Conversation

The curtains open on a new Shelter Island Historical Society community musical Friday night through Sunday. "The Prospect of Summer" is written and directed by the Island's Lisa Shaw and it is about the legendary prospect Hotel. Ms. Shaw joined Susan Carey Dempsey on the latest episode of the Shelter Island Conversation.

Historian Donna Marie Barnes joins us from Sylvester Manor, where stories continue to unfold from centuries ago. The Shelter Island reporter podcast features conversations with some of the island's most fascinating people. It is hosted by Susan Carey Dempsey.

Journalist Karl Grossman has covered Long Island since 1962, including authoring the long-running Suffolk Closeup column in the Shelter Island Reporter. His recent book, published by The History Press, takes a look at "Cold War Long Island." Grossman recently spoke with our Susan Carey Dempsey about the book, Long Island's Cold War history and the threats we face today.

The Shelter Island Police department turns 50 this year. Shelter Island Reporter staffers Susan Carey Dempsey and Charity Robey discuss the department's history in the return of our Conversation podcast.

It's been two years since Canon Paul Wancura died of injuries inflicted in a home invasion on Shelter Island. In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation she spoke with Wancura's close friend, Father Charles McCarron of St. Mary's Church, as well as Senior Services Director for Shelter Island, Laurie Fanelli.

Jeremy Samuelson is the Director of the Nature Conservancy's Mashomack Preserve. In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with him, they spoke about what it's like to live and work in the midst of a 2,000-acre jewel of unspoiled nature.