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ART BYTES at LaunchPad Huntington

April 1, 2015 9:06 am Comments Off

FREE EVENT / $5 SUGGESTED DONATION
On Saturday Night, April 18th, LaunchPad Huntington from 6-10 PM for our special #artntech event – “ART BYTES”. Featuring: Visual Art, Animation, Illustration, Videography, live painting, and musical performances. Plus, enjoy delicious food courtesy of Massa’s Coal Fired Brick Oven Pizzeria, Tasty American Coo Coo, and Neraki Greek Mediterranean Grill […]

New Art Form Combines Animation, Dance, Music, Theater

March 31, 2015 9:50 am Comments Off

Spontaneous Fantasia Returns to Planetarium Dome
By Patrick Keeffe
John Adamczyk, known as J-Walt — a performer, interactive designer, filmmaker, graphic artist and composer — gave two enthusiastically received January performances of Spontaneous Fantasia in the Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.
J-Walt will return for two more shows on Saturday, April 18, […]

Celebrity Chef Peter Berley to Talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Library

March 27, 2015 9:47 pm Comments Off

Award-winning chef and author Peter Berley will offer an in-depth discussion, demonstration, and tasting of traditional French country bread leavened with wild-crafted sourdough culture at the Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center. All are invited to attend this free program on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7pm. Advance registration is required.
A distinctively tart-tasting bread, […]

Artists Demonstration – Saturday, March 21, 2015

March 21, 2015 8:23 am Comments Off

Alice Riordan provides a demonstration on how to create a figure in clay . She will be showing the method that she has used for all the sculptures that are presently being shown at the gallery.
Ms Riordan will share her knowledge and love for the medium from which she has enjoyed years of creative joy.
Artist […]

$135,000 Grant Awarded To Support Restoration of Vanderbilt Marine Collection

March 19, 2015 1:30 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has recently received a grant of $135,000 from The Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation to support the restoration of the museum’s extensive marine collection, the largest privately assembled collection of sea specimens from the pre-atomic-era.
Jennifer Attonito, executive director of the foundation, said, “The Vanderbilt Museum is a Long Island gem […]

The Heckscher Museum of Art March & April 2015 Exhibitions and Programs

March 18, 2015 1:09 pm Comments Off

PROGRAMS
Exploring Art…and Making Memories
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Members $8, Non-Members $10, Care Partners Free
With the understanding that artistic experiences stimulate new pathways of learning, expression, and memories, the Museum is offering a unique program for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Specially trained professionals will lead an interactive tour of selected works […]

Second Annual Film Feast

March 17, 2015 12:58 pm Comments Off

Let’s Eat: Food on Film Co-presented & sponsored by Slow Food North Shore
Sunday, March 29 at 6:30 pm
An enchanted evening highlighting our local food, the people who produce it, and the difference it can make. Each of eight short films will be paired with the food featured in the film, prepared by iEat Green and […]

First Annual Long Island Yarn Crawl on March 19

March 16, 2015 5:45 pm Comments Off

13 yarn shops from Montauk to Port Washington will be participating in the first annual Long Island Yarn Crawl on March 19th – 22nd.

Over the course of the long weekend, yarn crafters knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners – are invited to participate in this self – guided tour of our Long Island yarn shops. It is a great way to explore what our local fiber community […]

An Evening of Live Music at the Cinema Arts Centre, March 19

March 16, 2015 11:45 am Comments Off

Bluegrass banjo player Jeff Scroggins and members of his band will share a bill with folksinger Mara Levine during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington) on Thursday, March 19. The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by […]

East Northport and Huntington Station Residents Produce ‘Dinner at the Guggenheims’

March 15, 2015 1:24 pm Comments Off

A one-of-a-kind theater experience with dancing to a live orchestra, musical performance and dinner at Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve.
Friends of the Sands Point Preserve’s historic Hempstead House will be the setting of an elegant dinner theater experience that will explore the festive spirit of the Guggenheims, whose reputation of lavish entertainment at their […]