NAC ARTS NEWS February 2011
NAC WEDNESDAY
NAC EVENT February 9th, 2011 - The Northport Arts Coalition, in cooperation with the Northport/E.Northport Library presents, "How They Danced in Early New England: A Contra Dance Demo/Workshop". Long before couple dancing was the norm, social dancing in early America was done in groups. Each group or “set” was arranged in a long line of pairs. Traditionally, but not necessarily, one male and one female would execute simple figures, with the other dancers, up and down the line. These lively, simple dances are still done around the world and are called Contra Dancing. After a demo, the audience will be invited onto the floor. No fancy steps, no swinging, mostly walking in simple patterns. A live fiddle band, featuring Larry Moser and Mary Nagin, will provide the music with instruction by Annette Kirk. Suitable for ages 8 and up. Non-dancers will enjoy listening to the lively traditional reels, jigs and waltzes. 7:00 p.m., Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave. For information call (631) 261 6930. Free Admission.
Visual Art
NAC
Artist Opportunity
The 2011 Northport Art Walk Committee is soliciting Artists for participation in
the
Northport ArtWalk scheduled for 6 separate dates from April through
September 2011. Seeking a diverse group of Artists working in art glass,
collage, mosaics, watercolor, mixed media, photography, printmaking, sculpture ,
textiles, pottery, oil/acrylic painting and painting in both digital and/or
traditional forms, sculpture, mixed media, fabric, weaving, collage, etc.
Artists specializing in diverse or unusual media are encouraged to
participate...If you created it, we'd like to see it. Jurying for Artist
participation in the Northport ArtWalk will be the joint responsibility of the
Northport ArtWalk Committee and the Northport Arts Coalition. Click here for
the:
2011 ArtWalk application
The Northport ArtWalk is a self-guided walking tour of the many galleries, studios and eclectic gallery-for-a-day venues centered around and along Northport's picturesque Harbor and Main Street. The ArtWalk is one of the best ways for visitors to enjoy Northport's bustling and diverse Art community by bringing visitors to view the Art of established and emerging Artists. The festive atmosphere of Northport will be punctuated by musical performances; live Artistic demonstrations and street decorations as town visitors peruse the Art in restaurants, antique shops, boutiques and cafes that are part of this historic village.
Artists can choose to participate in one or more of the individual events that will be held on the third Sunday of each month beginning in April and ending in September. The September ArtWalk will be held on the second Sunday of the month, a week before Cow Harbor Weekend. The Art Walk will be from 1-5pm.Dates: April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, August 21, and September 11, 2011
Fees are as follows: $10 Non refundable Application Fee;The Artist fee for participating in this Northport ArtWalk is $25 per event. The Artists must be a member of the Northport Arts Coalition to participate. An application is available online at our website: http://www.northportarts.org/contact.html
Deadlines: February 15, 2011 is the deadline for all Artists’ applications. February 28, 2011 notifications will be distributed.
February 5th 2011, “Go APE” Advanced Placement Student Exhibition at Art League Opens The Art League of Long Island is pleased to present the fourth annual “Go APE” Advanced Placement Exhibition February 5 -16. More than 100 Advanced Placement Art Students from 33 high schools throughout Long Island exhibit their 2-D and 3-D works of art in a professional gallery setting in what may be the first of many in their professional careers.“APE Awards” will be given out at the opening reception and will recognize outstanding work created in each of the following categories: Drawing Portfolio, 2D Design Portfolio, and 3D Design Portfolio. The opening reception is on Sunday February 6, 3 – 5pm.The exhibit can be viewed in the Art League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery Monday through Friday 9am – 4pm, and on Saturday and Sunday 11am -4pm. The gallery is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills, NY. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org
February 5 & 12. Knitting with Wire – Earrings Workshop. Knit Provocatively. Increase your knitting vocabulary along with your jewelry wardrobe and let it show! Meets at the Art League of Long Island 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Workshop fee: $165. To register, call t League of Long Island at (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.
