A Self-Guided Tour with Surprises Galore!(rain or shine)
Join the Northport Historical Society for a one-of-a-kind summer experience as you explore the gardens of homeowners in and around Northport on the 2024 Annual Summer Splendor Garden Tour on Sunday, July 14 from noon to 4 p.m.
This year’s collection of gardens boasts an assortment of gardening styles, each with its own personality and tailored to the owner’s preferences. Refreshments and raffles await you at the end of your tour.
Tickets are $45 per person, $40 Society members, $50 day of event. To order, click here.
Please come to the Museum on Saturday (between 1:00pm -4:30pm) or Sunday (from 11am – 4:30pm) to pick up your Guide to the Gardens.
Please Note: Gardens May Not Be Handicap Accessible
The 3rd Place winner was Bill Kaye with his 1970 tan Chevy Nova. Photo by Aidan Johnson
The 2nd place winner Dan Esposito with his 1994 deep jewel/green Metallic Ford F350 Crew Cab 4-wheel drive.
Photo by Aidan Johnson
The Kids Choice Award winner was Gabriel Alliagro with his blue 1932 Model B.
Photo by Aidan Johnson
The 1st place winner of the car show was Mike Sartori with his red 1931 Ford. Photo by Aidan Johnson
By Aidan Johnson
The Port Jefferson chapter of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, also known as AHEPA, held its 3rd annual car show Saturday, June 29, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption, 430 Sheep Pasture Road, in Port Jefferson.
George Kallas, president of AHEPA, estimated that there were about 100 cars in attendance, including a red 1931 Ford that won first place.
The proceeds of the car show will be donated to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption, AHEPA Service Dogs for Warriors, and AGAPE Meals for Kids, a Long Island organization that addresses childhood food insecurity and hunger.
During the car show, Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) presented the chapter of AHEPA with a certificate of congratulations, expressing his appreciation for the organization for everything it has done for Greek Americans, along with the children of the community by donating to AGAPE Meals for Kids.
Participants from last year's concert.
Photo courtesy of Dan Ker
Dan Kinney will perform on the church's tracker organ. Photo from Dan Kerr
Deborah Hauser will be one of the featured poets at the event. Photo from Dan Kerr
Ford Fourqurean will perform at this year's event. Photo from Dan Kerr
Ric Statler will perform at the event. Photo from Dan Kerr
Historic All Souls Church, 61 Main Street in Stony Brook Village presents monthly Saturdays at Six concerts, Second Saturdays poetry readings, and Native American Drumming to the community. Each of these programs brings its own unique mix of visitors to the Stanford White-designed national landmark chapel. Their latest event, Conversations on the Sacred on Saturday, July 6, will combine, music, poetry and drumming into one unique performance.
Local poet Carolyn Emerson selected the sacred readings for the program and assigned them to local poets. She also collaborated with Stony Brook University Director of Concerts Ford Fourqurean, All Souls organist Dan Kinney, and Native American Elder and Drummer Ric Statler on the musical interludes that follow each reading. The tracker organ at All Souls, built by Henry Erben of New York in 1854, will be part of the program, responding to readings with appropriate hymns.
One of the poets that will be reading is Suffolk County Poet Laureate Deborah Hauser. She shared “I’m grateful to All Souls Church for the invitation to join this sacred conversation and am looking forward to a transcendent evening.”
The selection of poems and religious texts includes works that are widely regarded for their technical virtuosity and lyrical beauty.Each reading includes a specific conversation with the sacred but offers at the same time a way into the life and sensibility of the poet. Christian and Judaic religions are in conversation with Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Islam, and the Native American tradition.
One of the poets that will be reading is Suffolk County Poet Laureate Deborah Hauser. She shared “I’m grateful to All Souls Church for the invitation to join this sacred conversation and am looking forward to a transcendent evening.”
From a Native American perspective, sacred conversations are ongoing. This is because all life (be it two-legged, four-legged, winged, finned, slithering, crawling, plant people, earthly matter, heavenly mater) is sacred and valued. The most often missed of sacred conversation is the listening part of the conversation. Native American culture recognizes the listening to nature, wind, animals, heavens, people’s hearts, as they all have something to say. Drummer Ric Statler states “when we listen to what God/Creator says, shows or makes us feel, we can respond from a holy place within us, and conversation becomes sacred.”
All Souls organist Dan Kinney observes “Music and poetry are often bound together in sacred conversations. This can be seen in the iconography of King David singing psalms and accompanying himself on the lyre. David is represented as a poet, composer, and musician. The organ has played a role in sacred music for centuries–witness the traditional image in art of St. Cecilia, patron saint of music, seated at the organ conversing musically with heaven.”
