Children2013 Summer Series: Children's TheatreNYCB Theatre at WestburySeveral upcoming events; (516) 247-5200,ext. 391; ticketmaster.com;thetheatreatwestbury.comThe popular children's series returns withBeauty & The Beast (August 13) and PeterPan (August 20). Call or log on for showtimes, group rates, and otheroffers. Note: All show times areTuesdays at 11 am.
Disney's Beauty & The BeastThe Long Island Children'sMuseum, Garden CityThrough August 18; (516) 599-6870, plazatheatrical.comPlaza Theatrical Productions: Thelove story that's eternal in a production by this prolific touringcompany.
ComedyComedy Festival112 Park Grille at Country Fair Park,MedfordAugust 16 at 8 pm; (631) 732-0579;licomedy.com; countryfairpark.comA lineup of top standup stars from LongIsland Comedy.
ConcertsGood Old Dance BandSt. Sylvester's Parish Center, MedfordCheck website for show dates;(631) 730-3333; goodolddanceband.comThe regular monthly show of Mike Virostkoand his 17-piece swing band. Dancing,raffles, and more.
HobbiesLong Island Auto Replica SocietyHenrietta Acampora Recreation Center,CentereachThird Thursday of every month at 7 pm;(516) 884-2270; (631) 946-6335The L.I.A.R.S. monthly meetings are open toanyone with an interest in building scalemodels of automobiles. Call for more infor-mation.
TheaterHairCM Performing Arts Center, OakdaleThrough August 31;(631) 581-2700; cmpac.com;CM Performing Arts.
Summer Shakespeare Festival:The Taming Of The ShrewSuffolk County Vanderbilt Museum CarriageHouse Theater, CenterportThrough August 25;(516) 293-0674;(631) 854-5579;ArenaPlayers.org;Arena Players.
NunsenseJohn W. Engeman Theatre at NorthportThrough September 8;(631) 261-2900;engemantheatre.com
Cat On A Hot Tin RoofStudio Theatre, LindenhurstThrough August 24;(631) 581-2700;(516) 775-4420;broadhollow.orgBroadHollow Theater Company.
Butterflies Are FreeBroadHollow Theatre, ElmontThrough August 25;(631) 581-2700;broadhollow.orgBroadHollow Theater Company.
Making God LaughBayWay Arts Center, East IslipAugust 17 through September 1;(631) 581-2700;broadhollow.orgBroadHollow Theatre Company.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The ForumBay Street Theatre, Sag HarborThrough September 1;(631) 725-9500; baystreet.orgRevival of the Broadway comedy classic features rare appearances by stars PeterScolari (“Bosom Buddies”), Jackie Hoffman,and Conrad John Schuck.Peter
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ButterfliesAre Free
Who: Steel Wolf ranksas one of Long Island’slongest-lasting rockbands.From their bio:“After taking their band’smoniker, Steel Wolf, fromLithuanian folklore in1982 and releasing theirfirst album (the now out-of-print, cassette-onlyrelease EternalDamnation) and asked tofill in the “style” blank inthe 1986 Good TimesA-Z Local BandDirectory, band leaderMark Adomaitis, thenage 18, used the words‘killer’ and ‘explosive.’
“Twelve years later ina Good Times review of Steel Wolf’sBoozer Friendly album (now stream-ing on Youtube), J. Corbo wrote “Ashining example of Steel Wolf’suncanny ability to both shock andamuse is from [the song] ‘AuralSects at Gun Poin’… [it’s] all about… comical, vulgar, insightful and cut-ting edge lyrics, abrasive guitars andthunderous drums. Steel Wolf blendspunk anachronisms with Lithuanianmythology.”
“Eleven year later, also in GoodTimes, in a review of Steel Wolf’s
Embracing Mainstream Successalbum (currently on iTunes), TonyRettman wrote that ‘Steel Wolf is aband of longstanding Long Islandrockers who have played everywherefrom the birthplace of punk, CBGB,to the Lithuanian heritage campNeringa, located in Vermont.Although the group is proud of itsLithuanian heritage, it is obvious bysong titles such as ‘Spread The LoveMayonnaise’ and ‘ShopliftingBananas’ that it still finds time to pileon the laughs … (Guitar and vocals)straddle the fence between the riff-heavy sounds of 70s British hardrockers and the raw urgency frompunk rock days of yore.’
This year, in celebration of threedecades of rockin’, Steel Wolfreleased Variety Pack (free down-load at steelwolf.bandcamp.com)which included new song contribu-tions not only by current membersAdomaitis (lead vocals, percussion),
Al Kezys (drums, vocals), GregSzlezak (bass) ,and Paul Naronis(guitar), but also from past membersEd Kezys and Mike Jaillon,andpotential future member ClarkAdomaitis (Mark’s son), playing amyriad of instruments. It also con-tained the final work done with seminal bassist Ellis Spanos beforehis untimely passing in March. The bulk of the album was recordedat Recording Engineers Institute inIslandia.
“Due to this anniversary album,a new turnstile approach in regards
to which members perform inconcerts – such as the 2012 XIV
Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival held in Boston, as well as the 2013Long Island Music Festival – wasbrought to life, much to audiences’delight.”
To Learn More About TheArtists: Further information aboutSteel Wolf can be found at steelwolf.99k.org and at Wikipediaand Facebook; their recordings canbe ordered through the NassauCounty Public Library andAmazon.com – on which their 2003self-proclaimed album Midnight TrainTo Siauliai “was ranked #1,617,738in sales as of this writing,” accordingto the band. Steel Wolf rehearses atLyric Studios in Garden City and performs regularly at Floral Park-area street fairs and open mics,Fuzzy’s in Bellerose, the ING NYCMarathon, and the Lithuanian campGiraite in Connecticut.
Steel WolfThe Rock Never Stops
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30th Anniversary Celebration
