Eye On The Arts

Arts scene happenings in Huntington.

With the summer season now in full swing, things continue to heat up at the Cinema Arts Centre. This week’s Summer Camp Cinema features Long Island’s own Unconventional Conventionalists performing the cult favorite, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show." If you have always wanted the chance to shout out the movie’s dialogue or wear a newspaper over your head while shooting water out of a squirt bottle, this is your chance. The performance begins at 11:30 p.m. on July 9. On July 17, the CAC pays tribute to co-founder Vic Skolnick, who died last June at the age of 81.  The cinema will show his favorite movie, “Cherry Blossoms” after a ceremony in the garden where a plaque will be placed in Skolnick’s honor.  The CAC has not forgotten about the …

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Father's Day Options Around Town

From breakfast with grandparents to steaks on the grill to sleeping in, here's hoping dads get to enjoy their special day.

Grills will fire up all over Long Island today as dads celebrate an annual summer rite of barbecuing on Father’s Day. “Steaks,” is what he’s grilling, said Bob of Huntington, who didn’t want to give his last name as he picked up a pizza on Saturday at Little Vincent’s with his kids Matt, 5, and Gigi, 10, in tow. When asked if he was doing the grilling, he said, “Who else is going to cook besides dad?” His family has no definite plans for the afternoon after spending the morning with his parents, said Anthony Ciafardoni of Huntington, who was shopping downtown with his family. “Maybe a bike ride with the kids in the afternoon,” said his wife, Dena. Father’s Day, marked on the third weekend in June, celebrates fathers and their influence on …

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Huntington's Arts Season Heats Up

Eye On The Arts: What's happening In the arts scene around town.

As warmer weather descends upon us, so does some fabulous events for the summer season.   Attention all writers-published, aspiring and otherwise:  The Heckscher Museum is holding a Writers Workshop Series every Monday in June.  Each session will be led by a writer with a different specialty. The June 6 and June 27 meetings feature novelists Alyson Richman and Mickey Clement, respectively; memoirist Carole Gaunt headlines the June 13 workshop and the June 20 class features poet Orel Protopopescu. To continue the celebration of writing and writers, the museum will spotlight poetry and prose with all four of the writers from the series in attendance for the First Friday perfromance on July 1.  Two new exhibits will debut at Heckscher this …

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Family Forum: End Mom Guilt Before it Affects Your Health

Give yourself a Mother’s Day gift: a break

It seems like once you become a mother, there’s always something to feel guilty about. No matter how much love, attention and mind-numbing decision-making we put into our parenting, at some point we all feel that we could have loved more, paid more attention and made better decisions. And it seems like once the guilt factor has been allowed to brew, it overflows beyond our kids to encompass how we interact with our partners, family members, friends and co-workers. Somehow we find ourselves frequently living by the “should,” “have-to,” “supposed-to” rules: meaning that whatever we’re doing now, we really ought to be doing something else. But did you know that all this guilt can actually be harmful to your health? Christel Nani, R.N., author…

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Liza N. Burby

11:26 pm on Thursday, May 5, 2011

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

School Boards and Senior Honors

April 28: 5 Things You Need to Know Today.

1. Both Huntington and South Huntington school boards meet today to consider the BOCES budget, the former board at 8:15 a.m., the latter at 7:30 p.m. 2. A county summary of the impact of the MTA payroll tax ranks Huntington Station and Huntington fifth and six, respectively, out of 20 communties. 3. Distinguished seniors and their families will be honored tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Huntington High School. 4. Download a copy of the Heckscher Museum's current program. 5.  The town Zoning Board of Appeals meets tonight at 6 p.m.

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100 Things to Do in Huntington

No. 87: Heckscher Park

From tulips to live performances to tennis, this park in Huntington village offers something for just about everyone.

Business was booming on a recent sunny Sunday in Heckscher Park. From passive recreation to spinning dizziness on the playground, the park surrounding the Heckscher Museum of Art along Main and Prime streets in Huntington was host to families, seniors, children in strollers, jugglers and the usual denizens of squirrels, ducks, geese and swans. Right now the park is putting its spring foot forward as it prepares for the 11th annual Tulip Festival, which is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A full day of activities is planned, rain or shine, around a backdrop of 20,000 tulips. Ashley, 10, and Robbie, 11, tossed a lacrosse ball in the park with their dad, Mike McSweeney of West Islip, before sitting down to Easter dinner at grandma …

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Long Island's Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher

Juried art show and exhibition features high school students.

Not only was the weather beautiful and stunning on Saturday, but so was the art work on display at the opening reception and awards ceremony for the exhibition, Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum 2011. The Heckscher Museum of Art is celebrating its 15th year of representing the talents of high school students with a juried art show. “This show is the culmination of a whole program run by the museum," Kristina Seekamp, associate director of education, said. “The students created their own art in response to their interpretation of artwork in the museum’s collections and the special exhibitions.”  The School Discovery program encourages students to convey these works of art into their own vision by analysis, discussion…

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Eye on the Arts

What's happening in the arts scene around town

Huntington's arts scene is interactive for and with artists of all ages year round, but the spring seems to hold even more opportunities, especially to children and teenagers. In recognition of April being National Poetry Month, the Walt Whitman Birthplace invites children ages 8 and up to celebrate this form of art, specifically Walt Whitman's reflective “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd” on April 16 by crafting a decoration to hang near the lilac bush adjacent to the front door of the poet's childhood home.  This event will be under the direction of art instructor and poet Anne Kingsbury. The Birthplace is also hosting Teenspeak Inc.'s exhibit, “Generations” beginning April 20. In May, students from Walt Whitman High School will …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

College Honors and New Books

Feb. 27: 5 Things You Need to Know Today.

1. We’ve posted notices about local students winning recognition at several colleges, including Roger Williams, Villanova, Worcester Polytechnic and more. Parents, brag about the kids! 2. Film fans will have their own Oscar party tonight at 8 at the Cinema Arts Centre. 3. Check here to see books added recently to the South Huntington Public Library catalog. 4. The Heckscher Museum's "A Timeless Legacy" continues, an exhibition of Old Master, 19th and 20th century paintings and sculpture; open until 5 p.m. today. 5. Contributors to the Oberon Poetry Magazine will read selections from 3 - 5 p.m. Sunday at the Walt Whitman Birthplace.

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