Suffolk County Poet Laureate, Chip Williford, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Poetry Street’s 12th birthday party 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Later in the hour, Raymond Castronovo of Streetwise calls in ahead of the Streetwise Production “Voices of Change” concert series fundraiser for The Retreat at The Suffolk on Friday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Tim Frazier of the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of EWECC’s summer benefit at the historic Mulford farm on Friday, June 26, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

Christina Strassfield of Southampton Arts Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their annual summer kick-off concert fundraiser, Whimsy, with a latin jazz dance party featuring music by the Maria Raquel Quintet and honoring Lana Jokel as a community leader on Saturday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m. as well as in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

Later in the hour, Nina Ross of the Montauk Mike children’s book series visits the WLIW-FM studio ahead of this weekend’s readings celebrating her newest release, Montauk Has A (very) Happy Shark, at Northport Books on Saturday, June 27 at 11 a.m., as well as on Sunday, June 28, 10:30 a.m. at East Hampton’s Bookhampton, and 12:30 p.m. at Amagansett Square’s Pink Chicken.

Holly Reichart-Wheaton of Springs Food Pantry joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the fifth annual Spring Garden Party celebrating the farmers who support food insecure families throughout Springs and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Later in the hour, Fisty’s Alejandra Dubove and Kathy Henderson call in before Robert Vitelli, Sarah Hoffman and Brian Rosen of the New York LGBT Network visit the WLIW-FM Studio to talk about the fourth annual North Fork Pride parade stepping off at noon on Saturday, July 27, in Greenport Village.

Rebecca Morgan Taylor and Loretta Davis of Project MOST join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the nonprofit’s June 28 summer benefit from 4-6 p.m. at Moby’s East Hampton and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to our $50,000 fundraising goal.

Peggy Veziris, Joyce Bromberg and Alicia Whitaker of the Westhampton Garden Club join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their July 10 Gardens & Rooms Tour and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

Adam Tendler joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his June 28 Guild Hall performance of Grammy-nominated piano project, “Inheritances,” and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

Cheryl Sokolow of C Fine Art joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the inaugural exhibition, “The Cadence of Form,” at a new 21 North Ferry Street gallery space on Shelter Island, opening July 3 from 5-7 p.m. and running through August, and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

J Brooke joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about their debut book of poetry, “I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side,” before East Hampton Library’s Author’s Night on August 8 and a conversation with Eric Lemonides at Bridgehampton Hampton Museum 5-6:30 p.m. on August 20, as well as in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.

Pastor Natalie Wimberly of Greenport’s Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church and Greenport High School senior, Faith Welch, The Suffolk Times’ 2025 Community Leader of the Year, join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Greenport Juneteenth parade at 10 a.m. on June 20 organized by Coming To The Table’s North Fork chapter and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.