Kids learn about LI's maritime culture
Paul Ames, a master fishing rod maker, shows Ava Plataroti, 5, of Dix Hills how to reel in a fish at the Long Island Children's Museum exhibit, Saltwater Stories, "Tales From the Waterfront, Bay Houses and Whaling Ships"(Jan. 9, 2011) Credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan
In a room of the Long Island Children's Museum that smelled intensely of fish, 11 baymen explained their trade Sunday to young museum patrons who wanted to know: How do you tell a boy crab from a girl crab? What do fish eat? Can I hear the ocean in this shell?
The baymen were there at the behest of Nancy Solomon, a folklorist with Long Island Traditions, a Port Washington nonprofit group working to preserve the region's maritime culture, for the first leg of a three-weekend program at the museum, in East Garden City, called Saltwater Stories.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 3: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Northport and Half Hollow Hills East matchup, plus Tess Ferguson has an update on the high school fantasy football standings and Jared Vailuzzi has the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 3: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Northport and Half Hollow Hills East matchup, plus Tess Ferguson has an update on the high school fantasy football standings and Jared Vailuzzi has the plays of the week.
