January 2008
NAC SPONSORED EVENTS
A TASTE OF ASIAN CULTURE - NORTHPORT ARTS COALITION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
January 14th - Northport Reader's Theater, St. Paul's Methodist Church, 270 Main Street, Northport at 7:30pm. We will present a reading of "Priscilla" by Robert Previto. A modern day gothic melodrama followed by a discussion with the playwright. All are welcome to come to listen. To sign up to read email Jo Ann Katz at jak@cosmeticmall.com
DOING MUSIC
January 25th - "The Northport Arts Coalition in cooperation with the Northport-East Northport Public Library proudly presents The Matthew Pierce Ensemble in Do-Ing Music on Friday, January 25th at 7:30 p.m. at the library on 151 Laurel Ave., Northport. This exciting concert of original classical music entitled, Rose of Sharon, will feature the music of composer and violinist Matthew Pierce, renown for writing music for the best American ballet companies. This chamber orchestra is comprised of fine local musicians with a special guest, steel string guitarist Byron Estep. Advance tickets recommended by calling the library at 261-6930. Meet the artist reception immediately following."
POETS IN PORT
January 25 -
Poets in Port
will take place
at
Caffé Portofino,
249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Poets in Port evenings include a featured poet plus open reading - the
audience is encouraged to bring their poems and participate. January’s
featured poet is
JoAnn Proscia.
MUSIC
Bob Morris Irish Band performances
between 7 and 10 PM on January 23rd at Nag's Head Ale House in
Huntington village (396 New York Avenue, near W. Carver St.) will help Our
Lady of the Miraculous Medal parish in Wyandanch rebuild its recently
fire-devastated food pantry, outreach center, and rectory. Voluntary
donations will be gratefully received.
First Presbyterian
Church, 330 Main Street Northport, (The white church on the corner)
presents: A Noontime Recital on Wednesday, JANUARY 30 from
12:15-12:45 and will feature the lutenist, Christopher Morrongiello.
He's well known in the tri-state area and has given recitals in NYC too.
Free-will offering will be received. On Saturday, February 2,
2008; at 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church (A new NAC member) presents:
“Everything the Traffic Will Allow” “The Songs and Sass of Ethel
Merman” Written and performed by KLEA BLACKHURST TICKETS ARE REQUIRED and
reservations can be made by emailing
musicnministry@gmail.com. Suggested donation is $20. For details
call: 631-261-6434
The Luminescent Orchestrii Plays
Gypsy/Appalachian/Klezmer at Last Licks Café in Huntington on January 26
the Luminescent Orchestrii will appear at the Last Licks Café in a concert
of traditional gypsy, klezmer, Appalachian and contemporary hip-hop music on
Saturday, January 26. The four-piece band accompanies
their vocal harmonies with violins, guitar and bass. The Café is located at
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 109 Brown's Rd, Huntington, New York.
Showtime is 8:30 p.m.; with an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15; $13
seniors and students. Information, tickets:
www.lastlickscafe.org.
Phone: 631-427-9547.
You are cordially invited to a CD release party for Denise Romas's new CD "Inspired" on Saturday, January 26 in Lindenhurst. The party will be held at Body Awareness Studio at 50 W. Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst, 1 block west of Wellwood Ave. 631-957-4692. Open mic from 8-9pm, Denise and friends go on at 9:15 performing tracks from the CD and more. $10 Complimentary refreshments will be provided throughout the evening.
