March 2018

Kids can hop to fun Easter egg hunts this weekend

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi

Colorful surprises for kids of all ages to find at local egg hunts in Cold Spring Harbor, Montauk, Westbury and Port Jefferson.

Arts & Culture Concerts & Shows

It’s time for a spring THAW this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Hamptons

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Bay Street Theater, Guild Hall, LongHouse Reserve, South Fork, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton Historical Museum, THAW, The Hampton Art Network, The Hamptons, The Hamptons Art Weekend Festival, The Watermill Center, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center

How appropriate, as the island begins to defrost from its 4th Nor’easter, to take in a festival on the first weekend of spring, March 23-25, that goes by the name of THAW – The Hamptons Art Weekend Festival.

Arts & Culture

Potatoes take center stage in “Potasia: Potatoism in the East” exhibit, opening today

March 15, 2018March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi art exhibit, artwork, Charles B. Wang Center, Potasia: Potatoism in the East, Stony Brook University

As insightful as it is entertaining, Potasia, a showcase of Asian artworks with the potato as its central subject matter, opens today and is on display through June 15, in the Charles B. Wang Center’s Skylight Gallery.

Concerts & Shows

DeGarmo and Young star in “Hair” in Concert Friday and Saturday in Patchogue

March 9, 2018March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Ace Young, Diana DeGarmo, Hair, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts

Having seen “Hair” both on- and off-Broadway nine times (because it never failed to move me), I’m excited the show celebrates its 50th anniversary this year; and, even more thrilled that two of its Broadway stars, Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, are performing in “Hair” in Concert, March 9-10, at the Patchogue Theatre.

Concerts & Shows Seasonal

Get your Irish on early this weekend

March 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Dublin Irish Dancers, Madison Theatre at Molloy College, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association

Journey back to rural Ireland, pre-famine, with the Dublin Irish Dancers, who, through traditional melodies and dance steps, demonstrate life in the kitchens, barns and fields in “Stepping Out,” on March 3, at Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre.