OCTOBER 2005

NAC EVENTS

“Opera in Autumn" Preview: October 7th 7:30pm Northport Library (Please note change in   NAC WEDNESDAYs date to the first  Friday in October!!!)

 

·  October 14, 2005, (Friday) 8:00PM, Opera Night, at Cafe Portofino, 259 Main St., Northport.

 

Meet the artists reception following.  See website for details: WWW.NORTHPORTARTS.ORG

Advance free tickets suggested through the library:  261-6930. 

 

To Nac fellow members, artists, and friends: ( A note from Isabella.)

As we go from our summertime Art, Music and Poetry in the Park, into the changing weather, our Northport Village Hall Courtroom (sadly empty for the summer) now beckons. In other words we have three exhibitions planned and will be starting up very soon.

 

The first is scheduled for the October 29th (hanging), for painters and will be juried (photographers relax --you are getting your own show). Local Color from Local Artists is the title of the first show. Emphasis will be on color or ones interpretation of it-- as in: a colorful person, colorful situations, and or sky, etc...

 

There will be a small fee to cover printing costs, hanging, and the opening reception. ($15, NAC members, $20 non NAC members) Remember that we have limitations due to having to hang above eye level. Minimal size is 16x20. Please use non glare glass as we cannot rearrange the light.

 

Village Hall Art Show at Village Hall, 224 Main Street, Northport Local Color from Local Artists

Opening Reception, Oct. 30th, 2:00-4:00 pm

 

Think big and beautiful. For further details call Margita Hatfield @ 261-6362

 

Members Announcements

 

MUSIC

 

CANTA LIBRA - Chamber Ensemble - Sally Shorrock, Artistic Director

Sunday, October 2nd, 2:00,Museum  at Stony Brook, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY. Free and open to the public (631)751-0066

Saturday, October 8th, 8:00, Smithtown Performing Arts Center, 2 East Main Street, Smithtown, NY 11787

$15.00 at the door (631) 724-3700

 

Sunday, October 2, 2005 4:00 PM - Works by: Bach, Dukas, Dvorak, Heiden, Mendelssohn and Tartini - Christine Doré, piano, Jeffrey Forden, French horn, Linda Sinanian, violin.  St. John’s Church, Main & Prospect Streets, Huntington, New York  GENERAL ADMISSION $15.00  Proceeds to Benefit the St. John’s Building Fund Please join us afterwards in the Great Hall to Meet the Artists

 

Potpourri of Song…An Evening of Musical Theatre
Paul Fraccalvieri, Baritone, Gina Marie Haver, Soprano, Mark Victor Smith, Piano
Salem Lutheran Church, 450 67th Street, Brooklyn, NY  11220
Saturday, October 8, 2005 7:30 p.m. , Admission - $10
Reception with summer refreshments after concert.
Please call (718) 748-7770 or (917) 502-5761 for more information.

 

The following is the October Calendar for Trattoria Grasso and Cold Spring Harbor Arts Center.

 

Wednesdays - Open mike night with Wayne Sebella at the piano

Thursday & Friday 6 & 7 - Bob Kindred Trio - sax, piano & bass

Thursdays 13 & 27 - Denise Richards Trio - vocal, piano & bass

Thursday & Friday 20 & 21 - Danny Mixon Trio - piano, bass & drums

Fridays 14 & 28 - Sue Giles Trio - vocal, piano & bass

Saturdays - Ernie Byrd & Friends - vocal, piano, bass & surprise

 

Cold Spring Harbor Arts Center & Gallery

Sunday 10/16 - The great Cedar Walton in concert. Jazz icon pianist, writer, arranger

Sunday 10/30 - Jim Dawson in concert - adult contemporary folk

 

Please join Marie Delacruz & Friends at Fiddleheads Restaurant and Bar (next to Imac Theatre on New  York Avenue, Huntington) on Friday, Oct. 21st from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m.  Marie & Friends will be performing a variety of great covers and originals from her upcoming debut release. Please visit www.mariedelacruz.com for more info.

 

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005

Time: 8:30 pm. Open Mike at 8.00 p.m. Arrive at 7:30 p.m. to sign up.

Place: Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington

109 Brown’s Road, Huntington, New York Tickets: $10. $8 seniors & students Coffee and desserts available. Information/directions: (631) 427-9547. Website: http//:www.lastlicks.com

 

VISUAL ARTS

roots & off-shoots – kate kelly

 NAC member Kate Kelly invites all to the opening reception of her exhibit, "roots & Off-shoots," curated by Stan Brodsky, opening Saturday, October 8, 2-4pm at the Alfred Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Rd, Huntington Station. (south off Jericho Tpke, east of Rte 110) Call 631-549-4411 for more info.  Show on exhibit through November 11.

 

October 8 & 9: John Ellsworth will be exhibiting and selling his photography in the Greater Westhampton Beach Fall 2005 Art & Crafts Fair. To see his work--old, new, and featured--please log on to : http://johnellsworth.com  

 

                      The arrival of autumn welcomes changes of color to the landscape.  

Experience beautiful landscapes captured on canvas, by viewing the online gallery of Pamela Long Nolan at www.PamelaLongNolan.com .  Check out Pam's latest work and upcoming exhibits.  Please sign our guest book to let us know you paid visit. 

 

      East Northport artist Jane McGraw Teubner won the Salmagundi Award at the

Pastel Society of America's Annual National Juried Show in September. She

also won first place in Pastels and Drawing at Gallery North's Outdoor Art

Show.  