February 1, 2008: Opera Night,
7:30 pm, 270 Main Street, Northport for additional information:
www.myspace.com/operanight
Opera Night, December 7, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Video design: Doris Rowe
Auditions for the Spring 2008 session of Citywide Youth Opera
Some of you may already know about this opera opportunity for adolescent singers. Please forward the information on to any junior high or highschool singers you know in the tri-state area who might be
interested and eligible. (I think the cut-off age is 20). This organization was founded a few years ago by my friend Andrés Andrade. Andrés is a tenor himself, and taught voice and opera at the LaGuardia
School of the Arts in Manhattan, so he has experience as a singer and teaching very young singers. Andrés has also been teaching privately and at Queens College. He was one of the original founders and
directors of NYMVAE, a local opera company in NYC, which has been mounting full operas, concerts and out reach events for several years now, utilizing the talents of many local singers. I think that this is
a wonderful opportunity for the singers of the future to learn and perform opera amongst their peers. Citywide Youth Opera > will take place on > Saturday, January 12, 2008 > Please call 212-539-3561
> or E-mail admin@citywideyouthopera.org > to schedule an appointment > Two songs requested, >
> one of which should be
in English. > An accompanist will be provided. > For more
information, visit our website
> http://www.citywideyouthopera
POETRY
January 8th -Heckscher
Museum of Art Poetry Series – Book Revue is pleased to be hosting the
Series while the Museum is undergoing renovation. NAC’S VERY OWN
Poets James Friel and Kate Kelly, as well as Greb Moglia will
read from their work at Book Revue. At 8pm, 131 New York Avenue,
Huntington Village, 271-1442
www.bookrevue.com
Event Line: 1-800-552-9440
Nothing Is Black & White" Poetry Reading 1/19/08'Art Sites Galleries' 651 West Main Street Riverhead, NY 11901 631-591-2401 5 pm Featured Poets: David Axel rod (cannot attend, poem will read for him)Lynn Cohen Paula Camacho Peter V. Dugan Lucas Hunt (cannot attend, poem will read for him)Maria Manobianco Linda Opyr Allen Planz Joan Marg Edmund Miller Gloria g. Murray Elaine PrestonThaddeus O’Neil Doug Sweezy George WallaceMuriel Weinstein Ginger Williams Also To Read: Walt Dawydiak Mary Healy Gladys Henderson MankhTammy Nuzzo-Morgan Barbara Reiher-Meyers J R Turek Open Mic To Follow To Read or Attend Email:
Thenorthseapoetryscene@hotmail
THEATER
TOWNSHIP THEATRE GROUP PERFORMANCE OF OLIVER
The musical adventures of Oliver Twist
adapted from the Charles Dickens masterpiece. Performances will be
January 5, 6, 11, 12 & 13, 2008 at the Dix Hills Center for the
Performing Arts at Five Towns College, Dix Hills. Curtain times are 8:00PM
on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00PM on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased for
$22.00 ($2.00 discount for students and seniors) at the door or on-line at
www.TheaterMania.com.
Call us at (631) 421-9832 or visit us on the web at
www.TownshipTheatreGroup.com for more information.
SLAPSTICK COMEDY HITS NORTHPORT IN LEND ME A TENOR
Northport, N.Y., January, 2007) - The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport will start the New Year off right with tons of laughter! The next production of LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig, is sure to have audiences rolling on the floor with laughter. The story is set in 1934. The Cleveland Grand Opera is celebrating the biggest night in its history. World famous tenor TITO MORELLI, known to his fans as "Il Stupendo," is scheduled to sing the lead in OTELLO, produced as a gala fundraiser set to raise $50,000 for the company. Before the star gets beyond his hotel room however, things begin to unravel. Chaos sets in when a "Dear John" letter is mistaken for a suicide note and Tito's appearance onstage seems unlikely. But for HENRY SAUNDERS, General Manager of the Cleveland Opera, "the show must go on!" ... under any circumstance - even if it means sending a replacement onstage in disguise. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, LEND ME A TENOR is guaranteed to leave you teary eyed with laughter.
Tickets are NOW ON SALE and are $45.
Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting
www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office at 250 Main
Street, Northport. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.
Is anyone
interested in an opportunity for parts in the Township Theater Group
library program? There will be 9 performances on various Fridays, Saturdays,
and Sundays from Feb 29 through May 4 at different
VISUAL ARTS
Detail of Lynda’s painting
"Hoopla," which is 48"x 60."
Lynda's paintings are colorful and active and for the most part, Abstract Expressionist in style. Lynda Lehmann will show her recent paintings at the Alfred Van Loen Gallery at the South
Huntington Library on Pigeon Hill Road, from February 9 until March 6. The Opening
reception for "Peripheral Vision" will be on Saturday, February 9 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. All are welcome! You can contact the library at 631-
549-4411 if you need directions. Deborah Katz will be curating.
Lynda is a member of STAC, ALLI, and NAC,
and has shown her work in numerous juried and solo shows on Long Island.
