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2013 FORD EDGE SE

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2.5L I4 Engine, Auto, Moonroof, Sync,FWD, ABS, AM/FM CD, Alloy Wheels, A/C, Side Air Bags, Power Wind/Locks/Mirrors/Seat, Reverse Sensors. Price includes Competitive Lease Conquest. Stk #19016

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1.6L Ecoboost Eng., 6 Speed Auto, FWD, ABS, A/C, Side Curtain Airbags, Pwr Wind/Lock/Mirrors, AM/FM CD. Price includes Competitive Lease Conquest. Stk #19455

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2012 FORD EXPLORER

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2012 FORD FOCUS 4 DR SE

2012 FORD FLEX SEL

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2.OL I4 Engine, FWD, ABS, A/C, Sport Pkg, Rear Spoiler, Alloy Wheels, Conven Pkg, Cruise Control, Sirius, MyFord & Sync Pkg, AM/FM CD MP3, Pwr Win/Locks/Mirs, Remote Keyless Entry. Price includes Competitive Lease Conquest. Stk #19460

3.5L V6 Engine, 6 Speed Auto, A/C, 7 Pass, Pwr Wind/Locks/Mirs/Seat, Tilt/Tele Steering Wheel, AM/FM CD MP3, Aux Rear Climate, Price includes Competitive Lease Conquest. Stk #18597 Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $3,194 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

3.5L V6 Engine, 6 Speed Auto, FWD, A/C, Panoramic Vista Roof, 7 Pass, 18” Aluminum Wheels, Convenience Pkg, Sync, Sirius, AM/FM CD, Pwr Wind/Locks/Mirrors, Remote Entry. Price includes Competitive Lease Conquest. Stk #18336 Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $3,284 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

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www.hassettautomotive.com Lease subject to lender approval. Based on $2,995 down payment ($2,495 for Ford Fusion). $595 bank fee. 10.5k mi/yr with 20 cents/mi thereafter. Total pymts: Ford Focus: $2,376, Fusion $2,376, Escape: $4536, Edge $4536, Explorer $4,776 & Flex $6,936. No prior deals apply. All factory rebates & incentives to dealer. Must finance through Ford Credit ID#700373. Requires Tier 0-1 approval through Ford credit. See dealer for details. From dealer stock. Offer valid until 7/31/12. Must take delivery by 7/31/12. *Based on 2011 calendar year retail sales for Long Island from the Ford sales report. No other discounts or promotions can be applied. Not responsible for typographical errors.

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2012 LINCOLN MKZ - AWD

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3.7L TI-VCT V6 Eng, Wood Pkg, Panoramic Roof, 6 Spd Auto, AWD, Premium Pkg, Htd & Cooled Lthr Seats, ABS, Sync, CD, Pwr Wind/Locks/Mirrs./Seats, Side A-Bags, Safety Canopy, remote Entry, Auto Temp Cntrl, Rear View Camera, Adaptive HID Head Lamps. Vin #2LCBL04111

2012 LINCOLN MKT - AWD

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3.5L Ecoboost V6 24 Valve Engine, AWD, 7 Pass, 6 Spd Auto, ABS, Navigation System, Panoramic Vista Roof, Pwr Wind/Locks/Mirrors/Seats, Htd & Cooled Seats, Sync, Sirus, THX Surround, AM/FM CD, Pwr Tailgate. Vin #2LCBL53799

$1500 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash not included in advertised offer.* Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $4,334 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

$1000 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash not included in advertised offer.* Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $4,434 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

2013 LINCOLN MKS - AWD

2012 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR - AWD

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$ 3.5L 24V V6 Engine, Auto, AWD, Moonroof, Chrome Wheels, Sync, ABS, Leather, Pwr Wind/Locks/ Mirrors/Seats, CD, Heated & Cooled Seats, Sirius Radio, Fog Lights, Reverse Sensors. Vin #3LCR835937

3.7L TIVCT V6 Engine, 6 Spd Auto, ABS, Navigation, THX Audio/CD, Rearview Camera, Blind Spot Monitoring, Heated Steering Wheel, Pwr Rear Sunshade, Alum Wheels, Sync, Lthr Htd & Cool Seats, Sirius, Fog Lights, Rev. Sensors. Vin# 1LDG600628

$1500 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash not included in advertised offer.* Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $4,184 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

$1000 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash not included in advertised offer.* Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $4,354 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

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$1000 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash not included in advertised offer.* Taxes & DMV fees add’l. $4,604 due at signing. Security deposit waived.

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*Customers that currently lease a non Ford Motor Company vehicle can receive $1,500 Lincoln Competitive Conquest Bonus Cash toward the purchase or lease of an eligible new vehicle. Lease subject to lender approval. Based on $3,995 down payment ($3,795 for the MKZ). 10.5k mi/yr with 20 cents/mi thereafter. Total payments: Lincoln MKZ: $4536, Lincoln MKX: $8136, Lincoln MKS: $8616, Lincoln MKT: $10,536 & Lincoln Navigator $23,751. No prior deals apply. All factory rebates & incentives to dealer. Must finance through Lincoln Automotive Financial Services. Requires Tier 0-1 approval through Lincoln Automotive Financial Services. See dealer for details. Offer valid until 7/31/12. From dealer stock. Must take delivery by 7/31/12. No other discounts or promotions can be applied. Not responsible for typographical errors.

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2010 Kia Optima EX

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2011 Honda Civic LX-S

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Atomic Blue Metallic,

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Milano Red,

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2011 Honda Insight Base

2011 Honda Accord LX

2010 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS

2011 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

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Polished Metal Metallic,

Alabaster Silver Metallic,

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2010 Honda CR-V LX

2011 Honda Accord SE

2010 Honda Accord EX-L

2009 Honda CR-V EX-L

$19,488

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20,007 mi

24,185 mi.

29,252 mi.

22,564 mi.

Crystal Black Pearl,

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U8995T

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2011 Honda CR-V SE

2010 Hyundai Veracruz GLS

2010 Honda CR-V EX-L

2011 Honda CR-V EX-L

$22,784 Polished

$23,579

$24,377

$25,789

9,302 mi.

16,869 mi.

27,150 mi.

15,756 mi.

Black Noir Pearl,

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U8860O Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L

U8876T Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L

Crystal Black Pearl,

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U8512O

Polished Metal Metallic,

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U8899O

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2011 Honda Odyssey EX-L

2011 Acura MDX 3.7L

$25,589

$28,359

$31,277

$36,789

41,519 mi.

19,951 mi.

14,804 mi.

21,028 mi.

White Diamond Pearl,

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U8551T Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397

U8561O Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397

Crystal Black Pearl,

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U8967O Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397

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U8843O Atlantic Honda 1-888-359-8397

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Sound Smart at a Party Police officers have dangerous jobs. They have to deal with violent

criminals, dangerous scenarios, and… bachelorettes? Australian cops were responding to a disturbance at the Humpty Doo Tavern when they were met by women celebrating a “hen’s night,” at the Humpty Doo Hotel next door. The ladies thought the Northern Territory police officers were strippers, and they attacked accordingly. “They nearly had their shirts torn off, but they managed to escape with their dignity intact,” Northern Watch Commander Louise Jorgenson told ABC News. Luckily for the “hens,” these officers had a sense of humor about the mix-up, and after the situation was cleared up, they posed for pictures with them. We blame Magic Mike… A new study suggests that people who live near the beach may have better health than those who don’t.

Researchers analyzed information from more than 48 million people in England and found that the closer they lived to the coast, the more likely people were to report good health within the past year. But the difference wasn’t that sizeable. About 1 percent more of people living within half a mile of the beach reported good health than people residing more

than 30 miles from it. Study researcher Ben Wheeler of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in Exeter, England argues that, when applied to an entire population, the effect can have a substantial impact on public health… A man who owed more than $43,000 in child support walked straight into handcuffs after a bounty hunter lured him with Jennifer Aniston.

Joshua Garlathy moved from Pennsylvania to Hawaii as his child support debt grew (he has been absent from his kid’s life for the past 19 years) because extradition was too expensive for local law enforcement. So his ex-girlfriend Beth Ann Holderman contacted bounty hunter Scott Bernstein, and they cooked up a plan to trick him into coming back. Bernstein messaged Garlathy on Facebook, saying that he was a movie producer and that one of his talent scouts had seen Garlathy play guitar at the café he worked in. He offered him a role in a new movie called Banished from Brooklyn, which was allegedly starring Jennifer Aniston. Garlathy took the bait, and was, in fact, greeted by cameras at the airport. The cameras weren’t for the fictional movie though; they were for a reality show about deadbeat parents, and filmed him getting handcuffed in

front of the entire flight. No one said that deadbeat dads were smart… We are a country of multitaskers when it comes to technology. According to a Pew Internet &

American Life Project report, about half of U.S. cell phone owners use their smartphones while watching TV.

About 23 percent of them send texts to friends watching the same show in a different location, and 20 percent use their phones to look up information mentioned on TV. Eleven percent post comments about the show they’re watching online, and (we’re guilty of this one) 38 percent play games on their phones during commercials…

“Fighting slavery doesn’t cost a lot of money. The costs of allowing it to exist in our nation and abroad are much higher. It robs us of the thing we value most, our freedom.” actress Jada Pinkett Smith in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on “The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: Attacking the Problem with the Right Tools,” held on Capitol Hill Tuesday, July 17, 2012. She says that she decided to launch her own campaign after her daughter, Willow, 11, brought up the issue of human trafficking and slavery. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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JP MORGAN CHASE—OFF TARGET The investment giant discloses to authorities that a derivatives trade gone awry—nicknamed the “London Whale” blunder—cost the company closer to $6 billion than its originally reported $2 billion loss and that the three traders responsible may have tried to hide the true figure. Traders for one of the largest “Too Big To Fail” financial behemoths making sketchy, risky bets, n tan ba then hiding billions in consequential losses? No way!

