(Page 1 of 7 ) JULY 2006
NAC SPONSORED EVENTS
HEAR YE HEAR YE, SUNDAYS IN THE PARK ! (Next One August 20th)
Our Favorite Clown
Roni and Company
Music, Music, Music
(Lost and Found Department – At the end of a wonderful day, we found a Tweety Pie Watch. (Contact pat007@verizon.net if you know the owner!)
Sunday in the Park: An Afternoon of Art, Music, Poetry and Dance, was a wonderful event for all! Several visual artists commented, "It was the best Sunday in the Park ever." The event drew almost 1000 people to the Northport Village Park. The success of the event was the result of teamwork on the part of the Northport Arts Coalition Board, hard work on the part of our many, many, volunteers but most importantly the varied talents of the musicians, poets, dancers and artists who participated in the event.
A special thank you to : Isabella Eredita, Program Coordinator for Sunday's in the Park; Joan Hauser for designing and writing up NAC program guide; Terry Lister for publicizing this NAC event & for being our clown to welcome both young and old; Marge Kawaller & Rich Ioboni for getting the visual artists together; Glen Roethal, Barbara Reiher- Meyers and Larry Moser..(music, poetry and tech sound); Volunteers: Annette Kirk, Valerie Caretsky, Jim Friel and Barbara Jones; Thea Lanzisero for her wonderful "interactive egg" nest, Roni Yaari and bellydancers, And to all our musicians, poets and performers for the day...a big thank you for making this day really special!
Beautiful team work...that is what it was...that made June 11th Sunday's in the Park an inspirational and fun community event for all! Now...mark your calendar for the next Sunday's in the Park, on August 20th 12pm to 5pm! Thank you Joyce & Cliff Gardiner for their beautiful poster. Lauren Paige NAC chair/director
For those interested in participating in the next Sundays in the Park event scheduled for August 20th, please contact Isabella at vivaldi222@aol.com for e-mail information or to Margery Kawaller at 261-8136 for snail mail.
HAPPENINGS ON MAIN STREET
HAPPENINGS ON MAIN STREET take place at the edge of the park near the dock in the historic village of Northport every Friday evening from now through September 1. From 7 to 8:30 PM hear the sounds of jazz, swing, funk and traditional music performed by a talented array of musicians, singers and songwriters. These free summertime events presented by the Northport Chamber of Commerce and the Northport Arts Coalition are sponsored in part by a Huntington Arts Council decentralization grant. The time is right for the entire family to enjoy an early evening picnic under the trees. Bring your blankets and chairs.
OPERA NIGHT
The Northport Arts Coalition presents OPERA NIGHT at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, NY. Singers and music lovers alike join in a casual evening of singing and performing. Isabella Eredita Johnson, piano accompanist and creator of the series, offers an opportunity for all vocalists to perform in a fun and informal surrounding Bring your own music and get in touch with the “Singer Within” on Friday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m.. For information contact Isabella, vivaldi222@aol.com or 631 680-0819. Opera night takes place on the first Friday of each month at 8 p.m.
NORTHPORT OPERA COMPANY
Come, Dance With Me Round the Mill Pond Trees Learning to sing & dance with Hansel and Gretel - Presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council www.stacarts.org Saturday August 5, 2006 4pm Workshop (children & adults). Join the Northport Opera Company for an afternoon of song & dance. Children of all ages (adults welcome as well) view the dance scene from Hansel & Gretel, then participate by learning the movement and words. Exposure to both German and English.
The performance is culminated by an evening of magical scenes and arias including Puccini, Verdi, Massenet, Gluck and more! Sponsored by the Northport Arts Coalition. 7:30p.m. Adult Performance Northport Opera Company Opera Scenes & Arias. Mills Pond House 660 Rt. 25A St. James, NY (631) 862-6575
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NAC WEDNESDAYS
The Northport Arts Coalition presents the BLUE SPRUCE CLOGGERS at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport, NY on Wednesday, July 12 at 7:30 PM. Clog dancing traces its origins back 350 years to England, Ireland, and Scotland. People from these countries emigrated to the southern Appalachian region where clog dancing assimilated components of German and Cherokee dancing, African rhythms and tap dancing. Bring the entire family and enjoy a “foot stomping” performance of traditional clog dancing to old-time fiddle music, bluegrass, and country songs. Also included are Irish- step performances by the sensational Michael Buchta and tap numbers, including a tap version of the Shimmy. Live music provided by the Blue Spruce Band.
