June 2008
NAC WEDNESDAY
Sunday in the Park:
An Afternoon of Art, Music and Dance, on June 8th, from 12-5 PM,
with Visual Artists and Artisans in the park from 12- 5pm, Music from 12- 1pm, Middle Eastern Dance with Inner Spirit’s Roni Yaari from1- 2pm, Music from 2- 4pm and Featured Poet, George Wallace and open mike from 4- 5pm.
Northport’s Second Annual Plein Air Painting Event!
June 20th
-22nd
plein air; to paint outdoors in natural light
On the heels of the overwhelming success of Northport’s First Plein Air Painting Event, the search for the region’s most accomplished plein air painters continues this June in Northport’s Second Annual Plein Air Painting Event. On Friday and Saturday, June 20th and 21st, selected artists will be set up in locations throughout the village painting their interpretations of the scenery that is so unique to Northport. On both days spectators can observe the creative process from start to finish and talk with the artists as they work. Sunday, June 22nd, will feature an exhibition and silent auction for the “wet” paintings at LaMantia Gallery.
The Northport Reader's Theater will be meeting on June 16th, 7:30 at St Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St, Northport. They will be reading Vinny by John Passadino.
All are welcome to read or listen. Contact Jo Ann Katz, 631-261-5089, or JoAnnKatz@gmail.com, to sign up to read, or for further information. This will be the last meeting until the fall. NRT is always looking for new plays. Please contact Jo Ann Katz if you have written one or know someone who has, and would like to hear it read.
Poets in Port
will feature Jay Jii at 7:30 pm on Friday, June 27th,
2008 at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theatre. There
will also be an open reading, the audience is encouraged to bring their poems
and participate. For information,
StevenSchmidt@optonline.net
NAC, as a member of
the Northport Chamber of Commerce, would like to encourage our members to visit
the Farmers
Market in the
Northport Village Park on Saturday mornings where they will find
offerings of fresh produce from Long Island farms, flowers, baked goods, plants,
and local seafood.
Northport Chamber of Commerce and Northport Arts Coalition present:
Happenings on Main Street: Ten Years of Great Musical Entertainment
Fridays, 7:00 -
8:30 p.m. from May 23 – August 29 at the Northport Village Park
May 23 Miles to Dayton – Original songs romantic to rock
May 30 Cathy Kreger – Singer/Songwriter & popular
June 6 Sun, Moon & Stars – New Age-Folk/Jazz
June 13 Open Mike Night – Almost anything goes, start your career now
June 20 OSQ Jazz Quartet – Jazz, Blues, Standards
June 27 Sandy/Steve Edwards – Singer/Songwriters, folk & country
July 4 Tommy Santoriello – Popular & traditional
July 11 Annie Mark – Singer/Songwriter & popular
July 18 Latimer Experience – Jazz & audience participation
July 25 Rain date (TBD)
August 1 Open Mike Night – Almost anything goes, start your career now
August 8 Miller’s Crossing – Bluegrass
August 15 Constant Wonder – Original music for children /interactive
August 22 Rain date (TBD)
August 29 Glenn Baldwin &Friends of Jazz – Jazz, singers & guest artist
For Information 631-261-6917 or
www.northportarts.org
MUSIC
Babylon Village
Arts Council presents East Northport resident and NAC member
Matthew Pierce,
performing his
Ballet Suites for Violin and Piano
with NAC member Christine Dore, piano
accompanist. Thursday June 12th at 7:30 pm at the Second
Thursday Concert Series at the Astoria Federal Savings Bank 180 W Main Street,
Babylon. Admission is free.
Next month, on Sunday, July
20th,
The Matthew Pierce
Ensemble will perform at the
43rd Annual Huntington Summer Arts
Festival- Chapin
Rainbow Stage, Hecksher Park, Huntington, NY with musicians Matthew Pierce,
Violin; Andrea Maire, Viola; Dustin Bartley, Cello; Reynard Burns, Double Bass;
Sally Shorrock, Flute; Keith Schmidt, French Horn; Christine Dore, Piano. For
information, visit
www.matthewpierce.com
The Last Licks Cafe Presents: The Tobacco Roadies with Jacqueline Schwab on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 with Open Mike starting at 7:30 PM, (sign-up at 7:00pm). Tickets are $15 General, $13 for seniors and students. Jacqueline Schwab will play her signature arrangements of Celtic and English airs and dance tunes, along with American music of Mark Twain's era, Stephen Foster and Civil War parlor songs, Victorian ballroom tunes, hymns and spirituals. The Tobacco Roadies, a Long Island-based band, play blues, folk, rock, rockabilly and original songs.You can now purchase tickets to every Last Licks show online at Brown Paper Tickets by clicking here , or for more information, visit http://www.lastlickscafe.com
Opera Night
on June 6th,
at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Main Street in Northport, will feature
Flutissimo,
a flute quartet with Claudia Beeby, Julia Doczi, Leslie Straight, and Jerene
Weitman at 7:30pm. Opera concert to follow at 8pm. Directed by Isabella
Eredita-Johnson, $5.00 donation.
