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Contents April 2015

Village Connection

LIVE

Cover Artist Jim Miceli

13 LIVE Events

21 Outdoor Living

18 Good Eats

28 Fitness

34 Feature: ZZ Top at NYCB

30 Art Galleries & Museums

40 LIVE at the Paramount

36 Community Events

38 Feature: Zebra

42 Kerrianns Corner

30 Feature: Comedy Night

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A musician’s art / an artist’s music.

James Miceli is a graphic artist and musician living in Huntington Village.

He has been a featured cover artist with Village Connection/LIVE many times over the past nine years. Pictured below are some of his past covers where music and musicians play an important role.

By day James creates websites, logos, packaging and more at his art and graphic design studio. You can see some of his work at www.urgecreative.com.

By night James is a freelance jazz and funk saxophone player. He plays with Richard Rabatin’s Whiskey Rebellion and is a member of SwingTime, an authentic 30s and 40s style swing band. In Huntington, you’ll find James playing once a month at Porto Vivo with his trio and singer Freddy Martin.

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Pictured at right: First cover in 2005, Summer Guide, Billy Joel, Saxophone art, Elvis Costello at the Paramount, Electrified Guitar, BBKing, Mike Guido.

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GOOD EATS A Taste of the Good Life

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Front stoops are part of the landscape of American homes. In large cities and small towns, they welcome visitors and present a spot that leads up to the front door for neighbors to chat. The term stoop dates back to the Dutch word “stoep”, while the American stoop (aka staircase and landing) was first identified in the neighborhoods of the Hudson River Valley and New Amsterdam. Today these entryways grace inner city brownstones, suburban homes and rural farmhouses. Personalization is as diverse as the personalities of the home’s residents.

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Staircase Filler Block can be used along with other wall products from Cambridge such as MaytRx® 6-inch and or Stretcher Stone in the building of a staircase and landing. As a result, a set of steps can be built without leveling and compacting the center of each layer. Because there will be less cleanup, your contractor will save time in addition to costs associated with the transportation of bulk stone and the compaction of aggregate that is typically used to fill in the void in the center of steps and a porch. Cambridge Pavingstones are available in an array of colors, shapes and textures for the top surface of the landing and Cambridge Large Caps or Bullnose pavers are ideal choices for the treads.

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If your front yard is sloped, a gradual assent can be accomplished with two or more staircase landings connected by straight, angled or winding paver walkways. Staircases made of pavers and wallstones also work well at the back door and next to patio door sliders. This option combines form and function when making the transition to a small patio, outdoor room, pool deck or garden path that requires one or more steps down.

All of the aforementioned minutia speaks to a larger truth. According to veteran real estate agent for Weichert, Realtors Michael Machinski, exterior curb appeal is just as important, if not more important, than interior curb appeal. “When a buyer drives up to your house and gets excited by what he or she sees,” explained Machinski, “he or

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fitness • kathy eaton

The Benefits of Exercising During Pregnancy

I get many questions from people who are looking to become pregnant or who are pregnant and want to continue exercising. You must always speak with your doctor first to see what his/her recommendations are before you start or continue with your exercise program.

Here are some general guidelines for exercising during your pregnancy along with how it may be beneficial to both mother and baby!! as per www.AmericanPregnancy.org www.WebMD.com) If you are already exercising then you should be able to continue with what you are doing to some level. If you’re having a normal low risk pregnancy then is has not been shown that pregnancy would increase your risk of miscarriage.

During your workouts you want to do the following: 1. Listen to your Body. If you feel “off ” at all, stop exercising and see your doctor.

2. Take water breaks often 3. I see many doctors still recommend not getting your heart rate over 140 bpm however there are more doctors who are focusing on the rate of perceived exertion ( how hard you are working) rather than your heart rate.

4. Avoid climbing exercises like climbing ropes and going across the monkey bars 5. When you are in your 2nd and 3rd trimesters avoid lying on your back as it can cause decreased blood flow to the baby.

6. Speak with your doctor concerning weight training and get a guideline on the maximum you should be lifting 7. Warm up properly and cool down and stretch properly 8. Let your trainer know that you are pregnant before starting the workout.

9. Let your trainer know if you are not feeling well or if any exercises are causing you discomfort.

Here are some possible benefits to mom and

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baby: 1. Shorter labor time, fewer medical interventions during labor and increased sustained energy during labor.

