September 2006
NAC SPONSORED EVENTS
Sundays in the Park – Close call! But no Rain! Great fun, Great weather. Great ART!
Photo by Michael Krasowitz
Photo by Bruce Johnson
Another beautiful day in Northport Park, thanks to Northport Arts Coalition, and our poets, Dan Moran and Adriana DiGennaro, who helped bring poetry to the public. Both George Wallace and Dan Moran, in their capacity as Suffolk Poets Laureate, have given generously of their time and energy.
NAC WEDNESDAY
The Northport Arts Coalition, in cooperation with the Northport Public Library, presents HARMONICAS PLUS with Jerry Tatt on the Harmonica accompanied by the Keyboard. Since 2002, Harmonicas Plus has performed at churches, libraries, schools, synagogues, community centers, hospitals, and bookstores throughout Long Island. On Wednesday, September 13 at 7:00 PM, Harmonicas Plus will perform at the Northport Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport, NY. Sing a long or just sit back and enjoy a medley of old time favorites.
At 7:00 PM, a slate of officers will be presented from the nomination committee. Alternative slates may be presented at the October General meeting if they qualify for a board positions. For more information contact our Executive Director, Lauren Paige, or Director, Pat Bond at nacnewsletter@gmail.com
Opera Night!
Friday, September 1 at 8:00 pm , Caffe Portofino, 249 Main Street, Northport, Singers and music lovers are invited to join in a casual evening of singing and performing. Bring your own music. For further information contact Isabella at 261-2387 or vivaldi222@aol.com
Pictured: (8/4/06)
Photo by Bruce Johnson
Mezzo Soprano, Marie Michalopolus performs
an aria from "Samson and Delilia." Accompanist, Dana
Warren
ART AT THE VILLAGE HALL
ATTENTION VISUAL ARTISTS...Prepare now for the upcoming Village Hall Exhibit, RANDOM ACTS OF ART, curated by Kate Kelly. Opening Reception, October 15th, 2006. To receive a prospectus for this exhibit send your email and street address to kate@katekellyart.com Please include your phone number.
POETS IN PORT
POETS IN PORT presents Kate Kelly, Friday evening, September 22nd, 7:30pm at Caffe Portofino, Main Street, Northport (across from the post office). Open Mike opportunity for poets and musicians. Hosted by Kate Dellis Stover.
DOING MUSIC
SAVE THE DATE!!! The Northport Arts Coalition and The Northport Library present Do-Ing Music Friday, Oct. 20 th featuring The Armonia String Quartet and Gene Keys on Clarinet playing the Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets. This is an ambitious and wonderful program not to be missed! Concert at Northport Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport. Advance free tickets recommended: 261-6930. Reception immediately following. Concert 7:30 pm (Please check October NAC newsletter to confirm time).
JOHN W. ENGEMAN THEATER AT NORTHPORT
Kevin O’Neill, owner of the former Northport Theater, hopes to open in a few months focusing on live theater.. He plans to reconfigure the theater which will include dressing rooms and many other improvements. He plans to run the theater 42 weeks of the year. Some of the programs will include theater for teens, children’s programs, and live theater performances Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The theater is named after a brave East Northport soldier who died in Iraq. What a great memorial. The NAC will be working to support this wonderful addition to our community.
MUSIC
Tom Griffith and Martha Trachtenberg will be among the performers at Eisenhower Park on Aug. 31, for the second "Wild About Harry" concert. It's both a tribute to Harry Chapin and a way to raise money and collect food for World Hunger Year and local food distribution organizations. It starts at 7:30, and is free.
