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The Lords of 52nd Street, Billy Joel's former bandmates who helped establish his formidable sound, rock on at Tilles Center on Nov. 2.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Widle’s classic farce, presented by Adelphi Dept. of Theatre, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 31-Nov.1, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 … more

11/1/19

Camryn Graves, a senior performance major at Hofstra University, stars as Elle in the Department of Drama and Dance's staging of "Legally Blonde," now through Nov. 3.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Sunset BoulevardAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of the award-winning 1950 film about a faded star of the silent screen era, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24-25, 8 … more

10/23/19

The beloved tale "The Monster Who Ate My Peas" comes to life on the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage on Oct. 19.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Sunset BoulevardAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of the award-winning 1950 film about a faded star of the silent screen era, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17-18, 8 … more

10/18/19

The Four Italian Tenors visit Tilles Center on Oct. 13.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Private LivesNoel Coward’s sophisticated comedy of manners, presented by Hofstra University’s Dept. of Drama and Dance, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 10-12, 8 … more

10/10/19

The lack of diversity in Long Island’s teaching ranks was the subject of extensive discussion at the Long Island Educator Diversity Convening at Hofstra University last spring. Among the panelists were, from left, Wayne White, president of the Bellport Teachers Association; Lillian Hsiao, an English as a New Language teacher in the Great Neck School District; Jemal Graham, assistant principal at H.B. Thompson Middle School in the Syosset district; and Dafny Joy Irizarry Ortiz, an ENL teacher in the Central Islip district.

Study: 92% of L.I. teachers are white

Ninety-two percent of Long Island public-school teachers are white. In nearly two-thirds of Long Island schools, there are no black teachers. In more than two-fifths of them, there are no Latino teachers. And most children grow up in segregated communities that divide along school district lines. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/19

Long Island Lyric Opera stages "Madama Butterfly" at the Madison Theatre on Oct. 5 and 6.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Pale Blue Dots A new play, commissioned and presented by Adelphi University Dept. of Theatre, about an all-female astronaut team aboard the International Space Station, … more

10/4/19

$Larry Fink (American, born 1941), False Men and their Makers, Studio 54, N.Y.C. – May, 1977, from the portfolio Social Context, 1977, Gelatin silver print on Fortezo paper, 14 ¼ x 14 ½ in.; Hofstra University Museum of Art, gift of Susan and Steven Ball, HU92.68.14 © 2019 Larry Fink$

Crashing 'Other People's Parties'

See who is the life of the party at Hofstra University Museum of Art. more

By Karen Bloom | 10/4/19

Sharelle Allen, 31, pictured at STRONG Youth in Uniondale, where she is a case manager, said she believes her severe pain when she gave birth suddenly to her second child in 2017 was ignored by her nurse and midwife. According to experts, medical professionals often overlook pain felt by African-American patients, believing that black people have a higher tolerance for pain than white people. Implicit bias and racism in the medical field help explain the disparity in the infant mortality rate between communities of color and white communities, experts say.

A question of race and ‘birth justice’

Part one in a series. When Sharelle Allen gave birth to her first child in 2014, the now 31-year-old wanted a natural experience — no monitors, no pain medication, no … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/3/19

Ann Hampton Callaway and Susan Werner perform together at Landmark on Main Street on Sept. 20.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Sunset BoulevardAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of the award-winning 1950 film about a faded star of the silent screen era, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19-20, … more

9/19/19

Marianas Trench brings their "Suspending Gravity" tour to the area on Sept. 15.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Performances/On Stage Sunset BoulevardAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of the award-winning 1950 film about a faded star of the silent screen era, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 12-13, … more

9/13/19