Heart of the East End

Donna Rubin of Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the cabaret series kick-off featuring Norm Lewis on Saturday, June 28, 7:30 pm. at LTV Studios, and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Suffolk County Poet Laureate, Chip Williford, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Poetry Street’s 12th birthday party 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Later in the hour, Raymond Castronovo of Streetwise calls in ahead of the Streetwise Production “Voices of Change” concert series fundraiser for The Retreat at The Suffolk on Friday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Tim Frazier of the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of EWECC’s summer benefit at the historic Mulford farm on Friday, June 26, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Christina Strassfield of Southampton Arts Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their annual summer kick-off concert fundraiser, Whimsy, with a latin jazz dance party featuring music by the Maria Raquel Quintet and honoring Lana Jokel as a community leader on Saturday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m. as well as in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Later in the hour, Nina Ross of the Montauk Mike children’s book series visits the WLIW-FM studio ahead of this weekend’s readings celebrating her newest release, Montauk Has A (very) Happy Shark, at Northport Books on Saturday, June 27 at 11 a.m., as well as on Sunday, June 28, 10:30 a.m. at East Hampton’s Bookhampton, and 12:30 p.m. at Amagansett Square’s Pink Chicken.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Holly Reichart-Wheaton of Springs Food Pantry joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the fifth annual Spring Garden Party celebrating the farmers who support food insecure families throughout Springs and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Later in the hour, Fisty’s Alejandra Dubove and Kathy Henderson call in before Robert Vitelli, Sarah Hoffman and Brian Rosen of the New York LGBT Network visit the WLIW-FM Studio to talk about the fourth annual North Fork Pride parade stepping off at noon on Saturday, July 27, in Greenport Village.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Rebecca Morgan Taylor and Loretta Davis of Project MOST join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the nonprofit’s June 28 summer benefit from 4-6 p.m. at Moby’s East Hampton and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to our $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Peggy Veziris, Joyce Bromberg and Alicia Whitaker of the Westhampton Garden Club join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their July 10 Gardens & Rooms Tour and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Adam Tendler joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his June 28 Guild Hall performance of Grammy-nominated piano project, “Inheritances,” and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Cheryl Sokolow of C Fine Art joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the inaugural exhibition, “The Cadence of Form,” at a new 21 North Ferry Street gallery space on Shelter Island, opening July 3 from 5-7 p.m. and running through August, and in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

J Brooke joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about their debut book of poetry, “I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side,” before East Hampton Library’s Author’s Night on August 8 and a conversation with Eric Lemonides at Bridgehampton Hampton Museum 5-6:30 p.m. on August 20, as well as in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Pastor Natalie Wimberly of Greenport’s Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church and Greenport High School senior, Faith Welch, The Suffolk Times’ 2025 Community Leader of the Year, join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Greenport Juneteenth parade at 10 a.m. on June 20 organized by Coming To The Table’s North Fork chapter and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Peter Marino joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the fifth anniversary season at the Peter Marino Art Foundation and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Judith Clurman of the Choral Society of the Hamptons joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Grown on Long Island at The Avram on June 28 and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 through June 30 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Heather Dune Macadam joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the launch of new book, “The Sag Harbor Mermaid Club,” at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Long Island Daily’s Michael Mackey calls in from Wild Bird Crossing in Bridgehampton Commons before Nancy Atlas joins WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe ahead of Atlas for the Arts’ June 28 concert fundraiser at the Stephen Talkhouse, The Howl, in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where donations made on WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Rob Nine of Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival joins WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where all donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Zoe Speed and Rorie Kelly premiere Speed’s “Boxes” and “Getting Steady” alongside Kelly’s “Stranger Things Have Happened” during WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe in support of WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where all donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are triple-matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the Boxes playlist on Apple Music

Long Island Daily’s Michael Mackey calls in from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Golf Club before Jo-Ann Wilson and Dr. Carolyn Peabody join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of a Juneteenth performance of Wilson’s “Pages from the Diary of an Ex-Slave” at North Fork Arts Center produced in partnership with the North Fork chapter of Coming to the Table and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where all donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Joe Garsetti joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of 24K Magic at LTV and in support of the WNET Group’s Summer 2026 Matching Gift Challenge where all donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 are matched up to $50,000 fundraising goal.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Chef Cheryl Grigg of Chara’s Kitchen and Catering joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Juneteenth Jubilee Third Annual White Party and Awards Ceremony at Guild Hall on June 19 at 6 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Executive producer/narrator, Jess Rothschild, of Finding Fire Island, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss series’ second season co-produced by Fire Island Pines Historical SocietyListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Stacy Quarty and Susie Roden of Lucia’s Angels and the Coalition for Women’s Cancers are joined by Gurney’s Resorts president and CEO, Michael Nenner, on WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe ahead of the Beacon of Hope 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. on June 20Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Director of Workforce Development at the Westchester County Association and producer of the award-winning musical documentary, “Cat’s In The Cradle 50th Anniversary: The Song That Changed Our Lives,” Jason Chapin, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the film and his dad, the legendary Long Island singer-songwriter and food insecurity activist Harry Chapin, who founded Long Island Cares, ahead of June 19 screening event at the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame doubling as a food drive for the Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. David Taylor of Stony Brook University’s sustainabilities program and director of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences’ environmental humanities track joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his Geek Talk lecture, “The Peconic River: The Thames of Riverhead” on Thursday, June 11, at übergeek Brewing Company in Riverhead.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Eileen Shepard, Sherri Lippman and Lynn Blumenfeld of Road Forward Scholarship Fund join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Road Forward’s sold-out annual benefit at LTV Studios on Saturday, June 13.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Southampton Village Mayor Bill Manger Jr. joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of U.S. Open and Southampton Village Fourth of July Parade amid semiquincentennial anniversary of the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Nina Dec and Stephen Gould of the Southampton History Museum join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the June 12 opening 4:30 to 6 p.m. for ‘Stephen Sayre’s American Revolution’ exhibit running through 2026 at the Rogers Mansion’s updated galleries Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Joel Chriss of the Hamptons Jazz Festival joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the HJF’s kick-off performance on June 14 at the Parrish Art Museum Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Marc Shaiman joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for an In Conversation as part of WNET’s Broadway and Beyond initiative ahead of Marc’s 6/21 event at Guild Hall.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicSee the video of the interview here