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LINSANITY—PARTIAL SCORE The New York Knicks confirm they won’t match a three-year, $25-million Houston Rockets offer to Jeremy Lin, which means NY’s star point guard is headed to Texas. Wait, so BofA LINsanity brings Madison Square Garden Co. a reported $600-million spike in value, millions of international fans and a much-needed morale boost—and owner James Dolan balks at ponying up $43 million to keep him!?!? by a b n a loh Hell hath no fury like a Dolan scorned, we guess. On the bright side, no more headlines like “LINcredible!” and “LINning!”....Right? TAN BAN—BULL’S EYE Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs a law banning the use of artificial tanning beds by those under 17 in the state of New York. Previously those 13 years old and under were banned and teens 14 to 17 needed parental permission. Come on, guys. If melanoma isn’t enough to scare you, Google “Tanning Mom.” That should do the trick. HACKERS—PARTIAL SCORE One month after 6.5 million user passwords were hacked from LinkedIn, Yahoo confirms more than 400,000 email accounts were hacked. No worries, though. A hacker group called D33D claiming responsibility say they weren’t trying to be mean and they only released your user IDs and passwords to every scam artist on the Internet as a public service to point out Yahoo’s lax security. Gee, thanks guys! Ever consider jobs at JP Morgan Chase? LOHAN BABY—OFF TARGET Deadbeat dad Michael Lohan is expecting another child with on-again girlfriend Kate Major, who is believed to be in her first trimester, which means she should be due sometime around Dec. 21, 2012. Just another sign of the apocalypse… BANK OF AMERICA—PARTIAL SCORE The second largest bank in the U.S. after JP Morgan Chase says it earned $2.5 billion in its second quarter, or 19 cents a share, exceeding analysts’ projections. What recession?

The Pink Slip Jason Kidd What a mess. Just four—4!— days after signing a $9.5million, three-year contract with the New York Knicks, Kidd gets arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after Southampton cops say he wrapped his Cadillac Escalade around a utility pole. Never mind that the 39-year-old point guard should have left his partying days well behind him. Or that he was supposed to mentor Jeremy Lin before the Knicks let the breakout star go to the Houston Rockets. Or that as a two-time Olympic gold medalist, this NBA star was meant to be a role model. Or that as a multimillionaire, he could easily afford a chauffeur. But what’s really foul here is that in many cases average Joes who get busted for DWI often find themselves out of a job not long after. Take a cue from Tim Welsh, the Hofstra University men’s basketball coach who resigned shortly after he was arrested for drunken driving three days after he was hired. Here’s lookin’ at you, Kidd. Since the inept Knicks management clearly doesn’t have the competence to do this themselves—have we mentioned team owner James Dolan is an idiot for letting Lin go?—I guess we’ll have to eject you ourselves. Don’t bother unpacking your gym bag, kiddo. For this technical, consider yourself fired!

The Quote “The fact remains that the responsibility for the tragic events that occurred on Dec. 31, 2011, lies with the career criminal who chose to resume his life of crime.”

The Photo

People stand in the middle of 42nd Street in Manhattan as the sun sets squarely in the west during a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Manhattanhenge, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice, happens when the setting sun aligns with the east-to-west streets of the main street grid. The term references Stonehenge in england, where the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

—Joseph Anarumo, the ATF Special Agent in Charge of the New York field division, in a statement after Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced There would be no criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire shooting that left an ATF agent dead after he had tried to intervene in a New Year’s Eve pharmacy shooting in Seaford.

The Equation

mediocre talent - rude comments - drunken antics - fighting with - lewd comments - eye candy - Randy-isms = You mean we’re contestants actually supposed to watch for the singing!?

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The Rundown

1. GO SEE THE ART OF DR. SEUSS: The Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch, the Floob-Boober-Bab-Boober-Bubs, Thing One, Thing Two…Dr. Seuss is the man, but you already knew that. And now you can see 24 of the most sought-after works created by the cartoonist who didn’t believe in straight lines at the Animazing Gallery of SoHo through Aug. 19. These whimsical creations give viewers an inside look at Dr. Seuss’ private collection of art that he created for his own personal enjoyment. Seuss has always dreamed of sharing these works with his fans, and if you’re one of them, you should probably put your copy of The Cat in the Hat down and head to the gallery right now.

2. ATTEND THE SHINE A LIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL AT MULCAHY’S: Dean & Britta (of LUNA and Galaxie 500), The War on Drugs and others perform July 21 at 7 p.m. to celebrate the life of Rockville Centre resident and former Camp Anchor counselor Tommy Brull. All proceeds will be donated to Camp Anchor in Lido Beach in loving memory of Brull, as well as Jamie and Paige Malone and Michael Mulhall, the counselors tragically killed in a car crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway in 2010. 3. DOWNLOAD GUESS THE CHARACTER: Those of us born before 1999 know this game in its cardboard and plastic form, Guess Who. And over the past decade you’ve probably encountered many people in real life who remind you of “that guy with the weird mustache from Guess Who!” Or maybe that’s just us. Well, here’s the digital version and you might even recognize a few faces. Download it on iTunes. It’s free! 4. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR SEINFELD’S COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE: Jerry Seinfeld’s new Web series is a show about nothing for 2012, featuring everyone from Larry David and Michael Richards to Alec Baldwin and Ricky Gervais. What’s it about? Did you not read the title? The show premieres July 19 on the Internets. But for now, enjoy the trailer. It’s fabulous.

5. MEET LINDA FAIRSTEIN @ BOOK REVUE Thanks to her extensive experience as a New York City prosecutor, Linda Fairstein has taken millions of fans inside sinister worlds that most of us can’t even imagine in her 13 bestsellers. Fairstein will be at Book Revue in Huntington July 19 at 7 p.m. to speak about and sign her new novel, Night Watch, a thriller involving a murder case that spans continents and stands as another example of her suspenseful storytelling. 6. TIVO HELL’S KITCHEN: You should have been watching from the start, but we’ll overlook that for now. Chef Gordon Ramsay’s take on reality TV has always been a refreshing change of pace from the typical “people living in a house together” premise of most reality shows. Each season, he gathers what seems like the worst possible group of chefs, splits them into two teams, and has them compete for $250,000, plus a head chef job at one of his newest restaurants. The consistently foul-mouthed chefs inevitably turn on one another, and Chef Ramsay puts up with absolutely none of it. While most of the fun words are bleeped out, you can still experience the thrill of seeing a grown man call his chefs-in-training “donkeys,” and what could be better than that?

The projected deficit for the Nassau County budget at the end of 2012, according to the Nassau Comptroller’s office.

B-List B-Day Matt “Joey Tribbiani” Leblanc July 25, 1967 Matt Leblanc, a Leo, is best known (and really, only known) for his role on the hit sitcom, Friends. He’s now starring in a TV series on Showtime called Episodes, which is becoming a critic favorite. Leos like Leblanc are known for their style and good humor, which many a Friends fan can attest to with an inviting “How you doin’?” Leblanc has remained out of the spotlight for years, as he experienced the peak of his career with Friends, which ended in 2004. But Leos aspire to be stars, and Leblanc got his chance that very same year with the ill-fated spin-off, Joey. Two years and one canceled show later, Leblanc was right back where he started. Then, last year, he returned to the small screen with the aforementioned Episodes, playing the character he plays best: Matt Leblanc.

8. DONATE HOCKEY EQUIPMENT: Hockey in Harlem is a program that collects and donates hockey equipment to the upper Manhattan youth and gives them a chance to take to the ice and learn the game. Shin guards, gloves, helmets, and skates are needed, but they’ll accept anything available. So if you’ve got any prized heirlooms from the glory days of youth hockey, this is as good a chance as any to part with them for a great cause. 9. YOUTUBE “THAT GOTYE SONG”: If you haven’t heard “Somebody That I Used to Know” on the radio, it’s probably safe to say you live under a rock. Even Gotye himself has asked radio stations to stop playing his song over and over and over. Now, check out 10 Things I Hate About You actors Nicholas Braun and Kyle Kaplan demonstrating what happens when this song comes on the radio yet again. 10. Design Your Own Flip Flops: Ever had the creative urge to plant your feet firmly on your own designs? Do just that at www.cafepress.com/make/custom-flip-flops! news

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the art of fielding By chad harbach For more than a decade Chad Harbach polished his prose in obscurity. Sometimes he barely had a hundred bucks in his bank account, but he never stopped working on his writing. Like his lead character, Henry Skrimshander, a young phenom playing for an unsung college team in Wisconsin, Harbach kept honing his craft until he approached perfection and achieved national recognition. After countless rejections from the publishing world, Harbach is now a well-deserved best-selling author. But don’t think that The Art of Fielding is a baseball manual. It’s really a funny, inspired look at success, failure and romance, which spans Buddhism and Herman Melville as well as America’s pastime. The novel’s title refers to a slim book by a star shortstop (also fictitious) that Skrimshander carries around in his back pocket so he can ponder its pearls of wisdom like this one: “The shortstop is a source of stillness at the center of the defense. He projects this stillness and his teammates respond.” As the central plot of the book, Skrimshander has to overcome his inner demons on a diamond before a capacity crowd. The richly drawn characters revolving around him—his gay roommate, his team captain and the college president’s daughter—bring this “Art” to life, and the fate of their intense relationships keeps the reader glued to the page until the final out. —Spencer Rumsey

