Taking place in-person at Hebrew Union College (1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012) and online on Zoom. More than 80 leading figures in Yiddish culture are on the faculty, featuring klezmer concerts, films, lectures, theater, performing arts workshops, Yiddish lessons and a wonderful kids/teens program. For a 10% discount on adult/household 5-day registrations, […]
LI Traditions and TravelStorys have created a series of self-guided cell phone tours around NY State. Click on the logo, download the app and learn how you can take the tours. This partnership is funded in part by the NY State Council on the Arts, the Robert W. Lion Gardiner Foundation and the National Park Service.
November 13th at 5pm at the Amityville Library. 19 John Street, Amityville, NY The Shinnecock Cultural Resources Department is dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage, environment, traditions, and language of the Shinnecock Tribe. They aim to pass down knowledge and instill pride in tribal heritage through intergenerational teaching and collaboration with various departments […]
November 14 at 6 pm. Native American culture with Ina McNeil. Great Neck Library 159 Bayview Avenue. Great Neck. Free Admission. For information visit https://greatnecklibrary.org/ In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Ina McNeil will be delivering a lecture with a demonstration on traditional Native quilts. The lecture will also touch upon other art forms […]
Stu Markus: Singer-Songwriter-Performer Arranger-Music Historian A fixture on Long Island’s folk and acoustic scene since the mid-1990s, Stuart Markus has been writing songs since middle school and has played professionally for nearly three decades. Listed in Newsday as one of “Long Island’s Best” and sometimes called the Island’s “hardest-working man in folk music,” Stuart actually grew […]
February 5 at 2:30 pm: Freeport Memorial Library 144 W Merrick Rd, Freeport, NY 11520Free admission Luis Cordero y Los Amigos del Amargue Free concert featuring Luis Cordero and his family, the recipients of a NY State Council on the Arts apprenticeship grant. Join us for this free concert and see the Cordero family in […]
Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E Merrick Rd, Freeport, NY 11520 February 18 from 8 am – 6 pm & February 19, 2023 from 9am – 2:30 pm LI Traditions will have a table there where you can buy books, dvds and other publications. We’ll also announce our raffle contest for 2023. Admission is $15, $12 […]
The final event will be Sunday April 30th at 2:30 pm with Nancy Solomon and the authors. The Long Island Library consortium has selected “A Speck In the Sea” written by Montauk fishermen John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski as its Long Island Reads selected book for 2023. In partnership with the authors, we’re cohosting three […]
Long Island Traditions has hired a Marketing Specialist. We thank all those who applied and we will keep your resumes on file.
Please join us on Monday, January 25, 2021, at 7 pm, for a virtual screening and discussion of the film “Jones Beach, An American Riviera” in conjunction with the East Meadow Public Library. The film, narrated by Eli Wallach, explores the creation of this New York landmark by American builder, Robert Moses. The film chronicles […]
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