“Conversations on the Sacred brings together a wide variety of poetry from different cultures, ideologies, and styles and the music we pair it with will reflect so many different eras from Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) to more contemporary composers like Linda Catlin Smith,” commented Fourqurean. “The audience is invited into so many different artistic sound worlds.”
The concert will begin promptly at 6 p.m. will include a 15-minute intermission and conclude by 8 p.m. The event is free. For further information please call 631-655-7798.
Batter up and give blood! The Sound Beach Fire Department, 152 Sound Beach Blvd., Sound Beach will host a Community Blood Drive in memory of John Drews Jr. on Wednesday, July 3 in its Meeting Room from 1 to 7 p.m. Each donor will receive a Mets T-shirt and a pair of New York Mets tickets (while supplies last). Appointments preferred by calling 1-800-933-2566 or visit www.nybc.orgbut walk-ins welcome.For more information, call Jennifer at 516-310-2382.
Batter up and give blood! Temple Beth El of Huntington, 660 Park Avenue, Huntington hosts a Community Blood Drive on Monday, July 1 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. All donors will receive a Mets T-shirt and a pair of NY Mets tickets (while supplies last). Prizes hold no cash value and are not transferable.
Please remember to eat, drink, and bring your ID with your name and photo. Appointments are preferred however walk-ins will be welcomed if space permits. Visit nybc.org/coronavirus for COVID-19 safety protocols.For more information or to make an appointment, email Robin Zucker at [email protected].
The festival opens with 'The Blond Boy from the Casbah.'
Stony Brook University’s Staller Centerfor the Arts turns into a movie lover’s mecca when new independent films screen at the Stony Brook Film Festival on evenings from Thursday, July 18 to Saturday, July 27. The popular festival, now in its 29th year, will become a hub for some of the best filmmakers working today, a meeting ground for favorite actors and rising stars, and a showcase of new masterpieces as it pairs memorable short films with an array of features you won’t see anywhere else.
Presented by Island Federal, this year’s lineup boasts 36 films from 19 countries and kicks off with the U.S. Premiere of The Blond Boy from the Casbah, Alexandre Arcady’s semi-autobiographical dramedy about growing up in Algeria before emigrating to France as a teen. Festival Programmer Kent Marks describes the film as a “thought-provoking, unique journey through the past on the surprising path to self-discovery.”
Closing the festival is the U.S. Premiere of the German epic One Million Minutes, an inspiring true story that follows an over-worked family trying to find balance in their lives, starring festival-favorite Karoline Herfurth.
The festival will close with a screening of ‘One Million Minutes.’
While the films are never chosen with an overall theme in mind, oftentimes, a theme seems to emerge, and 2024 is no exception. “While our goal is to always program the best films we can find, this year, we gave ourselves the added goal of keeping an eye out for films that appeared to be on the lighter side so we could give our audience some extra laughs in their lives — something that we felt many people could use,” says SBFF & Staller Center Director, Alan Inkles.
As festival-goers have come to expect, the 2024 schedule is still peppered with hard-hitting films, compelling dramas, and some very unique science-fiction.
This year’s festival features nine films from Stony Brook Film Fest Alumni. “Filmmakers depend on these festivals to help them get their films distributed so as many people can see them as possible and to gauge how a live audience is responding to their work – Our alumni love returning because we have a large, engaged audience and ensure they get the best showing and hospitality possible,” says Marks. “One of the most exciting parts for me is seeing these films up on the big screen and watching how the audience reacts,” says Outreach Director Paul Newland, “after spending so much time previewing these films, it’s truly exciting to see them have their big premiere in the festival, and our filmmakers love it too.”
One of the key features of the Stony Brook Film Festival is that there is absolutely no other way to see these films.
“Netflix and streaming services are easy and comfortable, and we get that, but these films are not offered on streaming services. They’re films looking to get picked up for distribution in order to stream or play in theaters – a lot of people don’t get that – so this is the prime opportunity to be the first to know and to see some truly incredible films that you cannot see anywhere else,” says Inkles. This year’s festival boasts 17 world, U.S., East Coast, and U.S. premieres of features and shorts throughout the festival.
This year’s festival has a secret film—one that you will only know about if you come in person on July 21. The film—a major motion picture starring well-known Hollywood faces—was produced by a native Long Island filmmaker whose films have previously played the festival. It tells an inspirational true story with an amazing local hook. As with almost all films in the festival, a question-and-answer session between the filmmakers and the audience will follow the preview.
“We are very excited to have filmmakers from all over the world join us for their premiere screenings. Our audiences can gather in a huge theater with Long Island’s largest screen, to see movies the way they were meant to be seen,” said Inkles.
