NAC ARTS NEWS May 2010
NAC WEDNESDAY
May 12th, 2010. Northport Arts Coalition and the Northport Public library present: a special edition of Happenings on Main Street, Long Island's most unique street music program. Twelve years of great musical entertainment. Kick-off Happenings on Main Street Preview performance at the Northport-East Northport Public Library, Northport Village. 7 PM. Features singer/songwriters, jazz, blues, popular. All age appropriate. Free. www.northportarts.org
Happenings 2010 Showcase Artists include:
Sandy & Steve Edwards
Annie Mark
Miss Trees - Annie Mark, Sandy Edwards, Lynn Usher
Cathy Kreger
Maureen Kammerer
Catherine Ishikawa & Paul Falco
In Kahoots - Vinny Bruno & Kate Levine
Andrea Cetlin
Friends of Jazz - Glenn Baldwin
Music
NAC EVENT
Fridays, May 28 through September 3. The Northport Arts Coalition
presents Happenings on Main Street,
Long Island's most unique street music program. Twelve years of great
musical entertainment. Features singer/songwriters, jazz, blues, swing,
bluegrass, country, popular and open mic. Friday evenings, 7-8:30 PM at
the edge of Northport Village Park. All age appropriate. Lawn
chairs/blankets suggested. Weather permitting. Free.
www.northportarts.org
May
1, 2010 at 8:00PM Bassam Saba
Ensemble at the French Institute Alliance Francais - Florence Gould
Hall. Northport resident Bassam Saba, virtuoso and
multi-instrumentalist who’s credits range from Sting to Yo-Yo Ma,
headlines FIAF’s "World Nomads - Lebanon" summer series. The BSE
performs Saba's original music, passionate works deeply rooted in the
traditions of classical Arabic and Lebanese folk. The evening features
Saba on the oud, nay, saz and flute; Ali Amr on qanun, Megan Gould,
William Shaheen and Corinne Stokes on violin; William Martina on cello;
Brian Holtz on doublebass; and April Centrone and Tareq Rantisi on
percussion.
www.bassamsaba.com
For tickets, $25, click
here.
May 2nd, 2010 Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble performance North Shore Public Library. 2PM, free admission.
May
8, 2010. The North Shore Symphony Orchestra
presents Viola Extravaganza, an orchestral concert featuring
Brahms Serenade No. 2, a piece using no violins but lots of violas.
Brahms Haydn Variations and Beethoven's 7th Symphony are also on
the program, which is at 8 PM at the J. F. Kennedy High School, 50
Kennedy Dr., Plainview. Tickets at the door are $10
General, $8 Senior/Student. For more information see
www.northshoresymphonyorch.org or phone 516-695-4476
May 15th, 2010 Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble performance Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Friends of Music 8 PM 631-749-1488,free admission.
May 15th , 2010 - Saturday, 8:00 pm Award-winning singer-songwriter Patricia Shih will making a rare appearance with her music for adults as part of a four-act concert of musicians at the Folk Music Society of Huntington's Spring Fling. It will be held at the Congregational Church of Huntington in Centerport, NY.Other acts include Josh Joffen and Maria Fairchild. Please call (631)549-2332 for further information.
May 16, 2010, 3:00 PM. Patricia Shih, award-winning singer-songwriter, has released her fourth album for families and children entitled "Your ImaginEngine!” She will be having a CD release party and live concert on Sunday, May 16th at 3:00 at the Congregational Church of Huntington in Centerport, NY. Admission is $5 and comes with a $5 discount for merchandise purchases. Non-perishable food items are requested and gladly accepted. Free refreshments and raffle/auction to benefit Doctors Without Borders' Haiti campaign.
May 16th, 2010 Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble CD Launch Party at the Long Island Violin Shop 5-7PM. Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. 8 Elm Street, Huntington, NY 631-427-3569 donations accepted and appreciated.
May
21, 2010 - The Northport Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of Richard Hyman, will present a free concert at
8:00 P.M., featuring violinist Joseph D’Esposito, who will play Violin
Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Orchestra will also perform works by Schubert, Gluck, and
Mozart. The concert will take place at the East
Northport Middle School, 1075 Fifth Avenue, East Northport (east of
Larkfield Road). No tickets are necessary for this
free concert. Visit our Web site at
www.northportorchestra.org
.
