March 2007
NAC SPONSORED EVENTS
The Northport Arts Coalition and NAC artist Anthony Davis are planning a Plein Air painting event in Northport village. Selected artists will be invited to paint throughout the village of Northport on June 15 and 16, inspired by the beautiful scenery. On June 17, there will be a silent auction at LaMantia Gallery on Main Street. LaMantia Gallery has graciously donated space to help our, not for profit, arts coalition. This event will take place rain or shine. If you are interested in participating, look for our guidelines and application form. It will be posted on the NAC website www.northportarts.org after March 16th. Lauren Paige
NAC Executive Director
OPERA NIGHT
Opera Night in Northport has become an increasingly popular event, for semiprofessional opera singers who are given the rare opportunity of singing for their peers and for audiences who flock to the monthly event to hear Long Island's finest voices. Opera Night takes place the first Friday's of the month, at 8 p.m. Come down March 2nd at St. Paul's Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Northport. $5 suggested donation. For a review and pix from last month, go to: http://www.myspace.com/operanight
NAC WEDNESDAYS
The NORTHPORT OPERA COMPANY will perform Operatic Signatures: Lessons in Love from Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Mascagni, Bizet & Massene, as well as scenes from Carmen, Manon, Tosca, and more on March 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport. Northport Opera Company invites the community to meet its newest member, Tenor Anthony Daino. Mr. Daino has been described by Allan Kozinn of The New York Times as having “an appealing tone, perfect diction and an ear for nuance.” He frequently appears both in lead roles and in concert with opera companies in the US and Europe. Upcoming engagements include tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Newburg Symphony Orchestra, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, and Fenton in Falstaff in New York City. For additional information about the performance contact northportopera@yahoo.com
VILLAGE HALL ART SHOW
A DEFINITION OF EXCELLENCE, the latest exhibit in the series, is a juried show of selected works by Margaret Minardi’s 11th and 12th grade Advanced Placement Art students at Northport High. The show will be on view at the Northport Village Hall, 224 Main St., Northport, through April 27. Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional information call (631) 757-3230.
NORTHPORT READER’S THEATER
- ACTORS - No Auditions! No Rehearsals! No Memorizing Lines! The Northport Reader's Theater will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 19 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main Street, Northport to read Michael Casano’s “Hell of a Time”. Mr. Casano will lead a discussion of the play after the reading. 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.
POETS IN PORT
Friday March 23, 7:30 p.m. at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport. Featured author will be Steven Post. Enjoy an evening of poetry reading, in a café environment, with fellow poets, friends, and poetry lovers. Open mic - the audience is encouraged to bring their poems and participate in the reading. For additional information contact Kate Dellis-Stover at stover01@optonline.net
HAPPENINGS ON MAIN STREET
Happenings on Main Street is back for the 9th year of musical happenings in beautiful downtown Northport. The Northport Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 2007 New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Re-grant panels have again awarded Happenings on Main Street funding support for 2007. The funding is administered through the Huntington Arts Council, Inc., which received more than 70 applications from all over Suffolk County representing various art disciplines and geographic areas. The Happenings on Main Street project was one of only 43 applicants funded for 2007.
Happenings on Main Street takes place at the edge of the park near the dock in the historic village of Northport every Friday evening from May 25 through August 31. From 7 to 8:30 pm hear live 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.
PERFORMING ARTS
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Gene Connor directs "Sweet Charity" at Syosset High School. Performances are March 15, 16, 17, and 18. Call 516-364-5709 for more information.
