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The Barn Ronkonkoma drive-thru opens Friday

The highly Instagrammable coffee shops have opened at four former Dairy Barns in Suffolk, with Nassau spots set to open soon.

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Only in NewsdayKeep scrutiny on 'injustice' in Central Islip ICE holding cells, immigration groups say

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'They were holding folks incorrectly here'

Vigil kept by family of man critically hurt by alleged DWI driver

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Photos: Suffolk boys basketball — West Islip at Copiague

Upcoming Events

Friday, January 2

Picasso the Prodigy

Jan13

Art historian Dennis Raverty will discuss Pablo Picasso's student work as well as his early mature paintings, first come, first seated

Where

Great Neck Library - Main Building

159 Bayview Ave.

Great Neck, NY

Phone

516-466-8055

Price

free

Website

greatnecklibrary.org

Picasso, Braque and the Bromance of Cubism

Feb19

Art historian Dennis Raverty will discuss how Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque revolutionized the depiction of pictorial space through their collaborative invention of Cubism, first come, first seated

Where

Great Neck Library - Main Building

159 Bayview Ave.

Great Neck, NY

Phone

516-466-8055

Price

free

Website

greatnecklibrary.org

Picasso's Later Work: The Classical and The Irrational

Mar12

Art historian Dennis Raverty will discuss Pablo Picasso's later artworks, first come, first seated

Where

Great Neck Library - Main Building

159 Bayview Ave.

Great Neck, NY

Phone

516-466-8055

Price

free

Website

greatnecklibrary.org

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