May 26th , 2010 First Presbyterian Music and Ministry presents the Noontime Recital Series - 12:30 - 1:00 P.M., featured artists Carl Gscheidle, organ; Pam Myers, soprano.
June
12th, 2010. The North Shore Symphony
Orchestra presents Horizons, an orchestral concert featuring violinist
Anton Polyzhayev as soloist in the Lalo Symphony Espangole. The
Strauss Fledermaus Overture, Turina Procession del Rocio and Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture are also on the program, which is at 8 PM at the J. F.
Kennedy High School, 50 Kennedy Dr., Plainview.
Tickets at the door are $10 General, $8 Senior/Student.
For more information see
www.northshoresymphonyorch.org or phone 516-695-4476
NAC EVENTJune 26th, 2010, The Northport Arts Coalition announces the NAC’s 2nd Annual Plein Air Classical Music Festival, Join us on the lawn outside the gazebo for a lovely afternoon of live classical music by the best of Northport’s classical musicians. Saturday afternoon 12-5PM, Northport Village Gazebo, Northport NY. Free! Bring your family, friends, a picnic, lawn chairs etc. For program information, visit www.northportarts.org This concert will not be held in the event of inclement weather.
Visual Art
NAC
EVENTMay
2nd 2010,
Northport Art Walk
the Northport Chamber of Commerce in association with Northport Arts
Coalition will be holding
its second Art walk on Sunday, May 2nd, from 4- 7 pm. Begin the tour at
Copenhagen Bakery or Caffe Portofino to pick up a self guided tour map.
See some of established and emerging artists at many galleries,
studios and eclectic gallery-for-a day venues in Northport's Main Street
area. The Art Walk will be a great way to check out Northport's bustling
and diverse art community! Questions should be directed to Lisa Harris,
ArtWalk Coordinator.
Website: Northport ArtWalk Website
Email: NORTHPORTARTWALK@
May 2, 2010 Mary Ahern will be partnering with Copenhagen Bakery for the upcoming Northport ArtWalk. She will be showing some of her traditional work in addition to her digital paintings, all of which are inspired by her Northport gardens. Come by for a cup of coffee, a muffin and a chat about Gardens and Art.
Through
May 8th, 2010. Kate Kelly
will be exhibiting a new body of work, “GRAFFITI UNDER GLASS” at the
Ripe Art Gallery located at 67a Broadway, Greenlawn, NY, Info.
631-239-1805
www.ripeartgal.com Exhibit runs through May 8th, 2010. (for further
information of upcoming exhibits visit
www.katekellyart.com - COLORSCAPES II opening May 2nd, 2-4pm, Cold
Spring Harbor Library Gallery)
May 1 – 31, 2010. Colorscapes II, by Kate Kelly. Cold Spring Harbor Library Art Gallery, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 631-692-6820. Opening Reception, Sunday, May 2, 2- 4PM Free admission. www.cshlibrary.org or www.katekellyart.com
NAC EVENT
Through June 2nd.Fantasmagoric
Journey Through the Art of Con Artist! at the Northport Tasting
Room Gallery,70 Main Street, Northport, NY 11768 Ph.
631-261-0642. Opening reception April 18, 2010 2 - 5pm, Exhibit runs
through June 2nd. Hours of Operation: Mon - Thur 10am - 11pm,
Fri - Sat 10am - 2am, Sun 12pm - 11pm. Artists interested in applying to
exhibit at the Tasting Room, email Kate Kelly:
kate@katekellyart.com (subject: Tasting Room Exhibits).
Through May 2nd Roslyn Marcus will be showing multi-media pictures and decoupage boxes at BJ Spoke Gallery Huntington, NY; free admission.
May
4th to May 30th, 2010, Elizabeth
Ehrlichman will show monotypes and mixed media works in Studies
for Ulalume, a solo show inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem.
