FEBRUARY 2007
A reminder about membership. Starting next month, in March, we will be sending out on-line membership forms to those of you whose membership is due. We hope you will continue to be a part of our growing arts community. Please note that starting in March membership will be: $30 for individual, $35 for couple/families a $35 for not for profit organizations and $40 for businesses. Your tax deductible membership and contributions pay for artist stipends, many free events, CPA fees, liability insurance, publicity costs, mailings and office supplies. We can’t do it with out you! We need your support in order to continue bringing the arts and humanities to you. Thank you, The Northport Arts Coalition (The Arts make the world a better place.)
NAC SPONSORED EVENTS
SECOND WEDNESDAYS
The
Northport Arts
Coalition presents the POSEY DANCE REPERTORY COMPANY, under
the
direction of Elsa Posey, at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel
Ave., Northport
on
Wednesday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. The
performance will include ballet, tap, jazz and modern
dances from the repertory. Dancers, ages twelve through sixteen,
explore
and interpret the art of dance from diverse historical eras. FREE
Admission. For additional information call (631) 757-2700.
OPERA NIGHT
FEBRUARY 2, at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, NY. 8:00-10:00 PM (always the first Friday of the month) Consider singing or just listening to the beautiful music. Singers...bring sheet music. Isabella Eredita-Johnson is the accompanist and the audience is receptive and warm. Caffe Portofino provides an intimate atmosphere that is perfect for a cameo showcasing of opera. 8:00 - 10 PM. For additional information contact Isabella at vivaldi222@aol.com Opera Night was featured recently in Newsday: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-lfisle5032287dec31,0,4752099.story?coll=ny-music-print,
VILLAGE HALL ART SHOW
The Northport Arts Coalition presents A Definition of Excellence, the latest exhibit in the VILLAGE HALL ART SHOW SERIES. A juried show of selected works, by Margaret Minardi’s 11th and 12th grade Advanced Placement Art students at Northport High, will be on view at the Northport Village Hall, 224 Main St., Northport, through April 29. Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Meet the young artists at an Opening Reception on Sunday, February 11 between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Admission is FREE. For additional information (631) 757-3230
POETS IN PORT
The Northport Arts Coalition presents POETS IN PORT at 7:30 p.m., Friday, February 23, at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport. Featured poet will be Jessica Lang. Enjoy an evening of poetry reading, in a café environment, with fellow poets, friends, and poetry lovers. Open mic, audience participation is encouraged, bring your poetry. For additional information contact Kate Dellis-Stover at stover01@optonline.net
NORTHPORT READER’S THEATER
NORTHPORT READER’S THEATER - ACTORS
- No Auditions!
No
Rehearsals! No Memorizing Lines! The Northport Reader's Theater,
under
the auspices of the Northport Arts Coalition, will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28
at St. Paul's
United Methodist Church, 270 Main Street, Northport. on Feb. 28 we will
be reading
two one-act plays by local playwright Frank Tangredi titled "Milk"
and "Early.”
Readers and audience members are invited. For further
information or to sign up to read contact Jo Ann Katz at jak@cosmeticmall.com
or 631-261-5089.
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MUSIC
Award-winning singer-songwriter Patricia Shih will present a family show at the Middle Coutnry Public Library in Selden on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 1:00 pm. The all-audience participation concert will feature songs from her soon-to-be-released third CD for families. As usual, the audience gets to guest-star onstage with Patricia. Admission is free.
Glen Roethel's song,
"Namaste'" is featured in a powerful multi-media exhibit by
photojournalist Arlene Atherton from December 18, 2006 through February
15,
2007, at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Museum in College
Station,
Texas. "Namaste" means "I greet the spirit in you." Ms.
Atherton chose the song because "it unifies the Buddhist traditions
shared
by Sri Lanka and Thailand and
reflects the Christian and
Islam understanding of our spiritual nature, that we have a sacred
soul."
"Namaste'" is the finale to the Kids Drawing Project. For release
soon, a book containing a multi-media DVD of the exhibit will bring the
children's artwork and stories to a wider audience to increase
awareness and
support for the affected regions. Learn more at www.childrenspeaktsunami.org
and www.glenroethel.com.
Glenn Baldwin and Friends of Jazz, a six-piece ensemble
that has
performed from Mattituck to Manhattan over the past five
years, will
present two free library concerts: with Linda Catania as
vocalist at the
South Huntington Public Library Sunday, March 4, from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
and with
Alice Weiser as vocalist at the Riverhead Free Library, Sunday, March
18, from
2:00-3:30 p.m. Friends of Jazz mix the golden standards of Gershwin,
Porter,
Kern, and Rodgers with jazz classics by Miles and Monk, add some Jobim
bossa
nova, and finish off with an original song or two. Three CD recordings
of the
group are available.
On Saturday Feb. 24th, at 8 PM, Last
Licks Cafe, at the Unitarian Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Rd.
Huntington presents
a concert by Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass Band. Ray is Director of Jazz
Studies
at SUNY Stony Brook, and has been cited as Trombonist of the Year 5
times by
Downbeat Magazine. THe Pocket Brass Band plays funk, blues,
boogie and
jazz in the style of New Orleans street musicians. Tickets are $15, $13
seniors, and $5 students. For more info, www.lastlickscafe.org
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VISUAL ARTS
Fifty seven paintings done by Michael Killelea will be on display in the second floor gallery of the New York Mercantile Exchange building in lower Manhattan from January 29 through February 22, 2007. The exhibit, titled "Traveling on a Paintbrush", was compiled from plein air paintings Killelea did around Long Island and while driving across the US and Europe, and also while traveling in Thailand and China.
