Tag: Long Island

Tens of thousands of people from Long Island to California joined in rallies and marches across the country on Saturday to demand that President Donald Trump fulfill his past promises to release his tax returns as other presidents before him have done.

The Elwood community is hosting the #SarinaStrong Bone Marrow Registry Drive & Fundraiser for Sarina Vito, 18, who is battling AML leukemia, at John Glenn High School in Elwood, on April 25, 2017. Together, we can help make a difference.

Anthony Taormina, Jr., vice president of operations for Rose Mechanical in Hauppauge, is the guest of honor at the annual Geraldo Rivera Golf Classic at The Creek Club golf course in Locust Valley on Thursday, May 11. The yearly fundraising event will benefit nonprofit Life’s WORC and The Family Center For Autism.

The Kinks recorded more than two dozen albums since then, and at the center of it all resides the imaginative guitar work and craftsmanship of Dave Davies, who will be ripping through an unforgettable set of Kinks classics as well as his own solo efforts at Suffolk Theater on Saturday, April 22.

Punctuating Long Island's smorgasbord of communities are a variety of lively downtowns—characterized as popular local centralized hubs comprised of all the aforementioned businesses and attractions renowned for their wide range of exceptional cuisines, activities and tourist destinations. The following is a list of some of Long Island’s most popular and well-known downtowns, along with some of their top highlights, all well worth a visit with friends, family members, loved ones, and/or simply perfect for solo excursions to explore, learn about, and ultimately, embrace. Here’s the Ultimate Guide to Long Island Downtowns.

Right in Roslyn, New York, in the heart of Nassau County, Long Island lives a family straight out of central casting. Precociously brilliant, they are the epitome of thinking big. Why rent a hall and give a bar mitzvah with a DJ and balloons when you can rent a mansion, hire burlesque dancers, and transform the celebration into a sepia-toned perfect recreation of the Great Gatsby era, replete with furniture handmade in the basement workshop of that Roslyn home? Why go trick-or-treating when you can lead the Halloween parade in NYC in glow-in-the-dark LED costumes? While some kids may take the initiative to collect recyclables to earn money for video games, these kids justify new routes by the local sanitation department because their undertaking became so big, earning in the five figures, and donating it to charity. Meet the Millers.

Jorma Kaukonen translates blues and folk rock into a sonic force of healing for nonprofit Long Island Autism Communities at The Space at Westbury on April 13!

Def Leppard hits NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on April 15 as they mark 40 years since they joined forces and made hit songs, such as "Pour Some Sugar on Me."

The 58-year-old Longo has been instrumental in developing title contenders, and thus, raising UFC’s appeal on Long Island and across the country.

Long Islanders can view the pitfalls of the American health care system firsthand at screening of 'Fix it: Healthcare at the Tipping Point' at Cinema Arts Centre on Sunday, April 9.