(News from our Members)
November 2007
Kate Kelly and Doris Rowe are happy
to announce that Mayor George Doll of the Village of Northport has
arranged for their three billboard size works (12 x 16 feet) to be
installed in Cow Harbor Park, during the month of November 2007. The Open
Call invitation from CHDHU for this inaugural event was announced in the March
NAC Arts Newsletter! You may have seen these works installed in Heckscher
Park during the month of October as part of the grand public art
exhibition Embracing Our Differences - Long Island — a project of the
Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc., http://www.chdhu.org/eod/
See you at the park! EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES - Carry
the Gift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
A call to NAC artists to serve
their community by jurying children's artwork in the Northport/E. Northport
School District's Reflections program.
If you are interested please contact Patty Gardiner at
Patty Gardiner@
optonline.net
Reflections is a terrific program encouraging students to express their thoughts and feelings about a specific subject through the creative arts. This year's theme is "I Can Make a Difference By ..."
The six categories for submission are: 1) Dance Choreography 2) Film/Video Production
3) Literature 4) Musical Composition 5) Photography 6) Visual Arts
Students in all grades may submit in any of the six categories. The applications have already been distributed (this year we had 158 requests for applications - the most we've ever received) and the deadline for submission is November 7th. At that time we'll need three judges in each category with expertise in the subject matter to judge the students' submissions based upon two criteria:
1) Interpretation of the theme
2) Creative ability
Judging will be arranged around the judge's schedules.
There will be about a month to judge the submissions and choose the three best in each category to receive Awards of Excellence and advance to the next level. In addition, Awards of Merit can be given to up to two others submissions in each category that the judges may feel should be recognized. Every student receives a medal for participating in the program and all the submissions are displayed at the libraries during the month of February.
We hope that NAC members will want to participate in all the categories because it's an opportunity to make the school community aware of the tremendous artistic resource we have right here in Northport.
Readers Theater
Director, Joann Katz and NAC present on
November 14 at 7:00pm an original play "Way Out There" by
Douglas MacLeod with John Shea & Kim Fitzgerald/ Q
& A with the Author/ Audience Participation Actor John Shea, best known
to TV audiences for his recurring role as the evil Lex Luthor in the early 90s
"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"
TV series, will perform. He has acted in many plays, movies and TV shows,
and has also written and directed an award winning film. The reading will
be followed by a discussion led by the author, and then an audience
participation reading.
Thank you to the Engeman Theater for lending
us some spot lights for the occasion and sending a “techie” to help out. The
Northport Library, 151 Laurel Avenue at Scudder, Northport at 7:00 pm.
Please note starting time.
7:00 PM
Northport Library
Poets In Port
Northport Arts Coalition presents a series of poetry readings on the last Friday
of every month at 7:30 at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport,
opposite the theatre. There were 10 people there on October 26 besides the
feature and Stephen Schmidt The reading and open went well and most of the
audience stayed and talked for quite a while after..
Each month there is a featured poet and an Open Reading — the audience is
encouraged to bring their poems and participate. For more information, contact
stevenschmidt@optonline.net.
November 30, 2007 Kathaleen Donnelly
December 28, 2007
Phil Reinstein reading poems by Marie Emmons Wayne Reinstein
January 25, 2008 JoAnn Proscia
February 29, 2008 Barbara Reiher-Meyers
NEWS FOR VISUAL ARTISTS
NAC is trying to get in touch with established visual artists who would like to learn more about a unique series of seminars from The New York Foundation for the Arts titled “The Business of Art for NY State. From January to June 2008, the six- month seminars will focus on goal setting and strategies for expanding visibility as visual artists. It will bring together artists who have a body of work that that they would like to show to the public. Experts on the business of art will be offering valuable information on how a developed artist can promote his or her art. The seminars will culminate with a weekend in New York City where all the artists will come together and share what they have learned and meet other artists from all over New York State. The program will involve 80-100 artists from 9 different locations throughout the State with an interactive WEB community limited to the participants. The deadline for submission is December 1. For details, For more information or to download an application visit nyfa.org/mark MARK: The business of art for all of New York Join us, make your mark! Informational meeting Nov. 1 at 6 pm at Huntington Arts Council. Keep us posted. Pat Bond pat007@verizon.net
MUSIC
Northport High School Senior Timothy Bontje was one of three young Cellists in New York selected to perform in a masterclass on October 18th for internationally renowned solo cellist Zuill Bailey at the Tilles Center. The master class is a public "private" music lesson. Tim played the first movement of the Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor with his accompanist and Northport High School Choir Director, Mrs. Ellen McCarthy. Mr. Bailey later performed the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Long Island Philharmonic on October 21st and 22nd at the Tilles Center. Congratulations Tim!
