KIDS
Theater Review: Disney’s ‘Moana Jr.’ opens in Smithtown
By Heidi Sutton
There is a well-known saying in the theater world — "the show must go on." And even among a debilitating pandemic that...
Sweetbriar Butterfly House opens for the season
Butterfly House Grand Opening
Come meet the butterflies at Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckerncamp Drive, Smithtown! The center’s enclosed outdoor butterfly vivarium will be open...
Movie night at the Vanderbilt Museum
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport presents a screening of “The Sandlot” (rated PG) on July 31 and Aug. 1...
22 students honored in Brookhaven Lab’s first virtual science fair
Seven students took top honors and 15 others received honorable mentions in the first-ever virtual version of the annual elementary school science fair sponsored...
Heckscher Museum hosts Heckscher at Home Kids Edition: Summer Break! online
Celebrate art and the great outdoors this summer with the Heckscher Museum’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition: Summer Break on Saturday mornings at 10...
Book Review: ‘One Heart’
Reviewed by Melissa Arnold
For the past several weeks, a national conversation about racism and discrimination has reached a fever pitch. Protests are happening from...
Book Review: ‘Drawing with Whitman’
Novel for kids 8 to 12 explores art, growing pains, and Long Island native Walt Whitman
Reviewed by Melissa Arnold
Kristin McGlothlin’s greatest passions are art...
Drive-in movie theater pops up in Lake Grove
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep indoor movie theaters closed for now, drive-in cinemas have staged a comeback on Long Island, most recently...
Sweetbriar presents weekly virtual wildlife presentations
Learn about wildlife and interact live with an educator each week on the Sweetbriar Nature Center Facebook page every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The...
Kindness garden pops up in Port Jefferson
By David Luces
For Susan Orifici, head of graphic, archival and special projects at the Village Center in Port Jefferson, a walk along the water...
