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Every Sat and Sun - Animal Presentations
Each weekend at 1pm, the SI Zoo will be featuring some of their fun educational
animals in a "talk" and "touch" presentation on the Zoo stage. Come one and
all to interact, question and learn about the world of animals.
For more info call SI Zoo, 718 442-3101
Thurs, June 1 - Sun, June 4 - Staten Island Film Festival
A four-day exhibition of 113 culturally diverse films including, but not limited to
features, documentaries, shorts, animation & youth & family-oriented films.
SI Film Festival, 718 477-1400 x 23
Thurs, June 1 - Sun, June 4 - Happy 1st Birthday at A.C. Moore
A great celebration featuring make-n-takes, face painting, balloons, snacks & lots of prizes to be won.
A.C. Moore, 1801 South Avenue, 718 370-0691. Schedule as follows:
Thurs, June 1 -
CD crate make-n-take, sand art make-n-take, face painting 3-5pm. Snacks and refreshments
and prizes every half hour.
Fri, June 2 -
Tote bag make-n-take, sand art make-n-take, face painting 3-5pm. Snacks and refreshments
and prizes every half hour.
Sat, June 3 -
Keepsake frame make-n-take rhinestone T-shirt make-n-take, face painting, decorate a
cookie. 3-5pm. Snacks and refreshments and prizes every half hour.
Sun, June 4 -
Birdhouse make-n-take, flat wall basket make-n-take, face painting, decorate a cookie. 3-5pm.
Snacks and refreshments and prizes every half hour. A.C. Moore, 1801 South Ave,
718 370-0691
Thurs, June 1 - Fri, June 30 - The Artist and the Baseball Card
Over one-hundred American illustrators intrepet the baseball card in paint,
ink, collage and more. On-going.
SI Museum, 718 727-1135
Sat, June 3 - Gardening Methods in a Community Garden
Learn how to participate in and make a community garden using small space. All ages. 10am.
For more info call SI Botanical Gdn, 718 273-8200
Sat, June 3 and Sun, June 4 - Festa Italiana Weekend
The Staten Island Zoological Society and the South Shore Rotary Club of Staten Island,
in cooperation with the Garibaldi Meucci Museum presents the First Annual
SI Bank & Trust Festa Italiana Weekend at the Staten Island Zoo. Feast on Italian
specialty foods, rides, music, Italian culture exhibits, tournaments and more. Enter
the photo contest, bocce tournament, or Italian cranial crunch.
SI Zoo. For more info call 718 442-3101
Sun, June 4 - Community Day and Quilt Show
Join the village in frolics and labor of early America. Hay Jump, wooden toys, &
dancing to music from the 1700's. Demos of blacksmithing, tinsmithing,
spinning & more. Free Admission.
Historic Richmond Town, 718 351-1611
JUNEFEST CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES,
AND LITERARY READINGS SCHEDULE
Junefest is a series of FREE exhibits and performances by Staten Island artists, presented by the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island. Junefest Exhibiting Arts Awards are made possible through JP Morgan Chase Regrants in partnership with COAHSI. Additional support for Junefest is provided by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Program Services Unit, Verizon, North American Data Forms, Time Warner Cable of New York, Washington Mutual, Con Edison, and Poets & Writers, Inc.
Saturday, June 3rd at 2pm
Rebekah Nye
Concert of Italian Operas Arias
Richmondtown Library Branch, NYPL 200 Clarke Ave. 718-668-0413
Rebekah Nye, soprano and Martin Yazdzik, pianist, present a concert of Italian opera arias, from Mozart through Puccini. This will be a special concert devoted to the development of Italian opera arias. It is perfect for the opera lover or for those interested in getting to know opera a little bit better.
Sunday, June 4th at 2pm
Tri-County Ramblers
Bluegrass Concert
Conference House 7455 Hylan Blvd. 718-984-6046
Tri-County Ramblers bring Bluegrass to Staten Island as they perform this all acoustic form of American Country Music. The songs will include instrumentals along with solo, duet, and trio vocals. Original compositions will be performed as well as Bluegrass favorites.
Thursday, June 8th at 12 noon
Edward Fiorelli
Reading by Literary Artist
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum 420 Tompkins Ave. 718-442-1608
Edward Fiorelli will perform a public reading of his essay "The Dancing Barber." The piece is part of a collection of short stories, sketches and personal essays focusing on the theme of ethnicity, particularly the Italo-American experience in an "urbanized village" environment like that of Staten Island. The theme of this essay is our human need for spectacle as a way of coping with the harsher realities of life.
Saturday, June 10th at 2pm
Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries
Acted Anthologies
SI Historical Cemetery Richmond Terr. btwn Tompkins and Alaska St. 917-545-3309
Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries present a “living tour�, giving voice to a cross section of people from colonial times to the late 19th Century by portraying individuals whose final resting place is the historic S.I./Fountain Cemetery. Visitors will stop at the gravesites of the deceased as their stories are told through monologues.
