Mary Ruppert represented by Photo Art Pavilion on-line.
2021-07-16 - 2022-07-16 | PHOTOART PAVILIONWEBSITE, United States
Mary Ruppert’s photography will be shown on Photo Art Pavilion on line after being contacted by the gallery owners and curators of the website.
Photo Art Pavilion features the artwork of photographers in many genres for both enjoyment and for sale in many sizes and media.

Fearless Watercolors – Virtual Classes with Jan Guarino
2022-04-19 13:30 - 2022-07-19 15:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Painting different a subject matter each week from landscapes, seacapes, still lifes, florals and portraits. I will show you techniques that will allow you to feel free while holding onto detail, gain control, make corrections and have fun. Learn to trust your instincts with color and add contrast and allow blossoms, drips and splatters to work for you. $25 per class includes a 2+ hour class, critique and recording. Sign up for my newsletters to receive class updates on my website: janguarinofineart.com

Steve Walker Art, LI Charcoal Artist Exhibit at Huntington Library
2022-07-01 - 2022-07-31 | Please CHOOSE or add your venue!, NY, United States
CHARCOAL ART – A DETAILED PERSPECTIVE
Steve’s artwork will be exhibited in the library gallery for the entire month of JULY. Original artwork will be available for sale. Prior to the pandemic Steve Walker Art was exhibiting in library galleries across Long Island. Preview his most current artwork in FACEBOOK “Steve Walker Art”, INSTAGRAM “LongIslandCharcoalArtist”, and new Web Site “https://www.artpal.com/SteveWalkerArt”

Nautical
2022-07-01 09:00 - 2022-07-29 21:00 (America/New_York) | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
Nautical
by Risa Greenfield, Searenity Art Designs
JULY 1 to 29
Reception:
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 7 p.m. (tentative)
Greenfield’s nautical artwork is inspired by the ocean using various mediums, such as acrylic paint, encaustic, epoxy, beach sand, shattered glass, mica flakes, thickeners, glow-in-the-dark pigments from pouring mediums, and compounds. Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. 516-379-3274, www.freeportlibrary.info. Free.

Freeport Memorial Library Presents Adult Drumming on the Mile
2022-07-13 19:00 - 2022-08-10 20:00 (America/New_York) | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
Adult Drumming on the Mile
presented by Spirit Sky
WEDNESDAYS, 7 p.m.
JULY 13, 20: AUGUST 3,10
Nautical Mile at the Grover tent 195 Woodcleft Ave.
Join professional drummer George Schultze, and learn the benefits of drumming. It is a great way to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety while meeting others. Class size is limited. Registration is necessary. Register online, by phone, or in person at the ASK Desk. Freeport Memorial Library. www.freeportlibrary.info 516-379-3274. Free.

Steve Walker Art, LI Charcoal Artist Exhibit at Northport Village, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s
2022-07-15 - 2022-08-16 | Please CHOOSE or add your venue!, NY, United States
CHARCOAL ART – A DETAILED PERSPECTIVE
Steve’s artwork will be exhibited in the Daniel Gayle Sotheby’s Art Gallery on 77 Main St, Northport. Original artwork will be available for sale. Prior to the pandemic Steve Walker Art was exhibiting in library galleries across Long Island. Preview his most current artwork in FACEBOOK “Steve Walker Art”, INSTAGRAM “LongIslandCharcoalArtist”, and new Web Site “https://www.artpal.com/SteveWalkerArt”

The Paramount Tribute Series Presents: A Jim Morrison Celebration Featuring - Wild Child with Special Guest: Matty O'Brien Group
2022-07-16 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Wild Child – Dave Brock’s Doors Experience is the Los Angeles based act with over 20 solid years of world tour experience and has flourished in the competitive L.A. Music Scene. Faithfully re-creating a live Doors Concert on stage, the music is painstakingly reproduced and combined with the voice; look and essence of Jim Morrison live on stage (performed by lead singer Dave Brock).
Wild Child tries to mirror the depth, energy and emotion of The Doors concerts as they were live back in the late 1960’s. The Band also utilizes the same musical instruments live as The Doors did over 40 years ago. Wild Child performs internationally, playing to packed venues around the globe.
Front man, Dave Brock, started his role as the Lizard King by grabbing the lead in the” Jim Morrison Rock Opera,” produced by the late legends sister, Anna Morrison Graham. Anna personally selected Brock for the part. From there, he started the band “Wild Child,” whose reputation rapidly spread from Southern California to remote areas of the world.
Wild Child’s first show at The Whisky a-Go-Go was on July 3rd, 1986. A long string of sell out shows at The Whisky has continued for Wild Child to this date. Wild Child broke right into the national act venue circuit, and continues to play across the country and abroad to packed touring act venues. The band relies on stage craft and musicianship to create an event that people will remember, without corn ball antics and pretentious banter. This is a serious, touring re-creation stage show! Two years ago the band produced “Wild Child – Live In Concert” a 22 song double disc CD set of songs that The Doors made popular on stage as well as songs from their last album that they were never able to perform live with Jim Morrison, due to his unexpected death. Below is what one expert said about the CD set:…
[Wild Child’s live CD] has been in production for over a year as lead singer David Brock has sought perfection on each and every song. I honestly think that this recording could get passed off to even a seasoned collector as being a new unheard Doors live show from the 1960’s. It’s the most incredible re-creation that I have ever heard” (Kerry Humpherys – The Doors Collectors Magazine)

