Green flash’s are the real deal! “It’s not an illusion, it’s an actual physical thing,” explains U.C. Berkeley Physicist Athena Gordon. “ The right temperature in both the water and the air can create the perfect atmosphere for the flash.”
NYC Arts & Theatre: John Jiler’s “Under Big Piney”
Jiler, a resident of Seaview, is a winner of both the Richard Rodgers and Kleban Awards for “Avenue X,” which had a production at Off-Broadway’s Playwrights Horizon.
“Under Big Piney” centers on Jacob, a white man from New York who travels down South to North Carolina to appeal for the removal of a confederate statue. While there, he falls in love with Deana, the biracial, conservative mayor of the town.
Editor’s Window: Centennial Summer
“If all is important, nothing’s important,” an art school instructor once told me. His words were prudent. But decades later I realized the inverse is also true – for if nothing is important – well nothing is important. If we don’t acknowledge the milestones, pass on the celebration, and fail to take notice of all that is special, life’s canvas becomes quite bland.
2021: Issue 3
2021: Issue 3
SPECIAL REPORT: “Rocket Malfunction” Thought to be Cause of Point O’Woods Fireworks July 4th Barge Fire
Among the many Fourth of July fireworks displays that dotted the vista of Long Island’s Great South Bay last night, one hosted by the community of Point O’Woods went wrong quickly offshore of Fire Island, as an alleged “rocket malfunction” caused the barge itself to ignite.
Fair Harbor: A Treasured Community
Fair Harborites trek slowly through the center of the dock towards the garbage boat until they might hear a shout, “AhreYaReallyGettinRidaThat?!?” While Garbage Day is supposed to be a day of cleaning, it turns into a day of trading treasures. One man’s rusted bike becomes another man’s rusted bike that is less rusted than the one he just threw out.
OCEAN BAY PARK
The French Philosopher Albert Camus wrote, “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” I feel his words are so indicative of where we are at this point in time. COVID restrictions have been lifted in New York State. Slowly and methodically things are returning to our new normal in Ocean Bay Park and people are ready to get out and live again.
Structure Fire in Saltaire, 6/25/21
“There were no injuries reported and we thank our mutual aid partners as well as Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services, Suffolk County Police Department, PSEG Long Island, Fire Island National Seashore and the Village of Saltaire for their assistance. Our thoughts are with the homeowners during this difficult time,” read a statement that Saltaire Fire Company released on Facebook later that evening.
Liberty’s Lens
Let me open this paper by saying a little something about this issue’s cover. Taken by a photographer who goes by the name koitz, born in the Basque region of Spain, he decided to make this country, as well as … Full Story
2021: ISSUE 2
2021: Issue 2