Lucie Arnaz

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by Debbi Honorof
Acquired Riches
Highlights from the Hofstra University Museum
Collection in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary
of Hofstra University opens September 1
at Emily Lowe Gallery
This special exhibition celebrates the donors who
have made the Hofstra Museum’s permanent collection
what it is today. The exhibition presents only a
small portion of the diverse collection, which consists
of approximately 5,000 works of art, including paintings,
prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures
from the 18th to the 21st Centuries. Indian and
Chinese stone and ceramic works, Japanese prints
and scrolls, African and Oceanic ethnographic pieces
and Pre-Columbian artifacts are also part of the collection.
Acquired Riches: Highlights From the Hofstra
University Museum Collection includes paintings by
Karel Appel, Paul Gauguin, and George Grosz, works
on paper by Jean Charlot, Arthur Bowen Davies, and
James Rosenquist, photographs by Harry Callahan,
Donna Ferrato, and Andy Warhol; and works from
Africa, China, Japan, Mexico and Oceania. For more
information, call (516) 463-5672 or visit
hofstra.edu/museum.
Meet This
Long Island Woman
ADINA GENN
Editor, Port Washington Patch
How long have you lived on Long Island
Counting Brooklyn, I have lived on Long Island most of
my life, except for 11 years when I lived in Manhattan. I
moved back to Long Island to raise my family. The biggest
draw about living on Long Island is having family close by.
Next are the beaches.
Tell me about your career.
I’ve spent my career as a writer, editor, and story seeker.
I started out in book publishing as an editor and then
switched to journalism because I wanted to write rather
than strictly work on someone else’s words. My byline has
appeared in local and national media, in dailies, weeklies
and monthlies. I also wrote and co-wrote three books in
just a little over one year. Now, as the editor of Port
Washington Patch, a local community news site, I have the
perfect mix of writing, editing and searching for stories.
Your new job sounds great.
I’m a one-woman show, with lots of support from some of
the best editors and freelancers around, and I use some very
cool technology. Patch—which is owned by AOL—is a growing
organization, with news sites opening across the nation.
The news media certainly has been changing.
I think a big hole was left when traditional news organizations
began shrinking, but now with online community
news sites, news organizations are being held accountable
like never before. This is a real value to the public, and I
believe readers across generations already appreciate that
they can get the kind of news that matters to them most.
You can already see changes with community journalism.
On a site like Patch, for instance, readers have the chance
to be interactive. They're encouraged to share their news,
upload photos and videos, post announcements, and comment
… all in real time. I think this makes for a more
engaging experience and allows for more voices and more
discourse, which helps to keep the public better informed.
Diabetes Self-Management
Program at Mercy Medical Center
To address one of the most pressing public
health concerns facing Long Island and the
nation, Mercy Medical Center has inaugurated
an outpatient Diabetes Self-Management
Training Program. The four-session program is
conducted monthly, beginning with an hourlong
individual assessment for each participant,
followed by three weekly group workshops on
Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. Each participant
also receives a group follow-up session
approximately six weeks after the program
ends. The next group sessions begin
September 15. Conducted by Certified
Diabetes Educators credentialed by the
American Diabetes Association, the program
provides participants with the skills required for
day-to-day management of Diabetes and strategies
for people living with diabetes to maintain
and maximize life activities. Those who can
benefit from the program include individuals
recently diagnosed with diabetes and those
who have been living with it for some time,
along with those who have recently begun taking
or changed medications, those having difficulty
controlling blood sugar, and those who
have experienced serious consequences of the
disease. The program is most often covered by
Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. For
information on schedules and fees call 516-
62MERCY.
Tai Chi Classes
Improve your physical condition, muscle
strength, coordination, flexibility and balance with
this Chinese art form that focuses on slow movements,
breathing and meditation. The class,
which takes place at the DeMatteis Center for
Cardiac Research and Education in Greenvale,
begins on September 7 at 11 a.m. and continues
for seven weeks. The fee for the seven-week
session is $65; pre-registration is required. To
register, call (516) 629-2042 or visit stfrancisheartcenter.com.
Old-Fashioned Italian Delicacies
Dolce Nonna
is home to delicious,
artisanal,
all-natural,
hand-packed
food products.
Founded by
Gisella Civale in
2005, Dolce
Nonna was created
in honor of her grandmother, Maria
DiGiorgio and her authentic Italian recipes, and
offers a healthy alternative to supermarket foods.
Dolce Nonna products are delicious, affordable
gourmet items that use all natural ingredients,
including the highest quality extra virgin olive oil,
vinegar, Sicilian oregano, garlic, spices and produce
in products that are authentic, old-world
reproductions of gourmet marinated food goods.
They currently offer six items: Agri-Dolce
Peppers, Marinated String Beans, Marinated
Eggplant, Savory Green Tomatoes, Succulent
Spiced Pears, and Zesty Peppers and Pearls. To
purchase these items, visit the Farmer’s Markets
in Garden City, Roslyn, Oyster Bay, Rockville
Centre and Amityville (where you can also meet
the charming Gisella Civale) or visit their website
at dolcenonnas.com.
6 • September 2010 • LONG ISLAND WOMAN To advertise: 516-505-0555 x1 or ads@liwomanonline.com