Tag: Jones Beach

From Broadway to Jones Beach w Richard Arnold Beattie

July 17, 2024
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Newspaper ad describing the musical Hit the Deck in 1960.
Ad from the Smithtown News, Aug 11, 1960.

Robert Moses had a vision for Jones Beach in the 1920s that included a theater to bring high quality entertainment to the people. That theater on Zachs Bay went through […]

Edward Lieberman’s Historic Tours

August 16, 2023
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Detail of a 1914 map showing a bridge across a harbor.
Detail of Bayville from the Belcher-Hyde 1914 Atlas of Nassau County. NYPL Digital Collections

Yes, Edward Lieberman is a former assistant district attorney in Nassau County and the former mayor of Seacliff but just as importantly, he is a long-time listener of the Long […]

Square Dancing and the Durlachers

April 6, 2022
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Black and white photo of a crowd dancing at the Jones Beach Bandshell some time in the 1960s.
Ed Durlacher calling a square dance at Jones Beach. Image courtesy of Glenn Durlacher.

Glenn Durlacher looks back over his family’s legacy of square dance calling on Long Island with deserved pride. His grandfather Ed pioneered square dancing in the New York City area […]

The Life Story of Primo Fiore

April 27, 2021
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Close up, blurred image of cub scout and parent square dancing.
Square dancing at a Primo Fiore event, Sayville (2015).

Primo Fiore was born in Brooklyn but raised his family in Deer Park while working as a physical education instructor in West Islip. His gifted speaking voice, combined with a […]