East Meadow Library 1886 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554 at 2pm. Free Admission. Please join us for a free performance by Peru Andino New York at the East Meadow Library, May 21st at 2pm! Peru Andino New York has been performing in the New York area since 1990. Led by Peter Apaza, the group performs […]

Registration beginning Monday, March 20 online at www.eastmeadow.info or by calling 516-794-2570 option 3. Space is limited.  First week of registration for East Meadow School District residents only. Please attend all 4 sessions. Joan Hodges describes herself as a fiber artist drawing on techniques and skills with cloth to create dolls, quilts and other items, […]

Join us for a Bay house lecture at Gold Coast Library. 7 pm. 50 Railroad Avenue, Glen Head. Free admission. To register visit https://www.goldcoastlibrary.org/

City Lore and Long Island Traditions are proud to present a three-part film festival celebrating the rich coastal culture, maritime traditions, and lasting legacy of human engagement with the greater New York harbor. Join for the third and final event in this City Lore series, “In Harm’s Way: Climate Change in NY Harbor, A Decade’s […]

Please join us on Wednesday, October 19th at 7:00pm at the Massapequa Library for a screening of “A World Within a World: Bay Houses of Long Island” followed by a discussion with executive director Nancy Solomon. For more information, visit the library’s website here. The Massapequa Library is located at 523 Central Avenue, Massapequa. Admission […]

City Lore and Long Island Traditions are proud to present a three-part film festival celebrating the rich coastal culture, maritime traditions, and lasting legacy of human engagement with the greater New York harbor. Join us for our second event in this series: a screening of the 2020 documentary, A World Within A World: Bay Houses […]

Please join us on Tuesday, September 27th at 7pm at Islip Library for a presentation on “Boat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island,” director Nancy Solomon’s latest book. From the North to the South Shores and out to the East End, Long Island was and remains home to a nationally recognized and historic boat […]

Please join us on September 21st at 10am for a hike at Napeague State Park with with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. This trail takes you on a segment of our East End TravelStorys tour, an app-based audio tour curated by folklorist and cultural ethnographers. Long Island Traditions Nancy Solomon will join the hiking group […]

Please join us on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th for the Tobay Boat Show. Since the 1700s Long Island’s history has centered on the bays, rivers, oceans and estuaries.  Baymen have harvested clams, oysters, eels and killies for their living.  They have built garveys and duck boats, bay houses on the marshlands, and […]

LI Traditions director Nancy Solomon will be giving a live presentation about bay houses and climate change at the monthly membership meeting of SPLASH in Freeport. The program is free! Join us on Tuesday, September 6th at 7:30pm. Located at 202 Woodcleft avenue, Freeport, NY.