DO-ING MUSIC
The Northport Arts Coalition, in cooperation with the Northport Public Library, presents DOING MUSIC, featuring MEE JEEN YUN and EVELYN ULEX. Globe trotting soprano Mee Jeen Yun and pianist Evelyn Ulex have performed extensively in Europe as well as at major venues in New York City. They will perform works by Clara and Robert Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Samuel Barber, and George Gershwin at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport, NY on Friday, July 21 at 7:30 PM. The audience is invited to meet the artists at a reception immediately following the performance. Free tickets are available July 1 at the Northport and East Northport libraries
POETS IN PORT
The Northport Arts Coalition presents POETS IN PORT, featuring ANNABELLE MOSELEY, at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, NY on Friday, July 28 at 7:30 PM. Annabelle's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as The Texas Review, The Lyric, Poetry Nottingham International, Poetrybay, Long Island Quarterly, Flaming Arrows, and Ruah, among others. Birnham Wood Graphics published her first chapbook of poetry, The Moon Is A Lemon, in October of 2005. Groups of her poems and a memoir piece are forthcoming in several anthologies from Abbeywood Press. In 2002, she won the Poetry Center Prize from Long Island University. In 2006, Moseley won First Place in the "It Looks Like Gertrude Stein" contest of Long Island Pulse magazine, and First Place in the Mid-Island Y JCC Poetry Contest. Moseley is Curator of the “Irregular Poetry Series” at the Safe-T Gallery in Brooklyn. Annabelle Moseley is Poet-in-Residence at the Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts in Oyster Bay, New York, where she teaches classes in poetry, memoir, and fiction.
DANCE
Elsa Posey will teach Intensive Ballet Program July 5, 6 and 7
Ballet is so much fun—you can learn about the ballet Sleeping Beauty, July 10 to 13 , the next week is Swan Lake and July 24 to 27 it’s Cinderella Call Posey School for more information.
Posey School is NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR THE 2006-2007 SCHOOL YEAR
Summer classes in Jazz, Modern Dance, Tap and Ballet –see schedule on line— www.poseyschool.com Posey School is holding early registration for 2006-07 school year during July. Go to www.poseyschool.com for class schedules and registration. Posey programs for pre-schoolers, children, pre-teens, teens and adults. We have lots of classes in dance, but also acting, music, and mixed-media art. Call 631-757-2700 to register by phone.
Introduction to Belly Dancing - July 15th, Saturday at 9:00 am, Elwood Library, 3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood 631-499-3722 (call to reserve a spot) Learn the moves from the Middle East for a free class taught by Isabella Eredita Johnson for additional infomation, e-mail: vivaldi222@aol.com
Ballet Long Island presents " Firebird " on Saturday July15 at 3:00pm and Wed. July 19 at 10:00am. Tickets are $16 for adults and $6 for children, students and Senior Citizens. Call 631-737-1964 for tickets. Shows will be at: Ballet Long Island, 1863 Pond Road, Ronkonkama,N.Y.
MUSIC
On July 14, Tom Griffith and Martha Trachtenberg will be part of a concert being held at Deepwells Mansion, on Rte. 25A in St. James. All the artists are from Long Island, and it's quite a line-up. John-Flor Sisante, Diedre Muro, Miles to Dayton, and Cathy Kreger. There will be a pre-show starting at 7:00, and then the featured performers will start at 8:00. Bella Vita restaurant and Cool Beanz cafe will be on hand with food. The show is free, although the audience is invited to make a contribution to the upkeep of Deepwells. There will be plenty of on-site parking.
Only a month to go until the Northport Community Band, under the direction of Founder and
Musical Director Robert W. Krueger and Associate Director Donald M. Sherman, celebrates its 48th
year of offering free concerts at the Robert W. Krueger Bandstand overlooking beautiful Northport
Harbor on five consecutive Thursday evenings. This year’s concerts are scheduled for July 6, 13, 20,
27 and August 3, so get your beach chairs and picnic blankets ready! All concerts begin promptly at
8:30pm (rain at 8, no date) and last approximately 90 minutes. For more information, visit the band’s
new website at www.ncb.homestead.com, where concert programs will be available online a day or
two before each concert.
Award-winning singer-songwriter, recording artist, author and former Cablevision TV personality Patricia Shih and her band will be performing a family concert as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival on the Harry Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park, Huntington on Tuesday, July 11 at 7:30. Rain site is the Elwood Middle School, admission is free. If you have ever seen Patricia and friends in concert, you know you may also get to be part of the show onstage! Highly interactive, exciting and meaningful, all of Patricia’s songs invite the audience to participate, sing, dance, use sign language and more, while learning about Big Ideas! If you have never seen Patricia, what are you waiting for? Come down and be a part of the fun.
PERFORMING ARTS
Gene Connor directs and choreographs GREASE at Hofstra USA. Great songs, great dancing, great cast ... a fun and nostalgic evening out. Opening night is July 14th and the show runs for three weekends. For full information go to Hofstra USA's web-site at www.hofstra.edu/CampusL/HofstraUSAProductions/hofusaprod_currentshows.cfm
VISUAL ARTS
Leni Friedland has 23 paintings on exhibit in the main hallway of St. Charles Hospital for three months through Sept.
James Twomey III (fine art photography) & Victoria Twomey (alternative imaging) will exhibit their work at the Twomey Gallery in Huntington. For more information go to www.twomeygallery.com
Examples of their recent work include "Lemons and Three Seeds in Bowl" by Victoria and an untitled work by James depicting colorful Adirondacks chairs on a porch in Vermont.