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Jerry’s Ink BY JERRY DELLA FEMINA, Publisher, the Independent

The Sure Thing When I was 19 years old, and broke as broke can be, I was a shipping clerk/messenger by day and went to Brooklyn College at night. I also worked part time at Hy and Ann’s candy store on Avenue U, which was in Gravesend, an Italian neighborhood that was proud to be called by Sen. Estes Kefauver, “The Breeding Place for Crime in the United States.” The boys of Avenue U were made up of two groups. Simply put, there were the good kids and the bad kids. My group was the good kids. We never got into any trouble and all of us went on to work hard all our lives and to raise fine families. The bad kids never worked and just about every one of them wound up in jail, and those who weren’t found dead in the trunks of their flashy Cadillacs are now in the Witness Protection Program and, I suspect, are living in fear in some hot, dusty town in Arizona. Both groups played the horses. Everybody on Avenue U played the horses. In my group some of us would pool our money, pack into a car and drive out to Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. We went late because we couldn’t afford to pay the price of admission and still bet, so we had to wait until the last race of the night. That’s when Roosevelt Raceway would throw open the doors to the track and anyone could walk in for free to bet the last race. There was one night that I can still remember. There was a “tip” in the neighborhood that there was a “boat” race at Roosevelt. That meant a race that was “fixed.” There was a horse called Rusty Don and he couldn’t lose. How do you lose a fixed race? The good news was Rusty Don was running in the last race. Six of us pooled every penny we had in our pockets and we had $37. We jumped into my car (a broken-down 1948 Chevy convertible that cost me $70), put a dollar’s worth of gas (three gallons) in the tank and raced out to Roosevelt Raceway. Rusty Don was a beautiful horse. He just looked so much more handsome, stronger and faster than any of the seven other trotters in the race. Plus, the race was fixed so, as I said, how could we lose? I had put up $6. It was every penny I had, but the odds on Rusty Don were 4-to-1, so when Rusty Don won, I would make $24, which

was more money than I made for a full week’s worth of work. The excitement we all felt was incredible. The race went off and Rusty Don took a big lead. When he came to the head of the stretch Rusty Don was ahead by nine lengths. But then Rusty Don’s lead went from 9 to 7 lengths … then 6 … 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … It almost looked as though Rusty Don was trotting in slow motion. When the horses went past where my friends and I were standing, seven of them passed Rusty Don. The horse who couldn’t lose had finished last. The winning horse paid $42. The fix might have been in, but we had bet on the wrong horse. We didn’t have a penny left among us. We rode back to Avenue U in complete silence. Not a word. I looked at my friends’ faces and they had a look I will always remember as “The Rusty Don night at Roosevelt Raceway” look. It was an expression of profound sadness and disappointment and embarrassment that you can see when you look into the eyes of a loser. I didn’t think of that look for many, many years. I went to a cocktail party in New York City a month ago and it was filled with some very nice people. They are bankers, hedge fund guys, investors, heads of corporations. They are New York’s leading Democrats. They backed Barack Obama with tens of thousands of dollars in 2008 when he was all about Hope and Change. They drank the Kool-Aid. They believed in him then. They don’t now. Now when they mention Obama in 2012 they have this sad look on their faces and they keep shaking their heads. They mumble, “But Romney?” As though this will explain their vote— if not to me, at least to themselves. I remember talking to one brilliant man who has been a life-long Democrat and thinking to myself, “That’s the Roosevelt Raceway look my friends and I had when we realized that we had bet on the wrong horse.” The only difference is I never went back to the track and bet on Rusty Don again. Sadly, in November my Democrat friends are going into a poll booth to bet once again on the wrong horse. Or are they? As I said, they’re smart people. Maybe in the privacy of a darkened poll booth they’ll see the light.

If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink” email Jerry at jerry@dfjp.com

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Will LIPA and National Grid do better the next time a hurricane hits Long Island? By SPENCER RUMSEY srumsey@longislandpress.ocm

Gordian Raacke’s modern two-story white stucco house nestled among the pines in East Hampton pales in comparison to the gaudy mansions of the South Fork but it is a force to be reckoned with. “Right now we’re a power plant generating power for the neighborhood and the rest of Long Island!” he remarks, pointing to the solar panels on the roof of his car port, where he also keeps a red kayak and stacks of firewood. At the end of the driveway the Long Island Power Authority’s meter shows how many kilowatts are flowing from his property on this sunny, very hot July day. “We’re on the grid and we want to be on the grid because that solar array makes much more energy than we can use,” Raacke explains. LIPA gives him about a $20 credit at the end of the year. They used to cut him a check, but he doesn’t mind. As the executive director of Renewable Energy Long Island, Raacke’s an advocate for renewable energy—think solar and wind—and thousands of customers in the dark for up to nine days, drawing heat from for using energy more efficiently. He and his wife, Gabriele Raacke, an Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who told National Grid after Irene hit on Aug. 28 to artist who shows in the Hamptons and Manhattan, built their house them- “get the power on now!” selves in 1993, using the best technology available at the time. The insulation between the walls and under the roof is made of Styrofoam, and it’s so airtight it’s “like having a good down coat over your entire house,” he says. Long Island elected officials joined in the governor’s denunciation, Although his own energy costs are near zero, Raacke’s home is no and their outrage over the outage may have influenced LIPA’s Board of different from any household connected to the LIPA grid, so when Tropical Storm Irene rolled over Long Island last August, he lost power just like Trustees’ decision last fall to award its $3.9-billion contract to run the 523,000 other customers. But unlike the majority, he’s actively committed electric system to PSEG, a New Jersey-based utility, which will take over to fighting climate change by trying to reduce America’s dependence on fossil from Nat Grid on Jan. 1, 2014. Complicating matters, Nat Grid will still maintain and operate its natural gas and power generation facilities on fuels, one electric bill at a time. As the former executive director of the Citizens Advisory Panel—the LI, retaining some 1,200 to 1,300 workers, which adds to the confusion oversight committee set up following the shuttering of the never-powered about what will happen when the next hurricane comes and PSEG needs Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant and its Tax Settlement Agreement, which more emergency crews to handle downed electric lines. “I look forward to working with PSEG,” says Don Daley, business saddled LI ratepayers with several billion dollars in debt due to the failed manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Local project—he doesn’t see LIPA as an adversary but an ally in the transition that 1049, which represents some 2,600 workers. “They have an excellent he firmly believes must be made as soon as possible. reputation over in New Jersey with a sister local of ours…. I think Concerning local environmentalists, energy advocates and politicians what’s important to the ratepayers is that LIPA and National Grid have are revelations questioning LIPA’s ability to meet the Island’s growing energy an agreement with the on-Island gas crews to supplement our electric demands as well as resolve criticisms regarding its current management structure, crews.” He tells the Press it still has to “be hammered out.” power contracts and emergency response—many of which were detailed in Just last week, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer held a press conferrecently released audits commissioned by New York State and Suffolk County. ence in Wantagh where a household went five days without power In the immediate days ahead, Raacke, like every Long Islander, can only after Irene. Schumer blasted LIPA and National Grid’s “poor perforhope that during this hurricane season—which lasts until Nov. 30—LIPA and mance” in restoring power and urged that the emergency response National Grid, the British-based contractor that runs the transmission system plans be improved before the next major storm. Citing a recent report and the gas power generation here, won’t repeat last year’s mistakes, which left

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(above) as sen. charles schumer looks on at a press conference last week in wantagh, ibew local 1049 business manager don daley speaks about the need to coordinate the emergency response to future storms. (Left) Workers clear trees that fell on power lines and cars in amityville after tropical storm Irene blew through. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

commissioned by the state Department of Public Service, Schumer said that Nat Grid and LIPA “were literally executing their offense from two different playbooks… The bottom line is LIPA and PSEG need to have a plan in place to keep the lights on so that Long Island homeowners and businesses aren’t ever again left in the dark for up to nine days.”

