And My Guitars: A Celebration Of The British Songbook Of The '60s,” where the bluesman takes an adventurous musical left turn with his performances to present his distinct, instrumental guitar approach for the first time in a completely “solo” intimate atmosphere, combining his arrangement instincts and guitar skills with his understanding and use of effects for a high-wire, one man performance. Catch Johnny A. live on YouTube. Big Mike Comes Down The Pike: Crescent City-based Big Mike & The R&B Kings recently released This Song’s Gor You, a merging of Chicago blues and R&B sounds with New Orleans funk for a set on Red Tint Records. It's an eclectic album that encompasses Chicago rhythm and blues with soul, funk, and some rooted Reggae. “I really think if you sit down and listen to this album, there is a little bit for everyone on here,” said Big Mike. “From great solos for people to rock out on, to great dancing tunes for the dancers, stories that so many people can relate to, and even music for the easy listener wanting to hear something while sitting down and reading a book. I hope this music stays in your collection.” Run, Forrest, Run: Guitarist/songwriter Forrest McDonald returns with a new album, Blues In A Bucket, on World Talent Records. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Dogwood Recording & Mastering in Oxford, Georgia, with Ron Benner engineering, the effort showcases McDonald’s guitar mastery, aided and abetted by a cast of seasoned backing musicians featuring vocalist Andrew Black and special guest vocalist Becky Wright.
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Big Mike & The R&B Kings
BITS & PIECES
Photos courtesy respective labels and artists; The Black Keys © Alysse Gafkjen; Lisa Mills by Scott Clarke Photography; Nikki Vianna by Scott Fontaine; Josie Dunne by Bree Fish; All Time Low via Elektra Records
The Black Keys: Hitting The Road, Returning To LI
The Black Keys will launch a 35-date “Let’s Rock” summer tour, with a performance slated for August 26 at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh. Each date on the tour will feature special guest Gary Clark Jr.; tickets are on sale now.
Lisa Mills: Soul, Blues, & A Lot More A refreshing voice on the blues scene is Lisa Mills, whose January release of her debut Melody Place Music album, The Triange, has opened ears and eyes. Originally recorded by Little Richard in the early 1970s in Muscle Shoals, Mills’ rendition of “Greenwood, Mississippi” is the first single, a tribute to the sound and feel of the great southern soul music of the 1960s and '70s. Mills recorded the track with some of the original musicians in the same studio where it was first recorded. “I wanted to make a traditional R&B/blues album that preserved the spirit of the original songs, while giving them a fresh new life and point of view,” said famed producer Fred Mollin said about the successful sessions.
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Nikki Vianna: She's Doin' The 'Mambo,' Alice! Nikki Vianna is back with a seductive new single and video, “Mambo,” the followup to her 2019 burners “Done” and “When You Leave (with Matoma),” which have amassed close to 30 million streams. “Mambo” is a nod to Vianna’s Italian-American roots; learn more about the sultry singer/songwriter on Instagram.
Finally Headed Our Way Josie Dunne has announced a headline tour in celebration of her new EP. The “Time Machine Tour” travels into early June, and on the first of the month, she'll headline Mercury Lounge in New York City.
All Time Low: ‘Wake Up, Shineshine’
After building anticipation for new music and selling out tour dates across North America, All Time Low will release its new full-length album, Wake Up, Sunshine, on April 3 via Fueled By Ramen. Pre-orders for the LP are available, with exclusive bundles including vinyl, and the band’s own Rise “Wake Up Sunshine” Nitro Cold Brew Coffee available at their webstore. All orders will receive an instant grat download of the album's first single, “Some Kind Of Disaster.” Last month, the band released “Some Kind Of Disaster” alongside an official music video, which clocked more than four million streams.
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