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

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

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

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

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

The ChurchSag Harbor

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Growing Up Literary: George Plimpton’s Son Reflects

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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