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In a statement, Schumer said, “Experts predict that there are more regular and intense storm events in years to come, and I remain concerned over the reliability of energy for Long Island residents…. Reliable energy distribution… can mean the difference between life and death.” LIPA and PSEG issued a joint response following the press conference. “We agree with Sen. Schumer that a detailed plan needs to be in place to enable safe and swift restoration in the event of a storm,” said a PSEG spokesperson. “As part of our comprehensive transition plan, PSEG will ensure that we have the resources available to handle storms once we assume responsibility for LIPA’s electric system in 2014.” “To suggest we would leave Long islanders vulnerable to a major storm because of staffing levels is wrong,” said Mark Gross, a LIPA spokesman, in his statement. “Given PSEG’s success of storm planning and procedures and their commitment to improved service for our customers, we will have a storm plan that gives us a robust workforce utilizing all available Long

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Island resources. Meanwhile, the existing plan with National Grid is still in place.” Tellingly, Nat Grid did not join in last week’s public relations opportunity with New York’s senior senator. “From what I understand National Grid pulled out from that,” says Matt Cordaro, a former top executive at the Long Island Lighting Co., LIPA’s precursor, and co-chairman of the LIPA Oversight Committee, formed by the Suffolk Legislature in 2010. He stood with Schumer in Wantagh and told the Press that Nat Grid “has been dragging its feet about openly offering its personnel in the event of a storm” after PSEG takes over. Asked to comment for this story, a National Grid spokeswoman, Wendy Ladd, would only say: “National Grid will continue to provide the benefits of its combined downstate employees and U.S. Operations to LIPA’s customers for storm response to the end of the contract.” When Irene slammed the Island starting on the evening of Aug. 27, its sustained winds were between 40 mph and 60 mph, making it “the most power and wide-reaching storm to hit Long Island since Hurricane Gloria in 1985,” according to the 112-page report prepared on behalf of the PSC at Cuomo’s request. Because LIPA is not regulated by the PSC, Vantage Energy Consultants, an independent contractor based in Florida, conducted the study. The conclusions were not kind. “This thing is damning,” says Cordaro. “If I were a LIPA board member, I’d be calling for the ouster and firing of the management of LIPA.” He added that if “you go

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beyond the polite language in the executive summary you see a tremendous amount of negligence…and lack of utility professionalism,’’ adding that “many times” Vantage said Nat Grid and LIPA’s operations were “not up to industry standards.” The Vantage report “confirmed what a lot of us know and felt that the job that was done was inadequate,” says David Calone, a member of the LIPA Board of Trustees and chairman of the trustees’ LIPA operations committee. He said they were frustrated by the communications failure to keep the customers and public officials informed and it will be “certainly better” than it was last year. One glaring finding from the report was that Nat Grid was relying on a main frame computer that still used COBOL, a computer language now decades old, to handle its outage management system. Ironically, LIPA had just approved a contract to upgrade the system the Wednesday before Irene came ashore. “We had no ownership of that system,” explains Michael Hervey, chief operating officer of LIPA. “That was a LILCO system, a KeySpan system [its successor], a National Grid system, and finally in 2009 we negotiated ownership rights of that system. We had no right to change that system until that point in time.”

lipa chief operating officer michael hervey has his hands full keeping the lights on now and in the future, considering that the utility depends on private contractors like national grid to supply the power reliably. nat grid’s contract to run the transmission lines ends next year but it will still own power plants on li.

With a view of Nassau from his Uniondale office in the Omni Building, Hervey, in shirt sleeves and tieless, acknowledged the findings in the Vantage report, particularly in regard to keeping customers informed, and insisted that LIPA will do a better job when the next bad storm strikes. “We’ve made a significant improvement in the old system for this year, which should be able to give much better information—not perhaps world-class information, but much better. The new system will be ready sometime next year.” One advantage LIPA has going

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forward, says Hervey, is that its new operating contract with PSEG gives it more leverage than it ever had. As he spoke to the Press, he said that representatives of PSEG were in the building already working on the transition. “They’ve looked over the system and are very comfortable with it.” One glaring finding from the study was how LIPA could not handle the volume of customer calls—no doubt a factor in LIPA ranking last in customer satisfaction in a survey of major U.S. utilities released earlier this month by J.D Power and Associates. Its electric rates, among the highest in

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the nation, are another reason. “The first three or four days [after Irene] perhaps up to 20 percent of our calls got blocked because of congestion in the phone system,” says Hervey. Too many customers called the “1-800-Ask-LIPA” number, which wasn’t an emergency number, he explains, and Verizon had never told LIPA that calls from Suffolk couldn’t make it to LIPA headquarters because of the phone system’s configuration. But that problem has been corrected—those calls will be automatically forwarded in an emergency—and Verizon will give LIPA’s “800 numbers” a national, not a regional, priority, which means that other call centers will handle them if necessary. Hervey says LIPA will make sure that public officials have their own hotline numbers—and if they leak it to the public, as a village mayor did last August—it will be changed. LIPA will also update officials with a conference call twice a day. It also plans to expand its usage of social media so that data can become “operational”— Hervey’s term—if it requires action, say, if someone tells LIPA on its Facebook account that a “transformer is on fire.” What LIPA has to do, Hervey says, is “set the proper expectations for our customers… Ahead of the

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hurricane we never really stood up and said, ‘Look, customers, this could really be one to two weeks.’” Knowing that possibility, he says residents would take longer precautions, stocking up on supplies, buying a small generator, making contingency plans to stay somewhere else if need be. One thing LIPA can’t do, Hervey admits, is bury all the power lines—it would cost $30 billion. The Vantage report recommended that tree trimmers clear a wider corridor for the lines, 10 feet rather than six, but Hervey says, with a wan smile, “We love our trees on Long Island.” At present, there are some 300 to 400 linemen on call. Following Irene, some 4,000 workers—thousands from out of state—came to the Island to help. Regarding Schumer’s criticism of dual game plans, Hervey says there were two plans—Nat Grid had operational procedures and LIPA had procedures for its headquarters— “but they don’t conflict.” He does, however, agree with the report’s suggestion that they be merged

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regardless. On a more serious note, key differences came up when LIPA and Nat Grid tried to handle the emergency response in coordination with local government. “We thought a plan was in place,” Hervey says. “But when we actually implemented it we found out that all the towns, us and the counties were not on the same page with the same plan. We all had different preconceptions about the way that would work….” “Customers are asking for change and they’re getting it,” says Hervey, adding that LIPA is the leader in the state on using solar power. Don Daley of the IBEW Local 1049 sees improvements. “LIPA has more control over staffing where they didn’t have it before, which is going to be big,” he says. Still, he hopes that the public has more sympathy for his members following the next storm than they did during Irene’s cleanup and will understand that the bigger jobs. For instance, restoring power to major thoroughfares and communities at large, take priority than a service disruption to a private residence. “A lot of our own members were leaving their families without lights to go put on our neighbors’ lights,” Daley

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says. “It’s hard to come home to a dark house and your neighbor’s got a dark house!” Others are not so optimistic. Cordaro, who handled 20 major storms during his 40-year utility career, remains highly skeptical that LIPA can do a better job, given its present service structure. Essentially LIPA takes the heat but cannot provide it, he says, relying on private contractors to meet LI’s energy needs. Before the Vantage review was released, his oversight committee had just released its own highly critical 191-page report to the Suffolk legislature. Meanwhile, a report by the Inspector General on LIPA’s past practices hasn’t been issued and the governor’s press office declined to comment when it would be; the Federal Emergency Management Agency is scrutinizing LIPA’s reimbursement requests of its restoration costs—some $115 million—holding up the checks; and thanks to a bill passed by the state legislature and signed into law earlier this year, LIPA will undergo a management audit that should be completed next year. Additionally, Cuomo hasn’t filled LIPA’s chief executive officer position—Hervey, who’s been at LIPA since 2010, has assumed the role on an interim basis—and two LIPA trustees are still serving despite their expired

gordian raacke, head of renewable energy long island, shows some illuminating advances in light bulbs at his east hampton office (l). RAACKE stands outside the “green room” of the house he and wife gabriele built themselves (R) that is so energy efficient, thanks to its insulation and solar panels, that lipa gives them a credit each year. (Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

terms because the governor hasn’t named their replacements (they are volunteers). On the plus side, LIPA’s rates are the lowest they’ve been since 2005, but that is small comfort when the lights are out and the air conditioner isn’t working on a blazing hot day. “You hope that LIPA is listening and learning from all this and is reacting to it properly,” says Cordaro. “I’ve got to say that history doesn’t demonstrate that they do that very well. The bottom line is that I have my fingers crossed just like everyone else does… and [LIPA] magically through osmosis or whatever other means improves its ability to manage storm restoration.”

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As if LIPA doesn’t have enough on its plate worrying about the weather, it also has to plan its transition from Nat Grid to PSEG in 2014 as well as renegotiate its power supply agreement, which expires next year. That could affect the “legacy plants” like the antiquated ones in Northport and Port Jefferson, which rely on gas or fuel and aren’t as energy efficient as the new smaller plant such as Caithness in Yaphank but are vital to those communities’ tax base. LIPA also must wade through more than 40 proposals competing for a future share of the utility’s next generation of 2,500

megawatts of energy (on a typical hot day the Island consumes about 5,600, with some 600 to spare). Among the ideas the board has to winnow down are a giant 400 megawatt large-scale battery, a proposed 200-turbine wind-farm off Rhode Island that could be hooked up to LI and a new gas-powered plant on Shoreham’s former nuclear site that would be connected to a pipeline from Connecticut. Local environmentalists and energy watchdogs stress that solutions are needed now. “Storms are a fact of life on Long Island,” says Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a

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LIPA’s new program to foster small-scale solar panel projects, called the Feed-in Tariff, involves a contract paying a provider 22 cents a kilowatt hour for 20 years to facilitate financing. It already has 120 applicants since it began July 16. “The industry has not changed so much but public sentiment has changed,” says Esposito, “and the industry is just now starting to play catch up.” “It’s always difficult for people to understand that you need to change when there’s a big paradigm shift coming,” says Raacke, “because it’s easier to just do your business as usual than to do something new.” The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 made Raacke realize that his personal demand for oil “when you pull up to the gas station, when you open your fridge” made him “part of the problem,” so he realized that he could “be part of the solution.” Then he set about building his new home. “I’m a civil engineer by training and my dream was always to build my own home, and of course I had to make it a super-insulated and superenergy efficient home,” he says. After rebates and tax credits, he says it cost him about $6,000 to install the 2.6 kilowatt solar panels on his carport and another $6,000 for a

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By Licia Avelar lavelar@longislandpress.com With the summer progressing quickly, summer fun faces the dreaded countdown—the countdown to school, fall and winter coats. Like a warning bell, the Long Island Press is here to offer you a reminder to spend your last days of summer wisely, ensuring the most fun to be had is, well, actually had. There’s no need to worry just yet, you still have an ample amount of time to enjoy all the Island has to offer from good ol’ favorites like the Long Island Petting Zoo and Maliblue Oyster Bar to indulging in the Island’s rich history by visiting a house from the 1600s or tackling the Long Island Heritage Trail. You can try new things, like exploring Shelter Island’s hip Sunset Beach, or just simply opt to pick up a new pool float and enjoy the season lounging poolside in the Long Island summer sun.