Plaza Theatrical Productions Presents How I Became a Pirate
2022-07-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Elmont Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY, 11003, United States
Sail off on a fantastic musical excursion when a band of comical pirates enlist young Jeremy Jacob as they look for the prefect spot to bury their treasure. Based upon the award winning book, How I Became a Pirate, written by Melinda Long with illustrations by David Shannon, audience members are encouraged to come in costumes!
July 15, 18, 21, 2022 at 10:30am at the Elmont Public Library Theater.

Firefly Artists Watercolor Masters Series: Fabio Cembranelli
2022-07-19 10:00 - 2022-07-21 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Firefly Artists, 90 Main Street, Northport, 11768, United States
The Firefly Artists are pleased to announce this 4th installment in our Watercolor Masters Series championed by Firefly Jan Guarino, a lifelong learner who loves to bring artists who inspire her in to teach you!!!
Fabio Cembranelli, a renowned Brazilian artist, started painting at university, where he studied architecture. After graduating, he took drawing, sculpture and photography courses in his home town of São Paolo, and continued his studies in Europe and US during the 90s. He still lives and works in São Paulo. His paintings feature in exhibitions and collections worldwide,
Fabio currently works in two artistic fields: watercolours and acrylics, and his unique and luminous floral watercolours are known internationally.
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Explaining why he has chosen transparent watercolour as his favorite medium, he says, “What compels me to paint with this approach is the possibility of painting quickly. It suits my personality best — the fluidity of the medium provides a unique sensation of unexpected colour mixing, particularly when I define only the main masses and allow the unpredictable to happen on the rest of the paper. Timing is quite important in my method. I lean intuitively toward realism, but the right speed forces me to create diffused effects and shapes. I love painting flowers and landscapes in watercolour and I’m always enchanted by the attempt to capture the contrast between loose and definitive edges, as well as light and shadow effects.”
Fabio teaches painting techniques in his studio, in art galleries, as well as workshops and painting holidays throughout Brazil and abroad. Nowadays his work is focused on plein air painting, observing and studying nature firsthand at inspiring outdoor locations.
In the upcoming years he will be tutoring several workshops in Europe, Asia and North America. He is also a regular contributor to various painting magazines and also works as illustrator for some publishing in South America.
(Please note that the attached image is a artist sample only, and not what will be painted during the workshop)

Huntington Community Band - Concert 4 - Women in Jazz
2022-07-20 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Heckscher Park, Huntington, 164 Main St. , Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
July 20, 2022 – Concert 4 – Women in Jazz
This concert will be a swingin’ night of great jazz featuring the HCB Big Band under the direction of HCB Assistant Director Dan Bilawsky. Join the Huntington Community Band as they celebrate the HAC’s theme of women in jazz! In addition, the HCB welcomes back to the stage, Northport Community Band Director, Don Sherman as guest conductor of the HCB. Featured soloist will be Kennedy Burgess performing the Spanish tour de force Piccolo Espagnole!
Bring folding chairs or large blankets. Pre-Concert entertainment featuring the HCB Flute Ensemble will begin at 6:45PM. HCB Concert begins at 8:00PM. For additional information and directions to Heckscher Park, visit the www.huntingtonarts.org or www.hcband.org

The Paramount Presents Eli Young Band "The Love Talking Tour"
2022-07-22 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Eli Young Band – originally scheduled for January 20th, 2022 – rescheduled to July 22nd, 2022
Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. (Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 2pm) – Eli Young Band at The Paramount, originally scheduled for Thursday, January 20th, 2022 – has been rescheduled for Friday, July 22nd, 2022. No exchanges are required – all tickets from 1/20/22 will be valid for the 7/22/22 show. For any questions or concerns, please visit paramountny.com.
MULTI-PLATINUM hitmakers Eli Young Band achieved their fourth No. 1 with “Love Ain’t,” off THIS IS ELI YOUNG BAND (GREATEST HITS). Comprised of 14 classic chart-toppers, fan-favorites and new music, the collection released via The Valory Music Co. also features introspective “Break It In.” Staying true to their Country roots throughout their dynamic career, their top-charting hits include PLATINUM “Drunk Last Night,” 2X PLATINUM “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” and 3X PLATINUM “Crazy Girl.” With smash singles claiming Billboard’s No. 1 Country Song of the Year and ACM Awards Song of the Year, EYB has earned multiple nominations from GRAMMY, CMA, CMT, ACA and Teen Choice Awards. They have performed on national television shows such as TODAY, Conan, Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and FOX & Friends. EYB has sold out venues from coast-to-coast as strong headliners while also sharing the stage with Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Chris Young, Darius Rucker and Dave Matthews Band. They most recently returned to Globe Life Stadium to kick off the four-night QuikTrip Concert in Your Car™ Series presented by Energy Transfer, an outdoor drive-up live concert in a socially distant environment. The musical band of brothers – Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson –play their own instruments, write their own songs and cling fast to their Texas roots. The trailblazing group has come a long way since their formation in 2000 at the University of North Texas. For tour dates and more, visit EliYoungBand.com.

