Please join us at the Freeport Memorial Library on October 3rd at 2:30 pm as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a special performance by Luis Cordero and Los Amigos del Amargue. Program is FREE but registration is required. Click HERE to register! Luis Cordero is from Tenares, a rural town in the Dominican Republic. […]
Please join us for a free performance of Paraguayan dance with Berta Gauto and Panambi Vera at Landmark on Main Street on September 26th at 3 pm. This program is in partnership with Landmark on Main Street and made possible through a Rapid Relief grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. Panambi […]
Please join us at Guild Hall in East Hampton on September 26 at 2 pm for a screening of A World Within a World: The Bay Houses of Long Island, directed by Barbara Weber. The film focuses on the South Shore bay homes of Hempstead, Long Island. Weber captures the perseverance and dedication of generational […]
We are pleased to announce that Long Island Traditions’ Director, Nancy Solomon, will be a guest on Nassau Community College’s radio program, “My Hometown,” airing on 90.3 FM, WHPC. The show will air on Thursday, September 23rd at 3:30pm, and will be replayed on Sunday, September 26th at 8am. The podcast of the program will […]
SOLD OUT! Long Island Traditions presents 2021 Bay House Tours Sunday September 12 – departs from Long Beach 11 am and 1 pm Price: $55/person, $100/couple; $5 discount for LI Traditions members In the Town of Hempstead 30 bay houses once stood on island marshlands, originally built by fishermen and baymen that have been passed […]
Long Island Traditions and the Growing Love Community Garden in Manorhaven are pleased to present a free picnic concert featuring Steel Sensation, a Trinidadian steel drum band based out of Freeport, Long Island. The program will take place on August 29th from 1:30 to 4:30 pm at the Growing Love Community Garden at 40 Manorhaven […]
SOLD OUT! Long Island Traditions presents 2021 Bay House Tours Saturday August 28 – departs from Freeport 11 am and 1 pm Price: $55/person, $100/couple; $5 discount for LI Traditions members In the Town of Hempstead 30 bay houses once stood on island marshlands, originally built by fishermen and baymen that have been passed down […]
Please join us on July 29th, at 7 pm for On the Bay: Bay Houses and Maritime Culture on Long Island’s Marshlands with author Nancy Solomon, Executive Director of Long Island Traditions. The program will take place at the Long Beach Historical Society, located at 226 West Penn Street, Long Beach, NY 11561. The Long […]
Our “From Shore to Shore” exhibit, focusing on boat builders and boatyards of Long Island, will be on display at the Sayville Library starting January 2021 and will remain at the library until May 30, 2021. The exhibit features boat builders, both professional and amateur, dedicated to preserving the craft of earlier generations. Some of […]
Please join teacher and tabla player, Sejal Kukadia, for a virtual performance of traditional Indian tabla playing via the East Meadow Public Library, on April 1, 2021 at 7 pm. Learning to play and perform tabla was historically a male-oriented profession, and the art was passed down from generation to generation through families. Kukadia is […]
