NAC ARTS NEWS January 2011
NAC WEDNESDAY
NAC EVENT
January 12, 2011 at 7pm (NAC Wed.) The Northport Arts Coalition in
cooperation with the Northport /East Northport Library presents:
UN PETIT CABARET. A romantic,
musically adventurous candlelit evening, set up in cabaret style.
Opera singer Tara Kavanagh and
singer/songwriter Lois Morton collaborate with French Art
Songs by Debussy, popular songs from Edith Piaf, humorous songs of
social commentary, and a smattering of surprises in between.
Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave. For additional information
call (631) 261-6930. Free Admission.
NAC
EVENTDoing
Music: January 28 Friday, 7:30 PM - The Northport Arts Coalition in
cooperation with the Northport-East Northport Public Library proudly
presents: Olga Vinokur, concert pianist.
Ms. Vinokur has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at Weill
Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, New
York’s Town Hall and is a frequent performer at Bargemusic in New
York where she plays solo recitals and chamber concerts which
include world premiers Olga has participated in Tel-Hai
International Piano Master Classes in Israel where she was awarded a
prize in honor of Ada Caspi. She also is presented in the film
documentary “Women of Music”, a classical music series on the Bravo
TV station, which features interviews and performances with today’s
top classical performers from around the world. Join us for an
exciting program of Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Chopin and Liszt. Artist reception and refreshments will immediately follow the concert. Tickets are free. Advance reservations recommended: 261-6930.
Music
On
behalf of Shannon Hughes, Suffolk County Music Educators Association
(SCMEA) Vice President for Festivals and Izzet Mergen, Director of
Music Education
Northport-East Northport Schools, congratulations to our
Northport-East Northport Students and their music teachers.
113 students have been selected to represent Northport-East
Northport Schools in the annual SCMEA All-County Music Festival
(March 2011) in grades 4 - 10!
January
2, 2011 Ridotto: Concerts "with a Touch of
Theatre", presents “Diva: The New Year’s Concert”.
The darling of audiences, surrounded by admirers, lovers and
paparazzi. Fans adore this eccentric and brilliant, impossibly
tempestuous soprano, the Diva, with sopranos: Melissa Block, Lauren
Haber, Gina Haver, Elizabeth Hillebrand, and Dawn Zahralban.
Isabella Eredita, piano, Margaretha Maimone staging and narrations.
The performance is Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 4 pm in Old First
Church, on Rt. 25A in Huntington. Tickets are $20, $18 (seniors),
$15 (members), and $10 (students).. For information, call (631) 385
0373 or visit
www.Ridotto.org
January 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16, 2011 Township Theatre Group presents the
high-spirited Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Oklahoma!, starring Northport resident Amy Connor as Aunt
Eller. In turn of the century Indian territory, the
rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful
background for the courtship of Curly and Laurey whose romance is as
bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road.
Performances Friday/Saturday 8:00 pm and Sunday 2:00 pm at the Five
Towns College Performing Arts Center theatre located at 305 North
LIE Service Road, Dix Hills. Tickets $25.00,
students/seniors discount $23.00. Discounts available
for groups of 10 or more. For ticket information call 631-421-9832
January
21, 2011. The Northport Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of Richard Hyman, will present a free concert
on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 8:00 P.M. at East Northport
Middle School. The program features Symphony No. 4 by
Franz Schubert and will also include additional works by Mozart and
Gluck. East Northport Middle School is located at 1075 Fifth Avenue,
East Northport (east of Larkfield Rd.). Donations
accepted; all proceeds benefit the Northport Symphony Orchestra.
Please visit
www.northportorchestra.org.
January 27th - January 27th-Thursday,
Noontime Recital Series. Carole Landis, theatre organist,
will present a very lively varied program. 12:30 - 1:00 at First
Presbyterian Church of Northport.
Sunday,
January 30, 2011. Ridotto, Concerts "with a
Touch of Theatre", presents “Pianist Vassily Primakov in Recital”.
The famous Moscow-born pianist Vassily Primakov
has enriched the current concert scene with blazing and deeply
personal playing, excelling in the Romantic repertoire. He has
appeared on the great stages of the U.S. and in Europe. BBC Music
Magazine’s critic Jessica Duchen writes: “Primakov is a serious
artist with fabulous pianistic skills. His tone is velvety, his
phrasing unfailingly sensitive….”
Mr.
Primakov returns to Ridotto with a program that includes
Kinderszenen by Schumann, Preludes by Rachmaninoff, and Schubert’s
Wanderer Fantasie, about which Schubert said of this technical tour
de force “the devil may play it”. At 4
pm in Old First Church, on Rt. 25A in Huntington. Tickets are $20,
$18 (seniors), $15 (members), and $10 (students). For information,
call (631) 385 0373 or visit
www.Ridotto.org.
