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‘Tango in the Courtyard’ Returns to Vanderbilt: Music, Dancing, Romance Under the Stars

August 19, 2018 10:05 pm Comments Off

The Vanderbilt Museum is bringing back the popular event Tango in the Courtyard. The evening of Argentine tango music, dancing and romance under the stars will be held on Saturday, August 25, from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
The Spanish-Revival style mansion of William Vanderbilt (1878-1944), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was inspired by the architecture Mr. Vanderbilt […]

Huntington Folk Festival Set for Sunday, July 29 2018

July 20, 2018 6:16 pm Comments Off

Legendary folksinger-songwriter Tom Rush (accompanied by up-and-comer Matt Nakoa on piano and percussionist Marshal Rosenberg) headlines the 13th Annual Huntington Folk Festival on Sunday, July 29, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington Village. Extending from 12 noon to 10:30 p.m., the free event – co-presented by the […]

Hard Luck Café Concert at Cinema Arts Centre Features LI’s Own Cassandra House and Quarter Horse June 21, 2018

June 17, 2018 4:23 pm Comments Off

Long Island-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Cassandra House and LI-based Americana band Quarter Horse will swap songs as they share a concert bill during the monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington) on Thursday, June 21. The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic […]

Hard Luck Café Concert at Cinema Arts Centre Features Freebo and Alice Howe May 17, 2018

May 12, 2018 5:55 pm Comments Off

Noted musician and singer-songwriter Freebo will swap songs with emerging artist Alice Howe during the monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington) on Thursday, May 17. The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($10 for […]

Singer-Songwriter Lucy Kaplansky Performs in Centerport, May 5, 2018

May 2, 2018 8:44 am Comments Off

Lucy Kaplansky will be the featured artist during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly First Saturday Concerts’ series on May 5. The 8:30 p.m. concert at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off Route 25A, Centerport) will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.

Hailed as “the songwriter laureate of modern city […]

March 3, 2018: Tom Paxton & The DonJuans Perform on LI

February 25, 2018 5:15 pm Comments Off

Folk icon and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Tom Paxton teams up with The DonJuans (a musical duo comprised of Grammy Award-winning songwriters Don Henry and Jon Vezner) on March 3, 2018 as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series. The 8:30 p.m. concert at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, off […]

Hard Luck Café Concert at Cinema Arts Centre Features LI-Based Artists Ray Lambiase and Bill Lauter

February 12, 2018 12:28 pm Comments Off

Long Island-based singer-songwriter Ray Lambiase and song stylist BillLauter share
the bill duringthe monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423
ParkAvenue, Huntington) on Thursday, February 15. The 8:30 p.m. concert in the
Cinema’s Sky Roomwill be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($10
forCinema Arts Centre and Folk Music Society […]

February 3, 2018 Concert in Centerport Pairs Abbie Gardner and Goodnight Moonshine

January 26, 2018 11:24 am Comments Off

Abbie Gardner (with Craig Akin) and Goodnight Moonshine (the husband and wife duo of Molly Venter and Eben Pariser) are the featured artists during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly First Saturday Concerts series on February 3, 2018. Gardner and Venter are also members of the Americana trio Red Molly, while Akin and Pariser […]

Huntington Public Library “The Plays of August Wilson: Views of 20th Century Black America”

January 11, 2018 4:42 pm Comments Off

Venue Name:   Huntington Public Library
Address:   338 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743
Title: The Plays of August Wilson: Views of 20th Century Black America
Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost:  Free
Description: August Wilson set himself an extraordinary goal: to create a series of plays, one for each decade of the twentieth century, in which he “explores the hope, heartbreak and […]

January 6, 2017: The Slambovian Circus of Dreams Returns to Huntington

January 2, 2018 9:31 am Comments Off

The Folk Music Society of Huntington welcomes back The Slambovian Circus of Dreams to its monthly First Saturday Concerts series on January 6. The 8:30 p.m. concert at the Congregational Church of Huntington (30 Washington Drive, Centerport) is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $30 ($25 for FMSH members) may […]