Batata Cafe hosts open mic nite on Friday, September 8th from 7 – 10 pm. Arrive early to sign up. The kitchen will be open until 10pm. Batata Cafe serves salads, sandwiches, wraps, panini, smoothies as well as a full coffee bar. All musicians are welcome. For more info, call (631) 754-4439
Sunday, Sept. 10 Babylon Country Fair, Main St., Babylon 1:10-1:50 LONESOME TRAVELER featuring Ira Perlman and Denise Romas in a musical narrative about the life and times of Lee Hays and the Weavers. Friday, Sept. 15 Huntington Public Library 7:30 PM Denise Romas, singer/guitarist, will be the featured artist. Open mic beforehand. Light refreshments. Free. www.ahealingangel.com
Please join singer/songwriter Marie Delacruz and friends for a fun
evening of
original and cover music. Upcoming gigs include Sept. 21 at the
Old
Street Restaurant, Branch Shopping Center, 92 East Main St. Smithtown, Sept. 8th and
Sept. 30th, at
the Spoon Eatery, 125 S. Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY. Check out www.mariedelacruz.com
for more information. : )
Constant Wonder's "Walk with Wonder" is off to the Grammy Awards....wish it luck. There are about 75 children's artists who would love to be one of the 5 nominated for the Best Children's Music Award. As you walk through your life...noticing a bird, a tree, a hermit crab or a fox.send good vibes for Connie and Alice from Constant Wonder that the world will catch on to their "organic" music all about the world's wonders....inspired by Mother Earth. Check out where we will be at www.constantwonder.com
The new Ridotto Season begins on Sunday October 1 at 4 pm with “Invitation to a Voyage” –Impressions from the traveling composer (Beethoven ‘Waldstein’, Schubert ‘Goethe Songs’, Stravinsky ‘Suite Italienne’ for cello and piano, and more. Star performers are Eleni Traganas, Tatiana Goncharova, Christopher Pfund and Andrei Tchekmazov. All Ridotto concerts are held in the Parish Hall of Old First Church on Main Street in Huntington. It’s only the beginning of a very exciting season.
VISUAL ARTS
Long time member THEA LANZISERO www.thealanzisero.com showing August 12-October 13, 2006 at the 24th Annual BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show “Garden of Delights” Empire Fulton State Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park Main Street & The East River, DUMBO, Brooklyn Directions: Main St. entrance: F Train to York St., take Jay St. towards river, left on Plymouth St., straight 4 blocks to park. Or A/C train to High St. exit rear of train, go towards river on Old Fulton St. Right on Water St. left on New Dock.
Jo-Ann Corretti, Long Island Artist, will be displaying her work, including her new Christmas Print & cards, at the East Northport Festival on September 9 & 10, 10am-5pm. She will be setup in front of the East Northport Library.
The meeting dates for A.R.T.S., a support group for artists, are: Hauppauge Library: Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov.9, and Dec. 14 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Art League of Long Island: Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov. 28, from 3:30 -5:00 p.m. Cathy Moschella, carlcat@optonline.net
Jane McGraw Teubner had a pastel accepted into Catharine Lorillard Annual Art Show at the National Arts Club in NYC
Drawing in the Park" will take place on Sunday, September 24th from 10:00 to 12:00. Northport Village Park for information, contact Janet Simpson at 757-4428
Mary Ahern, the Botanical Artist,
will be joining history at the 75th
Anniversary of the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition Labor Day
Weekend, Sept
2-4, 2006 from noon until 5. You can see her Photo-Graphic-Design
florals
at her booth on the east side of University Place, between East 8th St.
and
Waverly Place. In mid September, Sat. & Sunday the 16-17th
Mary will
be joining many
other Northport and area artists at the Gallery North, 41st Annual
Outdoor Art
Show. This festive weekend features special art & craft
demonstrations,
creative activities for the children and live music.
You can find Mary in booth #E-147 right on North Country Rd. in the heart of the show.