Additional sponsors for the Stony Brook Film Festival include Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP; Suffolk County; Altice Media; and WLIW21.
FILM SCHEDULE
For a complete description of all of the films, visit stonybrookfilmfestival.com.
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m.
Short: Chauncey
Feature: The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m.
Short: Iron Lung
Feature: The Queen of My Dreams
Friday, July 19 at 9:30 p.m.
Short: Detox
Feature: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
Short:The Hope Chest Has a Secret Drawer
Feature: The Strangers’ Case
Saturday, July 20 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:Two Cents & A Footlong
Feature: Take A Chance on Me
Sunday, July 21 at 7 p.m.
Short:The Grievance
Feature: SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW of a major motion picture produced by a SBFF alumni and Long Island resident
Sunday, July 21 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:Revived
Feature: Month to Month
Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m.
Short:Where We Belong
Feature: Marguerite’s Theorem
Monday, July 22 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:In the Night
Feature: Excursion
Tuesday, July 23 at 7 p.m.
Short:Split Ends
Feature: Free Money
Tuesday, July 23 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:Where Do Ants Sleep At Night
Feature: A Fantastic Relationship
Wednesday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
Short:exuvia
Feature: Mediha
Wednesday, July 24 at 9:30 p.m.
Short: [subtext]
Feature: Running on Sand
Thursday, July 25 at 7 p.m.
Short:Mimesis
Feature: Mastergame
Thursday, July 25 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:Bible Camp
Feature: Daughter of the Sun
Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m.
Short:The Overlook
Feature: After the Fire
Friday, July 26 at 9:30 p.m.
Short:On the paths awakened
Feature: A Real Job
CLOSING NIGHT
Saturday, July 27 at 7 p.m.
Short:If
Feature: One Million Minutes
CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS
9:30 p.m. Presented on stage.
Ticket information
All screenings are held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook in the 1,000-seat Main Stage theater. Cinephiles will want to see all 36 films. There’s passes for that. For those who can’t, there are passes for that, too. All festival pass types come with guaranteed priority seating, Q&As with filmmakers, discounts, and other perks at partner locations, including local eateries and breweries, as well as a festival gift.
The Flex Pass is intended for those who aren’t sure about purchasing a 10-day pass. For $75, pass holders also receive entry to any five nights of the festival except for closing night.
A Regular Pass – $100 – also includes entry to all films and the closing night awards ceremony.
The Gold Pass VIP – $250 – also includes entry to all films, VIP First Priority reserved seating, and invitations to the Opening Night and Closing Night parties at St. Georges Golf Club in Setauket and on the rooftop at Curry Club at SaGhar in Port Jefferson, respectively.
Individual ticketsof $15 per person, $13.50 for seniors will be available after July 5. Tickets may be purchased at stonybrookfilmfestival.com/pass.
To learn more about the different membership levels and their benefits, call the box office at 631-632-2787 or visit www.stonybrookfilmfestival.com.
This article originally appeared in TBR News Media’s Summer Times supplement on June 20.
Registration is now open for several children’s programs hosted by the Holtsville Ecology Site and Animal Preserve this summer.
Children entering second through sixth grade, can register for the following three programs: Where the Wild Things Are, during which they will learn why wild animals do not make good family pets but rather belong in the wild; Fun on the Farm, where they will learn what’s involved in caring for farm animals, such as cows, pigs, chickens and goats; and Ice Ice Baby, during which students can learn about cold-blooded animals including snakes, lizards and turtles. All three programs cost $10 per child and will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Where the Wild Things Are will meet on Thursday, July 18; Fun on the Farm will meet on Thursday, Aug. 8; and Ice Ice Baby meets Tuesday, July 23.
Children entering fourth grade through sixth grade may register to learn what’s involved in the care and feed for our animals during A Day with an Animal Caretaker. This program costs $50 per child and is offered Tuesday, July 16, Thursday, July 25, Tuesday, Aug. 6, or Thursday, Aug. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
During the summer months, pre-registered groups can also participate in Behind-the-Scene Tours and Guided Tours through the Animal Preserve. These tours are by appointment only; call 631.451.5330 to register.
To register for any of these programs, call 631.451.5330 or visit www.BrookhavenNY.gov.
TBR photographer Steven Zaitz, Al and Carol Rosen and Maria Monda of Trinity Community Art Center. Photo by Napak Zaitz
The original photo of Al Rose by Steven Zaitz.