2. Stronger abdominals can aid in an easier delivery 3. Stronger abdominals can also help you to maintain proper posture which is important at all times especially after you give birth and are lifting your child numerous times each day.

4. Exercise my help increase the chances of your baby being born leaner with a healthy organ and circumference size.

5. Better quality sleep 6. Can increase mom’s energy level 7. Helps improve your mood 8. It is recommended to not gain more than 2535 pounds and exercise can help manage gaining too much weight.

If there was ever a time to hire a personal fitness coach, during your pregnancy would be the time. If you are not working with a fitness coach then make sure you communicate with the staff at whatever fitness facility you are attending.

And again always work directly with your doctor before exercising and continue to work with him/ her throughout your entire pregnancy.

Kathleen Eaton PT, MS, CSCS, is the owner of Fit Body Bootcamp in Huntington Village and Hauppauge - www. fitbodybootcampli.com - LIKE us on facebook: Huntington Fit Body Bootcamp and Hauppauge Fit Body Bootcamp

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ALFRED VAN LOEN GALLERY South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Rd., Huntington Station www.shpl.info/about_gallery.asp 631-549-4411 ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND 107 East Deer Park Rd., Melville www.artleagueli.org 631-462-5400 April 6 through May 7 57th Long Island Artists Exhibition.

B.J. SPOKE GALLERY 299 Main St., Huntington www.bjspokegallery.com 631-549-5106 Through April 30 Reception: April 11, 6-9 pm Winners of the EXPO 34 Competition.

COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rt. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor 631-692-6768 www.cshfha.org COLD SPRING HARBOR WHALING MUSEUM 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor www.cshwhalingmuseum.org 631-367-3418 CONKLIN FARMHOUSE 2 High Street, Huntington www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org 631-427-7045

“Steadfast”, oil on panel by Jim Molloy at Art League of Long Island

FOTOFOTO GALLERY 14 West Carver St., Huntington www.fotofotogallery.org 631-549-0448 Through April 26 Reception: April 11, 5-7 pm Bruce Cohen - A Romantic Vision of Venice GALLERY NORTH 90 N. Country Road, East Setauket www.gallerynorth.org 631-751-2676

is collecting names, stories and artifacts of military personnel to be printed in future publications honoring veterans. Visit their website for more information.

HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 2 Prime Ave., Huntington 631-351-3250 www.heckscher.org Through April 12 Ferdinand Richardt’s Niagara: A Study in Landscape Painting

Through April 17

By Default: The Work Of Jeffrey K. Fisher

April 25 through August 19 Before Selfies: Portraiture through the Ages

GREENLAWN – CENTERPORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MUSEUM Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn www.gcha.info 631-754-1180

ISLIP ARTS MUSEUM 50 Irish Hall, East Islip www.islipartmuseum.org 631-224-5402

The Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association is compiling a database of veterans who currently reside or have lived in the Harborfields 30 • village connection • april 2015School District. The Association

April 19 through June 1 Reception: May 3, 1-4 pm Print Up Ladies is a survey of contemporary works created by female artists exploring various printmaking techniques both traditional and non-traditional.

ALSO, In support of emerging artists, the Islip Art Museum Store Exhibition will feature

INKED; portraits, polaroids and a site specific installation in kiln glass by Kathy Seff.

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Art Lecture: A Portrait in Gold

MAIN STREET PETITE ART GALLERY 213 Main St., Huntington 631-271-8423 www.huntingtonarts.org April 10 through April 27 “I See Me!” Self-Portrait Show NORTHPORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM 215 Main St., Northport 631-757-9859 www.northporthistorical.org Current Exhibit: Signature, Northport, which features the autographs and signatures of well-known figures, among them Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herman Wouk and Betty Ford. The exhibit explores the stories behind the people who wrote and received the letters, photographs and theater tickets on display.

RIPE ART GALLERY 1028 Park Avenue, Huntington 631-239-1805 www.ripeartgal.com April 11 through May 2 Reception: April 11 at 6pm Edward Joseph & BK The Artist - a two man show, featuring the work of Northport native, Edward Joseph, and introducing, BK The Artist.