John Ellsworth, Photographer: The Times of Northport published "John Ellsworth: a life of sailing, art and adventure" by Elise Pearlman in the August 17th edition. For a look at the article online, please click:
http://www.timesofnorthport.com/1pubicindex.lasso?-token.editorialreferral=59032.112114
John's
work
can be seen on Sunday, September 17, in the Northport park at the Cow
Harbor
Day art fair, noon to 5:00PM. John's website is
http://johnellsworth.com
FILM
Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30pm only @ Cinema Arts Centre “STOLEN” A fascinating new documentary about the largest art heist in modern history. In Person: director Rebecca Dreyfus In 1990, thieves disguised as police officers gained access to Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and successfully perpetrated the largest art heist in modern history. Among the thirteen priceless paintings stolen were works by Rembrandt, Degas and Manet. But none is more sorely missed than The Concert by Johannes Vermeer, one of only 35 surviving works by the beloved Dutch master. For those who loved these paintings, particularly the rare Vermeer, the theft felt almost personal. At the heart of the film is a very unlikely hero: Harold Smith, the most renowned art detective in the world.
Members $8 • Public $12 (w/reception) Advance Reservations Recommended 631-423-7611 www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
POETRY
The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is presenting a book release celebration and reading by
member Pat Falk from her book It Happens As We Speak, published by Plain View Press, on October 15, 1-4. The reading (poetry and prose) is at 2:00 at theWhitman Birthplace State Historic Site, 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, West Hills, NY . For information www.patfalk.net Please note that in consideration of those with allergies and respiratory problems, this will be a scent-free event. Guests are kindly asked to refrain from wearing perfume and cologne
Charlene Knadle and Barbara Southard co-facilitate a discussion of current issues of Poetry Magazine on the second Monday of each month (6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Half Hollow Hills Library, Vanderbilt Pkwy). Charlene Knadle has a new poetry chapbook, Local Color, $9.00, 60 pgs. Dr. Knadle has a 16-page contribution in the 11-volume library reference work, Popular Contemporary Writers--the section on Pat Conroy. One library that houses it is the Melville Branch of the HHH Library.
Friday, September 15th, 8:00 P.M. Charles Fishman will be honored as Long Island Poet of the Year 2006 at the Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd South Huntington (Across road from the Walt Whitman Mall) Phone: (631) 427-5240 / Fax: (631) 427-5247
Admission $3.00 WWBA members= free _www.waltwhitman.org_ (http://www.waltwhitman.org/)
Poetry Contest: The Conklin Prize for Poetry, sponsored by the Huntington Historical Society, and based on the “Hats Off to Huntington” exhibit at the Conklin Farmhouse, 2 High St, Huntington. Visit the exhibit, submit one to three poems related to hats. Deadline is September 15th, 2006. $5.00 entry fee per poem. Mail poems and checks payable to: Huntington Historical Society Conklin Prize for Poetry 209 Main Street Huntington, NY 11743 Prize will be awarded by the judge, George Wallace, our first Suffolk County Poet Laureate, at the Conklin Barn Poets’ Cafe’ on Friday, October 20th, 2006.
PERFORMING ARTS
Crew/House Staff needed - The Minstrel Players of Northport are looking for Crew and House Staff for future productions. Crew Staff should be handy and lighting experience is a plus. House staff would be needed for show dates to sit guests and sell concessions. For more information,
please call 1-800-260-2390 or 631-732-2926 or visit us online at www.minstrelplayers.org <www.minstrelplayers.org" target=_blank>http://www.minstrelplayers.org>
Township Theatre Group, Long Island's oldest community theatre company brings Marriage, Misadventures & a Mistress to the stage in its 54th subscription season. The season kicks off October 27th with Father of the Bride; followed by our January winter musical, Sweet Charity; and closes in June with Cactus Flower. To celebrate its 54th season, TTG is offering subscriptions for all three shows at more than a 40% savings over regular ticket prices. For information or to order tickets, call us at (631) 421-9832. For information on release, contact Joseph Paris at (516) 799-1229
DANCE
Congratulations to Elsa Posey who has been awarded the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Dance Education Association. This is the highest award given in the dance education profession!