They will be at the b.j. spoke gallery 299 Main Street,
Huntington, open from Tuesday to Sunday 11-5 and Friday evenings until 9
PM. The artist’s reception will be Saturday, May 8
from 6 - 9 PM.
May 5 through June 21st, 2010.The Huntington Arts Council Seventh Annual Juried Photography Show, will be at the Council's Main Street Petite Gallery May 5 through June 21, 2010.The juror is Neil Scholl, a street and documentary photographer whose work is in the permanent collection of the Heckscher Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, corporations and galleries. Main Street Petite Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington (hours Mon.-Fri. 9 am – 5 pm).
May 2010 The digital painting, "Daffodil Trio" by Mary Ahern, the Botanical Artist is featured on the cover of the Village Connection Magazine with an article and additional images of her work.
May
8th to June 6th Roslyn
Marcus will present a one women show at Clovis Point Windward
Winery in Jamesport NY and will be showing multi-media art, boxes and
stylized heads. Free admission; meet the artist may
8th 1:30 to 3:00pm.
Deadline May 27,2010: Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding announces A Call to all artists...Embracing Our Differences: Fourth Annual Outdoor Art Exhibition Open to all students, professional and amateurs. Selected work (up to 33) will be displayed at multiple venues and will have an enormous impact on building an inclusive society, one that rejects hatred. Submissions in Jpeg: selected works displayed 16'x12'. For the criteria, submission details and release form, go to www.chdhu.org/EOD or call 631-451-4700 Deadline is May 27,2010
June 5 & June 6th, 2010. Attention Artists and Craftspeople: the Art League of Long Island seeks entries for its 43rd Annual Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Fair, June 5 & June 6, 2010 at Heckscher Park in Huntington, rain or shine. Call (631) 462-5400 or www.artleagueli.org for prospectus.
June
25th-27th Plein Air Painting Event: The search for
the region’s most accomplished plein air painters continues this June in
NAC’s 4th Annual Plein Air Painting Event.
Select artists will be invited to paint within the Village of Northport
(along the harbor and Main Street) on June 25th and 26th.
At the end of the second day they will submit one painting for a
silent auction to be held June 27th at LaMantia Gallery. Event will be
held rain or shine. Sunday the 27th will feature an
exhibition and silent auction for the “wet” paintings at LaMantia
Gallery. Prospectus:
www.northportarts.org
June 29-July 30th, 2010.Painters & Sculptors: Salamagundi Club seeks entries for Annual Open Non-Member Painting & Sculpture Juried Exhibition June 29-July 30, 2010 in NYC. Download prospectus at www.salmagundi.org
Through June. Andrea M. Gordon
of Heart To Heart Photography, will be showing
her photography at Urban Coffee 101 Broadway Greenlawn, NY
261-7979 from 1/29-6/30/10.
Portrait
Photographer Cheryl Lynn Hager-Reilly will be practicing her studio
portraiture
during the month of March at the children's clothing boutique Sophi Blu,
on Main Street in Northport Village, NY. Those interested in a free
photo sitting session for babies, children, and families to create
images for purchase may call 631-560-2772 or email
cldesigns@live.com.
Deadline July 9th, 2010. Calling All Artists! The Long Island Museum Presents Juried Art Show 2010 Lets Eat! All amateur and professional artists are eligible to enter the Long Island Museum’s 2010 juried art competition. Cash prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention for works in any medium representing food, eating, cooking and kitchens. Deadline for entries is July 9, 2010. Winning entries will be on display in the Art Museum from September 10 through September 19, 2010.For submission guidelines and additional information, please contact Lisa Unander, Assistant Director of Education at 631-751-0066 x214 or art@longislandmuseum.org .LIM 1200 Route 25A; Stony Brook, NY 11793; (631) 751-0066; www.longislandmuseum.org
Poetry
NAC EVENT May 28th, 2010. Northport Arts Coalition presents Poets in Port, a series of poetry readings on the fourth Friday of every month at 7:30 at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theatre. This May 28th, 2010 will feature reader Dorothy Friedman.
