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Wednesday April 30, 2025

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2 – 4 pm

Museum Tour & Book Discussion

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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7 – 9 pm

Fiction Author Reading at The Next Chapter Bookstore in Huntington, Wednesday, April 30

Huntington

Thursday May 1

Cynthia X Pan

2 – 3 pm

Exit Strategies: Living Lessons from Dying People by Cynthia X. Pan, MD

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Saturday May 3

Martha Rhodes Poetry Reading May

3 – 5 pm

Cedarmere Poetry Reading Series: Martha Rhodes

cedarmereRoslyn Harbor

Sunday May 4

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2 – 3 pm

Authors “IRL,” meet Jerry Barmash

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Monday May 5

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday May 8

1a Montauk Lecture

1 – 2:30 pm

Lecture: The Tragedy of the Pelican

Southold Historical Museum Maple Lane ComplexSouthold

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Saturday May 10

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2 – 3 pm

Rolling Stone Reporter David Browne to Speak at LI Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame

Books & Readings

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame and MuseumStony Brook

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2 – 3:30 pm

Author Talk: Jeffrey Sussman “Backbeat Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Rock Music”

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

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4 – 5:30 pm

BOOK TALK with JILL BIALOSKY author of THE END IS THE BEGINNING

The ChurchSag Harbor

5-10 George Plimpton by Catherine McGann

5 – 6 pm

Growing Up Literary: George Plimpton’s Son Reflects

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Monday May 12

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday May 15

historic cooking

6 – 7:30 pm

Long Live Long Island: Historic Cooking of Long Island

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Friday May 16

Great Books

10 am – noon

Great Books with Jill

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Monday May 19

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Tuesday May 20

Poetry Potpourri

2 – 3:30 pm

Poetry Potpourri

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday May 22

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Monday May 26

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday May 29

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Thursday June 5

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Thursday June 12

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6:30 – 8 pm

Learn to write a thriller at Sands Point Preserve

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

Saturday June 21

9 am – 8 pm

Amityville Apothecary’s Alchemy Academy

Masonic LodgeAmityville

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