Jan.
13th ,2010, at 6:00 pm: Multiple national award-winning
singer-songwriter Patricia Shih will
be among celebrity judges at the Bethpage High School Talent night
along with Liberty DeVitto, (Billy Joel's former drummer), Jesse
Kinch (rock star guitarist), and Fran Karliner (LICrisis Center
Director of Development), WBLI personality. Tickets
are adults: $8.00, students and senior citizens: $5.00, and children
under 12: $3.00. Proceeds will benefit the Long Island
Crisis Center. Come to this evening of family fun and
enjoyment with music, prizes and raffles.For further information
call J. Rito at Bethpage High School (516) 644-4100
Feb.
12, 2011. Save the Date! 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/
January 22, 2011 The John W. Engeman
Theater at Northport announces its next special event in their
ongoing Broadway Concert Series on Saturday, January 22, 2011
at 8 PM with Broadway Memories.
Produced exclusively for the John W. Engeman Theater by New York
Casting Director Stephen DeAngelis, five of New York's finest
performers will recreate some of their most memorable career
highlights, display their great versatility and share amusing
behind-the-scenes anecdotes. Performers scheduled to appear are
Drama Desk Award winner Andrea Burns (In the Heights; The Ritz; The
Full Monty; Beauty and the Beast), Sarah Jane Everman (Promise,
Promises; Shrek The Musical; The Apple Tree; Wonderful Town;
Wicked), Joshua Henry (The Scottsboro Boys; American Idiot; In the
Heights), Michele Mais (Rock of Ages; Zoot Suit; Roza)
and Tony Award nominee and 3X Drama Desk Award nominee Bobby
Steggert (Ragtime; 110 in the Shade; "Master Harold"...and the boys)
. Musical Director/Accompanist for the evening will be Eugene Gwozdz.
Tickets On Sale Now $50. Season Ticket Holders can
purchase tickets for $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.
Visual Art
NAC
EVENT
January 2, 2011. "Abstract
Notions of Reality" Reception for painter Barbara Bilotta, 2
- 5 p.m. Admission free. Northport Tasting Room & Wine Cellar, 70
Main Street, Northport, NY Exhibit on display December
29, 2010 - February 17th, 2011. 631-261-0642. Hrs:
Daily 1PM - closing. Artists interested in an application to exhibit
please email Kate Kelly:
Kate@katekellyart.com
Jane
McGraw-Teubner
won the Purchase Prize for "Brooklyn Morning" at the
Salmagundi Art Club Plein Air Painting Show held this past November
in New York City. She will be in the permanent art collection at the
Club.
January 6 - April 4, 2011: "Island
Passions" exhibit at the Huntington Arts Council Art-trium.
Artists—John Ellsworth, Pamela Nolan, Jennifer Lau, and Bobbie
Schneider. Art-trium address: 25 Melville Park Road,
Melville, NY 11747. Reception date January 6, 2011, 5:30-7:00 PM.
January 13th, 2010. NYC Museum
Tour: The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs.
Catch this remarkable exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
before it is too late! The exhibit features turn of the century
works by craftsman Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) whose furniture
designs were sheer artistry and whose work can be found in
Buckingham Palace. Leave the hectic city driving to us. Bus departs
from the Art League in Dix Hills at 9:15am; coffee and bagels will
be served along the way. Bus departs NYC at 3:15pm. Cost of trip and
ticket to the Museum is $85. To register, call the Art League of
Long Island at (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.
Through January 9, 2011The Art League of
Long Island Member's Exhibition is proud to showcase the
impressive talent of member artists in their annual show. Paintings,
drawings, collage, photography, print-making, ceramics, and
sculpture created by the Art League's members are on
display at the League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery October 31 through
January 9, 2011. The Member's Exhibition is divided into two parts
in order to accommodate the more than 200 works of art created by
student and professional artists vying for top prizes. Prizes will
be awarded by noted artist and educator Winn Rea, a member of the
Phoenix Gallery in NYC and an Assistant Professor of Art at the C.W.
Post Campus of LIU. She is a process-based environmental artist
whose works on paper, sculptures, and installations have been
exhibited extensively in South Korea and the United States.
January 13, 2011"The Artistic Furniture of
Charles Rohlfs" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On January
13 take a relaxing bus trip from the
Art League in Dix Hills to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
After a year-long national tour, this exhibit makes its final
stop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit,
which closes January 23, features turn of the century works by
craftsman Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) whose furniture designs were
sheer artistry and whose work can befound in Buckingham Palace.