VANDERBILT MUSEUM 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport 631-854-5579 www.vanderbiltmuseum.org

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 7PM South Huntington Public Library 145 South Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station 631-549-4411 Spend the evening with Lena Massari-Sawyer, former educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and explore the extraordinary journey of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece, “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,” which is the subject of a movie out this month starring Helen Mirren. We will also look at Klimt’s 1912 portrait of Adele and learn about what other two paintings were inspired by Klimt’s relationship with Adele, which both became central masterpieces of Klimt’s Golden Style. Klimt’s influences and technique on this and other works will be explored. All welcome.

Dont Miss: Huntington Historical Society’s Antiques In April on Saturday, April 18 & Sunday, April 19 from noon-4pm at the Kissam House Museum at 434 Park Ave. Huntington. In addition to this unique sale by the Society, The Museum Shop will be open and various quality antiques dealers will be offering items from their collections to the public.

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A Painter’s Paradise Art Talk about Neill Slaughter’s Fulbright Fellowship to India ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND SATURDAY, APRIL 18 AT 2 PM Artist Neill Slaughter comes to the Art League of Long Island to discuss his experiences during his Fulbright Fellowship to India in 1992. In what Slaughter terms “an intense, life-changing experience” he will share his observations of the people of India, their culture, landscape and architecture and show samples of paintings and drawings from his “Images of India” series.

Slaughter states, “Although traveling in India or Africa is both physically and mentally demanding, India is the most visually stimulating place I have ever visited. It is a “painter’s paradise.” To explore India is to discover one’s relationship with not only the natural, physically challenging environment, but also an amazingly diverse and vastly different culture that is so exotic compared to middle-class America.

During his 36 years of teaching, Professor Slaughter has spent a considerable amount of time traveling throughout the world to teach, conduct research and create art. His extensive travels have influenced what he paints, which often reflect the social conditions of his surroundings. Among the awards and honors Professor Slaughter has received are a Ford Foundation Fellowship (1977-78), a Scottish Arts Council Grant (1980), an LMU Research Grant to Africa (1988) and a Fulbright Fellowship to India (1992).

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Neill Slaughter has had 30 solo exhibits of his drawings and paintings since 1978 and participated in more than 75 national and international group exhibitions. His art has been reviewed by leading newspapers as well as magazines, and his work is in public and private collections throughout the world.

Space is limited, register early to ensure a spot.

Fee to attend event is $15. To learn more and to register call (631) 462-5400 x222 or visit www. artleagueli.org. The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.

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john blenn

ZZ At The NYCB: AOK Servin' Up The Blue BBQ It was rather refreshing, quite frankly. All right, it was four new songs in an 80 minute set, not exactly a radical overhaul, but after a decade of ZZ Top�s set being basically a color-by-numbers greatest hits parade, a near-capacity house seemed to relish some new wrinkles from the 45-year-old band. Maybe it�s guitarist Billy Gibbons� increasing solo work (he has a solo album due this summer that is said to be long on the Cuban jazz), maybe it was a fire re-lit with ZZ�s new album in 2012, La Futura, but there was something fresh about this evening�s set.

Ripping into their trademark opener, “Got Me Under Pressure,” that little ole band from Texas rolled through their standard opening segues of “Waitin� For The Bus” and “Jesus Just Left Chicago” before pausing for initial greetings. Seeming a lot more chatty and in the moment than they have been in years, the vibe was more relaxed that it has been in years. They next launched into the lead single from La Futura, “I Gotsta Get Paid,” before airing out some larger than life string-bending on their pulverizing “Pin Cushion.”

With bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard laying down their nasty, clockwork rhythms, Top was kicking it into second gear.

Playing some area dates to make up for cancelled dated on their tandem tour with Jeff Beck last year (Dusty Hill was injured in a fall), ZZ worked other new tracks, “Flyin� High” and “Chartreuse” into the hit heavy set, which naturally included “Give Me All Your Lovin�,” “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “I�m Bad I�m Nationwide.” They also covered their obligatory slow blues turn with “Catfish Blues,” a change of pace from usual set faves, “Fool For Your Stockings” and “2000 Blues.” By the time they wrapped up with their traditional encore medley of “La Grange” and “Tush,” Gibbons had once again remind34 villagewhy connection • april 2015 ed a•crowd he is a totally unique player in tone and

phrasing and Beard and Hill put an exclamation point on it with a wall of sound.

