Michelle Martin-Simmons of Finklepott’s Fairy Hair (Call/text Michelle at 631-404 8838) joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2025 Matching Gift Challenge where all donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000. 

Claes Brondal and Joel Chriss of Hamptons Jazz Fest joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Sunday’s HJF kick-off concert/party at Southampton Arts Center. 

Dr. Shelby Raebeck joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss Louse Point: Stories from the East End, part of his East End Trilogy

Brenda Simmons of the Southampton African American Museum, one of the honorees of the Eastville Historical Society’s Juneteenth White Party and Awards Ceremony tonight at LTV,  gave WLIW-FM listeners more information about the Southampton Village juke joints on The Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe before Superposition Gallery’s Storm Ascher stopped in ahead of the MAMI WATA exhibit opening tomorrow at the Eastville Museum with Pastor Natalie Wimberly of Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church and Faith Welch joining the conversation ahead of the June 28 Greenport Village Juneteenth parade and celebration organized by the church, Southold Anti-Bias Task Force and Coming to The Table’s North Fork chapter.

We kicked off the Juneteenth edition by congratulating the incoming poet laureate for Suffolk County, Chip Williford of Poetry Street, before Brenda Simmons of the Southampton African American Museum joined Stony Brook Southampton College’s Executive Director, Wendy Pearson, with Dr. Tom Manuel of The Jazz Loft dialing into WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe before TJL’s latest concert at The Avram, “Long Island Jazz Legends & Local Juke Joints”

Marcie Litjens of the Center Moriches Free Public Library & Suffolk Cooperative Library System’s Derek Ivie join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the importance of—and resources within— local libraries, as well as this year’s Summer Reading Tour.

Sherri Lippman, Howie Lippman, Harold Zuckerman and Eileen Shepard of Road Forward Scholarship Fund join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of RFSF’s third annual benefit. “Comedy for a Cause” takes place at LTV Studios on Sat, June 21.

Conductor Judith Clurman and Maria Fumai Dietrich of the Choral Society of the Hamptons join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the organization’s “Songs from the Heart” concert at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church on Sunday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m.

Christina Strassfield of the Southampton Arts Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM shortly after Flag Day to discuss current exhibition, “Independency: The American Flag at 250 Years Old” featuring historical flags from John R. Monsky’s local collection, as well as SAC’s upcoming “Whimsy Motown Magic” fundraising event featuring That Motown Band.

Ali Katz of Ali Katz Kitchen and Paula DiDonato of The Giving Room join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the importance of community and what it inspires.