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Amy Zavatto's Weekend Picks - EHM Breakfast Show w/ Harry 10.16.26 - WEHM All Access · WEHM All Access

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: It's the Itchin Breakfast Show with Harry, a Friday edition, as we get going here for the weekend, and the weather looks good.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Word is it might not even rain on Sunday, which is excellent news.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh joining us as she does every week at this time is Amy Zavato from North Forker and South Forker magazines.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Amy, how are you?
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: Hey Harry, I'm terrific.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: How you doing?
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Very good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Looking forward to a busy weekend.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: And I love the fact, I love when these events happen that have been rescheduled.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Because I know they were doing the uh the uh the maritime festival back in September, and now I think it's kind of the perfect weekend for it as we get ready and we we start up on the North Fork as we always do, and let's let's get right into it.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: I'm excited about the Maritime Festival.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh of course, the kicking off with the land and sea gala tonight.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I think there's some tickets available still uh for the Oso Fun Maritime Land and Sea Gala, which this year is being held at the waterfront lawn at Mitchell Park at 115 Front Street, which is such a festive, wonderful place, all-inclusive place for everybody to gather in Greenport.
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  SPEAKER_01: So grab your best East End party down duds and get ready for this seafaring shinding full of local restaurants, um, drinks, dancing, all kinds of great stuff.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's it's a great night.
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  SPEAKER_01: I've gone many times and I really, really enjoy it.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's from 6 to 9 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and it kicks off the 36th annual Greenport Maritime Festival.
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  SPEAKER_01: And what better way?
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh admission is$125 a ticket.
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  SPEAKER_01: And for additional details or to buy those tickets, you can go to Greenport Maritimefestival.com.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_01: As that is the introduction to the wonderful festival.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is the 36th annual, as we know, and that's going to be going on all day, Saturday and Sunday.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_01: Right now, they're still saying that it's going to be in Mitchell Park at 115 Front Street in Greenport.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_01: But we did hear some talk that the possible prediction of high winds might move the Maritime Festival into the American Legion Hall in Greenport.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_01: So just stay tuned.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, there's lots of other things going on around the town, like the parade, which is really fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's not being moved inside the Legion Hall.
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  SPEAKER_01: That will be going on all up and down Front Street and Main Street.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, you know, just get ready.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's a pie eating contest, a cardboard boat regatta, there's a fishing derby, there's a hot sauce tasting, there's all kinds of crazy stuff.
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  SPEAKER_01: So go to Greenport Maritimefestival.com and get more details and updates on the weather.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: All right, perfect.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: You never, yeah, you never know what's gonna happen over the week.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: You really don't.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to have a lot of plans in place.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: It sounds like they do there out in Greenport.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, let's uh let's go on now to the Shelter Island 5K, which is for a terrific cause is happening this weekend.
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So this is the 27th time they have done this wonderful race.
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  SPEAKER_01: It has become such a popular run on the island, a, because it's it's beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_01: I've run it many times.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, but also it raises funds for a really, you know, important cause in Long Island, um, helping women affected by breast cancer.
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  SPEAKER_01: And lately, I think they've also added other women's cancers into the funding for this as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: But the North Fork Breast Health Coalition, the Coalition for Women's Cancers, and Lucia's Angels, they're all organizations that benefit from the funds raised from this wonderful 5K.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, just a little tiny bit over three miles, no big deal.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can totally do it.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can also walk if you want to.
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  SPEAKER_01: And afterward, you get to chow down at a complimentary barbecue.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, who doesn't want to do that?
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  SPEAKER_01: Registration is 50 bucks.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can sign up at shelter islandfall5k.com.
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  SPEAKER_01: And uh it starts at Crescent Beach, I do believe.
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  SPEAKER_01: So head on down there on Saturday and help us all out.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a it's a great cause, and I love the fact there's a barbecue after it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just a great community event, too.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's really terrific.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's really great.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the North Fork this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Gonna be busy out in Greenport on Shelter Island.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now I guess we we head down to the South Fork where there's a uh there's a film screening that the uh the Ram Film Society is doing.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so I love the movie Sideways.
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  SPEAKER_01: Have you seen that before, Harry?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, uh, I was trying to think I was like, it's been a while though, I feel like yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Even if that movie did turn people against the beautiful grape Merlot, which is the the most widely grown red grape on all of Long Island.
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  SPEAKER_01: Please, please do not let the movie turn you off of Merlot.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's delicious.