Upcoming readers are:
May 28 Dorothy Friedman
Jun 25 Mary Jane Tenerelli
Jul 23 Joli Ienuso
Aug 27 Christine Z.
Sep 24 Tara Propper
Oct 22 Max Wheat
May
2nd, 2010, A celebration of the Poets Laureate
of Long Island with poet/novelist Claire Nicolas White will be
held at the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook village from 5-9, all are
welcome. Tickets, $50, $150, $250, please go the web
site for additional information,
http://poetographyLongIsland.
Poetry books will be available, including PAUMANOK, Poems and Pictures of Long Island. Or call Kathy, cell: 516-607-9111.
Theater
NAC EVENT May 3rd, 2010.The Northport Reader's Theater will be reading four of the plays which were submitted to the Northport One-Act Play Festival. All are welcome to read or to listen. On Monday, May 3rd, at 7:30PM at St Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St, Northport. For further information contact Jo Ann Katz at 631-261-5089 or JoAnnKatz@gmail.com. The next meeting will be on June 7th.
May 3rd, 2010 Auditions – The Minstrel Players of Northport audition the role of Sgt. Standish for Anthony Shaffer's Whodunnit on Monday, at 7:30. Male Actor, age 20 – 40. British accent preferred. Performances will be on Saturdays, July 24 & 31 at 8 PM, and Sundays, July 25 & August 1 at 3 PM at Houghton Hall theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church located at 130 Main Street in Northport Village. Please bring a resume and headshot. For more information, please call 631-732-2926 or visit us online at www.minstrelplayers.org or become a fan on Facebook.
May 7-June 25th, 2010. Drama for Children at Posey School: Certified English Language Arts Specialist, Maria Cerniello, will be directing children's theater, grades K-12, May 7-June 25, at Posey School, 57 Main Street, Northport. Her unique curriculum, "Page to Stage Drama", builds reading, writing and acting skills as students interpret classic literature and develop original ideas into plays. Call Posey School to register: 631-757-2700.
May 12th 2010 A Grandmother & a Nun! Charlotte Koons, a NAC Board Member will be part of Bare Bones Alumni Showcase, playing the part of the Nun, with Annette Kirk as Miss Jean Brody in scenes from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brody". Then on June 9th, Charlotte will appear as part of NAC Wednesday's Reader's Theater Special: Three Plays by Mike Casano.
May 13-16th, 2010 Casting Call for New Theater Company on Long Island, Playback Theater L.I.
PlaybackNYC has received a generous grant from the Hagedorn Foundation to train and build a new improvisational theater company for Long Island. They encourage people from all walks of life and levels of experience, not just those with acting experience, to check out the details of auditioning for this new project. Playback uses music, dance, FreeStyle hip hop and improvisational theater to transform the stories of our audience into theater. Playback Theater LI will be holding a free training workshop from May 13-16, 2010 for those selected. Those selected will be working as a team, taking scripts from the audience’s memories, dreams, and social and political conflicts. Also seeking MUSICIANS interested in taking their cue from the audience and working as a team with the actors.Email questions and paragraph about why you are interested to playbacktheaterli@gmail.com or call or Project Manager Jessica McAvoy 516-446-2371 for more info.
May 18. Township Theatre Group Annual Meeting May 18 at 7:45 PM – 9:30 PM. Open meeting for all who love theatre. Annual Election of Board Officers. Short business meeting followed by theatrical workshop or presentation. Opportunities to become involved in mainstage production "Barefoot in the Park" to be performed in Northport June 4-12. Meeting location: Countrywood School, Old Country Road, South Huntington (1/4 mile east of 5 corner intersection Old Country/Wolf Hill/ Pigeon Hill Roads). Directions on website www.townshiptheatregroup.com.
June 4-12. Township Theatre Group presents the Neil Simon comedy "BAREFOOT IN THE PARK", June 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday matinee June 6 at 2:00 p.m. The Theater is located at the William Brosnan School, 158 Laurel Road in Northport. Tickets $20.00, students/seniors $18.00. For ticket information call 631-421-9832 or order online at www.townshiptheatregroup.com. SPECIAL OFFER FOR NAC MEMBERS. ORDER ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE USING THE PROMO CODE “NORTHPORT” AND RECEIVE A $5 DISCOUNT (not including service fees). TTG is also partnering with the Northport Ecumenical Lay Council Food Pantry on a food drive to support the pantry. Bring 5 food items to a performance and receive $5 off the full door price of one ticket at the box office. Please note, discounts may not be combined.