For details,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Only a little over a month until
the Northport
Community Band, under the
direction of Founder & Musical Director Robert W. Krueger and Associate Director
Donald M. Sherman, reaches a major milestone. On July 3rd,
the group will kick off a gala celebration of 50 uninterrupted seasons of
providing concerts to area music lovers at the Robert W. Krueger Bandstand in
Northport Village on Thursday evenings in July. Concert dates are July
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st.
Downbeat at 8:30pm (rain at 8, no date); each concert lasts approximately 70
minutes. For information, including concert programs (posted a day or two ahead
of each concert), visit
www.ncb.homestead.com.
Mike Soloway of
North Shore
Musikgarten will present free
toddler music performances for children ages 0-5 on the following Wednesdays in
June: on June 4that 10:30 AM at Borders Books 68
Veterans Memorial Highway Commack631-462-0569, on June 11th
at 10:30 AM at Borders Books 2130 Nesconset Highway Stony Brook 631-979-0500, on
June 18th at 10:30 AM at Barnes and Noble Booksellers
380 Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station 631-421-9886. North Shore Musikgarten
offers music classes for children from 4 months through 5years old at the Posey
School in Northport Village, Inner Spirit Yoga in East Northport and other
locations
www.NorthShoreMusikgarten.com
Telephone, 631-470-0523.
Northport's Marie DelaCruz & Friends perform a variety of covers and originals from her upcoming debut CD at the Hazy Moon Restaurant and Bar in Patchogue on June 6th. Marie will also be performing at Sunday in the Park on June 8th at 3:40 p.m.
For information,
visit
www.mariedelacruz.com.
Love Songs for Summer: Art Songs and Arias in English, French, German, Italian & Spanish
Strong musical images evoke the
heat of summer passion, transcending words through the powerful artistry of
soprano Tara Kavanagh with pianist Daniel Ragone, classical guitarist Liam
Murphy and native to Smithtown, mezzo-soprano Kara Cornell. Works by Debussy,
Wolf, Larsen, Heggie, Bellini and Humperdinck. A feel good program designed to
make you laugh, cry and want to fall in love.June 28th,
2008 at 7pm, Mills Pond House 660 Rte. 25A St. James, NY 11780 Tickets $20/$10
for students and seniors. Call (631) 862-6575.
POETRY
Wednesday, June 4th, 7:00 P.M., Performance Poets Association presents featured poet, Barbara Reiher-Meyers at Smithtown Library, 1 North Country Rd (corner of route 111 and route 25), Smithtown. (631) 265-2072 ext. 208.
Saturday, June 7th, 2:00 PM The North Sea Poetry Scene presents "Let's Talk Poetry". Chi Poetry (Poetry of Healing) by Dr. David B. Axelrod, Suffolk County Poet Laureate, at Walt Whitman Birthplace, 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, South Huntington. Phone: (631) 427-5240 Admission $5.00 per person, $7.00 per couple www.waltwhitman.org
Sunday, June 8th,
12:00-5:00 P.M Northport Arts Coalition presents
"Sunday in the Park"
featuring Art, Music and poetry. Former Suffolk poet laureate George Wallace
will read at the gazebo in Northport Park, hosted by Barbara Reiher-Meyers, from
4:00 to 5;00 P.M. Open mic to follow.
Sunday, June 8th,
2:00pm Primal
Sanities! A Tribute to Walt Whitman.
Readings from the anthology of poems
and essays about or inspired by Whitman, plus book signing, wine and cheese.
