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Long Island Muslim Society leaders said that interfaith services at the East Meadow mosque, like the one they hosted on June 22, bring community members of various faiths together.

Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/15

New York Dance Theatre performs "The Nutcracker" at Hofstra University, Dec. 18-20.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Enduring ImagesAn exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections focusing on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual responses … more

12/16/15

At press time, the New York State Board of Regents was poised to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ classroom performance. Above, English teacher Laura Sheridan worked recently with senior Malik Daniels in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program.

State task force: Overhaul Common Core

In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more

By Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

The young alt rockers, all Oceanside High School students, bring their dynamic sound to Oceanside Library, on Friday, at 7 p.m.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Doug Hilson: UrbanscapesAn original exhibition of recent works in painting and drawing by Doug Hilson, professor emeritus of fine arts at Hofstra. Imaginative large-scale, … more

12/9/15

The Island Hills Chorus, an all-women a cappella barbershop ensemble, shares some festive seasonal tunes in its radio-style performance, at the Elmont Library, on Sunday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...Doug Hilson: UrbanscapesAn original exhibition of recent works in painting and drawing by Doug Hilson, professor emeritus of fine arts at Hofstra. Imaginative large-scale, complex … more

12/2/15

Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops Orchestra celebrate the season, with a showcase of local skaters, at the Holiday Spectacular at Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park on Sunday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Doug Hilson: UrbanscapesAn original exhibition of recent works in painting and drawing by Doug Hilson, professor emeritus of fine arts at Hofstra. Imaginative large-scale, … more

11/27/15

Jazz guitarist Rick Stone joins the Hofstra Jazz Ensemble for "Sinatra: Past, Present and Future," the concert that closes out Hofstra University's centenary tribute to Frank Sinatra on Nov. 22.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... A Step in Time: Molloy College’s 60th Anniversary ExhibitionThe exhibit examines Molloy’s history through photographs, documents and related memorabilia. Through … more

11/18/15

Dr. Stephen Dewey answered Bellmore-Merrick parents’ and residents’ questions about the effects that drugs have on the mind.

The teenage brain on drugs

The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant. Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up. And, he has found, it isn’t pretty. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/11/15

Join the Peanuts gang for their always appealing adventures in Plaza Theatrical Productions' staging of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," this weekend in Bellmore.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... A Step in Time: Molloy College’s 60th Anniversary ExhibitionThe exhibit examines Molloy’s history through photographs, documents and related memorabilia. Through … more

11/4/15

The acclaimed National Circus and Acrobats of the People's Republic of China visits the Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre with "Peking Dreams," production was performed for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, on Sunday.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... A Step in Time: Molloy College’s 60th Anniversary ExhibitionThe exhibit examines Molloy’s history through photographs, documents and related memorabilia. Through … more

10/28/15