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 Wed 7/23: Old Brookville Zoning Board Meeting, Old Brookville, OB Village Hall, 6:30; Wed 7/23:  Sea Cliff Village Court, Sea Cliff Village Hall 7:30 pm
 (click for complete calendar, including Gold Coast and SC Library Events)
 Mon. 7/28: Sea Cliff Architectural Review Board, SC Village Hall, 8 pm   Mon. 8/4: Sea Cliff Village Board Conference, SC Village Hall, 7pm

Monday, July 14 - Sunday, July 20, 2014

ARTS

STILL LIFE: 1970s PHOTOREALISM AT NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART IN ROSLYN HARBOR 

July 21, 2014 -- This past Friday evening, the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor hosted an opening reception for the exhibit Still Life: 1970s Photorealism, featuring the works of several notable painters and sculptors of that decade who, using photographs of the seemingly ordinary as their subject matter, provide an accurate representation of the image, although sometimes changing the scale, or cropping the image to focus on a particular aspect of the larger scene.  Inspired by Pop Artists of the 1960's, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, in their portrayal of the recognizable, READ MORE

SUMMER ART SHOW AT THE SEA CLIFF LIBRARY

Summertime means sun, fun, and the annual art show during July and August by Sea Cliff residents at the Sea Cliff Library.  Entitled "Sea Cliff Landscapes," on exhibit are watercolors, oils, and photographs. READ MORE

A GLIMPSE AT A LIFETIME, A MEMORIAL RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ART OF MARGARET FERRARIE HERSHENHART AT DANIEL GALE IN SEA CLIFF

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Margaret Ferrarie Hershenhart
October 15, 1923 – September 10, 2013
  
The works in this memorial retrospective exhibition are examples of a much broader body of Hershenhart’s life’s work. She had an affinity with the European artists, particularly the French painters, Henri Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Marie Laurencin to name a few.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA AUTHOR KIMBERLY McCREIGHT TO VISIT GOLD COAST LIBRARY

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Author Kimberly McCreight, whose debut novel, Reconstructing Amelia, received critical acclaim, will speak at the Gold Coast Public Library Annex Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7pm.  McCreight’s fiction and freelance writing have appeared in the Antietam Review, Oxford Magazine, Babble, and New York Magazine online, among others. READ MORE

FEATURED BLOG

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ANN DIPIETRO
Great Book Guru


LOCAL ASSEMBLYMEN SPONSOR BLOOD DRIVE AT GOLD COAST LIBRARY

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Assemblyman Edward Ra, pictured to the left, who represents most of Glen Head and Old Brookville in the state legislature, along with Assemblyman Michael Montesano, sponsored a Blood Drive at the Gold Coast Public Library on Monday evening.  Dozens of area residents turned out to donate pints.

INVOKING LINCOLN, KENNEDY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR STATE SENATE SEAT

July 17, 2014 -- At a rally at Sea Cliff’s Lincoln Plaza on Thursday afternoon, Sea Cliff Mayor Bruce Kennedy officially announced his candidacy for New York State’s fifth Senate district seat that is currently held by Republican Carl Marcellino.  The event was as much a welcoming party for Mr. Kennedy into the Democratic Party as it was a campaign kick-off event.  READ MORE
MUSIC

SEA CLIFF SUMMER STRUMMIN' 
THIS WEEK...THURS. - RUSTY STRING BAND, FRIDAY - RICK REYES 

July 19, 2014 -- Last week, Head First, penciled in at the last minute, performed 60's and 70's folk rock at Sunset Serenade on Thursday night, and the Cuban Cigars, with special guest Susan Giordano performed a mix of Bossanova and American and Latin Jazz at the Sea Cliff Beach Committee's Friday Night concert at the beach's permanent performance pavilion.  This week, the Rusty String Band will be at Memorial Park on Thursday, at 7 pm, and Rick Reyes will be performing at Sea Cliff Beach on Friday from 7 to 10 pm.  Click here for larger images and for the Sunset Serenade and Sea Cliff Beach Summer Sounds schedule.  

UNITED STATES NAVY BAND NORTHEAST POPS ENSEMBLE TO PERFORM AT MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL, JULY 27

By Cindy Rogers
On Sunday, July 27, the United States Navy Band Northeast will perform at Morgan Park Summer Music Festival. The concert, which is free to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Morgan Park.
The United States Navy Band Northeast’s Pops Ensemble is a full 45-member concert band comprised of professional Navy musicians from across the county. READ MORE

PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION, SEA CLIFF VILLAGE BOARD URGES KIDS TO ATTEND AUG. 11 BOARD MEETING 

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The Mayor and the Board of Trustees invite you to bring your children to our August 11 public meeting at 7pm at Village Hall. We hope this experience of observing  village residents and their elected officials interact at a Board of  Trustees meeting will be both educational and  rewarding  to all parties concerned. Please escort your children with their questions which they can present at the public comment portion of the meeting.

Edward L. Lieberman, ESQ
Trustee
Inc. Village of Sea Cliff

GHGWBA AND FNBLI TO SPONSOR GLEN HEAD FARMER'S MARKET THIS FALL

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The Glen Head Business Association along with the First National Bank of Long Island will sponsor a Farmer's Market and Local Business Showcase that will take place on Sunday September 21, 2014 from 10 am to 3 pm in the bank parking lot at the corner of Roosevelt Street and Glen Head Road in the center of Glen Head. Rottkamp's Farm of Old Brookville will be selling produce, and Business Association members will be offering their wares for sale at booths.  This is the first year that the event is being held, and one that the GHGWBA is looking forward to sponsoring annually.  The rain date is the following Sunday. If you are an area business owner interested in joining the Glen Head - Glenwood Business Association, click here or on the image to link to the organization's website for more information. http://www.ghgwba.com/
Thurs. 7/24 - RUSTY STRING BAND
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FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC AT THE BEACH 7/25 - RICK REYES AND ELECTRIC JAM

IMITATIONS OF LIFE: REASSESSING 1970s REALISM;  A Talk by Cathleen Chaffee

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In conjunction with the exhibition, Still Life: 1970s Photorealism, Cathleen Chaffee, Ph.D., the exhibition’s curator, presents Imitations of Life: Reassessing 1970s Realism at Nassau County Museum of Art on Saturday, July 26 at 3 p.m.
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SUMMER ART LAB AT THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 

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Treat your children to the wonders of summer at Nassau County Museum of Art. They will experience art in and around the museum, and will enjoy and learn from the natural beauty of the trails, forests, gardens and ponds to be found on the grounds of the museum’s 145-acre Gold Coast estate. READ MORE
LOCAL MUSIC

JW's PUBLIC HOUSE, Glen Head, 8 pm
Sat 7/26 - Carmine Destefano
Thurs 8/2 - Brady Brothers
Sat 8/9 - Ruby Rubinacker
METROPOLITAN BISTRO, Sea Cliff
Thurs 7/24 - Chris Kinnear
Fri 7/25 - Roots Revelators


THE OAK ROOM TAVERN, Sea Cliff, 8 PM
 Wed 7/23 - The Rose Gunter Birthday Bash
Fri 7/25 - Alfreeda
Wed 7/30 - Dave Berg and Friends
Fri 8/1 - Joe Vicino Acoustic Trio
STILL PARTNERS Sea Cliff, 8 PM
Thurs 7/24 - Dave Diamond Band
Sat 7/26 - Circus Mind
Mon 7/28 - Trina Hamlin
Thurs 7/31 - Joe Pess & Abalsom