ArtMosphere at Vanderbilt: View Exhibited Paintings by 40 Long Island Artists, Hear Live Blues, Classic Rock Music

 Kerry Kearney Duo – Friday, January 24

 Sneak Preview! New Planetarium Show: Black Holes

ArtMosphere is one of a series of blues-and-art events presented by musician and producer Rich Rivkin. Visitors will be able to view the paintings — in a variety of styles — while listening to a performance by the Kerry Kearney Duo (Kearney and Gerry Sorrentino).

Visit:  www.limusicfestivals.com/artmosphere

Visitors who wish to see a Planetarium show may purchase tickets at the Planetarium box office. Admission: $9 for adults, $8 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $7 for children 12 and under. Planetarium seating is limited, so early ticket purchase is recommended.

Regularly scheduled Planetarium programs are Long Island Skies at 8:00 (an astronomy educator shows visitors what can be seen from their Long Island backyards — without light pollution — including constellations, stars and deep-sky objects) and a special showing of Classic Full-Dome Rock at 10:00 p.m.

The evening will feature a sneak preview of the latest new show, Black Holes, at 9:00 p.m. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Kerry Kearney, a notable blues guitarist, performed in October at The Paramount in Huntington with the legendary B.B King. Kearney became interested in music at age 10, when his parents bought him his first electric guitar. Beginning in 1988, he played for five years with Jefferson Airplane/Starship.

Then, strongly influenced by Lightning Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt and Eric Clapton, Kearney went out on his own and formed the Kerry Kearney Band. He has toured nationally and internationally with the Allman Brothers Band and Dickey Betts. Kearney and his band mates were inducted this year into the New York Blues Hall of Fame.

Gerry Sorrentino, the other member of the duo, has been a longstanding member of Savoy Brown and other musical projects. These include the British Blues All-Stars, Sam Taylor, Phoebe Legere, Long John Baldry, Rod Price, Bob Hall, Roy Young, Robert Charels, Duke Robillard, Maxine Brown, Blue Manchu, a concoction of members of Shania Twain, Mick Ronson and Savoy Brown, as well as others. In September, Sorrentino was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame.

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MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM INFORMATION

Winter Hours – Museum and Mansion

Through February 4: The Museum and Mansion are open Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. The Museum and Mansion are closed on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Winter Hours – Planetarium
Through February 4: The Planetarium is open Tuesday, Friday (nights only), Saturday and Sunday, with the first Saturday and Sunday show at noon and the last at 4:00-see schedule below. The Planetarium is closed on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Observatory – Year-round viewing of the night sky (weather permitting), Friday only, 9:00-10:00 (free with show ticket; $3.00 without show ticket).

Winter 2014 Planetarium Show Schedule

For details on each show, visit www.vanderbiltmuseum.org

January 17 – 23

Friday, January 24

8:00 – Long Island Skies

9:00 – Black Holes – NEW! 

10:00 – Classic Rock Special 

January 25-February 14  

Museum Admission

General museum admission is $7 for adults, $6 for students with ID and seniors (62 and older), and $3 for children 12 and under. General admission includes estate-grounds access to the Marine Museum, Memorial Wing natural-history and ethnographic-artifact galleries, Nursery Wing, Habitat Room, Egyptian mummy and Stoll Wing animal-habitat dioramas. For a mansion tour, add $5 per ticket. (A video tour of the mansion is available on request.)

Mansion Tours

Guided tours of the Vanderbilt Mansion – listed on the National Register of Historic Places – are available Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00.

Planetarium Admission

During the day, visitors to the Planetarium pay general museum admission ($7 for adults, $6 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $3 for children 12 and under), plus $5 each for a Planetarium show. Since the museum is closed in the evening, no general museum admission is charged – visitors pay only for Planetarium show tickets: $9 for adults, $8 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $7 for children 12 and under.

Vanderbilt Observatory

Night-sky viewing on Friday (weather permitting), 9:00-10:00 p.m. Observation is free to visitors with a planetarium show ticket, $3.00 for those without a show ticket.

Location and Website

The Vanderbilt Museum is located at 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, NY. Directions and updated details on programs and events are available at www.vanderbiltmuseum.org. For information, call 631-854-5579.