Amy Connor & Peter Scarpinato in last month’s Sweet Charity
Township Theatre Group will be casting actors for their upcoming play Cactus Flower, directed by Sally Zwiebach, at Five Towns College, 305 North LIE Service Road, Dix Hills (LIE exit 50 North) on Monday March 19th, and Tuesday March 20th at 8:00PM. There is 1 male and 1 female lead role in 20’s, and 1 male and 1 female lead role in 40’s. Other roles are age optional (no children). All roles are open. Performance dates will be June 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9 2007. A number of opportunities also exist for those interested in building and painting sets, as well as other backstage activities. For information and directions, call TTG at (631) 421-9832
VISUAL ARTS
CHDHU and its
co-sponsors,
the Town of Huntington and Suffolk County Community College, and its
community partners
are
pleased to present: Embracing Our
Differences An outdoor
juried art exhibition
celebrating diversity to be held in beautiful Heckscher Park,
Huntington, Long
Island
September 24 - October 28, 2007 Deadline for submissions: June 4, 2007
For
details go to
Photographer, John
Ellsworth: Last
summer, "Times of Northport"
writer, Elise Pearlman, wrote in "John Ellsworth: a life of sailing,
art
and adventure," about how his encounter with the Gypsies of Northern
Spain
influenced him to focus on the "eternal now" as an artist. John's
website now includes a photo-story about his visit with the Gypsies. If
interested, please go to: http://johnellsworth.com/blog
James Twomey III and
Victoria Twomey
are both exhibiting images at Gallery North in Setauket from February
25th to March
25th. Both artists are participating in the prestigious Winners' Circle
show as
they were both first-place winners at the gallery's annual outdoor art
show in
2006. http://www.gallerynorth.org/
An ongoing exhibit of fine art photography by James and digital art by Victoria continues at the Twomey
Gallery in Huntington. For an appointment or
schedule of
shows go to www.twomeygallery.com or
call 631-754-1009.
New Member, Robert Besancon – TREASURED MOMENTS STUDIO- Just opened this month at 146 main street in Northport. Portrait photography for children to adults and pets too. Services include portraits at the store location or come to you service as well. Able to photograph party's to all sporting events.
Please call for all prices. 631-239-5858 SMILE AND HAVE A TREASURED MOMENT!
LITTLE ART RETREATS
In 2007, artist Marney Schorr offers customized art retreats by appointment. Choose from a wide variety of designed retreats or create your own. Contact the artist for more details.
Marney Schorr
Tel: (631) 697-8291
E-mail: marn73@hotmail.com
www.webspawner.com/users/
littleartretreats/index.html
THEATER
Kevin O’Neill and his partner Richard T. Dolce look forward to opening of The John W. Engeman Theater at 250 Main Street in Northport. The Theater season will begin on June 28th. Remarkable changes are taking place, including seating which will provide excellent site lines. The focus on comfort has not limited the focus on the aesthetic, and thus the famed 17th century murals in the theater will remain. The NAC community is looking forward to this wonderful event. For more information go to www.engemantheater.com or call 631 261-2900
MUSIC
Denise Romas will be a featured artist at the ECLECTIC CAFE in Bay Shore www.eclecticcafe.org on SATURDAY, MARCH 10 at 7:30
RIDOTTO, Concerts "with a Touch of Theatre", presents “Le Portrait”. This joyous program of French music takes its name from the love song The Portrait by Francis Poulenc. Portraits of love and longing, visions of people and places left behind long ago. Among the pieces on the program are “Tableaux de Provence” by Paule Maurice for saxophone and piano; “Sonnerie” by Erik Satie for two trumpets, Songs by Poulenc and Ravel, music for solo piano by Debussy, and scenes from the film: Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) by Michel Carne, 1945. Performers are: distinguished pianist Doris Anne McMullen, soprano Arlene Travis with pianist Yegor Shevtsov, and saxophonist Michael Ibrahim.
The performance is Sunday March 11 at 4 pm. in Old First Church, on Rt. 25A in Huntington. Ticket prices are $20, $18 (seniors), $15 (members), $10 (students). Group price (min.10) is $12. For information, call (631) 385 0373 or visit www.Ridotto.org.
Saturday, March 24. 8:00 PM LAST LICKS CAFÉ presents HOWARD FISHMAN Fresh from their sold out Lincoln Center debut, and the release of their remodel of Bob Dylan and the Band’s Basement Tapes, Howard and his band come to the Island. Howard has been featured on FRESH AIR, THE WORLD CAFÉ, and The Leonard Lopate Show, and has performed at such storied venues as The Algonquin Oak Room, The Blue Note, The Bottom Line and The Pasadena Playhouse. Ever-evolving and increasingly difficult to pin down, Howard Fishman has moved through early jazz, folk, blues, free jazz, classical, rock, pop, funk, country and, most recently, New Orleans brass band and gospel music, while releasing six critically acclaimed CDs. Musical roots that stretch back to Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael, and run through more modern masters like John Sebastian and Loudon Wainwright. Howard and his band know how to swing, and have a great time as well. www.howardfishman.com
$15, $13 senior/student; refreshments available Last Licks Café located at: The Unitarian Fellowship of Huntington 109 Browns Rd. Huntington 631.427.9547 www.Lastlickscafe.org
http://www.myspace.com/lastlickscafe
POETRY
The Walt Whitman Birthplace offers a poetry/prose contest inspired by images from the photographic series Miracles by Pauline Southard. The contest accepts both poetry and prose, and is open to entrants age 15 and up. Contest entries may be submitted from February 28 through March 31, 2007. Prizes of up to $100 in value will be awarded. Winners will receive their prizes and read their work on April 22nd, 2007 at 1:30 pm at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington,NY. For further information: _www.waltwhitman.org_ (http://www.waltwhitman.org/) or _www.ladykat.com_ (http://www.ladykat.com/) .