Free. Hosted by Mankh at Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, 246 Old Walt
Whitman Road, South Huntington, (631) 427-5240,wwba@optonline.net
Friday, June 13th,
7:30pm - 9:00pm
PPA presents featured
poets, Gladys L. Henderson and Elaine Preston,
hosted by Lisa James at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 380 Walt Whitman Road,
Huntington Station, Open reading to follow.
www.performancepoets.org
Saturday, June
14th, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Peer Poetry Workshop,
facilitated by Barb Reiher-Meyers
at United Methodist Church, 792 Hawkins Ave (At Five Corners) Lake Grove. Open
to poets at all levels. Bring 8-10 copies of a poem needing review. Free.
reiherbpoet@aol.com
June 7th-8th, 11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. NY Solarfest Concert for Peace. Vendors, lectures, live performances and food at Solar Cafe’, 1 First Ave., Brentwood, NY. 348-7181www.solarcafeus.com
VISUAL ARTS
NAC member Kate Kelly will have her
photograph,
"Spring Thaw," on exhibit at
the fotofoto gallery as part of the exhibit,
"Your Best Shot,"
their 4th Annual National Photography Competition, juried by Constance Schwartz,
Director and Chief Curator of the Nassau County Museum of Art. Exhibition Dates:
June 6th to July 13th, 2008.
Fotofoto gallery is located at 372 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY. Opening
reception on June 7th, from 5 - 7pm.
Create and participate in a public art installation in Huntington:
“Huntington Columns”
The public is
invited to join
Thea Lanzisero,
with guest artists including Sydra Nightingale in the creation of this
innovative environmental art piece inspired by the Egyptian colonnade at the
temple of Aman-Ra in Karnak, and created entirely out of bamboo, jute rope and
solar lighting. These sustainable local materials represent ‘eco-friendly’
elevated to an art form. Sat June 14th -Friday June
20th Sat/Sun: 1pm-4pm Mon-Friday: 10am-1pm & 4-7pm. (Wed
June 18th no afternoon session.) Reception to be held
on Friday Night June 20th 7pm. Look for the white tent
at the corner of Park Ave and Pulaski Rd., Huntington. Parking will be available
across the street at Citibank. To reserve a time for your group to participate,
contact
thealanzisero@yahoo.com.
For more details:
www.thealanzisero.com.
Anthony Davis will exhibit his most recent work in a two person show at the Christopher Gallery, 131 Main Street, Stony Brook, N.Y., 11790. For information, please call (631) 689-1601 Opening Reception on Saturday, June 14th, from 2-5pm.
The
2008 Embracing Our
Differences Art Exhibition will
take place September 26th-October 13th
at the Nassau County Museum of Art and from October 17th-29th
at Heckscher Park in Huntington.
www.chdhu.org/eod
Northport DO-Artist Janet
Simpson invites others to join her to
Sketch and Kvetch,
talk about art, meet old and new friends, and to enjoy the beauty of the
Northport Village Park, 10 - 12 noon, on Second Sundays, in good weather.
Contact: JanetSimpson@optonline.net
Watch Janet en pleine air:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
The DO-Artist "Opera Carnivale”: Time to start researching an opera related costume to wear at "Cow Harbor Day", September 21, 2008. DO-Artists in costumes! Where? Any where on the sidewalks of Main Street, Northport. Who? Every one is invited to participate. There are no fees, forms, rules, age limits, nor competency levels! Just a whole lot of fun for DO-Artists! Got a poster? Send jpeg to Doris Rowe for the "Opera Carnivale" poster collection video: dojoro@optonline.net
Watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Rodee Hansen
will exhibit her hand crafted flower greeting cards and framed pressed flower
arrangements at the Huntington Library on Main Street in Huntington this month,
June 2008.
THEATER
Double Exposure, a play
written by NAC member Michael Casano, will be performed as part of the American
Dating Catastrophes, Vol. VI One Act Play Festival being held June 27th
-29th at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five
Towns College. Previously, Double Exposure was read during a meeting of
the Northport Reader's Theater in 2007. For more information on the festival or
to purchase tickets for any of the performances, please call (631) 656-2148 or
visit
www.dhpac.org.
Township Theater
Group concludes its 55th season with,
Over the River and
Through the Woods.
Directed by Fred Sprauer and produced by Betty Sprauer,
comedy abounds when a young
executive from New Jersey is offered his “dream job” in Seattle. Moving across
country does not sit well with his four Italian-American grandparents who fill
their Sunday dinner get-togethers with unsolicited advice, matchmaking and
unending food in an effort to keep their grandson around. A warm-hearted family
comedy, Laurel Avenue School Theatre, Northport June 1st,
6th and 7th , 2:00 PM
Sunday, 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $20, students/seniors $18. For
information/tickets visit
www.TownshipTheatreGroup.com
or call (631) 421-9832
The John Engeman Theater will present Man of La Mancha, the poignant story of a dying old man who finds himself both a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition and his own mind; with music by Mitch Leigh, book by Joe Lardon, and libretto by Dale Wasserman, from June 26th, until August 3rd. The tale is a romantic and noble journey of a knight who sets out to right all wrongs and win the heart of a good woman as he duels windmills along the way. Man of La Mancha is the classic comic tragedy of man’s struggle against all odds to dream “The Impossible Dream.”
