A blues concert to benefit ContractorsForKids.org will take place on Saturday, September 15 from noon to 6 pm at Smith Point Park, Fire Island in Shirley.
ContractorsForKids.Org is an organization that helps families of children with terminal illnesses. Acts booked at press time (through Act 1 Entertainment) include Motu & Dee, Tobin James, Sugar Blues, Rockin Rachel’s Rhythm & Blues Band, Barrelhouse, BigDaddy & The Bulldogs, Breakaway, T-Bone & Franny Mae, and My Favorite Mistake.
For more information, call (631) 852-1313. For ticket and raffle information, call (888) 208-KIDS. Raffles are to be drawn, which include a top prize of a 2007 Chrysler 300 automobile.
Joplin’s Pearl, a local Janis Joplin tribute featuring entertainer amberRose backed by a full band including a three-piece horn section, will perform in a benefit show for the children’s charity Friends Of Karen on Sunday, September 30 at 7 pm at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson.
Friends Of Karen is a Port Jefferson-based charity that provides financial, emotional, and advocacy support to families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Proceeds from this benefit concert will support the non-profit organization’s Family Support Program, which provides services including transportation to medical treatments, household expenses such as rent or mortgage payments, bereavement support, and other matters.
Tickets, $25, are now available by calling the Theatre Three box office as (631) 928-9100. For more information on Friends Of Karen, call (631) 473-1768 or log on to friendsofkaren.org.
The Minstrel Players of Northport, a critically acclaimed local theater group, are looking for a stage manager for future productions. For more information, call (631) 732-2926 or visit them online at minstrelplayers.org.
Recent productions of the Minstrel Players have included the Neil Simon comedy God's Favorite. The company is holding audition for A Christmas Carol on September 19 at the Library at Trinity Episcopal Church in Northport Village. For complete information, see the Minstrel Players website.
The YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore recently announced its lineup for fall, featuring legendary performers from throughout the world of pop music.
Performers on the schedule for autumn include folk rockers Pure Prairie League on September 14; John Ford Coley with Terry Sylvester on September 15; Former Shangri-Las singer Mary Weiss on September 21; more soft rock with Orleans on September 22; 80s diva Sophie B. Hawkins on September 27; former Byrds, Manassas, and Desert Rose member Chris Hillman on September 28; and Vienna Teng on September 29. October will see the venue host such stars as James Cotton, Howard Jones, and New Riders Of The Purple Sage.
In addition, a James Bond film will be shown every Wednesday evening in the Boulton Center’s Fall Movie series, starting September 26 with Goldfinger starring Sean Connery.
The Great South Bay YMCA Boulton Center is located at 37 West Main Street in Bay Shore. For
One of the most unique area websites is Islip.tv, an interactive site where area residents can find out what’s happening in the Suffolk County town. A recent video post on the site – there are dozens of videos available to view or share – featured the Sachem High School Varsity Arrowettes raising money for the upcoming school year in novel ways, including a dunk tank. Other recent features on the site have included voting for Miss Brentwood contestants, video features on the Full Throttle Biker Build-Off and interviews with local officials and residents.
For more, just log on to Islip.tv.
The Subject Is Sex 2, a unique look back at the naughty and bawdy in cinema, will be Thursday, September 19 at 7:30 pm at the member-supported movie house Cinema Arts Centre, located at 423 Park Avenue in Huntington.
Noted film collector and Oddball Films director Stephen Parr will be on hand for this special event, a look at the sights and sounds of seamy sex in cinema (and, obviously, is intended for an adult audience). Scheduled to be part of this evening of erotica are bizarre medical films, peep show loops, nudie films from the 1940s, the best of the New York Erotic Film Festival, something called the “cheap smut give-a-way,” and more films from the 1940s through the 1970s. This event is part of CAC’s “Theater Of The Wild” series.
For a complete schedule of events and membership information for Cinema Arts Centre, log on to their website at CinemaArtsCentre.org. For more information, call the 24-hours information line at (631) 423-FILM (3456).
Autumn will bring an array of events to Long Island University’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, located on the C.W. Post Campus, Route 25A in Brookville.
October 5 brings fun for kids as North Fork Hall is the site for Rogar Studios Present Dittydoodle Works, Pajama Party Live! October 7 will see Dan Zanes & Friends on the same stage. An exclusive event will be October 13 with Gala XXVII featuring Liza Minelli, honoring Joseph R. Ficalora of New York Community Bancorp.
Other big events, Nassau Pops on October 14; Andrea Marcovicci, a Tilles favorite, on October 20; and a family show, Jim West in Dinosaurs, for two shows on October 27.
Beginning on Friday, September 14 at 6 pm, single tickets are available online at Ticketmaster.com or tillescenter.org. Beginning on Saturday, September 15 at 1 pm, single tickets are available in person at Tilles Center’s box office or by telephone at (516) 299-3100 or (212) 307-4100. The box office is open Monday-Friday, 1 to 6 pm through September 7; beginning on September 8 box office hours are Monday-Saturday, 1 to 6 pm. There is a service charge for telephone and Internet orders. There are no refunds or exchanges on single ticket sales. For additional information, call (516) 299-3100 or visit tillescenter.org.
Folk fans take note: The Strawberry Park Folk Music Festival will return to Preston, Connecticut, on September 13 through 16. For ticket information and a complete schedule, log on to strawberrypark.net.
The 2007 lineup features such top folk acts as Richie Havens, blues artist Chris Smither, local favorites Lucy Kaplansky and Jonathan Edwards, the fast-rising trio Red Molly, David Mallet, Richard Shindell, Crowfoot, and many other top acts.
Join psychic medium and Long Island resident Robert Hansen for “Love Never Ends,” a psychic reading and seminar on Wednesday, September 12 at 7 pm at the Radisson Hotel at MacArthur Airport in Holtsville.
Hansen, according to a press release, has gone from being a Long Island husband, father, successful businessman, and volunteer fund-raiser, to becoming one of the area’s most recognized spiritual mediums. For more information, log on to robertehansen.com.