Freeport Library Presents Testing Mozart
2022-07-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
Testing Mozart
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2 p.m.
HYBRID PROGRAM
Join us for an entertaining Watch Party featuring various topics in the arts on medici.tv. Patrons can also view the documentary at home during the event. Testing Mozart is a documentary about the “Mozart effect,” the power of Mozart’s music to fight disease and increase the mental ability of its listeners. In this journey into the world of music and medicine, this film will examine the latest scientific discoveries that shed new light on the influence of Mozart’s work on the brain. Freeport Memorial Library. 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. To attend in person, register by visiting www.freeportlibrary.info and click on the date of the program in the event calendar. To attend virtually, visit the date of the program in the event calendar and click on the link provided. 516-379-3274. Free.

The Paramount If You Know It, Sing It Presents: "Look What You Made Me Do" A Taylor Swift Dance Party
2022-07-23 21:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
THIS EVENT IS 18+
Have you heard every album, listened to the radio and waited for something to come along? Do you never go out of style? Dying to see how this one ends?
Well… You are invited to “Look What You Made Me Do” – The Taylor Swift DJ Party /
Come on out and see the lights, see the party, the ball gowns. Party like it’s 1989. It’ll be the perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of your exes. You won’t be sleeping because we’re watching the night slip away like a bottle of wine.
Did we mention that we’ll be serving specialty drinks named after the boys we know all too well. After one sip, they’ll have you lying on the cold hard ground. Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn ya.
Are you ready for it? Grab your cardigan and sing your broken hearts out with us for a Taylor Swift DJ night!
** This is a DJ night celebrating Taylor Swift. She will not be performing.**

Freeport Library Presents Luciano Pavarotti: Portrait
2022-07-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
Luciano Pavarotti: Portrait
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2 p.m.
HYBRID PROGRAM
Join us for an entertaining Watch Party featuring various topics in the arts on medici.tv. Patrons can also view the documentary at home during the event. Luciano Pavarotti rapidly attained international renown, becoming a giant of both opera and popular music. In this unique portrait of this larger-than-life musician, Esther Schapira explores the personal life and legendary performances of the “greatest tenor of all time.” Freeport Memorial Library. 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. To attend in person, register by visiting www.freeportlibrary.info and click on the date of the program in the event calendar. To attend virtually, visit the date of the program in the event calendar and click on the link provided. 516-379-3274. Free.

Marc Courtade Presents Broadway Musicals: The 1940s
2022-07-26 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY, 11576, United States
After Oklahoma!, Broadway Musicals embraced the new Rodgers and Hammerstein model. The 1940s saw several now classic musicals utilize the shift from Musical Comedy to Musical Theater, adapting and creating new ways to entertain and tell the story. This course will focus on On the Town, Annie Get Your Gun, Finian’s Rainbow, Brigadoon and South Pacific.
This course is part of the Frick Estate Lectures at The Nassau County Museum. For information on registration, visit: https://www.thefrickestatelectures.org/

Jan Guarino's Fearless Watercolor - The Basics
2022-07-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Please CHOOSE or add your venue!, NY, United States
I invite you to be part of an immersive experience that will open new ways to approach a blank sheet of white paper. The result will likely forever change the way you think of painting in watercolors. Along with techniques, my clear process to putting paint and water to paper will help you more successfully express your passion for this medium.
This Basics Workshop takes many pieces and pulls them together in this intensive 3 week workshop. All it takes is you and practice! Learn how to: Basic set up of your supplies, 4 Brush Techniques, Color Swatches – Know your colors, Color Wheel and Correction Techniques and Nine Textures you can create.
3 evenings in July 27, Aug 3 & 10 7-9pm