FILM
Thursday, June 5th at 7:30pm, Moving Pictures: Films by Contemporary Artists, a joint presentation of the Heckscher Museum of Art and the Cinema Arts Centre present Chelsea Girls, Andy Warhol’s epic portrait of the sex, drugs, and madness of Downtown New York City in the 1960s, with guest speaker, Dr. Kenneth Wayne, Chief Curator, Heckscher Museum of Art.
Chris and Don:
A Love Story, the true story of
the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher
Isherwood (Cabaret) and American portrait painter Don Bachardy, starts June 13th
at the Cinema Arts Centre with a Special Preview: Thursday, June 12th
at 7:30pm, in person: Co-directors Tina Mascara and Guido Santi
www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
Cinema Arts center, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY 631-423-7611.
DANCE
Sunday in the Park: On Sunday, June
8th
Roni Yaari
and
Inner Spirit Middle
Eastern dancers will be
performing in Northport Village Park from 1-2pm.
Posey Dance
Repertory Company will be
holding auditions during July for the next season. Contact Ms. Posey at
631-757-2700 for an appointment.
Posey School summer
programs begin July 7.
Creative Arts Camp for boys and girls ages 4 to 8 July 8, 9 & 10 and August 12, 13 & 14 includes art, music and dance.
Ballet Intensive taught by Elsa
Posey, July 7 & 8 and July 10 & 11 from 10:30 to2:30 daily. Wednesday classes on
July 9, 16 and 23 and August 6, 13 and 20; creative dance, ballet, jazz, tap and
modern dance. Register now on line at
www.poseyschool.com
or call 631-757-2700.
NAC MEMBER NEWS
NAC Arts NEWS has a new look, and a new editor. I am happy to assume the task of editing our monthly newsletter and thank Pat Bond, NAC Director, and Laura DeSalvo, Membership Advisor, for their help and enthusiasm during this transition. Over the next few months I will begin to include some new formatting, sections and features. New in this issue, find Green Events: NAC encourages members to submit announcements for green events focusing on sustainable living, renewable energy, bioregionalism, and non-polluting materials that have low impact on the environment and our community. Green events are found in green text throughout the newsletter. Look for the green paint tube. Also new in this issue is an updated logo and an arts at a glance calendar. Visit www.christinedarch.com for information about me, and thank you for reading the NAC Arts NEWS.
Christine Darch,
Editor
Please submit your
arts related announcements for next month’s newsletter to
nacnewsletter@gmail.com
by the 26th of this month. Announcements should be limited to six
lines, 100 words. Photos in jpeg format may be included when appropriate.
Photographs submitted which include children must indicate parent’s permission
granted. Please note that in order to post information, NAC requires current
membership. Please renew your membership by the 26th in order to have
your announcement included in the upcoming newsletter.
The NAC Board thanks Scherer & Sons
Aquatic Gardens for their generous support. Scherer’s is a Northport gem and a
visit will inspire every artist. Thank you to the Northport Chamber of Commerce
and to the Northport Fire Department for supporting our Sunday in the Park
Event.
The Northport
Arts Coalition thanks our present and past supporters:
NAC MEMBERS
Northport Fire Department
Northport Chamber of Commerce
Northport/East Northport Public Library
Northport Village Hall
Huntington Arts Council
Suffolk County Legislature, Jon Cooper
Assemblyman, Andrew Raia
Chase Manhattan Bank
North Fork/Capitol One Bank
Scherer and Sons
Aquatic Gardens
NAC BOARD
Lauren Paige, Executive Director
Pat Bond, Director
Charlotte Koons, Outreach Specialist
Terry Lister, Public Relations
Marsha Bartley, Treasurer
Christine Darch, NAC Newsletter Editor
ADVISORY BOARD
Laura DeSalvo, Membership Advisor
Craig Fligstein, Grant consultant
Kate Kelly, Visual Art Advisor
Kevin McMahon, Web Manager
Mary Ellen Moll, Library Liaison
Daniel Paige, Community Liaison
George Rehn, C.P.A.
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