Mike Soloway of North Shore Musikgarten
will perform for children ages 0-5 on the following WEDNESDAYS in November:
Toddler Time Music show on Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at Borders Books, 68 Veterans
Memorial Highway, Commack. 631-462-0569. 10:30 AM.
Toddler Time Music show on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at Borders Books, 2130
Nesconset Highway, Stony Brook. 631-979-0500. 10:30 AM.
Toddler Time Music show on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, 380 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. 631-421-9886. 10:30 AM.
North Shore Musikgarten (
www.NorthShoreMusikgarten.com
(www.NorthShoreMusikgarten.com
, 631-470-0523) offers music classes for young children at the Posey School
in Northport, Inner Spirit Yoga in East Northport and other
locations.
OPERA NIGHT with David Axelrod, Suffolk Poet Laureate Friday, November 2nd at 7:30, 270 Main Street, Northport, $5 donation www.myspace.com/operanight
Opera Night, October 5th video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Singer-songwriters Denise Romas and Glen Roethel Share Stage at Last Licks Café in Huntington, November 24 - The Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Fellowship, 109 Brown's Rd, Huntington, presents a double bill with singer-songwriters Denise Romas and Glen Roethel, on Saturday, November 24, at 8:30 pm, in a concert of their original and contemporary songs. Open mic at 7:30 pm. Refreshments available. $15/$13 seniors, students. 631-427-9547. www.Lastlickscafe.org
A Christmas Carol - Performed by The Minstrel Players of Northport. Performances will be on Friday, December 7 at 8 PM, Saturday, December 8 at 8 PM, and Sunday, December 9 at 3 PM at Houghton Hall theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church located at 130 Main Street in Northport Village. Prices are $15 Adults and $12 Seniors. Opening night special of $10 for all seats. For more information, please call 631-732-2926 or visit us online at www.minstrelplayers.org
Award-winning singer-songwriter Patricia Shih has garnered another award for her latest CD for kids and families, “The Power of One.” In addition to the prestigious 2007 NAPPA Gold Award, “Power” has also been honored by a 2007 Parents’ Choice Approved Award, and has been entered for nomination for a Grammy in the category Best Children’s Album.
Patricia will be performing in various public venues during the month of November, including:
Nov. 17, 10:00 & 11:oo am – family reading concerts, Children’s Book Week, Smithtown Library; free
VISUAL ARTS
Rodee Hansen is exhibiting her pressed
flower greeting cards at the Brentwood Library in the month of November
Each card is individually crafted and is one-of-a-kind. They range from
whimsical, abstract, traditional to elegant. These special cards have been
sold from Cold Spring Harbor to Port Jefferson, as well as Maine and California.
Here is a visual sample of the actual pressed flowers. The Brentwood Public
Library is located at: Second Avenue at Fourth Street Brentwood, NY 11717--4642
Phone: 631-273-7883
Jane McGraw Teubner placed 2nd in painting
at the Montauk Outdoor Art Show and has won the Gold Medal of Honor and a $500
prize for her pastel "Dunes IV" at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Art Show
at the National Arts Club in New York City.
Jo-Ann Corretti, Long Island Artist will
be displaying and selling her Northport Prints, including her Christmas prints &
cards, November 10 at the Trinity Holiday Fair on 5th Ave. in the
auditorium next to St. Anthony's Church in East Northport from 10am to 4pm.