February 8th, 2011The time is now! Support for the arts is in jeopardy. The arts are an essential ingredient in our lives on Long Island. Show your support for arts funding by joining us in Albany at Arts Advocacy Day on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011. Help make our voices heard with our Legislators while showing enthusiastic support for arts funding. Join us and help represent the entire Long Island community and the New York State Council on the Arts. Contact the Huntington Arts Council, Inc. to reserve your FREE bus seat at 631.271.8423 x10.Your attendance is essential to support the arts on Long Island! Please note that the bus will depart from Albany at 3:00 pm. Sponsored jointly to date by: Cinema Arts Centre, Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council, East End Arts Council, Huntington Arts Council, Islip Arts Council, Long Island Arts Alliance, Long Island Children’s Museum and Long Island Traditions. The 2011 Advocacy Day HQ handbook is available at www.artsnys.org.
Arts Advocacy Day Bus Departures:
1) Riverhead, T.J. Maxx Shopping Center at 6:00 am
2) Exit 63, LIE Park & Ride at 6:30 am
3) Exit 53, LIE Wicks Road Park & Ride at 6:50 am
4) Exit 49, LIE Park and Ride Huntington at 7:00 am
5) Exit 41N, Ikea Parking Lot, Broadway Mall at 7:15 am
6) Exit 36, Searington Rd., Christopher Morley Park at 7:25 am
February 10. NYC Museum Tour: Stieglitz, Steichen & Strand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bus departs from Dix Hills for a relaxing ride to NYC. Works by these giants of photography are among the Met's greatest photographic treasures. Bus departs from Art League of Long Island 9:15am; coffee and bagels will be served along the way. Bus departs NYC at 3:15pm. Cost of trip and museum ticket is $85. To register, call (631) 462-5400 x222 or visit www.artleagueli.org
NYC Museum Tours are presented by the Art League of Long Island in collaboration with Mark of Elegance Transportation.
February 12 & 13, 2011 (12-5PM) Andrea M. Gordon will be showing her photographs at Ashawagh Hall 780 Springs Fireplace Rd. East Hampton, NY 11937 631/537-6098 "Love & Passion" Opening Reception Saturday February 12 5-8pm Music by Alfredo Merat.
Feb. 15th, 2011 7:00-9:00 pm Art League of Long Island's Art Brew, showcasing 9 artists. Denise will provide live acoustic music. Refreshments served. 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills 631-462-5400 www.deniseromas.com
Artist Opportunity February 17th, 2011. Artists wanted for an exhibition titled "Salute: Paintings and Sculpture by and in Honor of Long Island's Veterans". Bring up to three artworks to the Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Rd. Dix Hills (exit 42N of NSP) on Thursday, February 17, 3 - 7 PM, for review and possible inclusion in the exhibition taking place February 27 to March 27. Call Bobbie Janowitz, 631-462-5400 ext. 227 or Annette Bernhardt ext. 223, for details.
NAC
EVENT
Through February 17th, 2011
"Abstract Notions
of Reality" exhibit of work by painter Barbara Bilotta,
Admission free. Northport Tasting Room & Wine Cellar, 70 Main Street, Northport,
NY Exhibit on display through February 17th, 2011. 631-261-0642. Hrs: Daily 1PM
- closing. Artists interested in an application to exhibit please email Kate
Kelly:
Kate@katekellyart.com
NAC
EVENT
Sunday, February 20, 2011.
"Interpreted
Landscapes." Paintings & Drawings. Reception for Artist,
Janet Simpson.
2 - 5PM Free Admission. Exhibit runs through March 31, 2011. Northport Tasting
Room & Wine Cellar, 70 Main Street, Northport, NY
631-261-0642. Hrs: Daily 1PM - closing.
Artists interested in an application to exhibit please email Kate Kelly: Kate@katekellyart.com
February 26th, 2011 ( Reception.) Gerry Hirschstein will be exhibiting his work at the Suburban Art League's Annual Members Show at the Rockville Center Public Library. The show runs from Sun, Feb 6th through the reception and critique which is Sat, Feb 26th.