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  SPEAKER_01: However, go see the movie.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's part of the Ram Film Society, and they are showing this award-winning movie as part of their sip and watch series at the Rams Head Inn at South uh 108 South Ram uh Island Drive on Shelter Island, and that is tonight.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh be sure to arrive around sunset, and there's gonna be food and drink for purchase, but the movie is free, which is super fun, and uh no S for RSVP is required.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just go to Ramfilmsociety.com for more details.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: That sounds good.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's uh that's happening this weekend on the South Fork.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh let's go to, I guess the uh the Grenning Gallery has an exhibit uh to check out this weekend as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I love the Grenning Gallery.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um Laura Grenning, who actually used to live on Shelter Island, shout out to Laura Grenning.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um and her gallery, which is now at 26 Main Street and has been for quite some time in Sag Harbor, is launching a new really lovely exhibit called Land, Sea, and Light.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's from 5 to 7 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: on Saturday.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it features the artists Terry Elkins, Victor Bootko, and Melissa Franklin Sanchez.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the works together just collectively explore how land, water, and light affect our sense of place, which certainly is very strong out in Eastern Long Island.
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  SPEAKER_01: And uh Boutko and Elkins will also be on hand to talk during the exhibition and maybe uh explain a little bit about their inspiration and their work.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it runs through Sunday, November 8th.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you miss the gallery opening, you can still go check out all these beautiful paintings.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: A little something for everyone on the South Fork this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're chatting with Amy Zavato, the editor-in-chief of South Forker magazine, along with North Forker uh magazine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh Southampton Animal Shelter has their big Halloween bash this weekend.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they do such great work over there.
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  SPEAKER_01: The the Southampton Animal Shelter, they do this really fun Halloween bash.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this year it's gonna be at Beach Bar, located at 58 Foster Avenue in Hampton Bays.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you're uh heading out for the weekend or you're just sort of in between places, that's a nice little central location.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is from 6 to 10 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: It there's gonna be a live DJ, so it's gonna be dancing, great music, food to nosh on, a 50-50 raffle.
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  SPEAKER_01: Who doesn't love a raffle?
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  SPEAKER_01: I certainly do.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's gonna be prizes, I believe, for the best costumes, which are highly encouraged.
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  SPEAKER_01: And 100% of the proceeds go to benefit the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that's pretty cool.
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  SPEAKER_01: The tickets are only 30 bucks, so it's not a big purse breaker this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they're$40 at the door.
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  SPEAKER_01: Kids under 12 are free, and you can go to Southampton Animal Shelter.com to get your tickets and learn more.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lots to do this weekend on the North and South Forks.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_00: And I want to turn our attentions now to the websites and your fine staff uh working hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: All these Halloween happenings are up there too.
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like if you need to know what's going on, this is uh the best place to do it, Northforker.com.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I gotta say, like this year it seemed like there were just a multitude of Halloween happenings.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's always new stuff too.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we collected quite quite a compendium of uh all kinds of fun things to do for grown-ups, for kids, for everybody.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you go to northforker.com, you can check out all the wicked good stuff to do for Halloween.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, that's there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Northworker.com, Southforker.com.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, this is uh something a little bit different.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got a great feature on Am I singing the Lamora salsa?
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I was at during Harbor Fest, I stopped over at my friend's Kid Squid to have a beer and some sausages that they were serving that day.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was really fun.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_01: And um, they there was a table set up of this young couple who was serving the salsa that they make.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, oh, who are these guys?
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_01: So I went over and I met them.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: And their names are Bailey and Steven Zamora, and they're this lovely, lovely young couple who started their own salsa brand fairly recently called Lamora.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_01: It's a combination combination of her last name and his last name.
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  SPEAKER_01: And not only do they source everything locally from local farms, and it's it is just delicious salsa.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is so good.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they sell it at lots of places like provisions.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um but these two just had a really beautiful story on how they founded this really cool brand that they launched.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I, you know, it's it's a good meat cute story, too.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that's go check it out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well that's the best part.
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  SPEAKER_00: Northforger.com, southforger.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: You really learn something that you might not normally uh and you get to see and learn about an amazing brand and a business that's starting up right here on Eastern Long Island.
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  SPEAKER_00: So very cool.
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  SPEAKER_00: Check that out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um Northforker.com, Southforker.com, the place to go for everything we chatted about as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll tag uh everything on our social at W E H M Radio.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_00: Amy, thank you so much.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_00: Have a great weekend.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate it, and we'll talk to you next week.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, Harry.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_00: Talk to you soon.