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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Hobbies Long Island Auto Replica Society Henrietta Acampora Recreation Center, Centereach Third Thursday of every month at 7 pm; (516) 884-2270; (631) 946-6335 The L.I.A.R.S. monthly meetings are open to anyone with an interest in building scale models of automobiles. Call for more information. Theater Hair CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale Through August 31; (631) 581-2700; cmpac.com; CM Performing Arts.

Steel Wolf
The Rock Never Stops
Who: Steel Wolf ranks as one of Long Islands longest-lasting rock bands.From their bio: After taking their bands moniker, Steel Wolf, from Lithuanian folklore in 1982 and releasing their first album (the now out-of-print, cassette-only release Eternal Damnation) and asked to fill in the style blank in the 1986 Good Times A-Z Local Band Directory, band leader Mark Adomaitis, then age 18, used the words killer and explosive. Twelve years later in a Good Times review of Steel Wolfs Boozer Friendly album (now streaming on Youtube), J. Corbo wrote A shining example of Steel Wolfs uncanny ability to both shock and amuse is from [the song] Aural Sects at Gun Poin [its] all about comical, vulgar, insightful and cutting edge lyrics, abrasive guitars and thunderous drums. Steel Wolf blends punk anachronisms with Lithuanian mythology. Eleven year later, also in Good Times, in a review of Steel Wolfs

Children Summer Shakespeare Festival: 2013 Summer Series: The Taming Of The Shrew Children's Theatre Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Carriage NYCB Theatre at Westbury House Theater, Centerport Several upcoming events; (516) 247-5200, Through August 25; ext. 391; ticketmaster.com; (516) 293-0674; thetheatreatwestbury.com (631) 854-5579; The popular children's series returns with ArenaPlayers.org; Beauty & The Beast (August 13) and Peter Arena Players. Pan (August 20). Call or log on for show times, group rates, and other Butterflies offers. Note: All show times are Are Free Tuesdays at 11 am.

Disney's Beauty & The Beast The Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City Through August 18; (516) 5996870, plazatheatrical.com Plaza Theatrical Productions: The love story that's eternal in a production by this prolific touring company.
Comedy Comedy Festival 112 Park Grille at Country Fair Park, Medford August 16 at 8 pm; (631) 732-0579; licomedy.com; countryfairpark.com A lineup of top standup stars from Long Island Comedy. Concerts Good Old Dance Band St. Sylvester's Parish Center, Medford Check website for show dates; (631) 730-3333; goodolddanceband.com The regular monthly show of Mike Virostko and his 17-piece swing band. Dancing, raffles, and more.

Nunsense John W. Engeman Theatre at Northport Through September 8; (631) 261-2900; engemantheatre.com Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Studio Theatre, Lindenhurst Through August 24; (631) 581-2700; (516) 775-4420; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theater Company. Butterflies Are Free BroadHollow Theatre, Elmont Through August 25; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theater Company. Making God Laugh BayWay Arts Center, East Islip August 17 through September 1; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theatre Company. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor Through September 1; (631) 725-9500; baystreet.org Revival of the Broadway comedy classic features rare appearances by stars Peter Scolari (Bosom Buddies), Jackie Hoffman, and Conrad John Schuck.

Al Kezys (drums, vocals), Greg Szlezak (bass) ,and Paul Naronis (guitar), but also from past members Ed Kezys and Mike Jaillon,and potential future member Clark Adomaitis (Marks son), playing a myriad of instruments. It also contained the final work done with seminal bassist Ellis Spanos before his untimely passing in March. The bulk of the album was recorded at Recording Engineers Institute in Islandia. Due to this anniversary album, a new turnstile approach in regards

30th Anniversary Celebration

Peter Scolari

Embracing Mainstream Success album (currently on iTunes), Tony Rettman wrote that Steel Wolf is a band of longstanding Long Island rockers who have played everywhere from the birthplace of punk, CBGB, to the Lithuanian heritage camp Neringa, located in Vermont. Although the group is proud of its Lithuanian heritage, it is obvious by song titles such as Spread The Love Mayonnaise and Shoplifting Bananas that it still finds time to pile on the laughs (Guitar and vocals) straddle the fence between the riff-heavy sounds of 70s British hard rockers and the raw urgency from punk rock days of yore. This year, in celebration of three decades of rockin, Steel Wolf released Variety Pack (free download at steelwolf.bandcamp.com) which included new song contributions not only by current members Adomaitis (lead vocals, percussion),

to which members perform in concerts such as the 2012 XIV Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival held in Boston, as well as the 2013 Long Island Music Festival was brought to life, much to audiences delight. To Learn More About The Artists: Further information about Steel Wolf can be found at steelwolf.99k.org and at Wikipedia and Facebook; their recordings can be ordered through the Nassau County Public Library and Amazon.com on which their 2003 self-proclaimed album Midnight Train To Siauliai was ranked #1,617,738 in sales as of this writing, according to the band. Steel Wolf rehearses at Lyric Studios in Garden City and performs regularly at Floral Parkarea street fairs and open mics, Fuzzys in Bellerose, the ING NYC Marathon, and the Lithuanian camp Giraite in Connecticut.

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