Member - James LaMantia - LaMantia Gallery VOTED #1 GALLERY IN THE NATION FOR RETAIL EXCELLENCE by DECOR MAGAZINE www.lamantiagallery.com 1-631-754-8414 1-866-638-1800 (Out of NY Toll Free)
Eric Paulsen "Bridge Reflections" Oil on Canvas
LaMantia Gallery's Annual Spring Oil Show Saturday March 10th, Sunday March 11th 12-5 each day
Bryan Dunnigan will be present with his collection of up to 300 original oil paintings. These paintings are beautifully created by artists from the United States, Europe, South America and Russia.
Tree Love
For More Information - elizabethyaari.com elizabeth@elizabethyaari.com Phone: 631-427-3471
Announcing
Splashes of
Hope Annual Trustees Dinner - 
Honoring
Steve Levy
and Colleen Levy-West Date:
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - Location: Land's End Restaurant
Sayville, NY
Cocktail Hour begins at 6:30 pm with viewing of the
artwork Dinner
promptly afterwards with art auction by world-famous award winning
auctioneer
Jill Doherty Tickets: $150 per person, $1400 table of
ten All proceeds
help Splashes of Hope continue the mission of creating custom murals in
hospitals to address the unique needs of patients and staff. Donations
are tax
deductible. Please RSVP by February 14, 2007 To RSVP Call 631.424.8230,
Fax 631.424.0299 or Email splashhope@aol.com Heather
Buggee Splashes Of Hope
Yvonne Suzuki Licopoli's piece, "Magojiro Mask" can be seen at the current exhibition at the East End Arts Council Gallery in Riverhead. The show entitled "The Mask" runs through February 23rd.
Mike Krasowitz is showing 7 paintings at the Batata cafe, which is on 25A in Northport.
Congratulations to the following young Northport artists who received an Award of Excellence at the Suffolk County Level. Sponsored by the PTA and judged by NAC, they are: Sophie Ambro, Amy Courter, Emily Kelleher, Mike Kullack, Lily Pedersen,Brianna Sierra, and Julia Singh. February has been designated “Reflections Month” at the Northport/E. Northport Libraries where their art will be displayed.
FILM
VALENTINE'S DAY BALLROOM
DANCE @ CINEMA ARTS CENTRE -
Wednesday, February 14 @ 7:15 pmA Night of Film,
Romance, and Dancing! featuring Fred
Astaire & Ginger Rogers in SWING TIME
followed by Champagne Dessert
Reception
& Ballroom Dance Lesson Members $40 • Public $45
Contact CAC for reservations: (631) 423-7611 (no refunds)
POETRY
The current (Spring 2007) issue of Aitia, Farmingdale college's literary magazine edited by Jim Friel, contains a review by Barbara Reiher-Meyers of C.B. Knadle's novel, Paper Lovers (pages 30, 31).
Publisher/member Walter E. Harris III announces 3 new books. Endorphin Brigade: Fruits, Vegetables and My Journey with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) poems by Richard Savadsky. - 2007 Poetry & Art Calendar by Edgar Carlson and David C. Hartrick. - Ecstatic poems by Mira McEwan, writer and registered nurse. for information e-mail mankh@allbook-books.com
DANCE
Posey Dance Repertory Company, under the direction of Elsa Posey, will perform at the Northport Library on Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will include ballet, tap, jazz and modern dances from the repertory including ³Movement Discovered: Meaning Revealed² choreographed by the dancers and directed by Renee Kurz; ³The Red Hot Starlettes² , ³Dancing at Night², and ³Fire and Ice² choreographed by Elyssa Vanderpool and dancers; ³Grand Pas Variation from Paquita², ³Variation from Giselle Act I² and ³Variation from Pas de Quatre² reconstructed by Elsa Posey and the dancers.
After a wonderful December Danskinetics demonstration at Northport Library, Danskinetics class will continue with renewed energy. Ghislaine welcomes anyone who is willing to experience free expression movement in a fun, non judgmental group, and leave the class every week with a smile on their face.
Thursdays 10:00 am - Posey School of Dance, 57 Main street, Northport.
Saturdays 9:30 am - Variations Studio, 180 Spring rd, Huntington : Please call: 631 262 7844
MEMBERS NEWS
Congratulations to Member Kevin McMahon. His Web site Stoomzee.com was selected as Long Island Web Site of the Week on 1/12/07 - His site was Editors’ Choice and featured in the LongIsland.com eNews, a weekly newsletter distributed to thousands of readers in the Long Island, New York area. "We felt your site had quality content, was worthy of recognition and deserving of the Long Island Web Site of the Week Award." - Our site is also featured in the winners area on the Long Island Web Site of the Week Awards page at http://www.longisland.com/web_award.php Explore the World with Stoomzee.com www.Stoomzee.com
We're looking for women who would like to start a dance class with Ghislaine Grillo at Posey school in late afternoon or early evening. We need at least 6 women. contact Ruth Axt at coolru3@aol.com. Come for stretching, expression and fun!
Taproot Writers Group, organized nearly 30 years ago here on Long Island, will begin a new ten-week semester in March. Anyone interested in learning about Taproot is invited to a special program at the Northport Library Community Room on Thursday, March 22, at 1:30pm. Local author Roberta Israeloff will discuss memory, writing our stories, and oral history, and she will demonstrate techniques to stimulate our recollections. Call the Community Services Dept. at 261-6930, or Taproot facilitator Melinda Sherman at 757-7166 for further information.
New Member Daniel Ragone, NYC Vocal Coach for over twenty years, is opening a vocal studio in Port Jefferson. For more information call 631-473-0127 or email PJVoce@aol.com.
Thank you to the following for renewing their membership: John Ellsworth,
Pat Bond, Editor George Hart, Web Master Doris Rowe, Art Consultant
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