February 27 – March 27th. “Salute: Paintings and Sculptures by and in honor of Long Island Veterans” at the Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills. Artwork by WWII airman and POW Paul Pomeranz, Erich Preis, and others in tribute to our soldiers. Reception is Sunday February 27, 3 – 5 pm. For more information visit www.artleagueli.org or call (631) 462-5400.
Through Feb. 28th. The Huntington Arts Council at the Main Street Petite Gallery presents "With Love With Art", a solo exhibition. The exhibit will run from January 14th – February 28th, 2011 during regular gallery hours. EunJung Park supplies her audience with paintings and glass vials filled with colored liquids while plastic tubes are placed in front of images. She often refers to her youth when she was ill and spent an extended period of time within a hospital. Her approach is both conceptual and figurative. This exhibit is unlike any other and truly personal. Main Street Petite Gallery is located at 213 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743.
January
15, 2011 - March 27, 2011
Identity Crisis:
Authenticity, Attribution and Appropriation.
Identity Crisis
explores issues relating to the artistic use of other artists’ styles and
images. Historically popular artists had followers, imitators and forgers, while
more recent artists openly adopt well-known images and styles to comment on
originality, authorship and culture. This exhibition presents old master and
nineteenth-century works from The Heckscher Museum Permanent Collection,
providing a framework for connoisseurship issues, such as authenticity and
attribution. Artists to be considered include Giovanni Antonio Canale (called
Canaletto), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet, and George
Inness, among others. Contemporary appropriation artists add a new dimension to
the use of adopted images, as seen in the work of such artists as Mike Bidlo,
David Bierk, George Deem, Audrey Flack, Kathleen Gilje, Paul Giovanopoulos, Deborah
Kass, Jiri Kolar, Sherrie Levine, Carlo Mariani, Yasumasa Morimura, Vik Muniz,
Richard Pettibone, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and others, providing an
instructive and stimulating counterpoint to the issues raised by the historical
works in the show.
Heckscher Museum, Huntington.
Through
March 28, 2011.
A Timeless Legacy
This exhibition highlights the breadth and quality of the Permanent Collection,
which is devoted to European and American art. Founded by industrialist
and philanthropist August Heckscher, the Museum's core collection comprises Old
Master paintings, English portraiture and 19th century European and American art
that was dedicated by Heckscher to the citizens of Huntington in 1920.
Among the works on view from the original Heckscher gift are Lucas Cranach the
Elder’s
Virgin,
Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels, 1534, the earliest painting
in the collection, Franz Wolfgang Rohrich's
Charles V
of Holland and Jeanne La Folle, His Mother, Melchoir d’Hondecoeter’s
Stripped of Borrowed Feathers: The Raven-Jackdaw and Francois
Girardon’s rare bronze,
Rape of
Proserpine, 1693. Also on view are notable subsequent acquisitions,
including George Grosz’s masterpiece,
Eclipse of
the Sun, 1926 and Marsden Hartley's
Garmisch-Partenkirchen #1, 1933-34, as well as Helen Frankenthaler's
July
understated, 1967, which is on extended loan from the Heckscher
family. This installation highlights the Museum's most recent acquisition,
Shinnecock Hills, a Long Island landscape by the American
Impressionist William Merritt Chase, who directed a summer art school on the
East End of the Island during the 1890s. A selection of other works by the
master and his numerous students is also on display. Heckscher Museum,
Huntington.
Through April 4th, 2011:"Island Passions" at The Art-trium Gallery, see this exhibit and explore the depths of island life. "Island Passions" will feature local artists such as Jennifer Lau, John Ellsworth, Pamela Long Nolan and Bobbie Schneider."This exhibit gives the chosen artists an opportunity to use their deeply creative skills to address the concept of “Island” – be it a tropical paradise, a harsh city street, or our own Long Island. Through a variety of media, each artist instills their personal voices in their work and then shares those passions with us," said Art-trium Gallery Curator, William Grabowski. Located at The Art-trium Gallery (25 Melville Park Rd., Melville, N.Y. 11746). The exhibit will close on April 4th, 2011. Monday-Friday: 7am-7pm & Saturday: 8am-1pm.