Opening the show and touting a plethora of homemade instruments was the Ben Miller Band. Between Miller and his two cohorts, Scott Leeper and Doug Dicharry, the Joplin, Missouri trio two-stepped their way through a 35 minute set of originals that fused rock, funk, backwoods blues and jazz and moonshine. They had the crowd roaring their approval on both originals such as “Get Right Church,” “Follow You Down” and covers like “St. James Infirmary.” Their turbo-charged mountain music was a most unique choice to get the room a-rockin�.

While ZZ Top and the Ben Miller Band added up to a dynamic evening, for the hardcore ZZ follower, it would be nice to see them take a cue from Yes or Rush and do “An Evening With.” With 15 studio albums, a remarkable catalogue full of old school blues and great experimentation with tones and style changes, there�s a lot of ZZ catalogue that has been lost to the ages (nothing from 1st album, Rio Grande Mud, El Loco, Tejas, XXX, Mescalero, Rhythmeen or Recycler made the set), it would be easy to fill out a two-hour show (with an intermission) and do something unforgettable.

That would make a helluva 50th anniversary tour, but then again...why wait? There�s never a better time to do something new than the present and ZZ made it clear they�re aware of it this night.

John Blenn is a SAG actor/screenwriter/playwright who has been an active entertainment journalist for 35 years. He is the former publisher of Long Island Entertainment and has written for Newsday, Island Ear and Network among dozens of magazine credits.

He is also a Professor of Music Business and English at Five Towns College.

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Ballet, Bach, Brunch On The Bay

Honoring Irene & Peter Klein.

Celebrate LI Ballet Theatre’s new production of Cinderella while enjoying brunch at The Head of the Bay Club in Huntington.

Adults – $50 ,Children- $25 Sunday, April 19 The Head of the Bay Club 191 Bay Road, Huntington 631-271-4626

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This event will feature Visual Art, Animation, Illustration, Videography, live painting, and musical performances. Plus, enjoy delicious food courtesy of Fado Restaurant, Massa’s Pizzeria, Tasty American Coo Coo, and Neraki. Drinks courtesy of Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. and Hint Water. Free. $5 suggested donation.

Saturday, April 18, 6-10pm LaunchPad Huntington 315 Main Street, 2nd Floor Huntington 631-271-8423

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East Northport Chamber’s 12th Annual “A Taste of Long Island” will feature special guests: 2013 Master Chef Winner, Barret Beyer, Hell’s Kitchen Contestant; and Anna and Michael from LIRestraurantReview.com. $75 per person in advance or $85 at the door

Strong, Smart and Savory is a wine and food tasting event, held at Appliance World in Huntington, to benefit Girls Inc. of Long Island. This year, the event will recognize the success and efforts of Trudy Fitzsimmons, Co-Chair of Vision Long Island and Karen Tenenbaum, LI Tax Attorney, for their service to the community. Additionally, Ellen Labita, of Baker Tilly will be given the Founder’s Award, for her service to the organization as a Founding Board Member. Cost: $50 Tuesday, April 28, 7-9 pm Appliance World 414 New York Avenue Huntington 631-940-3749

To see more upcoming events, visit our website villageconnectionmagazine.com To submit your event fill out our online form. Events should be submitted at least one month Thursday, April 23, 6:30-10pm prior for print publication.

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Zebra: Forty Years Of Rockin' Rolls into NYCB Theatre Photo by Mark Schoen

“Realistically,” says Zebra frontman Randy Jackson late in the interview, “3 piece bands tend to stay together...ZZ Top, Rush...even though Rush aren't the original three. It becomes like family and you learn to accept everyone's contributions and learn that people aren't going to change. We're not too different philosophically and we're at the point that we've had fights but we can't even remember what they were about. It's like family.” If only staying together for 40 years was as easy for everyone.

