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Published 6 hours agoCarle Place student to receive art merit award
Carle Place High School senior Ava Kang has been selected as a Merit Award recipient for the 2026-27 Long Island Scholar-Artist Awards, presented by the Long Island Arts Alliance. Kang is one of 40 students from 32 high schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties recognized by the…
Long Island Press
Published 8 hours agoRoslyn High School orchestra director wins prestigious LI performance prize
High school orchestra director Douglas Aliano has been selected as the winner of the second annual North Shore Symphony Orchestra Long Island Music Educator Performance Prize. The award recognizes music educators across Long Island who demonstrate exceptional artistic…
Long Island Press
Published 9 hours agoGold Coast Arts Center continues to inspire big dreams
3rd in a series Much has changed for the Gold Coast Arts Center in the 31 years since it was founded as the Great Neck Arts Center in the Village of Great Neck Plaza – most dramatically, the closure of the Squire movie theater, along with neighborhood theaters in Manhasset, Port…
Long Island Press
Published 11 hours agoGold Coast Arts Center enters new decade meeting new challenges
2nd in a series The Gold Coast Arts Center was born from founder and executive director Regina Gil’s imagination but very soon captured the imagination of the community. In 1989, then-State Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli (now NYS Comptroller) obtained $10,000 in seed money for Gil to…
Long Island Press
Published September 02After three decades, Gold Coast Arts Center continues to inspire
First in a series Rather than talk about the celebrities that have graced the Gold Coast Arts Center through its many events – the international film festival, its gala galas, art gallery openings, concerts – Regina Gil, executive director, who founded what was then known as the…