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See What Channing Tatum’s Other Career Was Like LI Dance Fitness 658-2E Motor Pkwy., Hauppauge. 631-231-1308 www.lidancefitness.com Magic Mike sure entertained the lady crowd and audiences, too. Now Long Islanders can see what it’s all about by taking a pole dancing class at LI Dance Fitness. Pole dancing pupils will learn to execute routines with spins, combinations and transitions! Prepare For Your Own Summer Olympics Farmingdale Gymnastics Academy 121 Carolyn Blvd., Farmingdale. 631-393-6669 www.fgany.com, Learn to perform on the uneven bars, vault, floor and balance beam like Gabby Douglas. Sure, you won’t be invited to London like she was, but at least you’ll be able to say you can perform like an Olympian... sort of! Channel Your Inner Rocky BCBA Boxing Gym 104 N. Clinton Ave., Lindenhurst. 631-412-3686 www.bcba.com Dance Like The Stars Ballroom of Huntington 586 New York Ave., Huntington Village. 631-385-7271. www. ballroomofhuntington.com Try Burlesque Class Paper Doll Vintage Boutique 23 N. Main St., Sayville. 631319-1919, Learn the basics of burlesque from international performer, Legs Malone, the girl with the 34.5-inch inseam! Rock Out Guitar Center Multiple Locations www.guitarcenter.com

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Barry’s Bootcamp 352 Montauk Hwy., Wainscott. 631-537-BOOT www.barrysbootcamp.com Barry’s Bootcamp offers Long Islanders a chance to see what the rage is all about. The nightclub-themed workout has landed on Long Island and has quickly developed a cult-like following. Check it out—bumping club hits, screaming instructors and all! Fit Fusion Interactive offers students a chance to try something new: fitness mixed with video gaming. Students can work out with magnetic training machines and interactive education games! Look Ma, No Hands! Just One Wheel 191 Newtown Rd., Plainview. 516-586-8444. www.justonewheel.com Try your hand at unicycling, an activity that has been around for over a century. Learn to unicycle for fun, off roading, fitness and even commuting!

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See How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale. 516-794-9300 www.nassaucoliseum.com The live show comes as a stage version of the 2010 cartoon and features actors flying through the air on animatronic dragons! The two-hour show costs $29.50 but we think it will be well worth it.

Comedy College Governor’s Comedy Club 90A Division Ave., Levittown. 516-731-3358. www.govs. com, Comedy College teaches you the basics of Stand-up comedy, from honing your public speaking skills to landing a punch line!

Take On Your Friends In A Round Of Mini-Golf Monster Mini-Golf 410-C Commack Rd., Deer Park. 631-940-8900 www.monsterminigolf.com

Try An Interactive Fitness Arcade Fit Fusion Interactive 67 W. Main St., Oyster Bay. 516-802-3088 www. fitfusioninteractive.com

Ride The Classic Ferris Wheel Adventureland 2245 Broad Hollow Rd., Farmingdale. 631-694-6868 www.adventureland.us

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Get Your NASCAR On! Karts Indoor Raceway 701 Union Pkwy., Ronkonkoma. 631-737-5278 www.karts1.com, There’s something for everyone at Long Island’s first indoor go-kart facility, boasting both a pro track and junior track. Try A Laser Maze Tiki Action Park 1878 Middle Country Rd., Centereach. 631-471-1267 www.tikiactionpark.com Tiki Action Park boasts Mission Impassable Laser Maze that poses quite the exciting challenge to laser maze visitors! Let The Kids Go Crazy Pump It Up 135 Dupont St., Plainview. 516-575-2300. www. pumpitupparty.com, Pump It Up is a fun center for inflatables that kids go crazy for. If you’re not planning a party, opt for “Pop-In Playtimes” open to the public. Check out the calendar! Get Tickets To B.o.B The Paramount Theater 370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300 www.paramountny.com The Atlanta-born rapper with pop sensibilities is taking Huntington by storm at the hottest new performance venue, The Paramount Theater. Sing along to his hits “Airplanes” and “Nothin’ on You” as well as some newer pieces while drinking at the hip in-house bars. Continued on page 26 P r e s s P l ay

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Plan A Family Fun Night Dave & Buster’s Multiple Locations www.daveandbusters.com

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Have Fido Trained While You’re Away Best Friend’s Dog Training 535 Broad Hollow Rd., Melville. 516-785-8200 www.muttmanners.com If you’re taking a summer vacation, instead of dropping Fido off at a pricy doggy hotel, opt for Best Friend’s Dog Training program Board & Train, a two-week boarding program followed by private lessons in your home.

Long Island Game Farm 638 Chapman Blvd., Manorville. 631878-6670. www. longislandgamefarm.com. The Game Farm will be showcasing its petting zoo and exotic animals from giraffes to lemurs and cougars! Take in the popular Muttville Comix Canine Comedy Show, too! Buy A Retro Toy Bobb Howard’s General Store 581 Lakeville Rd., New Hyde Park. 516-354-9564. www. bobbhowardsgeneralstore. com, Eileen and Ronnie, owners of the shop, offer Long Islanders a chance to go back in time with everything from Fun Dip and Bazooka to jacks and Spirographs. Tackle The Interactive Salt Marsh Long Island Aquarium 431 E. Main St., Riverhead. 631-208-9200. www. longislandaquarium.com Long Island Aquarium offers a ton of awesome activities, from Shark Dives to Trainer For The Day, but our top choice is the Interactive Salt Marsh where visitors can learn about Long Island’s own marine life. An aquarium expert guides visitors through the marsh, pointing out the local inhabitants! Catch The Elvis Tribute Spectacular This August NYCB Theatre at westbury 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 516-334-0800 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Check Out The Outback Jungle Bob’s Reptile World 2536 Middle Country Rd., Centereach. 631-256-2166 www.junglebobsreptileworld. com, Explore the 2,500-square foot nature and education center with rainforest music, waterfalls, fish ponds and more! Jungle Bob hopes to expose people ot the wonders of the natural world with the “Outback!” Splurge On A Hot Tub Backyard Master Multiple Locations, www. poolandspalongisland.com Because you deserve it. Catch A Concert Jones Beach Theater 1000 Ocean Pkwy., Wantagh. 516-221-1000. www.jonesbeach.com Get Lucky 300 Long Island 895 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville. 631-271-1180 www.threehundred.com Check out the lanes during happy hour for drink specials or The Back 9, equipped with private lanes and a private bar.

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See La Cage aux Folles Creative Ministries Performing Arts Center 931 Montauk Hwy., Oakdale. 631-218-2810. www.cmpac. com, Catch the exciting musical that follows gay couple, Georges, manager of a hot Saint-Tropez nightclub and Albin, his star attraction.

Or Go Traditional South Levittown Lanes 56 Tanners Lane, Levittown. 516-731-5700 www.levittownbowling.com Shop Like A Star The Miracle Mile 2060 Northern Blvd., Manhasset. 800-818-6767 www.americanamanhasset. com, With stores like Louis Vuitton and Gucci, it’s no wonder A-list superstars have been spotted here.

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Sell Your Gold Long Island Gold Mine Multiple Locations 855-7-MYGOLD www.ligoldmine.com Clean out your jewelry box and anything that you haven’t worn in years, sell. With the money, pick up new duds you’ll actually use! Shop Like A Star, But SAVE Tanger Outlets At The Arches 152 The Arches Circle, Deer Park. 631-242-0239. www. tangeroutlet.com/deerpark Sure we all don’t have the credit card max that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have but that doesn’t mean we can’t be as fashionable as them. Tanger Outlets At The Arches offers just as stylish clothing, but with better prices!

Visit A Petting Zoo The Animal Farm Petting Zoo 296 Wading River Rd., Manorville. 631-878-1785 www.afpz.org Catch I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change John W. engeman theater at northport 250 Main St., Northport. 631-261-2900. www. johnwengemantheater.com The hilarious musical about love and relationships in the suburbs is not one to miss.

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Take To The Skies... Like A Circus Performer I Fly Trapeze 1899 Hempstead Tpke., East Meadow. 516-640-6995. www.iflytrapeze.com, Learn the timing and technique for a “Knee Hang” and how to do a back-flip dismount! ...Or Like Christian Grey And Anastasia Steele Sky Sailors 313 Gabreski Airport, Westhampton Beach. 631288-5858, Ever since reading Fifty Shades Of Grey, everyone has been itching to take to the skies just like the lovebirds did. Now is your chance with Sky Sailors, which offers three introductory hands-on flights and two sightseeing flights!

Try Colon Hydrotherapy Cleansing Concepts, Inc 309 Madison St., Westbury. 516-640-5322. www. cleansingconceptsinc.com Detoxify and clean your body like never before with the gentle internal bath.