On Thursday, April 9, Zebra celebrates 40 years of rockin' with a very special show at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, no small accomplishment for a New Orleans band that was adopted by Long Island and became one of their all-time favorite sons. It all seems like it happened so easily, it always does. Hardly the case, as Jackson explains as the interview untracks. ”It was LA or NY, we wanted to go after a record deal,” he begins, “and the Good Rats played down in New Orleans. Joe

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Franco said they were touring all over but that Long Island was a great place to park yourself. We thought we'd have immediate success, but it wasn't like that at all. We were back and forth, we weren't making enough or gigging enough to survive, but we brought money with us. We'd go back to New Orleans to make money to keep going.” Eventually, they carved out a reputation and started headlining places like Hammerhead's and Mad Hatter. “It was definitely a unique time, lot of great bands, the drinking age was 18,” remembers Jackson, “the climate was right.” In the early days, Zebra had made their reputation covering things bands like Deep Purple, BTO, David Bowie, Robin Trower, but they built a rep on the Island for their Led Zeppelin... that and sneaking in originals. “We used to sneak our originals in to the set without even mentioning them because New Jersey club owners didn't want us doing originals,” laughs Jackson as he thinks back, “people would come up and say they liked a song but couldn't

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ROCK AND ROLLERS

CONFIRM U.S. TOUR The glam rock band Steel Panther have announced a headlining U.S. tour on the heels of their uber-successful UK run this spring. The “17 Girls in a Row” singers are set to open Orlando, FL on Tuesday, May 7th at The Beacham Theatre. The entire list of tour dates can be found below and tickets and VIP packages are now on sale via LiveNation.com.

Steel Panther returns to the states after bringing their raucous show to UK audiences, selling out shows in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, and Leicester. The music world was rocked when a baby was born at Wembley Arena during the band�s sold out headlining performance. “I�m 60% sure it�s not one of ours�” said Michael Starr, the band�s lead singer. “We�re so proud to announce the first Panther being born into captivity,” lead guitarist Satchel added.

Hailing from Los Angeles, the epicenter for rock n� roll in all its debauchery and glamour, Steel Panther have established themselves as the world�s premier party band, melding hard rock virtuosity with parody and criminally good looks. With three full-length albums, touring across the world, platinum-level You Tube status and high-profile television appearances such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, Larry King Now, and FOX NFL Sunday, the band is touring in support of their latest effort, All You Can Eat (Open E Records via Kobalt Label Services). Released in April, 2014 to rave reviews the album bowed at #24 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart; which also garnered the band their third consecutive #1 album on the Top Current Comedy chart.

Check out their latest music video for “Pussywhipped” HERE. Of All You Can Eat, Rolling Stone avowed, “There�s a reason Steel Panther have transcended their origins as a covers band playing the Sunset Strip”, while Metal Sucks declared, “Steel Panther�s concept is genius… their songwriting is…preposterously snappy – and relatable.” Click HERE to check out the music video for “The Burden Of Being Wonderful.”

Steel Panther has been joined on stage by such musical icons as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Paul Stanley of KISS, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Billy Ray Cyrus, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Tom Morello of Rage Against

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The Machine/Audioslave and more. In 2014, the band opened for Judas Priest on their North American tour.

Steel Panther is Michael Starr (lead singer), Satchel (guitarist), Lexxi Foxx (bass) and Stix Zadinia (drums).

NEW Steel Panther tour dates: MAY 7 Orlando, FL The Beacham 8 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 9 St. Petersburg Jannus Live 11 Raleigh, NC The Ritz 12 Baltimore Baltimore Sound Stage 13 Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem Event Center 15 Portland, ME Maine State Pier 16 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 17 Montreal, Quebec Metropolis 19 Huntington, NY The Paramount 20 Boston House of Blues 22 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy 24 Knoxville The International 26 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere�s Entertainment Center 28 Milwaukee, WI The Rave 29 West Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom 30 Sioux City, IA Anthem at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino To access publicity images of Steel Panther and the ALL YOU CAN EAT album cover, please click here.

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The Legends of Sweet Hollow Road Sweet Hollow Road is located in the West Hills area of Huntington, and is surrounded by woods, a park, a cemetery and residential homes.

Throughout the years, all sorts of legends and hideous tales have been reported.

One of the most well-known is the story of the Lady in White, also known as Mary. It is said that Mary was a patient at a hospital that was located near the crossing at Mount Misery Road in the mid-1850’s. The hospital mysteriously burned down, and many people had died. After the rebuilding, it supposedly was torched by an insane woman and burned to the ground again.