POSEY SCHOOL open house on Wednesday, September 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Classes begin on Thursday, September 7th for the 2006-07 School Year. Lots of dance classes for tiny tots to seniors including a Pre-Professional Preparatory Program for teens. Reminder, Posey School has dance but also—classes in music, acting and mixed-media arts for children, teens and adults. Class schedule at www.poseyschool.com or call 757-2700.
DANSKINETICS classes Will reopen this fall Thursday October 5th at 10:00 am Posey School of Dance , Northport. For information please call Ghislaine: (631) 262 7844 (before September 9th or after October1st)
Earth Harmony: A Dance Movement Choir for Everyone
Come join the third annual intergenerational dance movement choir which takes place out of doors in the fresh air to the music of live drums. It is funded by a JPMorganChase and Huntington Arts Council grant. NAC member, choreographer Dafna Soltes Stein teaches participants fun to do, folksy dance sequences that celebrate the earth. We dance in Heckscher Park, Huntington village in front and up the hill to the right of the museum by the stone gazebo. 5 workshops: 4:00-5:30 pm $10 each. Phone Dafna at 385- 7646 to register and for rain location. Wednesday August 30, Sunday September 3, Wednesday September 6 and Sunday September 10.
MEMBER NEWS
An invitation from Yvette O’Brien – (An original member and NAC founder)
THE LITTLE PRINCE IS BACK -I have always had an interest in Saint-Exuperyąs work. In September 2000, for his 100th birthday, I was the curator of an exhibit at The Northport Historical Society and Museum in Northport. This year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince in France. When I found out that the Northport Library was building a courtyard, I immediately knew that this was the appropriate place for a statue of The Little Prince.
Almost two years later, On September 16th, at 3 pm, in the beautiful courtyard of the Northport library, a statue of The Little Prince will be unveiled. This statue is the first one in the United States and a unique addition to the cultural landscape of the courtyard. Antoine de Saint Exupery wrote The Little Prince white staying at The Bevin House in Eatonąs Neck in 1942/43. So far, this world-wide acclaimed book has been translated into 180 languages and dialects. His universal message is still relevant today. Many of you have reacted with enthusiasm and two of the most common reactions are : “It is my favorite book.”or “I did not know that it was written here.”
Messieurs Francois and Jean dąAgay, nephews of Antoine de Saint Exupery as well as Monsieur Francois Delattre, Consul General de France, will be present at this historical dedication. This is a great and joyous occasion. Please come and celebrate with us. You will be part of an international event. Amicalement. Yvette Cariou OąBrien
Kate Kelly, founding and long time member of NAC was recently recognized as a New York State Woman of Distinction in the Arts 2005 by Senator John Flanagan. Her work has appeared in numerous small press magazines including Voices International, DICO, and Oasis d’Neon. She has also been published in Humanities, Pegasus, PPA Literary Review, Xanadu, and The Long Island Quarterly as well as on-line publications. Kate is the author of BARKING AT SUNSPOTS AND OTHER POEMS (Justin Books 1987). She is a featured poet on the CD, inspired by Jack Kerouac, Northport Celebrates Jack. Kate has presented her work at the Bowery Poetry Club, Bistro Ten 18, the Poetry Barn, the Cinema Arts Center, as well as in libraries and bookstores. Kate is an associate editor of the online poetry magazine, Poetry Bay (www.poetrybay.com) and is a member of the Bar Bones Theater Company in Northport. She was a first co-chair of the Northport Arts Coalition and now serves on their Advisory Board.