Plan A Party At The Bar Post Office Café 130 W. Main St., Babylon. 631-669-9224 www.lessings.com

Ride The Waves Mariner’s Cove Marine 91 Foster Ave., Hampton Bays. 631-728-0286 www. yachtworld.com, Get a taste of the Hamptons in the most exciting way possible, from the waves of the Atlantic on a wave runner.

Enjoy Breathtaking Gardens And Let The Kids Enjoy A Bug Safari Old Westbury Gardens 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. 516-333-0048 www.oldwestburygardens.org You’ll feel like you’re in another world in Westbury, with beautiful gardens, ponds and a historic mansion. On August 11, the kids too can enjoy the property where they can hunt grasshoppers, butterflies and other insects during a bug safari! See How Long Island’s First Settlers Lived Cutchogue’s Collection Of Old Buildings 27320 Route 25., Cutchogue. 631-734-7122, Cutchogue’s Village Green hosts a collection of historic properties including the Old School House, that dates back Continued on page 28

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Take To The Skies, Like An Adrenaline Junkie Skydive Long Island 400 David Court, Calverton. 631-208-3900. www.skydivelongisland.com Jump from a plane more than 10,000 feet up. “It was the most exhilarating experience of my life. Pure adrenaline as you free fall at about 120 mph overlooking the Island and when it was over, I could not wait to do it again,” says Seth Selesnow of Alure Home Improvements, via email after jumping for the first time. “The first few seconds of rolling out of that plane and into the open sky is simply unbelievable and I cannot put into words…at least not words fit for print.” to 1840, Old Burying Ground from 1717, and Old House, that dates back to 1649 and represents the First Period in American architecture. The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council offers free guided tours all summer! Spend A Day Learning More About Long Island’s History Take On The Long Island Heritage Trail Stony Brook. 631-751-2244 www.longislandheritagetrail. com, Choose from a slew of heritage trail itineraries, like the Great Neck, Sands Point and Port Washington which takes you from the historic Isaac Guggenheim Estate that was busted by the Feds during Prohibition, to Louie’s Oyster Bar and Grill, circa 1905, where rumrunners would smuggle in the liquor to the area! Lose The Top With A Jeep Wrangler Security Dodge 345 Merrick Rd., Amityville. 631-691-5000. www. securitydodge.com A ton of Long Islanders own flashy convertibles and sport them all summer long, but for those of us who spent our childhoods driving around in Barbie Jeeps, these just aren’t enough fun. For us, Security Dodge offers an array of Jeeps that promise to add more color to your summer! Ride The Waves Skudin Surf 218 E. Park Ave., Long Beach. 516-318-3993. www. skudinsurf.com, Hang ten at one of Long Island’s many beaches or learn how with Skudin Surf, the premier surfing school. Take On A Cool Nature Walk Arshamomaque Nature Preserve 63445 Main Rd., Southold. www.southoldtown.northfork. net/Arshamomaque.htm While Long Island offers an array of nature walks, this 51acre preserve is part of Long Island’s Pine Barrens’ Maritime Reserve and offers a truly special scenic experience. Visitors can take in everything from vernal ponds, the rare diamondback terrapin, and birdwatching from a bird observation tower!

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Learn To Sail The Waterfront Center 1 West End Ave., Oyster Bay. 516-922-SAIL, www. waterfrontcenter.org, There’s nothing like the Long Island waters in the summer and, in Oyster Bay, newbies can hit the mild waves and learn everything about sailing! Fist Pump From The Sand Neptune Beach Club 70 Dune Rd., East Quogue. 631-653-8737. www. neptunebeachclub.net Pick Out A New Pool Float Dunrite Pools 3510 Veterans Hwy., Bohemia. 631-585-1616 www.dunritepoolandspa.com Lazy Sundays never felt so good poolside!

conversation among Long Islanders looking to getaway and feel like they’re actually “AWAY”. Enjoy The Annual Miss Fire Island Contest Ice Palace, Grove Hotel Cherry Grove. 631-597-6600 www.missfireisland.com End summer with one of the most exciting contests in New York, The Miss Fire Island Contest. Drag queens head come from all over to perform and prove they deserve the crown! Compete In A Bikini Contest Miss Flynn’s, Fire Island 1 Cayuga St., Ocean Bay Park. 631-583-5000 www.flynnsfireislandny.com

Drive The Ball Skydrive Long Island 1024 Broadhollow Rd., Farmingdale. 631-694-4666 www.skydrivegolf.com, The year-round golf entertainment facility includes a 72-station all-weather targeted driving range.

Mark Your Calendar Planting Fields 1395 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay. 516-922-9200 www.plantingfields.org Planting Fields has a lot to offer this summer from a Champagne party and cocktail culture exhibit to summer theater productions!

A Hip Weekend Getaway Sunset Beach 35 Shore Rd., Shelter Island. 631-749-2001. www. sunsetbeachli.com, The Hamptons are over, according to partiers at Sunset Beach. The trendy beachfront hotspot on Shelter Island is the topic

Celebrate Shark Week New York Aquarium 602 Surf Ave., Brooklyn. 718265-3415. www.nyaquarium. com, An array of different sharks will help you celebrate this year’s 25th anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week!

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Drinking from a tall glass of water, washing the dishes, taking a shower— what if I told you that all this water was essentially filled with our own waste? Yes, you heard that correctly. The water we bathe and drink from is the same water that is in our toilet bowls. How could this be? In simplified terms, Suffolk County lacks the proper treatment facilities to thoroughly remove wastes and pollutants from our water. This waste, along with harmful chemicals like nitrogen, makes its way into nearby rivers and water bodies, leading to the death of marine life.

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The Gaslight Anthem @ Webster Hall Falling somewhere between The Hold Steady and Jesse Malin, The Gaslight Anthem have an obvious Bruce Springsteen affectation that’s become its hallmark. The band’s new album, Handwritten, finds them cutting back slightly on the Boss-ish nuances and returning to the GA’s more punk origins. It’s still a fine blend that allows these tattooed street poets to possess enough originality to avoid being a Backstreets-type tribute band disguised as a thirdgeneration punk band. With David Hause of The Loved Ones. Tuesday, 7.24.—Manny Fernandez

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Karma Saturdays @ Vibe Lounge, You and five friends enjoy Top 40 dance party, no cover before 1 a.m. with VIP print. Beer Garden Saturdays @ Middle Country Beer Garden, Party at the Garden. Southbar Saturdays @ Mulcahy’s, Weekly DJ dance party. Saturdays Give You Wings @ McFadden’s, $3 Coors lights, $5 Jager Bombs, $5 Red Bull Vodkas till midnight. thursday 7.19 Banooba @ Wantagh Park, Taking cues from all of their influences–including funk, jazz, reggae and rock– Banooba is the latest hybrid to successfully incorporate all of these elements into their own signature sound. Having been compared to a range of bands, including Sublime, The Allman Brothers, Blind Melon, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Incubus, Steely Dan and Average White Band, people’s description of their music varies depending on who Continued on page 34

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thursday Cont. you ask.—DL Lobsters & Laughs: Comedy at the Beach @ Maliblue Oyster Bar Dream Theater @ The Paramount Ever since playing its first gig at Frank Cariola’s Sundance back in 1980s, Dream Theater has spent the past two decades-plus reigning atop the prog-metal scene. Ever since the band swapped names from Majesty to its current moniker, the Long Island outfit has gone through a myriad of personnel changes with the most earth-shattering being the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy two years ago. With last May’s announcement that former Annihilator/Extreme drummer Mike Mangini was taking Portnoy’s place, Dream Theater hit the road supporting its 11th studio album, the appropriately named A Dramatic Turn of Events. During this recent slate of dates, Dream Theater has been working on a follow-up during soundchecks with release slated for early 2013.—MF

Langhorne Slim and the Law/The Newton Gang @ The Bell House Kid’s Daytime Comedy Show @ Governor’s. Also 7.20 & 7.24 and @ Brokerage 7.25. friday 7.20 Duke Robillard Band/Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers @ B.B. King Blues Club

Enrique Iglesias/ Jennifer Lopez/ Wisin y Yandel @ Prudential Center, Also 7.21. Eric Clapton & Santana Tribute with The Clapton Chronicles & Milagro @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Carl Labove @ McGuire’s Comedy Antigone Rising @ Village Square Plaza, Glen Cove

Hot Chip @ Terminal 5

House & Garden Tour @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center

JD Souther @ YMCA Boulton Center

English Beat @ The Stephen Talkhouse

Get the Led Out @ The Paramount

Kona Beer Tasting @ Syosset Beverage

Dent May @ Mercury Lounge, With Caged Animals & Young Buffalo.

Tracy Morgan @ Governor’s Comedy, Through 7.22.

