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Energia Internacional Celebrates Latin American Music on the North Fork

September 5, 2026September 8, 2026 East End Beacon

The Rites of Spring Music Festival will host a weekend-long series of performances celebrating Latin American song and dance, from Sept. 11 through Sept. 13. It's "three days of community gatherings where participants can share arts, music, fashion, traditional dishes, economy and social practices," according to Rites of Spring founder Paolo Bartolani. "Come relaxed, come curious, connect with the people around you, and experience the energy of the music." Pictured

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The Talent of Terra Blues comes to Greenport

August 12, 2026August 29, 2026 Beth Young

Players of the blues these days are immersed in a tight little world, congregating in such storied venues as the Bleeker Street mainstay Terra Blues, honing their craft in the company of other musicians who are pushing the depth of emotion that defines this genre. For the second year in a row, a group of talented musicians held together by the thread of Terra Blues are making their way east

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A Weekend of Arts In Orient, Inspired by the Sea

July 23, 2026August 11, 2026 Beth Young

The sea has defined human history since the beginning of our consciousness, and it is a central figure in the arts that have sprung from our attempts to understand the world. This year's Rites of Spring Music Festival on the North Fork embraces the ocean as a muse in its theme, "Sea, Soil and Soul," and this coming weekend's Rites of Spring programs at Poquatuck Hall in Orient are a

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Stunning Saxophone Quartet Takes Up Residency on Shelter Island Next Week

July 12, 2026July 23, 2026 East End Beacon

A world-class saxophone quartet is taking residency on Shelter Island and the North Fork July 19 through July 22, with five chances for East Enders to hear this "alarmingly good and ravishingly charming"ensemble, including at CAST in Southold July 22. The Shelter Island Friends of Music hosts the Sinta Quartet for a free concert on Sunday, July 19 at 6 p.m. at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, where they'll perform works by

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Listening, and Seeing, When the Earth Speaks

June 11, 2026June 14, 2026 East End Beacon

Last summer, the North Fork Arts Center in Greenport embarked on a collaboration with the BarTur Awards, an international photography prize, for a stunning exhibition of great photojournalism from around the world. This year the collaboration is growing in innovative new ways, thanks to a collaboration with a talented group of young composers and musicians from Yale University. Pictured Above: Supratim Bhattacharjee's 'Sinking Sundarban,' Mousuni Island, West Bengal, India. This

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This Year’s Rites of Spring Is An Immersion in Opera, Nature and Classical Works

April 13, 2026April 14, 2026 Beth Young

Now in its 11th season, Paolo Bartolani’s Rites of Spring Music Festival is branching out this year, with eight subprograms and 26 concerts on both the North and South Forks, and a growing partnership with the music department at Stony Brook University. Pictured Above: Rehearsing Haydn’s “La Cantarina” for the Opera in the Hamptons subprogram May 1 through May 3. This year’s theme, Sea, Soil & Soul: Music Follows Nature

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The Mudflats: America at their Fingertips

April 11, 2026April 15, 2026 Beth Young

If you live in Orient, you've heard the fiddles, driving drumbeat and tight rural harmonies of The Mudflats, echoing out of Poquatuck Hall or spreading on the breeze across the Oysterponds Historical Society's grounds. This band appears to have blossomed onto the North Fork music scene over just the past couple years, but many of its members' lives have been woven together for decades, from Nashville to Washington DC to

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Soprano Returns Home to Share A New Take on the Harlem Renaissance

February 5, 2026February 10, 2026 Beth Young

When Riverhead High School graduate Taylor Burgess left home to study opera in Amsterdam, it reset her perspective on the world, her home, and her place in it. And this weekend, she will bring some her experience back to our community in an evening filled with heartfelt song. This Sunday, Feb. 8, coming off of performing in "Porgy and Bess" at the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Burgess will give a special

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Showtunes for Playbills: Floyd Memorial Library to Host a Musical Opening Reception

January 21, 2026February 5, 2026 Beth Young

In tandem with Floyd Memorial Library’s current exhibition, “Playbill Throughout the Years,” the library is throwing a showtunes soirée on Friday, Jan. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. Co-hosted by Huck Hirsch of North Fork Community Theatre and Ethel's Mermen, and Sally Grant, the library's Art Exhibits Curator, the evening will feature pianist Jim Lowe and several vocalists. "We’re also thrilled to be joined by members of Greenport High School’s

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More Than a Jazz Spaceship Touching Down in Cutchogue, NoLa to NoFo Makes Plans for the Long Run

August 5, 2025August 11, 2025 Beth Young

When Donald Harrison’s Quantum Leap Music Festival came into Cutchogue like a whirlwind in September of 2024, it seemed like it might be a one-off chance to see some of the best jazz musicians from New Orleans in an intimate setting at the North Fork’s first winery, now Borghese Vineyard. The festival, organized by NoLa to NoFo, LLC is coming back to Borghese Aug. 14 through Aug. 17, with four

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Riverhead Sets Stage for The Jazz Loft to Purchase Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

April 18, 2025May 15, 2025 Beth Young

Riverhead Town has authorized the negotiation of a contract with Stony Brook-based nonprofit music venue The Jazz Loft to purchase and operate the historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in downtown Riverhead. Pictured Above: The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, has played host for nearly a century-and-a-half to music, theater, and community groups. In a 3-2 vote on April 15, the Riverhead Town Board authorized