Huntington Community Band - Concert 5 Finale - Till We Meet Again!
2022-07-27 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Heckscher Park, Huntington, 164 Main St. , Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
July 27, 2022 – Concert 5 – Till We Meet Again
Please join the HCB under the direction of Music Director Vickie Henson and Assistant Director Shane Helfner as they conclude the 76th season with a selection of musical fan favorites chosen from the great concert band repertoire including marches, music from the stage and screen and much more. Concert 5 will include the 1812 overture with Cannoneer Jim McAward, Stars and Stripes Forever and HCB’s beloved Director Emeritus, Tom Gellert!
Bring folding chairs or large blankets. Pre-Concert entertainment will begin at 6:45 PM, featuring the horn quartet, Hornucopia. HCB Concert begins at 8:00PM. For additional information and directions to Heckscher Park, visit the www.huntingtonarts.org or www.hcband.org

fotofoto gallery presents: 8th International Phone-ography Competition Exhibition
2022-07-28 12:00 - 2022-08-20 18:00 (America/New_York) | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
fotofoto gallery will feature the “8th International Phone-ography Competition Exhibition.” Approximately 30 photographs, all created using a camera phone will be in a four-week exhibit at fotofoto gallery in August 2022. The juror, TBA, will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. • Reception date TBD. fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY Gallery Days and Hours: Thursday 12-4pm; Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11am-6pm. Go to fotofoto gallery Facebook, Instagram and Website for prospectus and additional information.

fotofoto gallery presents "Artists' Invitational," a Group Exhibition by fotofoto gallery Artist Members & Invited Guest Artists.
2022-07-28 12:00 - 2022-08-20 18:00 (America/New_York) | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
fotofoto gallery features “Artists’ Invitational,” a Group Exhibition featuring works in a variety of media by fotofoto gallery Artist Members and their Invited Guest Artists. • fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver St., Huntington, NY 11743. Gallery Days and Hours: Thursday 12:30-4pm; Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11am-6pm. Reception Date Saturday, July 30th 5-7pm. Go to fotofoto gallery Facebook, Instagram and Website for information.

The Paramount Tribute Series Presents: "Southern RockFest" Celebrating the Music of Lynyrd Snynyrd & The Allman Brothers Band Featuring: A Brothers Revival with Special Guest: Classic Skynyrd Live
2022-07-28 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
There is one band with the musical roots to properly carry on the music and spirit of the Allman Brothers Band; that band is A Brothers Revival.
Led by Allman Brothers’ bassist (78-82) David “Rook” Goldflies, A Brothers Revival is a legacy Allman Brothers Band whose bandleader spent years learning from and performing with Gregg, Dickey, Butch, and Jaimoe.
With the Allman Brothers, as well as Dickey Betts and Great Southern, David toured the U.S. and Europe and learned first-hand how the Allman Brothers sound was created. He performed for crowds as large as 100,000 people in arenas such as Soldiers Field and Mile High Stadium and on television shows like Saturday Night Live, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, and Solid Gold. Rook received a Grammy nomination for the Allman Brothers instrumental “Pegasus” from Enlightened Rogues, a Billboard Top 10 certified Gold album. David is recognized by many fans as one of the Allman Brothers’ most dynamic bass players, with his playing akin to the aggressive style of original Allman Brothers’ bassist, Berry Oakley.
Joining Rook in A Brothers Revival is vocalist and keyboardist Mike Kach who toured with Dickey Betts and Great Southern for more than a decade. Mike was Dickey’s choice to carry on the sound of Gregg Allman’s bluesy performances. The moment Mike sings the first few words of the popular show opener “Ain’t My Cross to Bear,” it’s clear that Mike is imbued with a gift that brings people back to when they first heard Gregg Allman’s unique voice.
During the two-and-a-half-hour show, David leads A Brothers Revival through all the Allman Brothers’ songs that we love: Jessica, One Way Out, Statesboro Blues, Midnight Rider, Melissa, Ramblin’ Man, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Soulshine, Whipping Post, and a few surprises for the fans that enjoy the deep jams. These brothers perform the songs with authentic passion while paying homage to the improvisational spirit of the original band, pushing the songs to new heights.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Brian Regan
2022-07-29 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
ON SALE: Friday, April 8th at 10am
Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.” Having built his 30-plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Brian’s non-stop theater tour continuously fills the most beautiful venues across North America, visiting close to 100 cities each year.
Brian co-stars in Peter Farrelly’s TV series, Loudermilk, which premiered its third season on April 27, 2021, streaming on Amazon Prime. Farrelly personally cast Brian in the series alongside Ron Livingston, Anja Savcic, Will Sasso and Mat Fraser. Brian is receiving praise for his portrayal of “Mugsy,” a recovering addict who is estranged from his family. The first two seasons of Loudermilk originally aired on AT&T’s Audience Network and moved to Amazon Prime on March 12, 2021.
On February 23, 2021, Brian premiered his second Netflix stand-up special, Brian Regan: On The Rocks, which was shot at Tuachan Center for the Arts, an outdoor amphitheater in Utah. Brian’s first Netflix special, Brian Regan: Nunchucks And Flamethrowers, premiered to rave reviews on November 21, 2017, and is also available as a vinyl album.
Brian stars in his own Netflix series, Stand Up And Away! With Brian Regan, which premiered on Christmas Eve 2018. Brian and Jerry Seinfeld Executive Produce the four-episode original half-hour series that combines sketch comedy and stand-up.
Brian made his London debut on February 2, 2019 at The Leicester Square Theatre and he made his Kennedy Center debut with two sold-out shows on March 21 & 22, 2019. He appeared at Carnegie Hall on November 11, 2017 following years of performances in New York City’s finest theaters including Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, The Beacon Theater and Radio City Music Hall. Brian’s tour has included visits to Denver’s legendary 8600-seat Red Rocks Amphitheater and the 12,500-seat EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City.
In 2015, Brian made history with his stand-up special, Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall, as the first live broadcast of a stand-up special in Comedy Central’s history.