 

Leni Friedland will be displaying some of her abstract art at Briarcliff College, E. Main Street Patchogue, N.Y. for the month of Oct.  Reception will be Thursday, Oct. 20^th 7 – 9 pm.  For more info. call Leni at 928 – 8564

 

Open Gallery, 70 Main Street, Northport, NY

Presents, in a solo show, the beautiful meditative works by the accomplished, Zen Buddhist Korean born Artist Wheiza Kim.

Show dates: Oct 5 thru Nov. 5, Opening Reception: Saturday Oct.8   6 – 8pm                               Refreshments will be served      Contact: Han Soon Murdock  631 754-0501

 

               FILM

 

Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Vaudeville: In The Movies and Early Days Of TV

Lost performances by vaudeville greats Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice, Blossom Seely, Benny Fields, Smith & Dale, Sophie Tucker, and others.  Cinema Arts Centre - 

Phone: 631-423-7611 / Email: jill@cinemaartscentre.org

 

 

 

The Northport Library presents our own inimitable Doris Rowe for the month of October starting October 6.

 

 

 

POETRY

Sunday, October 2^nd, 11:00 am Daniel Thomas Moran, Suffolk County Poet Laureate, will read at Unitarian Universalist Church Stony Brook, New York Contact: vwillpoet@optonline.net

 

Sunday, October 2, 2005 @ 4:00 pm Ridotto Concert "Souvenirs". Suffolk Poet Laureate, Dan Moran, will perform a poetry reading with chamber orchestra, to the strains of Tchaikovsky’s "Souvenir de Florence” and Brahms sextet, opus 18, at Old First Church Main Street Huntington, NY

 

Friday, October 21^st, 8:00 P.M. The Poetry Cafe at Huntington Historical Society Barn welcomes Ray Freed, Allen Planz, Graham Everett, and Oklahoma poet laureate (former) Carol Hamilton , hosted by our own former Suffolk Poet Laureate, George Wallace at HHS  Conklin Barn Corner High St/Rte 110, Huntington

 

Friday, October 28^th, 7:30 P.M.

Poetry reading  features Phil Sparacino, hosted by Kate Dellis-Stover at

Cafe Portofino, Main St. Northport (North side of street, across from the Post Office)

There will be music and an open mic- info call- 631-423-5876.

 

 

Aromas Finer Than Prayer - a new chapbook of poems by Mankh (Walter E. Harris II)Cover and sample poems > http://www.allbook-books.com/html/aromas___.html 35 poems on 39 pages - $5 (in person,) $6 (by mail) - check payable to Allbook Books, PO Box 14331, Hauppauge, NY 11788

 

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 PERFORMING ARTS

 

The Dance Theater Company and The Northport Performing Arts Company (NPAC) will present professional theater artists in an evening of Broadway style song and dance to benefit Long Island’s Ronald McDonald House, Saturday, October 1, 2005, 8:00 p.m.  General Admission is $13; $8 for children; $15 at the door. $50.00 “Meet the Artist” also available. Call 516-489-8795 for ticket information.

Dial ‘M’ For Murder - Performed by The Minstrel Players of Northport. Performances will be on Saturdays, October 29, November 5 & 12 at 8 PM and Sundays, October 30, November 6 & 13 at 3 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church located at 130 Main Street in Northport Village. Prices are $14 Adults and $12 Seniors. Opening night special of $10 for all seats. On November 5 there will be a special dinner theatre performance at 6:30 for $30. Reservations are recommended. For more information, please call 1-800-260-2390 or 631-754-4246 or visit us online at www.minstrelplayers.org.

 

Gene Connor is producing the 7th Annual Bard-A-Thon at Syosset High School.  This event features 12 straight hours of Shakespeare ... and audience participation is welcome!  Its purpose is to raise money for the students to attend an annual theater conference sponsored by the New York State Theater Educators Association.  So come one, come all!  Laugh, cry, watch a few murders, and support the students!  October 1st from 9am to 9pm at Syosset High School.  Admission is free, all money raised is through donations and pledges.  Call 516-364-5709 for more info.

DANCE

 

Posey School’s dance classes will not meet October 6 through 10—note that drama, music and art programs will meet according to schedule.  Posey School’s dance teachers--Ms. Posey, Elyssa Vanderpool, and Rene Kurz will be attending the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) meeting at SUNY Buffalo.  The Elsa Posey Student Scholarship Fund, begun by NDEO to recognize her contributions to national dance education, enables graduate students from college dance programs across the U.S.A. to attend conference and receive mentoring from Ms. Posey during the following school year. Most of the college students intend to open dance schools when they receive their degree. As a part of this program, they visit Northport and the nationally famous Posey School. Ms. Posey would like to remind everyone that we have our own Scholarship Program at Posey School to offer financial assistance to younger students who would otherwise be unable to receive the dance education they need to get into college dance programs. Your donations are tax-deductible.

 

 

 

 

 

Consciousness in the Courtyard – October 21

Gatherings to expand awareness by the sharing of innovative thoughts and creative expressions.

An Open Discussion: Come join in a friendly community forum where you can share your unique ideas or simply soak up some inspiring food-for-thought...all relating to the betterment of one's self and community.

7:15-9pm at the Northport Village Courtyard, off Woodbine & Scudder Avenues

Wanted: Attendees, helpers and special guest speakers. For questions, contact Maggie Kalas, 261-0262 or mjkalas@optonline.net 

 

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! M.J. Mangiafridda, Cynthia Tanenbaum-Fox, Charlene Knadle, Marie Baldwin, Ernie Byrd (Cold Spring Harbor Arts Center), Louise Agnes, Shirley Harrison Brown. Janet Andriano, Meredith Callaghan, Teresa Orlando

 

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