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Info session on immigration draws crowd she asked the crowd. “We are here to promote good over evil.” of the Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald Roger Street Friedman, a Amid an increase in immi- Sea Cliff resident and RRN volgration enforcement activity on unteer who helped organize the Long Island, more than 150 res- event, explained that communiidents packed First Baptist ty members wanted to learn Church, in Glen Cove, on Jan. more following escalating ten15 for a community meeting, sions between ICE agents and organized by protesters across Assemblyman t h e c o u n t r y. H e C h a rl e s L av i n e , mentioned that he focused on how resfelt inspired by the idents can support number of people immigrant neighwho attended, and bors and respond to that he believed what speakers Renee Nicole described as escaGood’s killing by lating fear and ICE agents on Jan. uncertainty. 7 likely contributed T h e g at h e r i n g to the turnout. brought to gether “I think people ROGER STREET civil liberties advoare upset and want cates, faith leaders FRIEDMAN, Sea Cliff to do something, and members of but don’t know local rapid-response what their rights networks, following two recent are,” he said. “We have so much vigils in Glen Cove led by interest from the community Lavine, who said that more and there’s so much misinforopportunities for community mation that it felt like a very action are planned. important time to do an inforLeslie Dwyer, a member of mation session.” the Glen Cove Rapid Response Recent events have unfolded Network and Director of Public so quickly, Dwyer said, that Af f airs for Lavine, set an many residents feel overurgent tone. “Does everyone whelmed, adding that distracagree that enough is enough?”
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Sophie Brandimarte, left, Ryan St. John, Emmy Irvine, Will Winchester and John Hebert kicked off Jazz Fest with a performance at Still Partners.
S.C. gets jazzed up on a snowy day Festival features musicians from near and far By JULIA CAPITELLI jcapitelli@liherald.com
Musicians and families packed Still Partners to kick off an afternoon and evening of jazz as snow covered the village on Saturday. Bands, duos and trios put on jazz performances around Sea Cliff as the Sea Cliff Arts Council and Love Your Neighbor Project hosted the village’s first Jazz Fest, organized by resident and musician Will Winchester. Winchester, an upright bassist, performed with his quartet featuring singer Emmy Irvine to start the festival. He said that organizing the event was a “collaborative process” with the arts council, Love Your Neighbor Project and various sponsors including Long Island Bagel Café, Rising Tide Natural Market, Village Wine Merchant and Branch Realty. Now studying jazz at Oberlin University,
Winchester said that growing up with the music scene in Sea Cliff showed him that pursuing music was a viable option. “I always had these opportunities to see live music and to play and to perform,” he explained. “and so, I wanted to do this jazz festival so I could inspire the next generation with these same opportunities.” Mark Sobel, village trustee and producer at large for the arts council, also noted the opportunity for students to perform and expressed a hope that students will continue playing music after high school. “It would maybe help those kids performing say to themselves,” he said. “ ‘you know what? I can continue this, and it doesn’t have to be my number one career, but it could be my sideline, and it could be my joy.’ ” Discussion about the event began in the fall, and Winchester chose January in part as a way to give Sea Cliff ’s businesses a CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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think people are upset and want to do something, but don’t know what their rights are.
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