Sunday, June 11th at 2pm
Valerie Quinlan
Classical Violin Recital
JCC Senior Lounge 475 Victory Blvd. 718-981-1500
Valerie Quinlan, violinist will be performing a recital of classical violin music, accompanied by pianist, Josu de Solaun Soto. The broad range of selections represent the Baroque, classic, romantic and modern styles of classical music. She is the founder and director of Serenade, a concert series presented at Christ Church in New Brighton.
Tuesday, June 13th at 6:30pm
Dawn Daniels & Niall O’Leary
Traditional Irish Dancing & Music
Port Richmond Library Branch, NYPL 75 Bennett St. 718-442-0158
Dawn Daniels and Niall O’Leary present an evening of traditional Irish music and dance. Niall and Dawn will be joined in this program by Linda Hickman and Tony DeMarco, two of Staten Island’s finest practitioners of Irish traditional music. Join us for an exciting evening of music and dance!
Wednesday, June 14th at 6pm
Queen Tipsy
Jazz Concert
Alice Austen House 2 Hylan Blvd. 718-816-4506
Queen Tipsy, a local musical quartet, will have audiences dancing, singing and looking for more with their original songs and musical favorites. The set takes audience members on a musical journey from heavy blues-rock through a few ballads, and ending with several dance numbers.
Thursday, June 15th at 7pm
Bob Wright & Harbortown Revue
Folk Music Concert
Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Ave. 718-351-3450
Bob Wright will be joined by the members of the Harbortown Revue to present an acoustic Americana concert of original music about Staten Island and the greater New York area. It will include many of the tunes from the Harbortown CD, as well as new songs and original compositions.
Friday, June 16th at 7pm
New Generation
Fusion Concert
West Brighton Community Center 930 Broadway 718-797-9763
New Generation is a newly formed musical group that mixes jazz, classical, bossa nova, latin, r&b, rock, funk, pop, hip-hop, and more to create a new musical style. Their concert will include interpretations of well-known pieces, as well as original compositions.
Saturday, June 24th at 2pm
Pysanky Egg Decorating with Tania Snihur
Pysanky Workshop
NYPL, Todt Hill-Westerleigh Branch 2550 Victory Blvd. 718.494.1642
Creating pysanky is a folk art tradition from Ukraine in which eggs are decorated with many colors and intricate designs by skilled artists. Folk artist Tania Snihur will demonstrate the art of pysanky. A limited number of spaces will be available for those who wish to make their own pysanky. Reservations to participate in this workshop are required.
Saturday, June 24th at 2pm
Ed Weiss
Reading by Literary Artist
NYPL, St. George Branch 5 Central Avenue 718.442.8560
Ed Weiss will read excerpts from his novel, Peter Pigeon of Snug Harbour. The book is written in the tradition of the "bildungsroman," a novel about growing up and finding oneself. Weiss, a Stapleton resident, will also be reading from other writings. His non-fiction writing has appeared in dozens of magazines and in books published by Prentice Hall and Carroll & Graf.
Sunday, June 25th at 4pm
Tanya DeSilva and the National Women’s Dance Troupe of Sri Lanka
Dance performance
Calvary Presbyterian Church Castleton & Bement Avenues 718.981.5657
The National Women's Dance Troupe of Sri Lanka will present traditional Sri Lankan dance (Kandyan Dance), highlighted by discussion and description. Highly sophisticated and beautiful, Kandyan dance is considered the national dance of Sri Lanka. The dancers wear elaborate costumes, and are accompanied by a drum called the Geta Beraya, and a small pair of cymbals knows as the Thalampota.
Thursday, June 29th at 7pm
Melody Alesi & Joseph Turrin
Soprano & Pianist Recital
St. Alban's Church 76 Saint Alban’s Place 718.984.7756
Melody Alesi, soprano and Joseph Turrin, pianist, will present as a recital team. Ms. Alesi's voice is noted for her vocal color and expression, while Mr.Turrin's talent as a composer spans many genres. Specializing in American songs and works by contemporary composers, Ms. Alesi and Mr. Turrin made their debut as a recital team at Caramoor, Festival of the Arts and are recording a CD of Mr. Turrin's vocal works.
JUNEFEST Art Exhibits
Chandini Pinilla
NYPL, St. George Branch 5 Central Avenue 718.442.8560
Hours: M: 12pm-8pm, T-W: 10am-6pm, Th: 12pm-8pm, F: 12pm-6pm, S: 10am-5pm
Pinilla's paintings depict landscapes of her home, India. Pinilla creates various types of texture, woven patterns, strokes of different strengths and multiple layers of paint. Chandini Pinilla was drawn to fine arts at a very young age. She's won prizes and awards in several nationwide art competitions. She has had several exhibitions in major cities and her works are in many collections in India and abroad. Exhibit is on view June 1 – 30. Artist’s reception June 17 at 2pm.