Joe Pernice @ Grey Horse Tavern Open Mic Night @ Brokerage Comedy Armor Column/ Todesbonden/Argus/Twisted Tower Dire @ St. Vitus Air Supply @ NYCB Theatre @ Westbury Josh Rouse @ Joe’s Pub Ronnie Spector @

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saturday 7.21 The Shine a Light Music Festival @ Mulcahy’s, With Dean & Britta (of LUNA and Galaxie 500), The War on Drugs and others at 7 p.m. with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to Camp Anchor in Lido Beach in loving memory of Jamie and Paige Malone and Michael Mulhall.—JG This Is Not A Dream @ The Kitchen, Ben

Walters and Gavin Butts’ doc chronicles how queer artists with video cameras created a fantasticalyet-visceral portrait of life in the 1970s that both blurred the lines between vision and reality and gave voice to an entire movement. Part of the monthlong Dirty Looks: On Location series. onlocation.dirtylooksnyc.org. —Tristram Fox CMEE In the Great Outdoors @ Children’s Museum of the East End A day of naturethemed arts and crafts, water slides, entertainment, games, music, food and more with Honorary Chairs Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, Alexandra Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos and Mark Feuerstein. For more information visit www.cmee.org. Tom LaGravinese @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center John Valby @ McGuire’s & Brokerage Jackie Martling @ Brokerage Comedy Prurient @ St. Vitus Mike Scheidt/Nate Hall/Kevin Hufnagel @ St. Vitus Mindy Smith CD reContinued on page 36

David Cassidy @ B.B. King Blues Club Andrew “Dice” Clay @ Governor’s Linda Fairstein Book Signing @ Book Revue Dean Karahalis & the FTC Concert Pops @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Hysteria @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center The BLOW Jell-O Wrestling Contest @ McFadden’s Mick Foley @ McGuire’s Comedy Dolly Parton’s 9-5, The Musical @ Patchogue Theatre, Through 8.4. David Grisman Sextet @ City Winery Passafire @ Revolution, With Groundswell, The Standstill, Hazmat Bay & The Blazing Beaverducks.

A TANGLED FAIRY TALE

This production of Rapunzel is an adaptation of The Brothers Grimm fairytale with twists and some contemporary touches. A tangled cast of four talented actors performs all 12 roles in this musical retelling of the story of a possessive mother who happens to be a witch, a timid young man who happens to be a prince and a determined but immature young girl with the longest hair you’ve ever seen. Part of Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Youth Theater Series, Rapunzel is running at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, Long Island’s only yearround professional theater company, which draws their actors from the Broadway talent pool. The renovated theater offers stadium-style seating, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, a full orchestra pit, and a classic wood-paneled piano lounge with full bar. John W. Engeman Theater at Northport. Through August 19. —Daphne Livingston

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lease @ City Winery Five albums into her career Mindy Smith has already found her brand of alt-folk compared to the likes of Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Alison Krauss. This sort of homecoming gig for the Long Island native finds the country-leaning singer-songwriter trotting out material from her brand-new, self-titled fifth album that she’s self-released and had its first single, “Closer,” find its music video land on CMT.—MF DJ Scotto Presents 20 Years of N.A.S.A. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Featuring 808 State, N-Joi, Joey Beltram, Altern8, F.R.D., Soul Slinger & Alex English. Sheer Terror @ Revolution With Capital, 1776 & Primitiveweapons. Aqua Hamptons Friends & Family Grand Opening @ Aqua Hamptons Free top-shelf open

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Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars @ Multiple Locations Visit www.gotothecircus.com for venues and dates. Through 7.29. Rock the Dock! Summer Benefit Bash @ Bay Street Theatre Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project @ Long Beach, Visit www. beachrescue2012.com for details. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers @ YMCA Boulton Center, What’s the big deal about Lavay Smith? With her 8-piece Red Hot Skillet Lickers, she delves deep into the sounds of swing, jump blues, bebop, New Orleans R&B and salsa with a mix of originals that fit in nicely along covers of her idols that include Duke Ellington, Ray Charles and Dizzy

Shonen Knife/ White Mystery/ Flown @ The Bell House The Italian Connection: Laughter & Music You Can’t Refuse @ Bellmore Movies

@ Melville Superstar Beverage Fab Faux @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Joe Starr @ McGuire’s Comedy, Also 7.22 and @ Brokerage Comedy Club 7.19 & 7.20. sunday 7.22 East Meadow Jewish Center Tag Sale @ 1400 Prospect Ave., East Meadow. Also 7.23. The Wallflowers @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, Also 7.24 @ Bowery Ballroom.

VANS Warped Tour @ Nassau Coliseum, Long after the H.O.R.D.E. Tour and Lilith Fair junkets have become alcohol-blotted memories, VANS Warped Tour carries on. This year’s slate of performers includes Rise Against, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Anti-Flag, The Used, Four Year Strong, New Found Glory, Pierce the Veil, Falling in Reverse, Breathe Carolina and others.—MF

Kenny Loggins @ City Winery, Also with Blue Sky Riders 7.23 and 7.29 @ NYCB Theatre @ Westbury.

Till the End of Time: Perry Como at 100 @ Hofstra, Also 7.22.

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OCCUFEST

Since day one, Sept. 17, 2011, Liza Béar has filmed the modus operandi of Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park and other New York locales. Shot over a 7-month period, these 65 mini-docs or situationist videos combine dialogue between—and with—an eclectic range of OWS participants, members of the community and the security forces. This lively and illuminating evening about Occupy Wall Street, featuring the films of Béar, also includes music, poetry, and information about numerous Long Island activist organizations. Cinema Arts Centre. Wednesday, July 25. 7:30 p.m.—Jaclyn Gallucci

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Gillespie. A muchembraced favorite back in her Bay Area home base, Lavay Smith finally makes her way to our neck of the woods to share what the East Coast has been missing out on. —MF

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Every Time I Die Ex Lives

Buffalo NY’s Every Time I Die will destroy your expectations come Saturday. Featured on this summer’s Warped Tour, the New York-based four piece (sometimes five piece) will undoubtedly stake their claim in your iTunes catalog. In an age where musicianship is programmed, and vocals digitized, ETID rely on nothing but their creativity. With their latest release, Ex Lives, out earlier this year, the band unearths 12 tracks (14 on the deluxe edition) ridden with their hybrid brand of raunchy southern hardcore metal. Ex Lives is an album that breathes new life into the failing lungs of a genre. Not bad for a band that’s been around for more than a decade, huh? Over the years ETID has managed to avoid trends and create a signature sound rooted in hardcore, noisecore, and southern rock. With an impressive catalog behind them, Ex Lives seems to be the band’s opus, as it encapsulates their previous work only to move past it. Make no mistake; this is not a rehash, or old tricks polished new. No, this album shows a band that has come full circle. With tracks “Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space” and “Holy Book of Dilemma” opening the record, ETID veterans, or ‘ETIDiots’ as they’re called, will find themselves right at home. Ex Lives, however, does not hinge itself on familiarity. Instead the record uses it as a doorway in which it passes in and out of. Tracks such as “Revival Mode” and “Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow” display more vocal melody, elaborate instrumentation (check the banjo), and diversity than any of the band’s previous releases. While many additions are present, none ever feel forced. Instead, the band seems to have evolved on their own terms. The result is a record that is both organic in tonality and feel. As stated earlier, the ensnaring charm of ETID lies with the creativity of

its members. Guitarists Andy Williams and Jordan Buckley create some of the heaviest and most melodic riffs of their careers. The two are a perfect pair that blends their stylings to create some of the most identifiable guitar playing in the genre. Frontman/vocalist Keith Buckley manages to sound more frantic and irreverent than ever, but his clean vocals show how far he has come. Buckley also supplies some of his best lyrical work through his exploration of themes, nods to classic literature (John Keats and Fyodor Dostoyevsky), exploitative wordplay, and sarcastic narrative. Let’s not forget the newcomer, Ryan “Legz” Leger. Making his debut with the band, Leger brings his own dynamic while managing to keep the pace of the record. Though double bass drum may be used a little too much (previous drummer Mike Novak used none), Leger is able to successfully integrate his style into each song. Ex Lives is aggression incarnate. From the album art, which is a photo pulled straight from G8 Summit protests, to the instrumentation and lyrical content, Every Time I Die boldly state their disinterest and distaste for normalcy and domesticity. This record is a testament to the band’s decade-plus career. More importantly Ex Lives shows that creativity and originality have not dried up, reshaping the genre by moving past it. Every Time I Die plays Vans Warped Tour @ Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, 7.21. —Michael Ventimiglia

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& Eat!” @ Brokerage Comedy Club monday 7.23 Annual Harry Chapin Tribute Concert @ Eisenhower Park Orlando Jones @ Bay Street Theatre Burlesque Class @ Paper Doll Vintage Boutique, A twohour class at 7 p.m. covering burlesque basics with international performer, Legs Malone, the girl with the 34.5-inch inseam!

Beach Performing Arts Center, Through 7.26. Allman Brothers Band/Santana @ Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater, I still gag when I think that the uber-bland Rob Thomas had a hand in one of the greatest pop comebacks in recent history. Putting that small piece of unpleasantness aside, I couldn’t be happier for Carlos Santana, whose jaw-dropping

Patterson Hood and the Downtown Ramblers/Turf War @ The Bell House Hammers of Misfortune/Gates of Slumber/Occultation @ St. Vitus tuesday 7.24 Leon Russell @ The Stephen Talkhouse Your Sister’s Sister @ Westhampton

B.B. Kings Blues Club—W. 42nd St., Manhattan. Bay Street Theatre— The Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. Beach Bar— 58 Foster Ave., Hampton Bays

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Bellmore Movies—222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore.

Highline Ballroom—431 W. 16th St., Manhattan. www. highlineballroom

Best Buy Theater—1515 Broadway, Manhattan.