February 22 - Friday, February 25th, 2011: School's Out! Art's In! Vacation Art Workshop for Kids Tuesday, February 22 - Friday, February 25 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Children ages 7 to 12 years will explore the Museum's Identity Crisis exhibition, looking at how contemporary artists use images by famous artists including Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to create their works of art. Students will complete a series of printmaking, drawing, painting, and sculpting activities throughout the week. The program concludes on Friday afternoon when family and friends are invited for student-led tours of the Museum's exhibitions, and a student exhibition followed by a reception.Members $125, Non-Members $150; Advance registration is required. Call 631.351.3250.
Now through April 4, 2011. Pamela Long Nolan announces the installation of some of her large paintings along with those of Bobbi Schneider, and the photographs of John Ellsworth and Jennifer Lau at the Art-trium Gallery, a satellite gallery of the Huntington Arts Council. The gallery is in the lobby of a large office building located at 25 Melville Park Rd. just off Rt. 110. To get there go east at the second traffic light south of the LIE. The Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday 7am to 7pm. Saturday 8am to 1pm.
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Music
The 2011 Northport Art Walk Committee seeks musicians for participation in the Northport ArtWalk scheduled for 6 separate dates from April through September 2011. Open to a diverse range of musical artists wishing to provide entertainment outdoors on Main Street during 1-5pm on the following days: April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, August 21, and September 11, 2011. Email nacnewsletter@gmail.com with pertinent information for consideration.
Feb.
12, 2011.
The New York Arabic Orchestra’s Winter Concert
features the orchestra's principal vocalist, Naji Youssef, the breathtaking
Arabic voice of New York, whose passion and skill stirs the soul of every
listener.The internationally acclaimed New York Arabic Orchestra returns to
Symphony Space on February 12, 2011 for its annual winter event, presenting an
all new repertoire of classical, contemporary and popular Arabic vocal music.
Bassam Saba
leads the thirty-member ensemble,
comprised of ouds (Arabic lutes), nays (Arabic reed flutes), the qanun (Arabic
zither), Arabic percussion, strings, woodwinds and chorus.Saba, regarded as one
of the few greatest nay players in the world, graces the stage with his passion
and mastery upon a myriad of instruments, including the oud, violin and Western
flute. In his distinguished thirty-year career as a performer and educator, Saba
has collaborated with artists such as Fairouz (the diva of Lebanon), Marcel
Khalife, Simon Shaheen, Sting, Alicia Keys and Yo-Yo Ma.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6666-bassam-saba-and-the-new-york-arabic-orchestra
February 13, 2011This is not your homegrown talent contest. Long
Island is the number one market for the arts in theatre, film and more! The
Huntington Arts Council is pleased to announce auditions for
amateur and professional entertainers for "Got Talent? Long Island,"
the third annual island-wide competition featuring the best performing artists
on Long Island. Live auditions are on tap at the Huntington School of Performing
Arts on two Sundays, January 30 and February 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. The Huntington
School of Performing Arts is located at 310 New York Avenue, Huntington, N.Y.
11743.
Performers will audition for the chance to go on stage as finalists before celebrity judges and a packed auditorium at the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts on March 25th, 2011. Celebrity judges include Martha Wash from the "It's Raining Men" hit, John Platt from WFUV and more! The winner will receive a $500 cash award, an opening performance at the 46th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival, a $1,000 scholarship to Five Towns College and more. Other awards include Audience Choice Award, and Rising Star Awards. Visit www.huntingtonarts.org for more information and an application.
This competition is open to performing artists of any age in any media, amateur or professional, except dance which is prohibited due to the venue. No animal acts or fire permitted. Submission is by live audition or by mailing a video/DVD by February 17 to the Arts Council at 213 Main Street, Huntington, NY. The live auditions are strictly first come, first served; doors will open at 12:00 p.m. and registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for Arts Council members and $30 for non-members.