The Firefly Artists Presents: Introduction to Illustration with Renee Reichert
2022-07-30 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | The Firefly Artists, 90 Main Street, Northport, 11768, United States
(photo pending)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an illustrator? Would you like to illustrate your own book cover? Poetry? Poster for an event?
Please join us for a two-session workshop as we explore “What is Illustration?” through the art of professional illustrators. Elements of design, color theory and the relationship between images and text will be discussed. Students will then create their own illustration using their choice of media and style.
The $100 fee covers both class sessions, 7/30 and 8/6. Students are to provide their own materials.
For registration and details, please email Renee at reneereichert@icloud.com.
About the Teacher: Renee Reichert, award winning artist & Illustrator, is known for her lush, velvety pastels which often take on both a narrative and a fantasy quality. Her work has been exhibited in The Society of Illustrator’s Annual Exhibition, Spectrum 8. The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and can be seen in numerous private collections. She is the illustrator of the children’s picture books “This is the Wind” and “The Cat Came Back.” Renee lives on Long Island with her husband, their orange cat Ernie, and an occasional fish.
@renee_reichert_art www.reneereichert.com

The Art Guild Call to Artists: Home is Where the Art Is
2022-08-01 | The Art Guild of Port Washington, 200 Port Washington Boulevard, Manhasset, NY, 11030
Juried Art & Competition
Exhibit Dates: Sept 8 – Sept 22
Deadline: Mon, Aug 1
Reception: Thurs. Sept 8, 6-8pm

bj spoke gallery presents 2022
2022-08-01 00:00 - 2022-08-31 00:00 (America/New_York) | on line
PAPERWORKS 2022 International Juried Art Competition
ELIGIBILITY: Artists using paper as their primary substrate, or the subject of a video. All entries to the Paperworks 2022 competition must be the original work of the artist.
ACCEPTED MEDIA: Works made on, with, or about, PAPER: cut paper, folded paper, woven paper, glued paper, drawings, paintings, pastels, printmaking, photographs, paper sculpture, digital art, bound books, collage, mixed media, video, and installation.
JUROR: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue.
She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.
AWARD: Selected artists will have up to six pieces included in a one month, online exhibition on – bjspokegallery.org and promoted on b.j spoke gallery’s social media accounts from August 1-31, 2022. Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place artists.
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, August 13th at 7:00pm on ZOOM (Video Communications Inc.).
ENTRY FEE: $35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos, any or all of which could be selected for the on line exhibition. You will be juried on your body of work. If you’re submitting an Installation or sculptural work you might consider using 2 or more of your 6 permitted images and/or a video, in order to give the juror an accurate visual. However, please keep in mind 6 images are 6 images, not 6 entries.
SIZE LIMITATIONS: PAPERWORKS 2022 will be an online exhibition. There are no size constraints for work submitted.
DEADLINE: May 22, 2022 11:59 (Mountain Time)
NOTIFICATION: Artists will be contacted by June 10, 2022
LEGAL AGREEMENT: Entering the competition implies your consent for b.j. spoke gallery to use your name, artist statement, and images of your art in all advertising and publicity for PAPERWORKS 2022, including but not limited to; print, video, on line, on ZOOM, bjspokegallery.org and social media.
HOW TO APPLY: Submissions are made through Call for Entry (CaFÉ) website. You must create a user account on CaFE in order to submit your work to PAPERWORKS 2022. It’s free, just go to: https://artist.callforentry.org/register.php If already have an account on CaFE you can access the call directly here: https://tinyurl.com/y2shd75m. or go to https://www.bjspokegallery.org/paperworks-2022/artist-opportunities/

Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lecture Series – Long Island Golf, Phil Carlucci
2022-08-01 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse, 65 Wall Street, Huntington , NY, 11743, United States
Lunch & Learn series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. This month a discussion with author Phil Carlucci featuring 200 images that trace the sport’s local history from its roots in Southhampton in the 1980’s through the modern era.

