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Alec Baldwin is set to be a guest speaker.

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Learning about the making of the Eagles' classic album and the hit title song.

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Gabrielle Sterbenz is ready to shine with an album and a Huntington concert.

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A joint statement calls his return "a new chapter" for the Huntington theater.

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"Love Stories: Neat or On the Rocks" by a lawyer with a love for lyrics is set for Nov. 14.

LI lawyer turned lyricist gets musical ready for Tilles Center

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The Long Beach native's one-man show will now play through Feb. 14.

Billy Crystal's '860' extends run on Broadway

The actor will star next fall in the time-travel romance "This World of Tomorrow."

Tom Hanks returning to Broadway with Kelli O'Hara

The theater is a key part of plans to liven up Glen Cove's downtown.

LI theater closer to opening with funding boost

Neil Patrick Harris and Julianne Hough will star in a revival this spring.

Broadway's ready to play ball with 'Damn Yankees'

Bernie Williams joins the show Oct. 22, while José Iglesias remains through Nov. 15.

It's a Met and a Yankee in 'Buena Vista Social Club'

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NewsdayTV's Doug Geed meets with the chef at The Halyard and shows us how local produce makes its way onto the menu.

Out East: What's on the menu at Soundview Inn's restaurant, The Halyard

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame inducted Ray Romano as its first nonmusical honoree in the museum's 22-year history Thursday.

'I feel like a Long Islander'

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano has your look at what's new at Belmont Park Village ahead of the 2026 holiday shopping season.

Shopping our way through Belmont Park Village's new stores

NewsdayTV's Andi Berlin visits Tacos Malamadre in Mineola to try their 'slap' taco.

Trying a trending taco in Mineola

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland takes a look back at the Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

Picture This: When Kings Park had a psychiatric hospital

The show must go on! NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa heads to Costume America in Farmingdale where they have made more than 50,000 costumes.

LI Works: There's no business like the costume business

Authorities across Long Island have cracked down on the booming illegal sex trade at foot spas, Islip Town officials have raided only three foot spas – two of them shortly after reporters began asking questions. Newsday investigative reporter Sandra Peddie and NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn have more.

Islip Town Supervisor takes little action on spas after allegations of illicit sex

The cost of living on Long Island is causing some Gen Zers to live at home with their parents. Newsday real estate reporter Rachel Weiss was more.

Cost of living keeps Gen Z at home with parents

The Jennifer Schaefer Child Support Room was unveiled at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center in Lake Success. It's a dedicated space named for Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer's mother, who died in February 2024 following a two-year fight with breast cancer.

Child support room named for mom of Isles' Schaefer opens

Olga Fuller, a licensed psychologist and founder of Authentic Insight Psychology, talks to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about the change in priorities after having a baby.

Working Moms: Priority shift

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'These files can be the blueprint to prove what happened'

The decree called for Suffolk to implement procedures to give women and Black and Hispanic people an equal opportunity for employment in the police department as white people. Newsday investigative reporter Payton Guion reports.

Deal would let feds end monitoring of Suffolk police hiring practices

Nassau and Suffolk counties have implemented a combined $57 million in technology upgrades to streamline the voting process.

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A college's sticker price doesn't tell the full story of what the average student pays after financial aid and scholarships. See how more than 150 NY colleges compare. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

'Tuition is a lot'

The Town of Oyster Bay and Northrop Grumman are locked in a dispute over the extent of the plan to clean up Bethpage Community Park. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

'No reason for us to believe any area is safe unless tested'

A tipster says he told the state about buried drums at Bethpage Community Park nearly a decade ago. Newsday's Ken Buffa reports.

Uncovering the truth about the chemical drums

The attorney general's investigation affirms the stories told by multiple women during an emotional, hourslong school board meeting in November 2021 — a turning point that sparked a public reckoning and spawned the state probe. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'At times I felt like I had my hopes up and nothing would come of it'

Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, has been charged with murder in the killing of a newborn, whose body was found in a movie theater toilet in 1996. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'We look forward to litigating this case'

Across the Island, authorities raided more than 250 illicit spas in the past five years. Only three of them have been in the Town of Islip. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn and the Newsday investigative team report.

'I'm very shocked this is going on'

A car sliced through the hedges and fence of a Huntington Station adult assisted living facility Sunday night, displacing 27 residents, police said. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie has more.

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