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The East End Education Enrichment Coalition (4EC) announced it will bring Robbi K & Friends to the families of our area on Saturday, April 17 at 2PM at the Cutchogue East Elementary School Gym. Robbi K,  a Lincoln Center  Teaching Artist and multiple Parents Choice Award winner, will present an interactive, danceable concert of music, theater and world culture.

With 4EC sponsorship, the concert is free to attend.

For more information about 4EC, please visit www.4ecoalition.org.

Tags: 4EC, art & culture, events by Nancy
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The East End Education Enrichment Coalition (4EC) is sponsoring two experts, Dave Marcus and Gwyeth Smith, to talk about college acceptance and how to help teens find the right college—and find themselves! The lecture will take place on Monday, April 26, 6 – 7:30PM at the Mattituck-Laurel Library. There will be refreshments and the authors will sign copies of their books. The lecture is free to attend, but call the library to register at 298-4134.

For more information about 4EC, please visit its website at www.4ecoalition.org.

Tags: 4EC, college, events, libraries, teens by Nancy
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On Tuesday, February 23rd from 10AM – 12 noon, the Ecumenical Nursery School (ENS) will hold an open house at both its Mattituck and Southold locations. The school will explain its program, give tours of its facilities, and introduce its teachers.

ENS has been offering morning and afternoon classes for three and four year olds for 40 years (since 1970). The schools are currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year. Enrollment applications will be available for those interested. Class size is limited, so parents are encouraged to fill out and return an application for their child(ren) as soon as possible. All applications must be received by 10:30 am on March 6, 2010 in order to be included in the placement process; after that applications are processed on a first-come-first-serve basis.

ENS Mattituck is located in the Advent Lutheran Church at 200 Legion Avenue. The Southold center is located in the Southold Presbyterian Church on the Main Road. Anyone unable to attend the open house but wishing to receive more information please call Patti Goodale at 298-1313.

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The East End Arts Council is offering a series of art classes for children during the upcoming winter break from school, February 16- 19.  Those who want to try out a new art form, get messy, or imagine themselves being a famous artist like Monet will find they’re in good company in these fun classes that meet in two sessions – either 10-11 a.m. for children 4-6 years old or 11:30- 1 p.m. for children 7+ years. The cost for each class is $10 for EEAC Members/$12 others. Take one, or register for all of them. A special Poetry class is free!

Winter Break Classes include:

Be A Portrait Painter – February 16
Study examples of famous portraits through the ages and paint a portrait of the best subject of all, yourself!

Be a Modern Master – February 17
Experiment with diverse painting techniques to create your own abstract masterpiece.

Be a Muddy Sculptor – February 18
Mold and shape your own clay animal or imaginary crazy creature sculpture.

Be a Puppet Maker – February 19
Make your own pop-up puppet with glue, cloth, yarn and a variety of recycled materials.

Be A Poet (FREE) -  February 18
Poets paint with words, you can too! Explore the visual aspects of poetry with local poet Julie Sheehan.

Classes are registering now, visit our website at www.eastendarts.org or call (631)369-2171 for more information.

Tags: East End Arts Council, art & culture, events, excursions & activities by Nancy
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If your organization or business is planning an event, and you’d like NorthForkParents to list it on the Calendar of Events, you’re welcome to send us information about it for consideration.

New for 2010 is an Event Submission Form. We’ve been told that it’s easy to use, and it helps gather all of the information that we parents find helpful.

Please give it a try for your next event

The Event Submission form is also available from the Calendar of Events page. See the link to it at the top of Current Listings.

Go to Event Submission Form.

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Floyd Memorial Library on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00pm.

Tags: North Fork family cuisine, community bulletin, events, health, libraries by Nancy
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On Monday, November 2, from 7:00pm-8:30pm, the Retreat, Violence Prevention Programs, in conjunction with Southold School will present “Cyber-Safe Kids: Keeping Your Kids Safe in the Technological Fast-Lane – Do You Know Where in the (virtual) World Your Children Are?”

The program will take place in the Southold Elementary School Library and is free and open to the public. It will be presented by Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, a clinician with over 20 years experience in the field of safety and violence prevention with a specialty in digital abuse.

On the same day, Southold School students will participate in either the Cool 2B Kind or the Cyber-Safe Kids in-school program presented by Helen Atkinson-Barnes, Retreat Educator with Hands Are Not for Hitting workshops.

Please RSVP to karenmurray25@gmail.com.

Tags: Southold, events, learning, parenting, schools, teens, youth by Nancy
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See the NorthForkParents Calendar of Events for info about Halloween as well as other great events in our area.

Tags: Riverhead, Southold, events, excursions & activities, greenport, holidays by Nancy
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Starting October 30th, “something wicked this way comes.” Northeast Stage presents William Shakespeare’s MacBeth. Go see this timeless tale filled with ghosts, witches, murder and mayhem…because nobody throws a Halloween party like Mr. And Mrs. Macbeth.

Directed by Robert L.S. Wilson. Starring Terry Brockbank, David Burt, Timothy Gadomski, Colette Gilbert, John Higgins, John Hudson, Schmoupy Juntunen, Randall Krongard, Thomas Lamothe, Zoe Rivka Panagopoulos, Peter Peterson, James Pritchard, Mackenzie Renshaw, Stephen Scheck, Amie Sponza, Lynne Ann Wagner, Jonathan Wiggins.

October 30 & 31 and Nov 6 & 7, at 8:00pm
and
November 1 & 8, at 6:00pm

Performances take place at Holy Trinity Church Hall, 768 Main St, Greenport.

Tickets: $15 general admission / $10 students and seniors. Tickets available at the door.

For more information, call 631-477-2972 or 631-208-6933.

Or visit www.myspace.com/eastendshakespeare or visit them on Facebook.

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Northeast Stage is a nonprofit theater company based in Greenport, NY. The mission of Northeast Stage is to continue the tradition of free summer outdoor performances of Shakespeare in Greenport’s Mitchell Park and to broaden its reach to include classics as well as other creative theater projects in different venues. All presentations aim to involve the community through participation as both presenters and audience and to develop actors, directors, producers, designers, set builders and costumers through workshops and exposure to professionals in visual and performing arts.

In 2009, Northeast Stage expanded their season to include three full productions a year. The company is also expanding their work on Shakespeare to include not only productions but an actor-training program focused on approaches to playing Shakespeare and an educational outreach program designed to support performance-based teaching techniques in the classroom.

Tags: art & culture, events, greenport, holidays by Nancy
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