Suburban Art League Free Procreate Demonstration
2022-08-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Nancy Wernersbach will be doing a demonstration on how to use Procreate, a graphics editor app for digital painting that allows for all types of artistic possibilities! Zoom link will be emailed to members. Email us for the link at suburbanartleague@gmail.com by July 31 (links emailed to participants August 1 by noon) or go to our website for a membership form and get all our annual demo information emailed right to you! For more information see us at www.suburbanartleague.com or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SuburbanArtLeague/

The Paramount Five for Fighting with Special Guest: The Verve Pipe
2022-08-02 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
The only way for a story to progress is to turn the page. John Ondrasik— the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting—knows this well. In the two decades since his first major single, “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” hit the stratosphere, the artist has both evolved and come back ‘round full circle. Creativity, if nothing else, is paradoxical.
To date, Five For Fighting, has released six studio LPs, including the platinum certified America Town and The Battle for Everything; and the top-10 charting Two Lights, along with an EP and live albums.
Ondrasik has penned major hits, including the chart-topping “100 Years,” “The Riddle,” “Chances,” “World,” and “Easy Tonight,” which have earned tens of millions of streams and place him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist for the 2000s. The reflective “100 Years” has joined “Superman (It’s Not Easy) as part of the American Songbook and continues to stand the test of time at weddings, birthdays, graduations, memorials, and many a home video. Five For Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350 films, television shows, and commercials, including the Oscar-winning The Blind Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Sopranos and the CBS drama, Code Black.
Referencing Fight For Fighting’s success in the 2000s, AllMusic called Ondrasik “one of the decade’s leading balladeers.” But perhaps his biggest achievement is performing “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” at the 2001 Concert for New York, a benefit show at Madison Square Garden that honored first responders and the fallen about a month after the tragic September 11th attacks. Ondrasik performed alongside other big-name artists like Paul McCartney, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, and dozens more.
Says Ondrasik, “It was a surreal experience. I was honored and blessed to pay tribute to the heroes who ran into those buildings at ground zero, and hopefully, through a song, provide a little solace to family members who’d lost loved ones.”
Now, though, what once was a dream is a reality. Buoyed by his unique falsetto voice and his prowess on the piano—a skill bestowed to him by his piano teacher mother—Ondrasik has made a solid reputation for himself in the world of songwriting and performance, selling upwards of three million albums over his career. Not only does he tour with his popular string quartet and play solo and rock band gigs, but he is also a high demand keynote speaker in which he combines themes of creativity and innovation with his business acumen. Along with his father, he has managed the family business throughout his musical career. As Ondrasik happily puts it, his company, Precision Wire Products, “makes the best shopping cart in the world!”
He’s presented at TEDx, The Salk Institute, American Cancer Society, and dozens more. Perhaps being the son of an astrophysicist dad and having a degree in mathematics from UCLA has something to do with it.
“Math was the Plan-B to get a real job when the music thing imploded,” says Ondrasik, with a chuckle.
But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t always a student at heart. As he wrote songs in his late teens and early 20s, the Los Angeles-born Ondrasik studied his favorite rock vocalists. Finding out that singers like Freddie Mercury and Steve Perry studied classical voice, he did too, even seeking out some of those icons’ former teachers. No stone unturned.
Most recently, his song with the biggest sticking power is the powerful, “Blood on My Hands,” a protest song that takes a non-political, moral stance against the 2021 United States chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
While he’s well-versed in politics, he isn’t of a bickering mindset. For Ondrasik, it’s about the conversation. “Blood on My Hands,” the track, accompanying acoustic version, and docu-music video, “Blood on My Hands (White House Version),” has had millions of streams to date (despite little-to-no radio play). Like other protest songs of the past— “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young or “The Times They Are a-Changin’” by Bob Dylan—Ondrasik aimed to point out a problem. While it’s critical of President Biden’s administration, he says that if a Republican were President, the song would remain the same, only the names would change.
Thanks to the song, Ondrasik is now working with evacuation groups that strive to help the American citizens left behind in Afghanistan by the U.S. government, as well as the Afghan people who remain there largely under the threat of terrorism. It’s a difficult, and at times a polarizing subject, but it’s one Ondrasik is not shying away from. Not because of any politics or partisan pats on the back, but simply because he knows it’s the right thing to do.
Ondrasik notes, “There has been a tradition of musicians speaking truth to power. In the current tribal culture, our freedom of expression has never been more critical.”
Throughout his multi-decade career, which began when music publisher Carla Berkowitz (now his wife of 25 years) discerned him in a dive bar, Ondrasik has been involved in multiple charity efforts. Along with supporting the troops via multiple USO tours, Ondrasik created “The CD For the Troops” project with song and comedy compilations featuring artists like Billy Joel, Melissa Ethridge, Chris Rock, and others, gifting more than one million CDs to veterans and military families. John has also been deeply involved with the ALS charity “Augie’s Quest.”
While he may not be as obsessive as he once was—writing upwards of dozens of songs per month, Ondrasik is more focused today. He knows who he is, as an artist and as a human being. His is a career molded by light and darkness. At one point, he’d been looked over by every publishing house and label out there. At another, he had one of the biggest songs in the world. Those extremes give a person perspective.
“I’ve been incredibly blessed,” he says. “I still pinch myself.”
As Five For Fighting, which is a professional hockey term designating a five-minute penalty for fisticuffs on the ice, Ondrasik has also developed a close relationship within the world of sports. He was a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated as well as for his beloved Los Angeles Kings. Five For Fighting was one of the first musical artists to perform on ESPN’s SportsCenter, and has played The Daytona 500, Monday Night Football, The Heritage Classic, the L.A. Kings outdoor hockey game, and more.
“Singing from home plate at Dodger stadium,” Ondrasik says, “where, as a five-year-old boy, my dad and I would catch bleacher bombs during batting practice—that was a dream.”
Today, Ondrasik spends his time writing music, touring, working at the family business, and enjoying life with his wife, two children, and dog Ender.
Through “What Kind of World Do You Want,” Ondrasik’s charity driven website – WhatKindofWorldDoYouWant.com – he is currently raising funds for Afghan evacuation organizations, refugees and veteran mental wellness charities. The singer also launched his new episodic web docu-series titled “Meet the Heroes,” which features Ondrasik interviewing heroic Americans who are involved in rescuing and evacuating American citizens, Afghan allies, and persons of high risk from Afghanistan.
What motivates him musically now? He wants to promote dialogue. He’s set to speak his mind. In song, with the piano.
Ondrasik doesn’t shy away from nuance. He embraces it and seeks it – just as he does the next chorus, the next verse. It’s what artists and freethinkers do, after all. It’s his gift to share. His decided obligation, too.