Elizabeth Yaari invites you to an artists reception at Schneider Children's Hospital August 17th 2006 5-7pm. Elizabeth was commissioned to paint a 17 foot silk painting which was photographed, enlarged and laminated to a 100 foot corridor wall as a mural. A fascinating story will be related about how the painting came about and who inspired the drawings. Schneider Children's Hospital, 269-01 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 phone: (718 or 516) 470-3000
http://www.lij.edu/lij_homepage_directions.html#map www.ElizabethYaari.com (631)427 3471
Jo-Ann Corretti, President of The Southampton Artists
Assoc. will be displaying her 2006 paintings & prints at the Bethpage
Library, for the months of July & Aug. For more info, Joanncorretti.com
631 298-1078
NORTHPORT THEATER
Just about a year ago I purchased the Northport Theater with the goal of creating a center for the performing arts in Northport; a place that would bring new life and vitality to the village by attracting a broad audience of visitors from around the island, while serving as a focal point for arts activities in Northport.
Now, over a year later, I believe that I have realized the first part of my vision: the Theater has been converted from a defunct movie house into an active live performance space. Over the past several months, we have seen sold out performances for the Bare Bones’ production of Brooklyn Boy, performances by our local Northport Opera Company, Canta Libre, Lion In Winter and a presentation by Constant Wonder to support the Make A Wish Foundation, inspired by a courageous young girl named, Maya. The Northport Arts Coalition showcased local talent and raised awareness for the Theater. More than 4,000 visitors came to the village and filled this house with laughter and applause for the creative talents of our local presenters.
It has been most rewarding for me to see so many people – eager theatergoers and families with children – working their way up Main Street to the Theater. I felt truly gratified to see this energy coming into the village.
Early on in the development of the Theater, one patron in particular, Kevin O’Neill, came forward and supported the vision of a live performance space in Northport. I have sold the Theater to Kevin, who has begun the next phase of preserving the Theater by backing it with the resources and renovations necessary to sustain our theater for generations to come. I feel that with Kevin’s leadership, the successful operation of our Theater will revitalize our Village Main Street and provide a benefit for all in our community.
I wish to thank all of the supporters and patrons of the Northport Theater who have helped to preserve our historic landmark. This community’s continued support and patronage is vital to the future that this Theater holds.
Dennis Tannenbaum
And a big thank you from the Northport Arts Coaltion for all your efforts!
POETRY
Haiku and Beyond - learn about haiku as a hobby, literary genre and way of life, with Mankh.
Saturday, July 22, 1:00 - 3:00pm at Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road Commack, phone# (631)499-0888
Saturday, July 29th 12:00 to 4:00pm
Princess Ronkonkoma
Productions and Greater Port Jeff Arts Council
will host a luncheon and psychic reading at
Lotus East Restaurant
416 North Country Road
Saint James, New York 11780.
RSVP by July 14th. Please send your check for $45.00 made out to GPJAC
to:
Princess Ronkonkoma Productions, PO box 2508, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York 11779.
For information call 631-331-2438
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A note
from Christina Rau:
"In the next few
months, my schedule is filling up, as I'm sure yours is, too. I'm
currently looking for someone to host some readings. As
host, you read a poem at the beginning by a poet you like, then you introduce
the features, keep time if necessary, and then run the open mic.
Please let me know if you're interested in any certain readings.
Preferably, I'd like the host to host readings in the same venue for a reading
cycle (three in a row). "
Christina may be contacted via Email at CMRAU@AOL.COM
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MEMBERSHIP NEWS
The BAL-A-VIS-X Workshop is here in Northport on July 9, 10, 11, 2006 at The Laurel School. This international program is being sponsored by Brainworks Plus, Emily Eisen, Director. Bill Hubert is flying in from Kansas with a team of 4 students to train people from the whole state, the whole island, coming as far as CA. and Virginia. Bill Hubert (www.bal-a-vis-x.com) travels around the world to teach people how to do his exercises that address Balance, Rhythm, Focusing, Auditory Processing and Vision. This course has limited seating available, open to adults, parents, teachers, OT's, PTs, Physical Education Instructors, Counselors, Reading/ Special Ed., dance, yoga teachers and all evolving adults. Contact Brainworks Plus @ 631-651-9207 for registration availability. Having Bill right here in Northport is an extremely valuable opportunity.
Northport Arts Coalition member Chris Garvey has been nominated by the Libertarian Party as its candidate for Attorney General of the State of New York for the election of Nov. 7, 2006.
Mike Killelea's second book, "Seasons on the North Fork" has been released. It's a
collection of his prose and watercolors celebrating the North Fork's people and land over the course
of a year. He has been painting his impressions of this beautiful part of the
island for the last 30 years and
this second of two books on the subject is the result.
Welcome New Members : Daren Sardelli, Debbie Wallley, Sharon Donnenfeld, Barbara Harnett, Alice Gering, Arleen Elzweig, and Melinda Sherman, Binnie Pasquier, and Cathleen Fizzinoglia
If you would like to join us in promoting art in our community, send a check for $25.00 to:
Northport Arts Coalition
P. O. Box 508
Northport, NY. 11768
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Looking forward to hearing from you, Pat Bond, Editor