Heart of the East End

Coach Chris Polhemus of United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of an 80-mile walk starting May 29 from The Children’s Center in Commack to Montauk Lighthouse in support of a new independent living program for the students he championed for 13 years at UCP-LI before retiring from a 40 year career as an adapted physical education instructor. To support Coach Chris, call UCP-LI at 631-232-0015

Xiomáro joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM following his recent trip to Greenland for a contemporary historical documentation of world’s largest island and its people.

Tiffany Rafii of ColorPop Workshop joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the burgeoning brand boasting kids’ art workshops and camps with brand-new location in Westhampton Beach & pop-up slime studio in Southampton.

Justin Harris and Heather Draskin of the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the summer season at WHBPAC

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Mary Motto Kalich of North Fork Community Theater joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of June 13 gala supporting NFCT at the Hallockville Museum Farm

Joe Brondo of East Hampton Library joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the summer reading program incentivizing kids age two through eighth grade to read books, which kicks off this weekend and runs through September 4

George Loizides, Anna Tatishvili and Catherine Clyne of Hampton Theatre Company join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The 39 Steps at HTC from May 21 to June 7.

Dr. Anna Thonis joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of a box turtle conservation field study alongside Dr. Kris Hoffman with wildlife detection dogs, Newt and April, on the North Fork in collaboration with the Group for the East End through May and June.

Iris Ornig of East End Jazz joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Tiny Toes and the Jazz Crew series launch on May 16 at Southampton Cultural Center.

Karen Testa of Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during mating and nesting season to remind folks how best to help turtles they come across, especially on the roads. Those with any questions can text 516-729-7894 or call 631-779-3737 to report turtles in need across—and beyond—the East End of Long Island.