North Fork artist Ted Thirlby joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End HOTstudio segment underwritten by Peconic Landing during the final week of his Regeneration exhibition featuring plywood sculptures at East End Arts in Riverhead.

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist, composer and Yale School of Music professor, Wayne Escoffery, joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End HOTsounds segment underwritten by William RiS Gallery amidst Jazz Appreciation Month and the release of his new Smoke Sessions record, “Like Minds,” celebrating its release this week at SMOKE Jazz Club.

Tijuana Fulford of The Butterfly Effect Project joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End Thoughtful Thursday segment underwritten by Grace & Grit ahead of next weekend’s EEDA Butterfly Ball featuring The Dragonflies pilot chapter at First Baptist Church.

Westhampton Beach author, Kelly Bennett, joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End for a special Wednesday Works segment underwritten by LTV Studios to talk about her new book, “The House That Ruth Built” the day after Yankee Stadium’s centennial birthday.

Ken Dorph joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for a special Heart of The East End Wednesday Wisdom segment underwritten by OLA of Eastern Long Island and The Luss Group ahead of his two part talk at Bay Street Theater “New Perspectives: Hidden Cosmopolitanism of the Arab World”  on April 20th and 27th. 

Jazz Inspired’s Judy Carmichael joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End Tasty Tuesday segment underwritten by Southampton Arts Center ahead of Jazz Inspired Inc’s May 7th noon luncheon at The American Hotel. Tickets must be pre-ordered on Judy’s website.

Michael Schiano of The MoonDogs joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End HOTstudio segment underwritten by Peconic Landing ahead of the group’s first John Lennon tribute show at Bay Street Theater this Saturday night at 8 p.m.

Deb Wetzel of the Riverhead Litter Committee joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End Monday Meditation underwritten by OLA of Eastern Long Island ahead of Saturday’s town-wide clean-up 9-11 a.m. starting from Riverhead Town Hall at 200 Howell Ave.

Jerry Simons of Stony Brook Medicine’s Regional Tick-borne Disease Resource Center joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End Medical Monday segment underwritten by Jennifer Benton ahead of Saturday morning’s informational session 10:30 at Peconic Landing. Those whom have been treated for Lyme Disease and are still experiencing fatigue can send an email to [email protected] to find out more information about a new Stony Brook research study.

Filmmaker Ricky D’Ambrose joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End HOTsightsandsounds segment underwritten by Sag Harbor Cinema ahead of the 10th anniversary celebration of Venice Film Festival’s biennale college cinema grant program benefiting emerging filmmakers like D’Ambrose and his film, “The Cathedral,” inspired by growing up on Long Island.