Freeport Library Presents Black and White and Gray
2022-08-03 - 2022-08-29 | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
Black and White and Gray
by Howie Pohl
AUGUST 3 to 29
Reception:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 11 a.m.
Howard Pohl creates his photographs using black-and-white film, developed and printed by hand in his home darkroom. All of the photos in this show have been selected by jurors at major galleries and museums. His subjects are highly varied, covering portraiture, landscapes, architecture, and found objects. Freeport Memorial Library 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. 516-379-3274, www.freeportlibrary.info. Free.

The Jazz Loft Presents Jazz concert and Jam Session
2022-08-03 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | United States
Jazz concert and jam session, featuring The Jazz Loft Trio (bassist Keenan Zach & friends).
Concert at 7pm, followed by an open jam at 8pm.
7:00 PM. Tickets: arrive at 7:00 PM–$10; arrive at 8:00 for the open jam–$5.

The Paramount Collective Soul & Switchfoot
2022-08-03 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | The Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
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Ed Roland – vocals / guitar
Dean Roland – rhythm guitar
Jesse Triplett – lead guitar / background vocals
Will Turpin – bass / background vocals
Johnny Rabb – drums / background vocals
It’s probably (well, definitely) somewhat of an understatement to say Collective Soul frontman and chief songwriter Ed Roland is unwaveringly driven in his desire to double down on doing more of what he does best — making music, sweet music, both in the studio and onstage.
“People ask me if I have a hobby, but for me, it’s just music,” Roland confirms. “I mean, I don’t know what else to do, because that’s what I love to do. I live in the studio — but then the time comes when I go, ‘Well, now I wanna go play live.’ I just love the creation of music, and the process of finding out what’s gonna happen with it next. That kinda defines it all for me.”
In following his ever-tenacious muse, Roland is always looking to connect with his current Collective Soul bandmates any which way he can. Actually, the word current is a bit of a misnomer, since Roland truly believes the Collective Soul of the here and now is as permanently intertwined as any group of musicians he’s ever worked with over the course of his illustrious career. “It’s worth noting See What You Started by Continuing was really the demo for this band as it stands right now,” Roland points out, referring to the 2015 album that realigned the rock quintet’s creative compass. “I mean, this is the band for the rest of my life. This is it, man.”
Indeed, if a) 2015’s aforementioned See What You Started by Continuing was the reset blueprint for how a revamped and revitalized five-man lineup fully gels as a unit, and b) 2019’s Blood was the ensuing coagulant further infused by an in-tune rock ensemble clearly firing on all corpuscles, then c) Collective Soul’s upcoming, long-awaited 2022 album release Vibrating simply sends the band’s artistic spirit into the next stratosphere.
“Our fans have already picked up on that,” agrees Roland, “because they’ve been waiting for Vibrating for almost three years now — and I can’t wait for them to hear it. They’re excited because both See What You Started and Blood set such a high standard for where we’re going as a band — and it’s only going to continue getting better with Vibrating. I really do believe that.”
You can believe it too, for the proof lies within the new album’s deeply delineated grooves. Fact is, Vibrating positively pulsates with the boundless energy that has been Collective Soul’s aural calling card for going on three full decades. From the propulsively gnarly kiss-off of “Cut the Cord” to the reflective midtempo jangle of “Take” to the heart-wrenching reality check of “Rule #1” — replete with a soaring string section, no less! — to the choir-backed emotional crossroads of “Where Do I Go,” Vibrating contains 42 minutes of irrefutable sonic evidence of a band wholly uninterested in sitting still. “I think we’re on a roll,” observes Roland. “We’re not afraid to stretch the boundaries — but we do know how to stay in our lane when we need to. Sometimes, though, we just have to go faster.”
The next logical acceleratory step, of course, resides in taking Vibrating out on the road where the band belongs, and test-driving how this electrifying new material meshes with indelible Collective Soul setlist classics like “Shine,” “December,” “The World I Know,” “Gel,” “AYTA,” “Why, Pt. 2,” “Precious Declaration,” and “Heavy” — in addition to more recent, Blood-spawned tracks like “Right as Rain,” “Observation of Thoughts,” and “Over Me.”