Hofstra University—Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead

Boardy Barn—270 W. Mon- IZOD Center— Route 120, tauk Hwy, Hampton Bays East Rutherford, NJ Book Revue—313 New Joe’s Pub—425 Lafayette York Ave, Huntington. St., Manhattan. www. joespub.com Bowery Ballroom—6 Delancey St., Manhattan. The Kitchen—512 W. 19th Brokerage—2797 Merrick St., Manhattan. www.thekRd, Bellmore. www.broker- itchen.org agecomedy.com Lily Flanagan’s— 528 Central Park—East Drive, Main St., Islip Manhattan Lizard Lounge—4589 SunChildren’s Museum—376 rise Hwy, Bohemia. CR 79, Bridgehampton Maliblue— 1500 Lido City Winery—155 Varick Blvd., Lido Beach St., Manhattan. www.cityMcFadden’s—210 Merrick winery.com

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Eye Ra Haze/Vext @ St. Vitus wednesday 7.25 Rapid Fire @ Aura Dick Dale @ The Stephen Talkhouse Claudia Oxee Book Signing @ Book Revue Senior Comedy Luncheon @

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Where it’s At Do This Venue Information Aura—1900 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow

Joey Cape & Tony Sly/Jim Heffernan @ The Bell House

Scheduled for a grand opening with appearances by NY Met/Yankee legend Dwight Gooden, NY Jet/Giant legend Sean Landeta and many other special guests, new sports and entertainment restaurant Bottomz Up Bar & Grill features a menu overseen by Executive Chef Adam Goldgell, a runner-up on TV Food Network’s Chopped, who serves a lineup of distinctive cocktails and hard-to-find imported beers. Of course, Bottomz Up is equipped with wall-to-wall, wide-screen HDTVs so fans can watch their favorite teams play from any angle. Visit www.bottomzupbarandgrill.com for more information. Wednesday, 7.25. 5 p.m. —Jaclyn Gallucci

Beach House @ Central Park Summerstage

Aqua—363 Dune Rd., Hampton Bays

Chris Botti @ Beacon Theatre

BOTTOMZ UP!

Tom Morrissey Book Signing @ Book Revue

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versatility on the sixstring and spiritual approach toward music has never wavered even in the lean years when pop radio could give a damn whether he was touring or not. Still one of the greatest live acts around, Santana is out on the road with The Allman Brothers, no slouches in the live music department themselves. Making this bill even more special is that the Allmans are touring behind the 40th anniversary of the seminal Eat a Peach.— MF

Paramount—370 New York Ave., Huntington Patchogue Theatre—71 E. Main St., Patchogue. www. patchoguetheatre.com

Rd., Rockville Centre. www. Prospect Park—Brooklyn, www.prospectpark.org mcfaddensrvc.com Prudential Center—165 McGuire’s—1627 SmithMulberry St., Newark, NJ town Ave., Bohemia Revolution—140 Merrick Melville Superstar—490 Rd., Amityville. www.revoluRoute 110, Melville tionli.com Mercury Lounge—217 E. Schafer’s— 111 W. BroadHouston St., Manhattan. way, Port Jefferson Middle Country Beer Gar- St. Vitus—1120 Manhattan den—1702 Middle Country Ave., Brooklyn. www.saintviRd., Centereach tusbar.com Mulcahy’s—Railroad Ave., The Stephen Talkhouse— Wantagh. www.muls.com 61 Main St., Amagansett. Music Hall of WilliamsSyosset Beverage—Jericho burg—66 N. Sixth St., Turnpike, Syosset Brooklyn. www.musichallofTerminal 5—610 W. 56th williamsburg.com St., Manhattan. www.termiNapper Tandy’s Smithnal5nyc.com town—Main Street, Town Hall—123 W. 43rd St. Smithtown www.the-townhall-nyc.org Nassau Coliseum—HempVibe— 60 N. Park Ave., stead Tpke., Uniondale. www.nassaucoliseum.com Rockville Centre

Nassau County Museum of Art—1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. www.nassaumuseum.com Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater—Ocean Parkway, Wantagh NYCB Theatre at Westbury—960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury.

Wantagh Park—South of Merrick Road, Wantagh Webster Hall—125 E. 11th St., Manhattan. www. websterhall.com Westhampton Beach PAC—76 Main St., Westhampton Beach.

YMCA Boulton Center—37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. Paper Doll Vintage Boutique—23 Main St., Sayville www.boultoncenter.org

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recently culminated in last year’s Bride of the Noisemakers. This double-CD of live performances eschews any radio hits in favor of deeper originals and covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd and George Jones.— MF thursday 7.26 Emily Giffin Book Signing @ Book Revue Jeffrey Gaines @ Highline Ballroom

Tommy Emmanuel @ Town Hall

Soul Asylum @ Bowery Ballroom

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers @ NYCB Theatre @ Westbury, Bruce Hornsby has always been overshadowed by piano-playing peers Billy Joel and Elton John, even while reaping his own pop hits, touring as a member of the Grateful Dead and exploring bluegrass, Cajun and classical music. For the past decade plus, Hornsby and the Noisemakers have continued going down an experimental path, which most

Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets @ City Winery Evans Blue @ Revolution Aaron Lewis (Staind) @ The Paramount Tyler, the Creator & Earl Sweatshirt of Odd Future @ Best Buy Theater, With Raekwon and Asher Roth. Brad Williams @ Governor’s Comedy Club

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Chagall’s storytelling paintings portray a fantastic pictorial world where heaven and earth seem to meet, and couples are always in love. It’s a world where people and animals— cows, goats, donkeys, horses and birds—float upside down or sideways, irrespective of the laws of gravity. Chagall’s hypersensitive imagination is palpable as he shares with the viewer his memories of family in brilliantly colored works set amidst the houses and streets of his native Vitebsk. This major exhibition features significant paintings and a large selection from Chagall’s series of 105 hand-colored etchings of Bible stories that he produced in 1957. These etchings have never before been seen on Long Island. Nassau County Museum of Art, Saturday, 7.21-Sunday, 11.4.—Daphne Livingston

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Crossword SIX-FOOTERS ACROSS 1 Kite or coot 5 Chihuahua snack 9 “Goodbye, Columbus” author 13 Egyptian Nobelist 18 Sore 19 Addis 21 Merrill melody 22 Menander’s marketplace 23 6’ actress 25 6’ comedian 27 Cook clams 28 Trickles 30 Clean-air org. 31 Cartoon cry 32 Wool gatherer? 34 Not - many words 37 “Animal Farm” author 40 6’ actor 44 Garfield’s pal 45 Tie the knot 46 38 Down, for one 47 - impasse 49 Sour sort 53 Swallow up 56 Undergoes 59 Make a pile? 60 Pool person 61 Puzzling problem 62 Scarlett’s sweetheart 64 Actress Hagen 65 Potter’s need 67 Browning’s bedtime? 68 Diva Marton 69 Young or King 70 6’ designer 73 6’ author

76 Art deco figure 77 Marsh 78 Parenthesis shape 79 Melodious McEntire 80 Deli loaf 81 Robert of “The Citadel” 83 Feline, familiarly 85 Force 89 ‘66 Michael Caine movie 91 Supervise 93 Take for granted 94 Attack 95 They may get cold 96 Ring out 98 Fix a fight 99 And others 101 6’ singer 106 Paraguayan title 108 Mediocre 109 When pigs whistle, to Tennyson 110 Mongrel 111 Address abbr. 113 Actress Hedren 116 Gettysburg commander 120 6’ trumpeter 125 6’ anthropologist 127 Doll up 128 Ireland 129 County in 128 Across 130 Scorch 131 Pass on 132 Crowdburst? 133 Part of a threat 134 Connecticut

campus DOWN 1 Supermarket supplies 2 “New Jack City” actor 3 Korean statesman 4 Go-getter 5 Lincoln son 6 Disconcerts 7 Spelunker’s spot 8 Tony’s cousin 9 Scott’s “The Quartet” 10 Mispickel, e.g. 11 Become winded 12 Queequeg’s weapon 13 Mr. Mineo 14 Season firewood 15 Peg 16 Shakespearean sprite 17 Chore 20 Clear jelly 24 Love, to Livy 26 Grounds 29 - -Cat (winter transport) 33 Relief initials? 35 Constellation component 36 Furry fisherman 38 Cowes’ locale 39 First name in architecture 40 Fellow 41 Brink 42 Role for Liz 43 Has a hunch 45 Craven or Unseld 48 Peter of Peter

and Gordon 50 It’s down in the mouth 51 Copper or

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cobalt 52 Mastermind 54 Quitter’s cry 55 Vegetate

57 “Disco Duck” singer 58 Keatsian crock 59 Barrel part

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61 Tower 63 Each’s partner 66 Head monk 69 See 70 Down 70 With 69 Down, “Heaven” singer 71 Stuff 72 Dumbstruck 73 “True -” (‘69 film) 74 Arm-y types? 75 Wading bird 76 Therefore 78 Canine grp. 81 “Same here!” 82 Lock 84 “Lemon -” (‘65 hit) 86 Immaculate 87 Kuwaiti kingpin 88 Turkey serving 90 “I’ve - had!” 92 Conductor Klemperer 93 - vera 95 Roaring Twenties figure

97 Canvas shades 100 Inland sea 102 Superlative suffix 103 Nullifies 104 “Nautilus” captain 105 Formal 106 Kid stuff? 107 Comic Leon 110 Canterbury cleaner 112 Austin or Copley 114 Velvet feature 115 Bucket 117 On the briny 118 Distribute the deck 119 Rochester’s missus 121 It may be strapless 122 Whichever 123 Carnival site 124 Big bang letters 126 Adversary

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