It is rumored that moans, screams and cries for help can be heard, and that small burning specters can be seen. Other stories claim that Mary was pushed out of a car on Sweet Hollow Road by a jealous boyfriend and was killed by an oncoming car. An even earlier story from the late 1600’s, talks about Mary being a witch who was hung and buried in the area. The “veiled lady in white” has been seen wandering the road and the woods, along with a lady in red, a gypsy, who roams the area.

A man in a checkered shirt is also said to walk the woods at night, carrying an ax in his hand. Another story speaks of a slain police officer who stops cars along the road. He seems normal until he turns around and has blood on his uniform, and the back of his head is missing.

An officer is said to have died in the area while on duty. When and if this ever happened, no one seems to know for sure.

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Non-human ghosts are also said to haunt Sweet Hollow Road and include a black Labrador, a ghostly horse and a mysterious doglike creature called the “Black Dog of Misery rumored to be “a harbinger of death.”

One of the most recent ghost stories is about several teenagers who hung themselves from the Northern State Parkway overpass in the 1970’s.

If you honk your car’s horn three times before going under the overpass, it is said the ghostly boys will jump in front of your car.

Finally, there is the story of a thirteen-year old girl who was beaten and strangled in 1976.

Her murdered body was found along the road.

Supposedly the killer was never found, and the case remains unsolved.

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South Shore Comedy Night: The Laughs Won't Be Intimate For Long Debbie & Ted Plezia have been veterans on the Long Island Theater circuit for years, the former as both actress and director, the latter as actor and magician. Add theatre-owners to the list with their South Shore Theatre Experience venue on Montauk Ave. in Lindenhurst. As an any saavy theater manager will tell you, success lies in diversity and, in addition to plays, magic shows and acting classes, you can add stand-up to their list of quality entertainment, which is exactly what THEY did on March 7.

Hosted by the likeable and breezy Alan Scott, who kept the comics coming up and down at a well-paced clip, the night started off with Scott grabbing laughs talking about his $250 donation for a stripper that others might simply call a police ticket. Brooke Arnold, a NYC stand-up, followed with a raunchy set that pushed the envelope but netted consistent laughs with stories about being interviewed by reality shows (She sees herself “in prison” when asked how she projects herself 5 years up the road), her less than ideal education (“Second grade dropout”) and a brother who was inspired

by L. Ron Hubbard. Her Texas-New York culture clash makes for some priceless moments. Geoff Kole rolled out next, long a familiar face to Island comedy fans.

The Dix Hills-raised, Manhattan native connected for good laughter on subjects such as Nicky Minaj lyrics, cell phones, cell phones and customer service reps.

Kathy Arnold took the show through the first half by sharing hemorrhoid anxieties in her opening remarks before blasting Geoff Kole into pet peeves like car stick figures (“A pedophile's dream”), college kids, alcohol enemas and pot-smoking friends. Her sarcastic delivery never gets unpleasant or unlikeable and she scored well with the full house.

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was LA West, who lamented his physical appearance to Fresh Prince character Carleton and height issues.

He also talk about time in the service as well as Sesame street characters. At this stage, he needs work on his material but, as is, his sheer likeability and presKathy Arnold

ence wins people over. Maleta Apogo was up next and bringin' it with plenty of sass. Originally from Philadelphia, she aired it out about hating winter, being a school teacher and some funny business about senior homes.

Possessing strong time and great poise, she drives her material home like a well-trained boxer. Circuit veteran Mike Keegan put the lid on the fast -paced 100 minute show about his indifference towards gym memberships, Kardashian obsessions and his girlfriend's concerns about her appearance (She: “Would you still love me if I gained wait?” He: “Yes...I'd miss you, but I'd still love you.”). The right guy was in the closer's spot, to be sure.

South Shore Theatre experience is a nice, intimate, smaller venue with a great deal to offer. There's no drink minimums but there is plenty of fun waiting for you. You can always dot.com it for more information, but you certainly couldn't miss just picking a weekend night and taking a ride out on a whim.

John Blenn is a SAG actor/screenwriter/playwright who has been an active entertainment journalist for 35 years. He is the former publisher of Long Island Entertainment and has written for Newsday, Island Ear and Network among dozens of magazine credits.

He is also a Professor of Music Business and English at Five Towns College.

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