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Bellone Announces 23 Suffolk County Cultural and Arts Organizations to Receive to State Funding

February 13, 2017 3:52 pm Comments Off

23 Suffolk Organizations to Receive More than $768,000 in Grants

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced on Febrary 8, 2017 that 23 Suffolk County cultural and arts organizations were selected to received $768,890 in grants by the New York State Council on the Arts. The state program supports the creation of visual, performing, literary and media […]

Vanderbilt Museum Conserves More than 1,000 Rare Marine Specimens

February 13, 2017 3:21 pm Comments Off

During global ocean voyages in the 1920s and 1930s, William K. Vanderbilt II collected thousands of specimens of vertebrate and invertebrate sea life for the museum he was building on Long Island. Now considered the world’s most extensive privately assembled collection of marine specimens from the pre-atomic era, his holdings had long been in urgent […]

AUTHOR TALK: SUSAN DEMASI on Henry Alsberg: Driving Force of the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project

February 12, 2017 1:56 am Comments Off

Venue Name:   Huntington Public Library
Address:   338 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743
Title: AUTHOR TALK: SUSAN DEMASI on Henry Alsberg: Driving Force of the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm
Cost:  Free

Description: Susan DeMasi presents her biography about journalist and social justice pioneer Henry Alsberg. She looks at Alsberg’s work as a pre-civil rights era human rights champion and […]

March Events for Adults at the Cold Spring Harbor Library

February 6, 2017 5:24 pm Comments Off

ECOBENEFICIAL GARDENING 101: BOOSTING THE ECOSYSTEM IN YOUR OWN GARDEN
Wednesday, March 1 at 12 pm
Even the most beautiful gardens are not always healthy ecosystems. Your yard is more than a combination of trees, shrubs and perennials – it’s complex system where all living things are connected. Gardening with an ecosystem approach contributes to species diversity, […]

World Premiere to Highlight 30th Annual Black History Program

February 4, 2017 1:52 pm Comments Off

Acclaimed playwright and entertainer JD Lawrence will debut his latest play, “Harriet, Rosa and Me” at February 16 event
The Town of Huntington will mark the 30th anniversary of its Black History Month celebrations February 16, 2017 with a special program featuring the World Premiere of “Harriet, Rosa and Me,” a […]

Huntington Earns Clean Energy Community Designation

February 2, 2017 2:23 pm Comments Off

Town’s energy efforts make it eligible to apply for $250,000 in state funding

The Town of Huntington has earned a Clean Energy Community designation, making the Town eligible to apply for $250,000 in state funding that can be applied to future energy projects.
The designation is part of the statewide […]

Huntington Opportunity Resource Center Highlights for the Month of February 2017

February 1, 2017 4:05 pm Comments Off

St. Joseph’s College FREE Intermediate Computer Finance Class 6 pm-7:30 pm (January 12th – March 9th – space still available)

February 8, 2017 – Community Conversation 6 pm-8 pm

February 10, 2017 – Veteran Services Day: VETERANS ONLY 10 AM-3 PM

February 16, 2017 – The Town of Huntington Celebrates Black History at Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School, Huntington Station 7 pm

February 21, 2017 – Carecen: Pathways to Citizenship – Appointments ONLY 9 am -1:30 […]

Future City Awarded to South Huntington Students

January 29, 2017 7:22 pm Comments Off

Four Stimson students, representing their Middle School STEAM Club, won an award at the recently held Future City Competition. Stimson’s STEAM club worked to design both a virtual and physical city with the goal of participating in the NYC competition on January 21, 2017. After being judged by a team of engineers, the STEAM Club’s creation earned the […]

Arena Players 2017 Season: Simon, Albee and LaBute, Plus Children’s Productions

January 20, 2017 10:47 am Comments Off

The Arena Players Repertory Theater will begin its 2017 season with a Neil Simon comedy, Jake’s Women, which opens Friday, March 10, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Carriage House Theater at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, N.Y.
Tickets for Friday and Sunday shows are $20, and $18 for seniors (60 […]

2017 Events and Services at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center

January 16, 2017 4:33 pm Comments Off

Below you will find services, events and training courses for the month of January on-site at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center.
In case you can not open the attached documents, they are as follows:

St. Joseph’s College Math Class – Thursday, January 12 to Thursday, February 9, 2017. Class meets only on Thursday evenings from 6 pm […]