Allbook Books announces a
new
publication: ECSTATIC by Mira McEwan -- Her poetry is a mix of
spiritual
contemplations, the earthiness of everyday realities, a strong
pinch
of humor, and an overriding compassion and insightfulness
that one
would expect of a nurse, which she also is.
For more info> mankh@allbook-books.com
Mankh will be reading his poetry on Friday, March 2, 7:30pm at Panera Bread, 5180 Sunrise Hwy, Bohemia. The reading is sponsored by Performance Poets Association. Open mike, plus another featured reader.
FILM
Code Pink
Long Island Women 4 Peace & The
Cinema Arts Centre of Huntington present:
WOMEN WAGE PEACE AROUND
THE WORLD:
An International Women's Day Celebration
Sunday, March 11, 2007 ~ 12
noon-5:30 p.m.
at Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington
Lunch Buffet, Entertainment, Film- Can You Hear Me?: Israeli &
Palestinian
Women Fight4 Peace, Opening Ceremony, Speaker/ Distinguished Panel,
Video:
Iraqi Women Speak Out, & More,
Adm.: $40, $35 Seniors,$20 Students w/ID. Seating Limited. Contact: CAC
at
631-423-7611.
DANCE
Free your body and mind with… Danskinetics… Beautiful group of women, true connection between dancers, flowing energy, deep creative movement, breathing and yoga stretching. So much fun! Also, individual customized classes available. NO dance background necessary. For information please call: 631-262 7844
MEMBERS NEWS
The Town of Huntington Division of Women's Services Celebrates
Womens
History Month on March 29, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
at the Huntington Senior Center,
423 Park Avenue, Huntington. "History of Art and Dance", Dance
History
and Performance by Roni Yaari, Art History and Demonstration by Connie
Schwartz
and Female Composers Vocalist - Roberta Fischer.
Long Time NAC Member- Ward Hooper, a 38- year resident of Northport, has been chosen as The Times of Northport & East Northport`s Man of the Year in the Arts. You can visit Ward`s website at .... wardhooper.net
TAPROOT is proud to announce... Roberta Israeloff, a noted author and authority on the relationship between memory and writing, will speak on Thurday, March 22, at 1:30 in the Community Room at the Northport Library. Please come to learn about the serious fun we have remembering and writing about our lives! Then, consider joining us regularly at our Taproot meetings. Our Spring Semester begins March 29. We will meet for ten weeks at the East Northport Library from 1:30-3:30 on Thursday afternoons. For further information contact Melinda Sherman at 757-7166. We look forward to welcoming you!
Connor's Army - www.ConnorsArmy.org Gene Connor is a one-man army in the war against cancer. See how you can support him as he cycles 2,000 miles to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
Welcome New Members: Nelly Schmidt, The Morganstern Family, Carolyn, David, Cayla, and Daria,
Peter Lee, Robert Besancon, Susan and Joel Brenner
Pat Bond, Editor, nacnewsletter@gmail.com
George Hart, Web Master www.northportarts.org
Doris Rowe, Art Consultant.
VISUAL ARTS
Member - Kevin McMahon - An artist, writer, and thinker who carries a small sony camera in his pocket at all times. He says a pocket camera is the key to capture real time precious everyday moments of people, buildings, landscapes, nature and anything of interest. He takes hundreds of pictures and several movies each week around Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington, Centerport and the Village of Northport. "The Gold Coast of Long Island is my pallet." The Weekly Photos and Weekly Movie can be viewed on the www.Stoomzee.com website...
>>NAC
member, Yvonne Suzuki Licopoli, has two pieces in the Fourth
Annual
>>Juried Portrait Show at the Huntington Arts Council Petite
Gallery on Main
>>Street in Huntington. The show opens
March 2nd and
runs through May 4th .
>>