The “Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth” is coming back to Long Island, and this year it’s bigger, bolder, and bursting with fire-breathing dragons. The […]
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Jones Beach Theater History: From Wooden Stage to Rock Legend
For Long Islanders, a summer night at Jones Beach Theater is almost a rite of passage: the sun setting over Zach’s Bay, the smell of […]
Updated: JetBlue Flight From Islip Makes Emergency Landing at JFK After Mid-Air Engine Failure
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on August 13th after one of its engines suffered a […]
Quack, Crack, and Swing: Crazy Facts About the Long Island Ducks Baseball Team
When the Long Island Ducks took the field for the first time on April 28, 2000, at the brand-new EAB Park in Central Islip, fans […]
Long Island Stargazers Get Ready: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12–13, 2025
The Perseid meteor shower returns this summer to Long Island skies from July 17 through August 23, with its peak forecast during the nights of […]
Another Record Fundraiser For Sci-Fi Mini-Con in 2025 For Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County
From noon until 5pm on Saturday, July 19th, the 4th Annual CPNassau Sci-Fi Mini-Con was held at Levittown Hall in Hicksville, a half-day event to […]
Talking Trek With Enterprise Actor John Billingsley AKA Dr. Phlox
We got to sit down with Star Trek actor John Billingsley AKA Dr. Phlox from STar Trek: Enterprise prior to his appearance at Trek Long […]
History Photo: Long Beach Lager Delivery, 1890 Style
It wasn’t always flip-flops and sunscreen along Nassau County’s southern shore. Sometime around 1890, beachgoers in what is now Long Beach might have caught sight […]
Crazy Facts About Scrabble – Made Right Here on Long Island
From the 1950s through the early ’70s, SCRABBLE, the world’s most famous word game was manufactured in Bay Shore. That’s right, before it became a […]
Back to the Future Meets Night of the Comet at 4th Annual Sci-Fi Mini-Con
Where can you go to watch Jawas disco with Stormtroopers, discover not one, not two, but three times machines, pick up that latest Funko, and […]