The Twomey Gallery will hold its 2nd
annual Holiday show on Saturday, November 24th & Sunday, November 25th. The show will feature the work of
James Twomey III (fine art photography) and Victoria Twomey (digital art). In
a reprise of last year's successful exhibition, both award-winning artists will
present new work and some well-known favorites. The gallery is located in
Huntington and will be open to the public from 10am to 5pm both days.
For more information, including directions, go to
www.twomeygallery.com or
call 631-754-1009
"Mourning in Vermont" ©James Twomey III
Edited by Mankh (Walter E. Harris
III) and George Wallace
Friday, November 9 - 7:30pm
An estimated 10 writers will read their original
works from the book
primal sanities!
a tribute to Walt Whitman an Anthology of
Poems and Essays at Runaway Bay Books - 10 Main Street, Sayville (631)
589-9212
THEATER
After selling out every performance of THE WIZARD OF OZ, The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport and Commerce Bank are pleased to announce their next children's theater production, FROSTY.
This original production has been announced just in time for the holiday season. Join Frosty and his friend Jenny, as they try to save Chillsville from the evil Ethel Pierpot's plan to melt all the snow - including Frosty! This exciting twist on a holiday classic is sure to excite and entertain kids of all ages.
Tickets go on sale to the general public starting SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007 at 10:00 AM BY , by calling 631-261-2900, or by visiting the John W. Engeman Theater Box office at 250 Main Street, Northport, NY.
YOU TUBE
Opera Night, October 5th video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Other events happening in Northport:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Video designed by Doris Rowe
FILM
Meeting Resistance is a non-fiction film set in the streets, alleyways and ubiquitous teashops of the Adharmiya neighborhood of Baghdad. It enters the physical and psychological heart of the “insurgency” against the American occupation. Directors Steve Connors and Molly Bingham spent ten months to create this film. They will be special guests. November 12 at 7:30 pm. at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington
MEMBER NEWS
Green
for good/ greens makes sense! Saturday,
November 3, 8 am -12 noon Remember to visit the
Green Market
at Cow Harbor Park parking lot to fill your Thanksgiving table with fresh and
locally grown fresh vegetables, lobster, pumpkins, gourds, and other healthy
produce.
Brainworks Plus Programs: Brain Gym®,
Bal-A-Vis-X, Smart Art, ChiWalking, Optimal Brain Organization all geared to all
ages for optimal brain function for your targeted goals. Tune-up your whole
sensory, coordination, visual, auditory, rhythmic, compositional/organizational
selfas instrument of your expression. Bring me to your school, library, center
for an Intro program. I promise delightfully surprising information, tools, fun and connection within
and abounding. Ask about the highly focused class for drawing and whole body
movement flow.NAC Member Emily Eisen, Director/Instructor/Coordinator
631-651-9207
balance@brainworksplus.com
CALLING ALL HAPPY WORKERS! Do you have a
winning attitude at work? Northport author and motivational speaker, Jim
Ryan, wants to interview YOU as part of his second book “Simple Happiness
AT WORK.” No job too big or small—all level professionals,
business owners, doctors, sales/service or blue/white-collar workers. Inspired
by his bestseller “Simple Happiness,” this book’s focus is on
achieving fulfillment at any job. Contact NAC Member Jim Ryan at
631-754-7636 or
info@jimryantalks.com.
Pat Bond, Editor
nacnewsletter@gmail.com
NAC BOARD – Lauren Paige, , Executive Director
Pat Bond, Director
Charlotte Koons, Outreach Specialist
Terry Lister, Public Relations
ADVISORY BOARD – Laura DeSalvo, Membership
Craig Fligstein, Grant Writer
Kevin McMahon, Web Manager
Mary Ellen Moll, Library Liaison
Kate Kelly, Poetry/Art
George Rehn, C.P.A.
Doris Rowe, Graphic
Consultant
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