Brainworks Plus SMART ART CLASSES for children ages 5-11 resume in September. This class integrates Brain Gym® exercises with art skills and projects. Fine arts training, as well as craft work comprises a highly diversified and enjoyable program. Improvements in school subjects (especially reading) reported as a by product of Smart Art Training. Call 631-651-9207 to see if there's space. Bal-A-Vis-X Lab opening in Northport for adults and children to activate higher auditory and visual processing as well as whole body posture, balance and coordinaton for art, music, dance, as well as academic and daily life skills. Contact Brainworks Plus for schedule and registration. 631-651-9207
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Northport Arts Coalition
Report from the NAC Board
The Northport Arts Coalition was founded in April 1998 by artists who had a unique vision for our community. Through their efforts and hard work, we now have a professional community-based arts coalition which provides venues for local visual artists, dancers, poets, musicians, and opera lovers. Our current Board is committed to continuing those efforts, and seeking new opportunities to provide quality programs and events in the arts and humanities and improving the structural organization of the coalition.
On April 8, 2006 the former Chairperson and Treasurer of NAC announced their resignations. An emergency NAC Board meeting was quickly called and new officers were appointed: Lauren Paige-Executive Director, Pat Bond- Director/Treasurer, Tara Kavanaugh-Secretary, and Charlotte Koons-Board Member/Community Outreach Specialist. At the time of transition, NAC’s membership was rapidly approaching 300, in part due to the reopening of the Northport Theater. Under this new leadership the NAC Board had the unique opportunity to reevaluate its organizational structure including: bylaws, procedures, financial and legal matters. As of August 2006 your current Executive Board is proud to inform the membership regarding its evaluations, changes and accomplishments:
The 2002 bylaws were updated and approved by the board to reflect the growth of our current arts coalition.
Formal financial procedures, were drafted by the Executive Director and Treasurer. These protocols were approved as an addendum to the bylaws at the June 2006 Board meeting. Significant financial additions included: (1) treasury reports to be submitted to the Board on a monthly basis,(2) the inclusion of detailed separate treasury reports for specific accounts: Sundays in the Park, The Village Hall Art Show, NAC Wednesdays, Doing Music and The Northport Opera Company., (3)the development of contracts to be signed and dated for all NAC performances, and (4)the proposed opening of a new bank account to keep clear and accurate records and treasury reports.
Protocols for groups operating under the NAC umbrella were written by the Executive Director and Treasurer and approved by the NAC Board at its August 7, 2006 Board meeting.
Guidelines for the Village Hall Art Show and Sundays in the Park were written by the Executive Director and approved by the Board for the purpose of organization and encouragement of NAC members to get involved and lend their leadership skills to the Coalition. The board will reassess and update program guidelines as needed.
The Board has retained CPA George Rehn (specializing in non-profit organizations) for professional services and advisement in financial matters. He has helped the Executive Director meet legal criteria in order to write up and submit two $2500 grant proposals given to NAC by Assemblyman Raia on November 22, 2005. These grant proposals were due
no later then August 31st of 2006. Since there was much legal paperwork to be completed before these grant proposals could be sent in, the Executive Director contacted the N.Y.S. Parks and Recreation Department and asked for an extension date. An extension date of June 2007 was given.
Mr. Rehn and grant writer Craig Fligstein also advised the Executive Director to apply to the New York State Attorney General’s registration number to be in fiscal compliance as a non-profit organization. The Executive Director sent paperwork ( Char 410, 500 and 990 forms) to the Attorney General’s Office to file for years 2000 through 2005 with the State. Since the Coalition never took in a net income $25,000 or more during those years, the Executive Director wrote a letter to the N.Y.S. Attorney General’s Office asking for leniency and to not penalize our Coalition for not filing with their agency. We await their reply.
NAC Advisory Board members, Mr. Rehn and Mr. Fligstein advised the NAC Board to obtain Board insurance to maintain a professional governing body of Board members. The NAC Board approved and now has coverage.
The NAC Board meets formally once a month. If members have any questions, or new ideas please send them to nacnewsletter@gmail.com We welcome and encourage your input and participation in making NAC your Arts Coalition!
If you would like to become a NAC member and contribute to Art in our community, send a check for $25 to NAC, P. O. Box 508, Northport, NY 11768
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