Al Rose and his wife Carol admire painting by Bob Hendrick. Photo by Marie Monda
Al Rose and artist Bob Hendrick. Photo by Bonnie Mullen
By TBR Staff
The Trinity Community Arts Center in Northport Village hosted Alton and Carol Rose, Northport High School’s renowned girls lacrosse coaches, on Tuesday night. The event featured the presentation of a painting of Alton, based on a photograph taken by TBR News Media photographer Steven Zaitz.
The Roses founded the Northport lacrosse program in 1990 and have led the team to numerous county, Long Island and state championships.
Alton, known affectionately as “Man Rose,” was diagnosed with cancer last year. Despite this, he continues to coach as an assistant alongside his wife, Carol. The Northport community has rallied around the Roses during this challenging time.
Father Andrew of Trinity Episcopal Church delivered the opening benediction. Bob Hendrick, who runs the center with his wife Nancy, spoke about the inspiration he drew from the photograph and the Roses’ story.
“We are here to simply say thank you to one of our heroes. It is an honor for Nancy and me to have created this work for Coach Al Rose,” said Hendrick. “Art was our way of ‘breaking bread’ with our community and honoring our local heroes, the Roses, who are two of the kindest and most caring people we have ever met. We call it game day and thanks to Maria Monda and Steve Zaitz, this all came together as it was meant to. Nothing happens by luck.”
Monda, an artist with work currently featured at the gallery on Main Street, is also the Northport Marching Band Booster Club president. She introduced Zaitz to the Hendricks.
An emotional Carol Rose spoke of her husband’s heroism, as did the four varsity girls lacrosse team captains: Kennedy Radziul, Christina Lauro, Lauren Baudier and Julia Huxtable. They shared how much Mr. Rose means to them, how he inspires them and how he has taught them to live life to the fullest and treasure every day. The team wore red ribbons in their hair throughout the season to honor Rose.
Northport girls basketball coach Rich Castellano, the entire Northport girls lacrosse team, supportive parents and other Northport residents were in attendance, including the Roses’ sons, Cameron and Cobi.
Catholic Health hosts a Community Health Fair at 245 Old Country Road, Melville on Saturday, June 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy a day of healthy fun with free health screenings, CPR/First Aid demonstrations, free narcan kits, and educational activities for all ages including a teddy bear clinic. Meet with Catholic Health specialists and other vendors and enjoy lots of free giveaways. Rain date is June 23. For more information and to register for a free gift, please call 516-705-3839.
Josh Wege (with baseball hat) a United States Marine, retired Lance Corporal and Brian Gentilotti, United States Airforce. Photo courtesy St. Charles Hospital
By Christopher Schulz
Three members of the USA Patriots softball team — formerly known as the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team — visited patients at the St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson Friday morning, June 14. The group initially met in the hospital’s recreational center before proceeding to meet the patients.
The softball players, Josh Wege, Jeffrey Hackett and Brian Gentilotti, shared their stories with the approximately 30 staff members and 10 patients.
Wege said he lost both his legs fighting in Afghanistan as a Marine in 2009. The military vehicle he was riding in hit a bomb that “turned into a landmine” which “traumatically amputated [his] right leg” and mangled his left leg. He now has two prosthetics in place of his lower legs.
Despite his traumatic injury, Wege keeps pushing forward.
“The biggest motivator I would say is to get my life back,” he said. “There are some things that you feel like are just taken away from you”. He later added that he “felt broken” inside that he did not have the same agility and speed he once had as a star athlete.
“You don’t want to feel broken so you start chasing the life that you had,” he said.
Hackett, on the other hand, pushes forward every day for his family. After losing his left leg, “I still wanted to stay in the Army so that pushed me to get back to a normal life,” he said.
In addition, Hackett expressed his respect toward the patients. “They all have their own story. It’s all about making goals and taking that step further,” he said.
One such patient, Shawn Coyle, does not need prosthetics but is in need of a wheelchair at all times. He has avascular necrosis affecting both hips. Coyle says he was diagnosed with the condition six months ago but has only been in the hospital for a couple weeks now.
He has already had surgery on one of his hips. The surgery for his other hip will happen in a few months. When asked about how he felt about the softball players coming, he jokingly responded that he wanted to play with them.
“I like softball,” Coyle simply stated. He also found it “inspiring” to see them and would love to play again his own sports — basketball and baseball — someday. “It’s a process but you’ve got to just keep working at it,” he said. “I feel like they’re like regular people,” referring to the players.
Both Wege and Hackett expressed their desire to come back to St. Charles Hospital or any other hospital to visit and support people who are in the same position they were once in.
“You either stay where you’re at or you just keep inching forward every day and try to get your life back. We like to give that message to people and even talk to kids in schools because they’re curious and they have never met a wounded warrior before, [especially] at the state that we’re at,” Wege said.
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