His intricately carved furniture is mainly representative of
the American Arts and Crafts movement of the time, but Rohlfs
preferred to call his work "The Rohlfs Style" or" artistic
furniture". Leave the hectic city driving to us.
Leave your car at the Art League. Bus departs
from the Art League in Dix Hills at 9:15am, coffee and bagels will
be served along the way. Bus departs NYC at 3:15pm.
Cost of trip and ticket to the Museum is $85. To
register call (631) 462-5400 x222.
Artists
Recognized for Top Awards in “Double Take: A Member’s Exhibition in
Two Parts”The Art League of Long Island is pleased to announce the
winners of Part One of their annual Member’s Exhibition.
Of the 96 entries, seven artists received the following
awards of distinction as judged by noted artist and educator Winn
Rea:Juror Award: Monika Camillucci,"In
Darkness"; Part Two exhibits December 12 through January 9,
2011. In addition to exhibitions in its beautiful bi-level gallery,
the Art League offers a year-round, seven days a week program of
classes and one-day workshops in all art forms, including fiber and
decorative arts, digital technologies and glass molding, plus tours
and lectures.The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East
Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. The gallery is open to the public, free
of charge, Monday through Friday 9am – 4pm and on weekends 11am –
4pm. For more information about the Art League visit
www.artleagueli.org
or call (631) 462-5400.
January 29th. Paint Your Own
Silk Scarf:Learn how to change a fabric into a beautiful
piece of art. Paint your very own 11" x 60" silk scarf
under step-by-step instruction. Brilliant transparent
colors of dyes combined with the drape of silk makes this a sensuous
medium. Learn the procedure of applying dyes, various painting
techniques, using salt, alcohol and resists. Meets at the Art League
of Long Island 10:00am – 1:00pm. Workshop fee: $69. To
register, call the Art League of Long Island at (631) 462-5400 or
visit
www.artleagueli.org.
January
31, 2011. All entries due for the Main Street Petite
Gallery's,“Portrait”, 9th Annual Juried Portrait Show with Juror:
Suzanne Young. This will be open to all artists. Artwork must be
available March 3rd - April 22nd, 2011.You may feature any medium,
including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor,
pastel,drawings, mixed media, sculpture and collage. NO PHOTOGRAPHY.
Artist members: $25.00 for two entries. Non-members fee: $35.00 for
two entries. Additional entries: $5 each. Artists will be notified
of results by Monday, February 7th, 2011 and if selected they will
be asked to drop off their work on February 28, 2011 between 9am and
5pm.Opening reception is Friday, March 4th, 2011 from 6pm-8pm.For
more details: Visit
www.huntingtonarts.org or click
http://www.huntingtonarts.org/February 5 & 12th. Knitting with Wire – Earrings. Knit Provocatively. Increase your knitting vocabulary along with your jewelry wardrobe and let it show! Meets at the Art League 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Workshop fee: $165. To register, call the Art League of Long Island at (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.
Lynda
Lehmann is
now offering her colorful digital designs as limited-edition fine
silk scarves: Perfect for holiday gifts!
http://tinyurl.com/2g3l928
Doris
Rowe announces a new web site for her Tease Shirt Factory
...
www.DorisRoweArt.com for new shirts, posters, and related
movies. Click an email note back to her. Call card
www.TheMatriot.info 
Start
the New Year with the 2011 "There’s No
Place Like Northport" Calendar ! This year’s calendar
celebrates Northport's most magical moments as seen by outstanding
local photographers. Each month offers a unique preview of the many
exciting cultural and educational events that 2011 has to offer,
including NAC events. Calendars are available at Jones Drug Store,
Copenhagen Bakery, Jewelry Collection, LaMantia Gallery,
Hengstenberg’s Florist, Sweet Mama’s, the Engeman Theater, the
Northport Historical Society, Sophi Blu, and Book Revue in
Huntington. To order from directly or for volume discounts, contact
via
NPTCalendar@aol.com, out-of-state shipping available.Poetry
NAC EVENT
Jan. 28th, 2010. Friday 7:30pm
Poets in Port, featuring Susan Pilewsk and
Barb Reiher-Meyers
http://www.poetryvlog.com/spilewski.html
Plus open reading at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St.,
Northport, opposite the theater.
Feb.
25th. Friday 7:30pm Poets in Port, featuring Andy Burke
plus open reading Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite
the theater.
http://northportarts.org/
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/
Funny Poet and Children's Book Author, Darren
Sardelli,
is currently booking school visits for the 2010-2011 school year.