“We’re ready to go,” declares Roland. “Most of us grew up together and knew each other as kids, so that helps with the live chemistry. I’ve always said this about this band — we know when to knock each other out, and we know when to hug each other. We won’t put up with any crap, but if you’re feeling down and need help, we’ll pick you up. We’re coming up on 30 years as a band, so we have to be friends first and foremost to keep it all going. If we aren’t friends like that, then we’re not going to have longevity in our career in order to continue doing what we love to do. That’s just the bottom line.”
Seeing eye to eye, and ear to ear, is part of the secret sauce of why Collective Soul continues to both record and play together at an uncompromised level of high quality. “That’s the end goal for everybody in this band,” agrees Roland. “Just because I write the songs doesn’t mean I’m the only one who wants it all to come out right. We all want it to be right — and that’s because this is a band that acts like a band.”
Working in tandem, sharing unbridled opinions, and listening to what everyone else has to say without recrimination are all key proponents in fostering Collective Soul’s perpetual harmony. “That’s the forte of this band,” Roland acknowledges. “We discuss things together, we figure them out together, and we make sure to get everything right. That’s how we love to do it. And I say this out of confidence, and not out of ego — we’re really, really good at it, too.”
You’ll get no arguments here. As 2022 unfurls, it’s clear heaven continues to shine its light down on Collective Soul, a formidable five-man band humming along in unison with many more good vibrations of their own to share with the masses far and wide. There’s a reason Collective Soul are made for me and you — so be sure to see and hear them for yourself first-hand, the next time they make their presence known in your neck of the woods. —Mike Mettler, official Soulographer
Collective Soul – Discography
Hints Allegations & Things Left Unsaid (1994) Afterwords (2007)
Collective Soul (1995) Collective Soul (2009)
Disciplined Breakdown (1997) See What You Started by Continuing (2015)
Dosage (1999) Live (2017)
Blender (2000) Blood (2019)
Youth (2004) Half & Half EP (2020)
Home (2006) Vibrating (2022)
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Interrobang: story behind the album
human be:ings
what does it mean to be be:loved?
what does it mean to be loved or to love someone else?
is love a feeling? does it mean that you like the way they make you feel inside? or maybe you share similar interests? maybe you like the same band or the same food? or does it mean that you agree with them?
maybe there’s more than one kind of love. the first love is built on commonality. this love is less of a choice, and more of a happy accident. the serendipitous byproduct of similarity and pheromones: two people who complement each other in this glorious symbiotic union.
but when the first love is tested, things tend to fall apart. the honeymoon is over. and the true colors show. you strongly disagree. and you’re hurt. and you’re angry. and your anger is justified.
“all you need is love! all you need is love!”
but of course the beatles break up. and the marriage ends. and the world goes to war.
entropy brings all things to a lower state of less order, and the bond that held us together is severed and broken.
sigh…what a sad, predictable ending to such a promising start. the first love is over.
but what if there was another love. a second, higher love that is not a result, but a choice. a love that was more of an action than a feeling. this second love is the kind of love that you cannot fall into. it’s a love that doesn’t just happen to you, you have to fight for it. you have to choose it again and again.
maybe a love like that can only happen after the disagreement. after the pain. after the anger and the resentment. maybe this kind of love begins when the differences feel bigger than the similarities. when you come face to face with a decision. and in that self-sacrificial moment you choose this other person over yourself.
this second love is truly miraculous: to give instead of take? to disagree and still love someone? to feel pain and anger, frustration and doubt, and still love someone?
the first love feels very understandable: i love what you give me.
the second love transcends this give and take: i love you in spite of what you give me.
“to err is human, to forgive divine.” mistakes can be happenstance, but forgiveness is always a choice. it’s a choice to recognize that the bonds that hold us together are more meaningful than the differences that tear us apart.
the first love loves based on similarities. the second love loves the other in spite of the differences. our disagreement disallows the first love, and yet, that same disparity allows for the second love to be possible.
the first love comes into being through conformity, united by homogeneity.
the second, higher love is only possible when we disagree. when we choose each other in spite of our disagreement.
“maybe every “other” is a “we” maybe differences are easier to see than the family we are that’s underneath maybe i need you like you need me”