February 13, 1:00-5:00 pm - Multiple award-winning singer- songwriter Patricia Shih will be one of the judges at the live audition for the third annual Huntington Arts Council's "Got Talent" show at the Huntington School of Performing Arts, 310 New York Avenue, Huntington, N.Y. 11743. Auditions for amateur and professional entertainers compete for this island-wide contest featuring the best performing artists on Long Island. For more information go to http://www.huntingtonarts.org
Feb. 15th, 2011. 7:00-9:00 pm Art League of Long Island's Art Brew, showcasing 9 artists. Denise will provide live acoustic music. Refreshments served. 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills 631-462-5400 www.deniseromas.com
February 19, 8:00
pm - Stephen
Fricker, known on Long Island as accompanist to singer-songwriter Patricia Shih,
will be switching hats and playing bass for rising blues artist Toby Walker
at the
Boulton Center
at
37 West Main St. in Bay Shore. Stephen has a long resume of
performance, recording, arranging, producing, teaching and TV and theater work.
This is a rare opportunity to watch him perform with master musicians
Walker, Buddy Miriam and other guest artists. For more
information go to
http://boultoncenter.org
On
Saturday, February 26,
the Last Licks Cafe
presents Jacqueline Schwab, pianist for the Ken Burns documentary series,
in a concert of solo piano sets featuring her arrangements of vintage American
music, including Civil War tunes, Stephen Foster airs, Victorian dance tunes,
spirituals, ragtime, tango and Billie Holiday and more. The Last Licks Cafe is
at the Unitarian Fellowship, 109 Brown's Rd, Huntington, NY. Open mike at 7:30
pm (sign-up at 7:00 pm). Concert at 8:30 pm. Tickets $10-$12 at door or from
www.brownpapertickets.com . 631-427-9547.
www.lastlickscafe.org
Friday evening, March 11, 2011, 7:30 -10:30 p.m., Nocello's Restaurant is hosting an evening of music with "Moonstruck" - a romantic duo featuring soft rock and sweet love songs with NAC member and pianist Ann Stevens and vocalist Kevin Kaye. No minimum, no cover --you may enjoy the music with a glass of wine, and the kitchen will be open all evening. If you plan to have dinner, kindly call for reservations. 631-262-8565. Nocello's is located on Fort Salonga Road at the corner of Waterside Avenue.
Saturday,
March 19, 2011 at 7pm
Joyous Voices
presents "This Isn't Your Mother's Opera",
a premier performance at Steinway & Sons 505 Walt Whitman Rd in Melville.
Saturday, March 19 at 7pm Long Island-NY .The concerts includes Art Song,
Oratorio, Arias and Duets with composers Copland, Debussy, Puccini and
Franck.There will be light refreshments provided. Tickets are $16 general, $11
student/senior. Limited availability, can purchase online. Please visit: www.tinyurl.com/joyousvoices
for more information. Jessica Zamek and Tara Kavanagh met at New
York Opera Studio workshop the summer of 2009. Quickly
becoming friends, the two sopranos found themselves anxious to create,
experience and share the beautiful journey of singing. Thus, Joyous Voices was
born. Bringing many years of study and performance, this duo endeavors to
express joy within the framework of the voice. Their unique
partnership will bring a thrilling energy to any event. See website to purchase
tickets:
www.tinyurl.com/joyousvoices
Poetry
NAC EVENT Feb. 25th. Friday 7:30pm Poets in Port, featuring Andy Burke plus open reading Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater.