If you can't attend the show but would like to view Lynda's art, you can
visit her primary website at
www.lyndalehmann.com,
where her other sites and articles are also listed. Or you can visit
her art blog at
www.innersights.blogspot
FILM
My Kid Could Paint That Tuesday, January 15 @ 7:30pm only @ CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
The true story of Marla Olmstead, a media darling and art-world sensation whose paintings sold for $15,000—before she was even five-years old “3 1/2 Stars... a mysterious, gripping, tantalizing documentary." – NEWSDAY Guest Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Wayne, Chief Curator, Heckscher Museum of Art
REAL TO REEL: A Documentary Film Series sponsored by Stuart & Ginger Polisner
http://www.cinemaartscentre
Members $9 / Public $12
Includes Post-screening Reception / No Refunds Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or
by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006.
MEMBER NEWS
From: NAC member Northport Chamber
of Commerce, OPERATION WARMTH - January 2 – 17, 2008 - Please
Help the less fortunate. Needed: Clean, New or Gently Used
Coats, Hats, Scarves, Gloves and Blankets. All sizes . Questions call
Pat Naples 262-7377 Ext.228
Collections Sites:
Coldwell Banker Residential – 413 Fort Salonga Road
Washington Mutual Bank – 721 Fort Salonga Road
UPS Store – 1019 Fort Salonga Road
Jones Drug Store – 100 Main Street
Harbor Trading – 79 Main Street
Veronica Rayne Boutique – 61 Main Street
Rear of Copenhagen Bakery – 75 Woodbine Avenue
Thank you to retiree DOROTHY WALSH. (It was Dorothy’s concern and great effort that started this program.)
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Welcome new members: Judith Markowitz,
First Presbyterian Church, JoAnn and John Proscia
The Northport Arts Coalition believes the arts make the world a better place and would like to thank the many individuals, businesses, and organizations that helped NAC bring the arts to the community in 2007. Thank you to Connie Crispen at Caffe Portofino for providing a venue for NAC's monthly Poets in Port series, to St. Paul's United Methodist Church for providing a space for the monthly meeting of the Northport Reader's Theater, to Copenhagen Bakery for contributing their delicious pastries to various NAC events, and to La Mantia Gallery for their collaboration with NAC last spring on the Plein Air event.
Thanks also to the John Engemann Theatre for their technical assistance in the production of "Way Out Here", a NAC event that was presented in cooperation with the Northport Public Library, to the Northport Village Board of Trustees for providing space in the Village Hall for NAC's Art exhibits and for their support, most recently, of the display of three diversity billboards in the Village Park on Woodbine Ave. NAC is also thankful for the opportunity to work with the Northport Chamber of Commerce to bring the community "Happenings on Main St." during the summer months.
The Northport Arts Coalition extends a special thank you and acknowledgement to the Northport/ East Northport Library for their help and cooperation in providing space for our events and for their financial support in helping NAC bring such wonderful events into the community. Special thanks to Assemblyman Andrew Raia, Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper, the North Fork Bank, and Northport's Chase Manhattan Bank for their generous grants. NAC is especially thankful to David Ambro, of the Northport Observer, for providing coverage of upcoming NAC events in the weekly column A NAC for the ARTS.
All of these individuals and organizations, along with NAC Advisory Board members, Lauren Desalvo, Kevin McMahon, Arlene Handel, Doris Rowe, Daniel Paige, Craig Fligstein, Annette Kirk, Kate Kelly, Mary Ellen Moll, and George Rehn, plus our program coordinators Steven Schmidt, Jo Ann Katz, and Marge Kawaller, made the presentation of NAC's 2007 events possible.
Attendance at all NAC events grew significantly in 2007 and we are most grateful to the many residents of Northport, E. Northport and the surrounding towns and villages who attended NAC events on a regular basis. It is the community's support and love of the arts that will enable NAC to grow and present a variety of creative and unique events in 2008. Thank you one and all and Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Northport Arts Coalition's Executive Board
Lauren Paige, Executive Director
Pat Bond, Director
Charlotte Koons, Community Liaison
Terry Lister, Corresponding Secretary
Pat Bond, Editor nacnewsletter@gmail.com
NAC Website www.northportarts.org (Be sure to scroll down on the home page!)
Kevin McMahon – Web master.
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STOOMZEE.