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Erick Morillo to open 'Dance Wednesdays' at The Emporium

DJ Erick Morillo is slated to spin at

Photo credit: Dove Shore

It’s a pretty common occurrence every summer for devoted fans of dance to drive east in order to catch a bash headed by a world-renowned DJ, but usually that journey involves a jaunt to the Hamptons. However, on June 5, such a trip need not head any further than North Ocean Avenue.

The Emporium (9 Railroad Ave., Patchogue, 631-627-8787) has already established itself as Long Island’s current...

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Body English Tuesdays return for a fifth season

Friends share a couple of laughs at club

Photo credit: Jason Andrew

In what has become a Long Island summer nightlife tradition, the Body English lounge and dance party returns to the Chateau Briand in Carle Place for a fifth season on June 4 at 9 p.m.

Back in 2009, its creators (hospitality specialists Bobby Goodrich and Richard Bedrosian) chose Tuesday for the weekly affair, due to the fact that Tuesdays are traditionally a lackluster night for events. The...

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YouTube star Keenan Cahill at Nutty Farmingdale

Known for his wildly successful YouTube channel, performer

Photo credit: Krupp Kommunications

If you're not familiar with Keenan Cahill, perhaps you are working too hard.

The reasoning behind that inference is reference to what so many of us are accused of doing at work instead of working -- surfing the web and checking out YouTube.

It’s on that online hub of endless, various videos that the aforementioned Cahill has made himself an Internet sensation. An 18-year old student...

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Navy SEAL Foundation fundraiser at Navy Beach

The bar scene at Navy Beach in Montauk.

Photo credit: Jason Andrew

With Long Island home to so many members of the military and their families, it shouldn't be difficult for most to understand that throughout the times when servicemen and women are put on assignment, concern for everyone touched by such circumstances can be crucial when it comes to all involved getting by during their daily lives.

Fortunately, there are organizations whose mission it is to...

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Three spots, two clubs, one address

Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the

Photo credit: SL East

If you use the web to try and find a worthy Hamptons bash for weekend fun, the address “44 Three Mile Harbor Road” in East Hampton may come up more than once as a possible result -- and while that is not usually a good thing, in this case your browser is right on the money.

As it turns out, that plotted destination is the location of a double-venue building, with two clubs that share the same...

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The Long Island Hospitality Ball 2013

About 2,000 people attended the 2012 Long Island

Photo credit: Erica Marcus

When summer comes to the Island, most nightlife-minded people think of weekend visitations to the Hamptons, Fire Island and other waterside locations -- but as it turns out, what might possibly be the year’s ultimate night of barhopping, cocktail sipping, clubbing and dancing is set for a weekday -- and all in one location (in landlocked Woodbury) no less, as the annual Long Island Hospitality Ball...

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Mike D of the Beastie Boys gets dunked (for a good cause)

Mike D of the legendary music group Beastie

Photo credit: Ian J. Stark

The weather in the Hamptons might have been quite cold for the 2013 Memorial Day weekend, but a special bash at the East End hot spot Ruschmeyer’s (16 Second House Rd., Montauk, 631-668-2877) made things incredibly “cool” in a completely different way.

Hip gatherings at the hotel, restaurant and party locale are nothing new -- and on Sunday, hospitality guru (and a designer of Ruschmeyer’s)...

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'Main Street Drivers' take you out, in your own car

If this was your car, Main Street Drivers

Photo credit: Main Street Drivers

With Memorial Day weekend only days away, party people start worrying about such frivolous things as wearing the right clothes, attending the best events and other necessities of fun … but of course, there are more important concerns, especially those that involve going out and then getting home safely.

Designated drivers are a mandatory part of nightlife. Most groups of friends have someone...

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Day & Night: Signature Hamptons bash returns

The logo for the quot;Day & Night Hamptonsquot;

Photo credit: Dual Groupe

For anyone who would like to experience much of what draws a jet-setting crowd to the Hamptons every summer — but do so at one single event — the Day & Night brunch set for Saturday, May 25 is the way to do so.

There are many parties that take place throughout the summer season on the East End, but few can claim to match the festive legacy that Day & Night offers when it comes to recurring,...

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Jessica White's 'Angel Wings' fundraiser returns to Georgica

Supermodel Jessica White walks the red carpet at

Photo credit: Ian J. Stark

As Memorial Day weekend draws near, those who relish the onset of the Hamptons summer season can start looking forward to familiar and eye-catching things, such as lush greenery, fashionable clothing, twinkling jewelry, luxury cars and . . . Jessica White.

White, an accomplished model, has worked campaigns for such prominent clothing companies and labels as Gap, Jean Paul Gaultier, Ralph Lauren...

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