The Island Today: The top seven events for the coming week

Grace McQuade

Comedy in the Cafe: Nathan Macintosh

Friday, Jan. 26 at 9:30 p.m.

With his ranty, need-to-get-this-out style, Nathan Macintosh is an award-winning comedian who offers a perspective that’s always fresh and funny. His opinions and thoughts focus on a unique sense of individuality, making him compelling and interesting, while touching on topics most people overlook.

Where: Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington
Info & Tickets: (631) 423-7611 • cinemaartscentre.org

Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts Concerts

Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.

The featured concerts will include the Youth Band, Honor Band, and Alumni Band Concert at 1 p.m., Concert Band and Wind Symphony Concert at 4:30 p.m., and an Evening of Jazz, Youth Jazz Band, Jazz Band, and Jazz Ensemble Concert at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville
Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 • tillescenter.org

Blues Traveler

Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m.

Celebrate Blues Traveler’s 30th anniversary tour and enjoy a night of music by this ‘90s-era band known for hits such as “Run-Around,” “Hook,” “But Anyway,” and “The Mountains Win Again.” 

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington
Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

Paradise Garden Festival

Sunday, Jan. 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Enjoy a touch of paradise in the Planting Fields’ winter garden where you will see tropical plants, colorful orchids, palm trees, begonias and more. There will be live, steel-drum music and free activities throughout the day, as well as a short talk, “The History of Winter Gardens,” at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m., the band Strummin’ and Drummin” in the Hay Barn at 1 and 3 p.m., and music by Acoustically Correct at Camellia House.

Where: Planting Fields Arboretum, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay
Info & Tickets: (516) 922-8678 • plantingfields.org

Rossini’s La Cenerentola

Sunday, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m.

Rossini’s La Cenerentola is an opera of Cinderella told through the lens of the Enlightenment, stripped of the fairy-tale elements and focused on the social issues of the composer’s time.  

Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City
Info & Tickets: (516) 877-4000 • pac.adelphi.edu

Film: “Funny Face”

Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.

Join this Afternoon T.E.A. (Theater, Entertainment, Arts) with a screening of this 1957 romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire and featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin.  The film tells the story of an impromptu fashion shoot at a bookstore that brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Where: Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington
Info: (516) 767-1384 • landmarkonmainstreet.org

Film: “Loving Vincent” 

Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

The Gold Coast Arts Center presents the world’s first, fully-painted feature film, which brings the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. The film unravels the strange and mysterious circumstances surrounding the iconic painter’s death while revealing unique insights about his life. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is hand-painted by 115 professional oil-painters, producing a film truly unlike any other.

Where: Bow Tie Squire Cinemas, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck
Info & Tickets: (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org

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