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08.05.2025 The Arts

Silent film festival returns to Jamesport Meeting House

A Live Music/Silent Films Festival will be held from Aug. 8 through Aug. 29 at the Jamesport Meeting House, 1590 Main Road in Jamesport. The event will feature live music...

07.26.2025 The Arts

North Fork Community Theatre presents play by local musician

On Friday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, August 10 at 2:30 p.m. North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck will present a new feature called “Blue Light Club.” This one-of-a-kind live performance was created by musician-storyteller Jack Licitra. The...

06.27.2025 The Arts

Northeast Stage presents summer series: Othello

Northeast Stage returns this summer with “Othello,” Shakespeare’s complicated tale of suspicion, love, desire and betrayal. Performances will take place throughout July at locations across Suffolk County, including Greenport, Southold,...

04.07.2025 The Arts

East End artist Egginton to show at Riverhead Free Library gallery

From April 22 to May 28, artist Quincy Egginton will be displaying various works in the Overton Gallery of the Riverhead Free Library. The show, originally slated to run...

03.25.2025 The Arts

Exit 73 Studios: Drawn back home

Nestled in the heart of downtown Riverhead lies a colorful secret: a high-tech, boutique animation studio producing frame-by-frame videos for industry heavy hitters and independents alike. From big names...

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01.17.2025 The Arts

Flanders 7-year-old is youngest ever to exhibit art at East End Arts Council

Ruby Ann McDavid, of Flanders, is a lot like most 7-year-olds; she loves to play, go to school, sing, be outdoors and be a big sister. Unlike others, however,...

08.29.2024 The Arts

Blue jean sphere grabs attention on Sound Ave.

Drive along Sound Avenue in Riverhead and something unique may catch your eye. An outdoor sculpture in the form of a 12-foot-high sphere crafted from hundreds of pairs of...

08.14.2024 The Arts

Meet East End Arts’ new executive director

Wendy Weiss’ commitment to East End Arts was cemented in 2020 when she joined the board after leaving a stable, well-paying job in Boston and returning to Long Island...

05.29.2024 The Arts

Rare artwork discovered at historical society

A storied artist’s rare artwork, valued at more than $5,000, was nearly thrown into a value bin in Wading River. In an effort to keep its mission going, Wading...

05.23.2024 The Arts

Riverhead’s street painting festival turns 28 this Sunday

It’s been nearly three decades since some forward-thinking East End Arts staffers brought the popular Mosaic Street Painting Festival to Riverhead’s Main Street — and this Sunday’s Memorial Day...

05.20.2024 The Arts

New permanent sculpture shines in Grangebel Park

Due to cloud cover hiding the moon at times, it isn’t visible in the night sky. It will always shine in Grangebel Park in Riverhead though, thanks to an...

04.08.2024 The Arts

‘Girl Funk’ band hits all the right notes

Last Saturday, a new all-girl funk band made up of local middle and elementary school music teachers took the full house crowd at Eastern Front Brewing Company in Mattituck...

03.04.2024 News

Riverhead’s antidote to bias: film, facts and conversation

The first installment in what Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force chair Mark McLaughlin calls “Black History on Screen” unfolded last Wednesday before a full house at The Suffolk with a...

02.21.2024 The Arts

Long Island student artists create to celebrate Black History Month

Through paint and chalk and pencil and ink, East End Arts’ fourth annual MLK Portrait Project takes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statements to heart — but instead of...

02.07.2024 News

Riverhead non profits receive state arts funding

Robotics classes. Historical exhibits and lectures. Digitizing archives. And yes, even new port-a-potties will be paid for by grants to several organizations in Riverhead. Four nonprofits — the Long...

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