🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Yo-Yo Ma's Honorary Doctorate

Rise and shine, Center Moriches-Eastport! Diane Witek here to get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and mild. High: 56, low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

1. On Saturday, March 12, at the Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University presented an honorary doctorate in music to the world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis presided over the degree granting ceremony and described how Ma’s music “has been the soundtrack to our lives and our collective experience in a way that is utterly unique.” (Stony Brook News)
2. Set your calendars! The Great South Bay Music Festival returns to Shorefront Park in Patchogue from July 7 to 10 with more than 55 bands — including half from Long Island — set to perform across three stages. There will be food and beer for those 21 and older. General admission tickets, $49.99-$55.99, are on sale along with two- and four-day passes. Tickets go up April 1, so buy them now: greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com. (Newsday)
3. Costco says store hours will return to normal on April 18 as it is ending its senior hours put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Costco's special shopping hours allowed seniors, health care workers and first responders to shop without the general public. (News 12 Long Island)

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Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

• In-Person Gentle Toning and Muscle Strengthening (Center Moriches). (8:30 a.m.)
• Toddlers Tango/Babies Boogie IN PERSON — Ages Birth-Not Yet in Kindergarten — CMJ261 (Center Moriches). (9:45 a.m.)
• Gentle Chair Yoga with Susan (Center Moriches). (11 a.m.)
• Yoga IN PERSON — Grades 1st-3rd — CMJ500 (Center Moriches). (4:30 p.m.)
• Yoga IN PERSON — Grades 4th-12th — CMJ700 (Center Moriches). (6 p.m.)

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