Northport and East Northport Happenings

Photographer Berenice Abbott and art-critic Elizabeth McCausland were both lifelong romantic and intellectual partners. Their book Changing New York (1939) was not the book they had originally envisioned, as their publisher diluted their message in favor of the commercial interests of the time; Abbott’s photographs were dramatically reordered and McCausland’s overtly political text was almost completely rewritten. “Embracing the Parallax” is a restoration effort, the first show to ever highlight the original, unpublished captions written by McCausland, and show them as they were intended, alongside Abbott’s photography. The show, says Jessica Rosen, curatorial assistant at Hecksher, “highlights that queer people need to be shown in their wholeness, and not just the bits and pieces of them that are deemed acceptable.” For more information and museum hours, click here. Image: Fulton Street Fish Market 1982, Gelatin silver print, by Berenice Abbott.

Florida-based artist Cheryl Lee returns to Haven Gallery for her second show. “Collectors” features 18 handmade sculptures of octopi, dragons, bats, snakes and snails as they travel to find and share unique treasures. A nostalgic memoir to our own connections with both inanimate and animate objects and the stories they hold for each of us. For information on this and other current exhibits, visit havengallery.com. 

See Taylor Swift’s hits brought to life in dazzling laser light. Songs include Anti-Hero, Lavender Haze, Bad Blood, Shake It Off, and more. For a complete list of planetarium laser shows, including Pink Floyd, Taylor Swift, The Doors, Prince, Grateful Dead and more, click here. 

Randy Jackson, lead singer and guitarist of rock band Zebra, is performing live at La Porta. Show starts at 9. Opener Ava Rush will begin at 8pm. Zebra formed in New Orleans in 1975 and is the longest-running American band still touring with all its original members. Listen to “Tell Me What You Want” from the band’s debut 1983 album here, then come check out Jackson right on Main Street.

Join Youth and Directions and Alternatives (YDA) for its 13th annual Bowl-a-Rama FUNdraiser. Enjoy food, prizes, and so much fun. Fundraisers are vital to YDA, ensuring that it can continue providing essential services to the community. Support your local youth agency by registering here. Cost is $50 per person or $130 for a lane of up to six players. Two hours of unlimited bowling, rentals, one pizza per lane, soft drinks included. 

Join Steve Wicks, an award-winning Long Island journalist and the author of three non-fiction books, as he discusses the writing and inspiration behind his fiction debut, “The Ruins.” Wicks uses a horrific murder in a quiet Long Island village to rip the lid off a series of outrages, fictional and not, in the past: “In the debut novel from biographer Wick (The Long Night), former POW Paul Beirne unearths an insidious conspiracy on Long Island. The action in The Ruins brims with fascinating insight about the Nazis’ presence in the U.S. and the shifting cultural climate of the 1950s.” — Publishers Weekly. Seating for this class is limited and tickets are nonrefundable. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to The Peconic Land Trust, as chosen by the author. More info and tickets can be found here.

Get your favorite doll or stuffed animal and join in on an elegant tea party at the museum! Kids will enjoy drinks and pastries, do fun crafts and activities, and get to see historical items from the collection related to tea. Dress up in your finest tea party attire for this exciting event. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Recommended for ages 5+.