Young Playwrights Inc. is opening a Workshop Leader Search for Long Island Playwrights. Contact education@youngplaywrights.org or visit www.youngplaywrights.org
NAC EVENT June 9th, 2010.The Northport Reader's Theater, under the auspices of the Northport Arts Coalition, will return to the Northport Public Library on Wednesday, June 9th at 7pm for its 3rd annual "NAC Wednesday" presentation. This year, the group presents a staged reading of three plays -- "Who Knew?", "Hidden in the Past", and "The Annie Parker Show" -- written by playwright (and Greenlawn resident) Michael Casano and directed by Jo Ann Katz. The theme of the evening's plays is "Family...and where you find it." All are welcome. Discussion with playwright to follow. Free admission. For additional information, call (631) 261-6930.
June 23rd and 25th, 2010. New Millenium Five Star Entertainment Presents An Original Three Act Play, Abigail Summers tickets are $10, to benefit the "Muscular Dystrophy Association". Northport Middle School, 11 Middleville Road, Northport NY. June 23rd (Wed) and June 25th (Fri) 7:30 PM. All are invited, free parking
Dance
May 1st, 2010 Posey Dance Repertory Concert at Northport Middle School at 5 p.m.
Posey Dance Repertory Company will perform original choreography by Kimberly Wager, Abigail Agresta-Stratton, Elsa Posey and the dancers. Everyone is welcome. Tickets will be available at the door. For information, call Posey School at 631-757-2700.
DANCE
at The Posey School This Summer:
Intensive Ballet Program for serious dancers daily 9am to 3pm; Also Teen
Jazz • Hip Hop Contemporary African Dance
www.poseyschool.com 631.757.2700 Summer Dance for
all 7 Weeks July 6 thru Aug. 20 ♥Mommy, Daddy & Me ♥Preschool Creative
Dance ♥Children’s Dance ♥Adult Ballet at the Posey School • 57 Main
Street, Northport Village
Film
LI Filmmakers, Cinema Arts Centre Huntington, seeks video and film entries for Long Island Biennial (in partnership with Heckscher Museum of Art), featuring works by filmmakers living in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Submission guidelines, application available at www.cinemaartscenter.org
May
7th, 2010. “Babies” opens: follow four babies around the
world – from birth to first steps! For more info & show times, go to
www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
May 14th at 7:30pm only: “The Habit of Art”, a new play by Alan Bennett (History Boys, The Madness of King George) from the stage of National Theatre, London to the big screen at CAC, about an imagined meeting of Benjamin Britten and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden screening at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington, NY. Tickets on sale now at www.cinemaartscentre.org , by calling 800-838-3006, or in-person at the box office
Member News
The Northport Arts Coalition thanks our sponsors for the Northport One Act Play Festival. Thank you to the Louis J. Acompora Memorial Foundation and Northport Capitol One Bank. We could not have put on this event without your support. The NAC also thanks the Arizona Ice Tea Corporation for 250 bottles of Ice Tea.
IMPORTANT Correction to recent Newsday article: The Northport One Act Play Festival was presented by the Northport Arts Coalition (not the Northport Arts “Alliance”) in collaboration with the Northport/East Northport Community Drug and Alcohol Task Force and the Northport High School. The article was incorrect in stating that proceeds from this event would go directly to the Northport/East Northport Library to upgrade their theatrical facilities.
The Northport Arts Coalition thanks branch manger Joseph Passeggiota and Northport Capital One Bank for their contribution to the Northport One Act Play Festival and their continued support of our not for profit arts coalition:
Executive
Director, Lauren Paige; Director, Pat Bond; Northport Capital One Branch
Manager Joseph Passeggiota and Community Outreach specialist, Charlotte
Koons
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