Art & Music

Wondering what Long Island artists are up to these days? The Heckscher Museum of Art decided to find out. The result is Long Island Biennial 2010. Read Full Article

A roundup of books published by people who live, play and apparently, work here. Read Full Article

Fall is the time for animal prints, blended textures and layers of baubles.
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Silky Sullivan’s was located off the Long Island Expressway in the Wal-Mart shopping center and according to our billboard, we treated our customers like family. Read Full Article

No one knows exactly when the first animal became a pet. They are now so common that we take them for granted, giving little thought to this inherently odd process of taking wild creatures into our home and forming close relationships with them. Read Full Article

Right now Sag Harbor is the place to hear live music in the Hamptons. There’s the Singer -Song Writers evenings at Bay Street Theater, the Drag Shows and Jim Turner’s Open Mic Nights at Blue Sky on Main Street, and in the autumn the village will host it’s first, hopefully annual, American Music Festival. But all of these events followed the surprising success of the free Thursday night Jazz Jam sessions that started over a year ago at Bay Burger. Read Full Article

Two of the most beloved bands of the 60s were Booker T. and the MGs and the Rascals. While they each hailed from very different musical regions of the country and one band was primarily an instrumental group, the two bands now have a common link. Read Full Article

The following CDs are a sampling of the many strong releases that came out this year from artists who were once in groups or who are recording their first solo albums. Read Full Article

With all due respect to the Declaration of Independence, all men may be created equal, but they can certainly travel different paths once they’re old enough to shave. Read Full Article