March 25th. Friday 7:30pm Poets in Port, featuring Kempton Boone van Hoff plus open reading Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater. http://northportarts.org/
Film
February 10, 2010. Cinema Arts Centre presents a unique opportunity to meet In Person: Ruth Gruber, Trailblazing Foreign Correspondent. Following a screening of “Ahead of Time”, the documentary tracing her extraordinary life and career, Gruber, age 99, will answer audience questions. During the reception that follows, Ruth Gruber will then sign copies of two of her landmark books—“Exodus 1947: The Ship That Launched A Nation”, illustrated with more than 100 of her own photographs, and “Witness: One of the Great Correspondents of the Twentieth Century Tells her Story”. Thursday evening, February 10th at 7:15pm. For advance tickets & info go to www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
February
28, 2011"Deceptive"
Documentaries:Waste Land,
on Monday,
February 28th at 7:30 pm; "Deceptive" Documentaries is part of the
Hecksher Museum's Identity Crisis exhibition related programming, presented in
collaboration with Cinema Arts Centre.Described at the Sundance Film Festival as
an "uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art
and the beauty of the human spirit," Waste Land focuses on the relationship
between renowned artist Vik Muniz and garbage pickers in the world's largest
garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro. Muniz incorporates many
unlikely materials such as dirt, diamonds, sugar, and chocolate syrup into his
photographic process. His images are often deceiving, drawn from the pages of
photojournalism and art history. Guest Speaker: Franklin Perrell, Art Historian.
Artist Vik Muniz; Members $9, Non-Members $13 (Museum and Cinema Arts Centre)
Presented at Cinema Arts Centre. To register, call Cinema Arts Centre
631.423.7611.
Theater
January 24, 2011.Children’s theater classes taught by theater professionals at the Engemen Theater! Please call (631) 261-2900 or visit website at www.engemantheater.com. Classes begin January 24, 2011.
January 28, 2010 - IMPROV 4 KIDS, the outreach and educational arm of Improv troupe EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH, presents PIE A LA MODE at the Times Square Arts Center (669 8th Ave New York, NY 10036), Saturdays (1/29, 2/5, 2/19, 2/26 at 3pm). Tickets for the 75-minute musical comedy revue based on audience suggestions and participation are available for just $20 and $35 (VIA OVATION TIX 866-811-4111).The cast, all members of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH (www.eightimprov.biz), features professional singers, actors and comics from Broadway, Off Broadway, TV and Film. The same cast recently appeared off-Broadway in LMAO (Laugh My Ankles Off Broadway). In addition to college and corporate events, the company performs over 300 shows for K-12 audiences every year, touring nationwide and hosting school field trips Monday thru Friday. The cast also teaches accredited classes to NYC High School Students via the Comedy Hall of Fame’s LAUGH IT OUT program.
February 4, 2011 at 8 pm. at Peacesmith' Café "The Last Church on the Left," at the end of Rt 110 in Amityville, Charlotte Koons will present an expanded version of her monologue, "A Hildegard Homily: My Journey with Abbess Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179)." For further info, contact Kimberly Wilder at kimberlywilder06@yahoo.com
February 14, 2011 - Northport Reader's Theater will meet to read "A Spaniard Leering" and "Ya Wanna Dance?" by Arnold Sherman. All are welcome to participate in the readings and the following discussion with the playwright. St Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St, Northport at 7:30 PM. Contact Jo Ann Katz at NorthportPlays@gmail.com or 631-223-8053.
March 15, 2011. Township Theatre Group hosts its monthly meeting for those interested in community theatre. Short business meeting followed by a workshop presentation. 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. at Countrywood Elementary School, Old Country Rd. in South Huntington (1/4 mile east of five-corner intersection of Old Country & Wolf Hill Roads). All welcome. For information visit www.townshiptheatregroup.com
Dance
March 10-12th, 2011.Christine Darch will design costumes for the world premiere of a new work by Dwight Rhoden for North Carolina Dance Theatre, based on the life and work of visual artist Romare Bearden, whose work is known for textured collages depicting scenes of social customs in modern African American society.
Northport Arts Coalition Member News
Obituary: Clint Marantz, 89, former longtime Huntington resident, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, died peacefully at home in December. A retired teacher, founder of the Performing Arts Foundation in Huntington, N.Y., and an Army veteran who served in World War II, Marantz was born in Brooklyn, and for many years he taught English and directed plays at Huntington High School. An active member of HTTP (Huntington Township Theater Group), he and his wife Audrey helped found PAF (The Performing Arts Foundation of Long Island) with Harry Chapin, which created a performing space, and brought new and exciting theater to Huntington. He was also instrumental in forming P.A.C.E. (Performing Arts Curriculum Enrichment) which brought performing artists and groups to Township schools.
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