Arrow Mueller
Beanie's Coffee Shop 1190 Forest Avenue 718.556.0079
Hours: M; 7:30am-6pm, T-F: 7:30am-8pm, S: 7:30am-10pm, Su: 7:30am-4pm
Arrow Muller's interests lie in residual decomposition and ideas about formal sculpture. His JuneFest Art Exhibit will explore building structures by questioning what is residual and what is not. Mueller uses impact craters as a metaphor to examine what is residual. Arrow Mueller has exhibited in several group shows, including at PS1. His work over time had brought him to think more about time itself, and to concentrate on how time can be represented by what is left behind. Exhibit is on view June 1 through 30.
Judy Hugentobler
Staten Island Hotel 1415 Richmond Avenue 718.698.5000
Hours: M-Su: 9am-9pm
This presentation is an opportunity for Hugentobler to present her series of portraits. The portraits were recently completed, since her return to Staten Island in 2005. The exhibition will feature a grouping of anonymous portraits in clay, which the artist conceived as an experiment in casting and surface treatment. For Hugentobler, the process of construction and decoration of each portrait is integral to the content. The artist sees each portrait as an opportunity to investigate family history and memory. Exhibit is on view June 1 through 30. Closing reception Thursday, June 22, 5-7pm.
Jenna Lucente
Cromwell Center Pier #6 and Murray Hulbert Avenue 718.816.6172
Hours: M-F: 7:30am-9:30pm, S-Su: 7:30am-2:30pm
Jenna Lucente's JuneFest Art Exhibition is from two main bodies of artworks completed in the past few years. One theme is a gymnastic series on the subject matter of the gymnast to raise questions of self-worth, the idea of role playing, and the premise of threat. The other theme is a swimming series, which uses the same premises as the gymnastics series. All paintings are intentionally flattened to give the viewer a selected view. Lucente is a swimmer who is creatively inspired in the pool or gymnasium. Currently she teaches part time at a number of different education facilities, including Wagner College. Exhibit is on view June 1 through 30. Closing reception Sunday, June 25, 1-3pm.
Farrell Brickhouse
Spotlight Gallery at Wagner College 1 Campus Road 718.390.3401
Hours: M: 8:30am-6pm, W-Th: 8:30am-5pm, F; 8:30am-5pm, Su: 10am-5pm
Works selected for this exhibit were produced beginning just before 9/11, and include the before 9/11, and include the Stapleton on Staten Island. Living downtown for nearly 30 years allowed Brickhouse to develop a specific vocabulary that included the architectural drama of the narrowed part of the Island between the Rivers. The exhibit will feature oils on canvassed wood panels, and paintings in gouache on paper. Brickhouse's work has shown at Pamela Auchincloss, Max Protech, and Julian Pretto galleries. Exhibit is on view June 8 – 30. Opening Reception Friday, June 9, 6-8pm
Robert Bunkin
Spotlight Gallery at Wagner College 1 Campus Road 718.390.3401
Hours: M: 8:30am-6pm, W-Th: 8:30am-5pm, F; 8:30am-5pm, Su: 10am-5pm
Fresco artist and painter Robert Bunkin's exhibit, "Under Construction," is a collective portrait of, and homage to, the Chinese artisans who came here in 1998 to build the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden in the Staten Island Botanical Gardens at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. The portraits are painted in true fresco, on contemporary, mass-produced cement blocks similar to those used in the foundation walls of the garden. Robert Bunkin is a figurative painter, art historian (faculty of Parsons School of Design) and freelance curator. Exhibit is on view June 8 through 30. Opening Reception Friday, June 9, 6-8pm.
Stuart Kuhlman
Kevin Barry Gallery 25 Victory Boulevard 718.720.6644
Hours: M-F: 9am-5pm
Stuart Kuhlman presents "Ferry Reflections," an exhibit dealing with the numerous travelers who take the Staten Island Ferry. Most are in transit to work and are preoccupied with the mundane tasks ahead of them. Kuhlman captures the many different angles and perspectives that are missed by the people that use this vital part of NYC infrastructure. Stuart Kuhlman grew up on Staten Island and moved to the West Coast, where he explored photography. Kuhlman, once again a Staten Island resident, has photographed the urban landscape with a digital camera, and is exploring 35mm black-and-white film. Exhibit is on view June 1 – 30. Opening Reception Friday, June 9, 6-8pm.
Henry Kim
Kevin Barry Gallery 25 Victory Boulevard 718.720.6644
Hours: M-F: 9am-5pm
Henry Kim's Revealation is a video piece documenting the process of his paintings, which will accompany the artwork at his exhibit. His unique artistic process includes a variety of mediums, in particular by painting with transparent adhesive, unable to predict the composition. He uses fire to burn in images, revealing a discovery that manifests its presence. Henry Kim graduated with his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2005. He studied advanced painting in Florence, Italy and focuses on Korean culture, language, and history. Exhibit is on view June 1 through 30. Opening Reception Friday, June 9, 6-8pm.
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