Jess Paul joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the impending opening of her Southold photography and workshop studio, Landfall Studios.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

David Gessner joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Gessner’s New York Times Best-selling book, “Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder” ahead of a 3 p.m. Nature Conservancy talk on June 5 at Shelter Island’s Mashomack Preserve and another talk 1 p.m. on June 6 at Milburn Point Audubon in Milford, CT.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

East Hampton Ladies’ Village Improvement Society president, Joyce Tuttle, and LVIS fair chair, Lauren Betesh, join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the FREE annual community fair featuring games and activities for kids next Saturday, June 13, on the LVIS grounds.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dianne LeVerrier, Johnny Blood and Conrad Jordan join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Rebel Elle’s new single, “Birthday Suit,” ahead of the band’s 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, June 6, at Sag Harbor’s Masonic Temple Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

First and South’s Sarah Phillips Loth, Harbor Pet’s Kim Loper and The Weathered Barn’s Rena Wilhelm join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 10th Annual Dog Dock Diving Weekend at the Greenport Polo Grounds 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 6 and 7 Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Liz Joyce joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk 25 years of Goat On A Boat Puppet Theatre and celebrating with free puppet shows at 11 a.m. every Saturday in June at Mashashimuet Park culminating in a free all-day festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 27.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Mark Seidenfeld joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the June 4 opening 5-8 p.m. for solo show, Uncharted Waters, running through June 21 in Bridgehampton Museum’s newly renovated Corwith Homestead Tractor Barn.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Stony Brook audiologist, Dr. Maria Pomponio, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month to discuss dementia and hearing loss.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Stony Brook University assistant professor and paleobiologist, Dr. Kimberley Chapelle, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during National Dinosaur Day to discuss how renewed funding will send researchers back to Zimbabwean region where the international team of scientists she was on first discovered herbivorous dinosaur, Musankwa sanyatiensis.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Beth Young of the East End Beacon joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the paper’s June edition on the Beacon website’s 13th birthday. Later in the hour, Bay Street Theater’s artistic director, Scott Schwartz, calls in to talk world premiere of Mister Halston on June 2, when attendees who visit the Bay Street box office in person will be granted entry on a “pay what you can” basis before show’s three-week run through June 21.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Mary Boochever, Kevin Teare and Wendy Weiss of East End Arts Council join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 30th anniversary Mosaic Festival, ‘4th Before The 4th’ and June 13 opening of The Value of Nothing curated by Boochever and Detour VII: Open or The Stones III curated by Teare. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Joe Campisi of Deadwood joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Deadwood & Friends’ shows May 30 and 31 at the Treiber Barn in Southold starting at 5 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands co-founder Christine Scuilli joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the ninth edition of BOTFGB at Stephen Talkhouse May 28 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. this year benefitting the Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long IslandListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Long Island Aquarium’s director of animal training, Candyce Paparo, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her 8 p.m. Geek Talk on May 28 at übergeek Brewing Company, Brewdles: A Toast to Poodle Agility, about her life as a competitive agility dog trainerListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Regina Calcaterra joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during National Foster Care Awareness Month to talk about her memoir, Etched in Sand, the new memoir she co-wrote with sister, Rosie Maloney, "Girl Unbroken," as well as how she has been helping kids/families as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate on the East End.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Annie Trezza joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, premiering upcoming single, “Straight Town,” ahead of its July release and Annie’s Allstar Tribute to Bob Dylan on June 4 at the Stephen Talkhouse.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Chelsea Christine and Tim Almeida of Rebels East join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM alongside guitarist, Jody Gambino, playing with the duo June 20 at The Clubhouse celebrating the release of their debut EP, Rising.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Megan Euell joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the opening of “In The Presence of Light” benefitting the North Sea Maritime Center and North Sea Community School House Association 5-7 p.m. on May 22 and running through May 25Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine, which has a shop in Sag Harbor, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, to discuss her memoir, “We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate Spade,” and stories behind the Kate Spade and Frances Valentine brands. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Taylor Barton-Smith and G.E. Smith join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for a special Studio 51 session featuring songs from Taylor’s new “The Cardinal” E.P. ahead of new record’s May 22 release and her May 24 performance feat. G.E Smith trio at Stephen Talkhouse Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Coach Chris Polhemus of United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of an 80-mile walk starting May 29 from The Children’s Center in Commack to Montauk Lighthouse in support of a new independent living program for the students he championed for 13 years at UCP-LI before retiring from a 40 year career as an adapted physical education instructor. To support Coach Chris, call UCP-LI at 631-232-0015