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06.15.2021 Community

Reflextions, Art in the Park returns this weekend with new seahorse and submarine art installations

To gain inspiration for a new art piece to be displayed at Grangebel Park as part of the “light art” installation known as Reflextions, Clayton Orehek visited the Long...

06.06.2021 Riverhead School District

In new setting, performers take to stage for 2021 Riverhead Idol

The backdrop changed, but the performances were just as spectacular as always. Riverhead Idol, a competition for students in the Riverhead School District, returned Saturday evening in a new...

05.07.2021 News

East End Arts’ Street Painting Festival scheduled for September

An annual downtown tradition will return in late summer. The Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival hosted by East End Arts is now scheduled for Labor Day weekend after originally...

04.02.2021 COVID-19

Artists sought for poster competition aimed at raising confidence in vaccine

A coalition of artists, art councils and community leaders have organized a poster competition to raise confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine, specifically engaging with ethnic and cultural minority communities....

12.14.2020 News

Through virtual learning, East End Arts finds ways to keep classes going

Art wasn’t the foremost thing on Diane Burke’s mind when, stricken with COVID-19 and battling severe symptoms, she received distressing news from a doctor at an urgent care facility....

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12.08.2020 Business

Downton Abbey costumes on view at Tanger

Fans of the British TV show Downton Abbey will delight in a new exhibit currently on display at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead. The complex is hosting “Dressing the Abbey,”...

10.27.2020 Community

Mobile art installation in Jamesport promotes voting

The Jamesport Meeting House may have caught your eye driving along Main Road in Jamesport Tuesday night. A rotating display of colorful images was projected onto the historic building...

06.15.2020 Education

Nominees announced for virtual Teeny Awards scheduled for July 23

The nominees for the 18th annual Teeny Awards — a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic — were announced Sunday afternoon on a Facebook and Instagram Live video....

05.12.2020 COVID-19

Artists pay tribute to front-line hospital workers with their work

The Peconic Bay Medical Center lobby has been transformed, at least temporarily, into an art gallery — and a tribute to the Riverhead hospital’s front-line workers, who have seen...

09.22.2019 The Arts

Punk rock exhibit ‘Frankie Says…’ brings urban grit to Riverhead

Late-night taxi driver turned assistant professor turned NYC police officer Stephen Capozzoli kicked off his retro video and photography exhibit at East End Arts Gallery in Riverhead last Friday...

07.23.2019 Slideshows

Art in the Park returns to downtown Riverhead: photos

Grangebel Park in Riverhead transformed into a walkable, interactive art experience as part of the latest rendition of “Art in the Park: Reflextions.”

05.30.2019 The Arts

Art in the Park to return downtown with even more work on display

“Art in the Park: Reflextions” will be returning to Grangebel Park with three new exhibits opening July 18, according to a presentation before the Riverhead Town Board Thursday.

05.29.2019 The Arts

A horse made of driftwood comes to Jamesport gallery

A small crowd gathered on the lawn at William Ris Gallery Friday afternoon as an eye-catching new installation was unveiled.

05.26.2019 The Arts

East Ends Arts turns downtown Riverhead into a bright, colorful canvas

For the 23rd straight year, downtown Riverhead was transformed into a giant community canvas.

05.18.2019 The Arts

Dancers discover their ‘superpower’ through Peconic Ballet Theatre program

Plié … tendu … plié … tendu … sauté. Big finish. Gabrielle Zeppieri repeats those instructions to her students as they rehearse for an upcoming show. Practice run after...

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