Heart of the East End

Stony Brook Music's director of undergraduate performance, Dr. Joanna Kaczorowska, brings violin students, Elizabeth Yea-Rin Kim and Athena Wilkinson, to WLIW-FM studio for a discussion and LIVE double violin concerto performance on Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe ahead of Wilkinson and Kim’s duet during a Stony Brook Orchestra performance at 7:30 pm. on April 28 at the Staller Center for the Arts.

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Director of Stony Brook Medicine’s Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center, Dr. Guy Schwartz, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Parkinson’s Awareness Month and, later in the hour, we speak with Brian Costello, brother of non-verbal autistic Patchogue author, Danny Costello, during Autism Awareness Month and ahead of the April 18 release event for Danny’s brand-new book of poetry, "All We Know… …Is In the Air” 2-5 p.m. at Island Kava in Lindenhurst.

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Mattituck-Laurel Library’s Jim Underwood and Roland Walker—local spin instructor at Sportime in East Quogue/Maximus Health & Fitness in Riverhead and retired New York State Park Police officer—join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Mattituck-Laurel Library’s Third Annual Health Fair April 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Kasia Klimiuk of Our Fabulous Variety Show joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the East End Arts Council’s upcoming TEENY Awards at Westhampton Beach High School, as well as OFVS’ Teen Views on the News collaboration with Southampton Youth Bureau and the Youth Advisory Committee.

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Wainscott residential graduate of Phoenix House, Danny, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst National Prevention Week to showcase the work of communities and organizations across the country preventing substance abuse and promoting positive mental health.

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Jacqui Lofaro of Hamptons Doc Fest joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of next weekend’s Docs Equinox screenings April 24-26 at Southampton Arts Center. Later in the hour, fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz calls in ahead of his performance at Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House on April 19 at 5 p.m.

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Fred Raimondo joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the April 25 Laurel Canyon celebration of the music of the 1960’s and 1970’s featuring 28 local musicians at the East Hampton Clubhouse

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Lara Sweeney joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM as she steps into her new role as incoming executive director of East Hampton's 16-acre sculpture garden, LongHouse Reserve, ahead of the nonprofit's FREE “Spring Awakening” community gathering 12:30 to 5 p.m. on April 18

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The North Fork Breast Health Coalition’s Melanie McEvoy and a 2026 Pink Pearl Gala honoree, Debbie Hughes of Strength For Life, join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the April 17 fundraiser at the Riverhead Hyatt Place’s Sea Star Ballroom.

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Central Park Conservancy historian emerita, Sara Cedar Miller, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her “Flowers/Ocean” exhibition at William RiS Gallery in Jamesport on Saturday, April 11, from 3 - 6 p.m.

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