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This introduction to mending will show you the basics of how to keep your favorite clothes longer and in better shape! Learn how to reinforce elbows, knees and a worn inseams with patches that look great and extend the life of your wardrobe. Keeping and maintaining your clothing isn’t just a way to keep wearing your favorite clothes, you’ll save money and reduce textile waste in landfills, so it’s good for you and your wallet. Patches also add visual interest and uniqueness to your clothes.
Fabric patches, needles and thread will be provided, so feel free to bring your favorite pieces that need repair. If you have other sewing or textile projects you’re working on, feel free to bring them and enjoy a crafting community!
June 11, 2026 7pm 277 Railroad Avenue, Sayville. Free

Local Event: Introduction to Mending- Patches and Basic Stitches 

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Introduction to Mending- Patches and Basic...

This introduction to mending will show you the basics of how to keep your favorite clothes longer and in better shape! Learn...

Introduction to Mending- Patches and Basic Stitches 

Join us on June 13th for a reading of Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination by Nicholas Parisi. The author will read from the book and do a Q&amp;A session. Books will be available for sale and they can be signed as well.277 Railroad Avenue, Sayville, NY, 11782 7pm FreeAbout the book: Long before anyone had heard of alien cookbooks, gremlins on the wings of airplanes, or places where pig-faced people are considered beautiful, Rod Serling was the most prestigious writer in American television. As creator, host, and primary writer for The Twilight Zone, Serling became something more: an American icon. When Serling died in 1975, at the age of fifty, he was the most honored, most outspoken, most recognizable, and likely the most prolific writer in television history.Though best known for The Twilight Zone, Serling wrote over 250 scripts for film and television and won an unmatched six Emmy Awards for dramatic writing for four different series. His filmography includes the acclaimed political thriller Seven Days in May and cowriting the original Planet of the Apes.In great detail and including never-published insights drawn directly from Serling’s personal correspondence, unpublished writings, speeches, and unproduced scripts, Nicholas Parisi explores Serling’s entire, massive body of work. With a foreword by Serling’s daughter, Anne Serling, Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination is part biography, part videography, and part critical analysis. It is a painstakingly researched look at all of Serling’s work—in and out of The Twilight Zone.About the author Nicholas Parisi is the author of Rod Serling: His Life, Work and Imagination and America's Twilight Zone: How Rod Serling Foreshadowed the Age of Trump. He serves as President of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation (<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rodserling.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcWdBQVNMalZMRFh1VzlBbXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4jj90lla1xjuE2cuIjkgzZ2TAS0aM8bOPXflR1OgjfUHu0QiAjMw1QqMiGXA_aem_Pg1A3Lu2Xf-XvSy60i_eig&amp;h=AUCn7rVTX523RiQBY4RSdu_y_bqRpZIQJqQ07Q-4Mng26c4c6CCF_ZpcK3JMqhiOwBq-__4rSLSMIxI-cLkBkNDW4kmcWAM5iH6RQDtJpWvOkNzARGeZ3Yak73iNzKy53_lzrIJkyu4qZWIC&amp;__tn__=q&amp;c[0]=AUAiOIFFx1B21_5Dp9ZhQFRohJSFPusnJROplhjAP8HNwl4bKOe7eJG-ZDeNouHBgDuPbYHCqJ3AyxwkyWsljq6x02agU5jPynBZuCcQjjNVHcM89Kqrk3TljIISzKGBYUlXGnLzvQkJLWLUog47CVplWkED-eMKZfc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.rodserling.com</a>), a charity that is dedicate to preserving and promoting Serling’s legacy. He is the world’s foremost expert on Rod Serling’s life and work. He has appeared on CBS’s Inside Edition, spoken about Serling’s career on dozens of radio shows including Coast to Coast AM and Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, and delivered presentations on Serling at science fiction conventions across the country.As a musician and vocalist, Nicholas has performed on stage hundreds of times in front of thousands of people. In 2010, his former band, Arioch, released a CD with the Serling-inspired title Between Light and Shadow on Retrospect records. His most recent band, The Sonic Revolution, independently recorded and released four CDs, each of which is available via Apple Music and other online platforms. He recently completed an original musical, also titled Between Light and Shadow, which is currently being shopped to producers.

Local Event: "Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination" with Nicholas Parisi.

"Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination"...

Join us on June 13th for a reading of Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination by Nicholas Parisi. The author will read...

"Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination" with Nicholas Parisi.

Join author Ilise S. Carter at Tiny Raccoon Books on June 20th at 7pm for a reading from her book, "When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice."
Ilise will take questions and discuss the book after a reading. We will have copies of her book for sale and she will sign copies.
About the book Ghosts spoke. Women listened. Everything changed.
It began with whispers in a dimly lit room. In the 1840s, the Fox Sisters―and the legions of mediums they inspired―ignited the Spiritualist movement that swept through Victorian parlors and presidential campaigns alike. Contacting the dead wasn't merely a parlor trick: It was a political statement, a declaration of self that still echoes. Séances attracted suffragists and scientists, skeptics and charlatans, giving women a voice in a society that often refused to hear them. But as Spiritualism surged, it also blurred the lines between faith, fraud, feminism, and financial opportunity, drawing figures as varied as Harry Houdini, Victoria Woodhull, and even modern self-help gurus into its ever-expanding orbit.
From wartime séances to the rise of televangelists, from Victorian ghosts to goop-approved wellness rituals, When We Spoke to the Dead unearths the forgotten roots of today's obsession with manifestation, mysticism, and the power of belief. Exploring America's deep-seated hunger for the unseen―whether through politics, personal empowerment, or grief―this book traces how the supernatural, once condemned as heresy, became the ultimate commodity.
Step inside the séance room. The spirits have been waiting.
About the authors Ilise S. Carter is a freelance writer and performer based in New York City. She has written for Allure, New York Times, Washington Post, and others. In addition, she’s spent over a decade as a consulting copywriter for companies such as Shiseido, bliss, L’Oréal, and Madame CJ Walker.
Her first book, The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History from Prometheus Books, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, NY Post, and Publishers Weekly.
Parking: 1- We have a small lot behind the store accessible from Hiddink Street. Our back door is open. 2- The LIRR lot is one block away- right next to the Gas station across the street on Depot Street. There are over 100 spots.

Local Event: Ilise S. Carter and "When We Spoke to the Dead" at Tiny Raccoon Books

Ilise S. Carter and "When We Spoke to the Dead"...

Join author Ilise S. Carter at Tiny Raccoon Books on June 20th at 7pm for a reading from her book, "When We Spoke to the Dead:...

Ilise S. Carter and "When We Spoke to the Dead" at Tiny Raccoon Books

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Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
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Local Event: Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

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Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue...

Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve...

Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

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Introduction to Mending- Patches and Basic Stitches

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