For more information on Darren Sardelli's funny poetry assemblies
and writing workshops, please visit
www.laughalotpoetry.com
Film
January 8 thru February 26th. 10:30am -
12:30pm 8 Consecutive Saturdays
The Story Structure of Motion Pictures Screenwriting
Seminar for Beginners @ Cinema Arts Centre
Cinema Arts Centre proudly presents the return of its popular
screenwriting class with Stephen Martin Siegel, an award-winning
screenwriter who resides on Long Island. He taught film & television
writing for ten years at New York University’s Tisch School of the
Arts, where he earned an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing. He has worked
under contract to Touchstone Pictures, a division of Walt Disney
Pictures, and has written screenplays for such diverse names as Sean
Connery, Dawn Steel and Dick Clark. If you’ve ever had an idea for a
movie but didn’t know how to develop it into a screenplay, or if you
just love movies and want to know more about them, this course is
for you. Designed for beginners, it explores the techniques involved
in writing and/or understanding movies. $200 Tickets can be
purchased online
www.CinemaArtsCentre.org or at the box office during theatre
hours CAC 423 Park Ave, Huntington 631-423-7611
Sunday, January 16 & Monday, January 17th :MARTIN
LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE @ Cinema Arts Centre
HAVE
YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG?Sunday, Jan. 16 at 10am (Parts 1, 2, 3,
4 - plus Brunch)Monday, Jan. 17 at 10:30am (Parts 5, 6, 7 - plus
Brunch)
One
of the most exciting cinematic events of the year, Connie Field’s
epic 7-part film takes us on a lively, tension-filled, heart-rending
and ultimately thrilling journey from the start of Apartheid to the
triumphant overthrow of South Africa’s racist system. $12 Member /
$16 Public Includes Bagel/Croissant Brunch. Tickets can be purchased
online,
www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours
or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006
Friday,
January 21 at 7:30pm
FELA! Recorded LIVE from the National Theatre, London
to the Big Screen @ Cinema Arts Centre
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards; Winner of three 2010 Tony Awards
including Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones)
FELA! In Person: Aaron Johnson, FELA Musical Director, 2010 Tony
Award Nominee Best Orchestration, Brooklyn afropunk band Antibalas
conductor & trombonist“There should be dancing in the streets. There
has never been anything like this.” -Ben Brantley, New York Times
A
provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music,
FELA! explores the world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. $20
Members / $25 Public Tickets can be purchased online,
www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours
or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006.
Theater
January 27, 2011. Bare Bones Repertory Company will present a
reading of the controversial new play by John Anastasi: I Forgive
You, Ronald Reagan, starring Frank Zinghini, Jean Brown, Tom
Fischer, and Alyssa Kirell. A highly decorated Vietnam veteran makes
a life-altering decision in what he considers to be the best
interest of his country. Twenty years later, his inability to accept
the consequences of this decision threatens to destroy him--as well
as the two most important people in his life. 8:00 PM at the Posey
School, 57 Main St., Northport. Tickets $10.00 at the door. For
information call 631.757.9616 or email
jeff@barebonestheater.com
January 10, 2011. The next Reader's Theater meeting will be January
10, 2011. All are welcome to take part, 7:30 PM at St Paul's United
Methodist Church, 270 Main St, Northport. For further information
contact Jo Ann Katz,
NorthportPlays@gmail.com or
631-223-8053.. Submission forms and information for the Northport
One-Act Play Festival, April 8-10, 2011 are available at
www.NorthportPlays.com.
January 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16, 2011 Township
Theatre Group presents the high-spirited Rodgers & Hammerstein
musical Oklahoma! In turn of the century Indian territory,
the rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful
background for the courtship of Curly and Laurey whose romance is as
bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road.
Performances Friday/Saturday 8:00 pm and Sunday 2:00 pm at the
theater Five Towns College Performing Arts Center located at 305
North LIE Service Road, Dix Hills. Tickets $25.00,
students/seniors discount $23.00. For ticket
information call 631-421-9832 or order online at
www.townshiptheatregroup.com.
Dance
Posey
School Sampler
Teens sample a jazz class and attend a tap class;Toddlers sample a
music class and attend an art class; Adult classes from ballet to
Zumba. Call for information 631-757-2700
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NAC BOARD
Executive Director – Daniel Paige
Assistant Executive Director – Christine Darch
Secretary – Terry Lister
Treasurer – Marsha Bartley
Community Outreach Director – Charlotte Koons
Community Liaisons – Patricia Bond and Lauren Paige
Visual Arts Consultant – Nina Accorsini