Huntington, NY—The Huntington Summer Arts Festival features in its fifth week Aztec Two-Step performing the "Simon & Garfunkel Songbook" along with Pete Fornatale, radio personality and author of Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends.

July 15: Galumpha

Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. The three performers, Andy Horowitz, Greg O’Brien and Marlon Torres, have created a sensory feast of images that consistently bring audiences to their feet. Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and amusement, offering world-class, award-winning entertainment!

 July 16: Huntington Community Band

Join Musical Director Tom Gellert and the Huntington Community Band for our third stop on the around the world tour of great music. Tonight’s music features an exciting palette of music from Hungary, Russia, and other Eastern European Countries. Guest conductor: Robert W. Krueger.

July 17: Isotope Stompers

Led by trumpeter and former Town of Huntington Supervisor Ken Butterfield, this favorite Huntington Dixieland band is sure to keep the audience dancing along to their lively performance. It’s always foot-stompin’ time with the Isotope Stompers!  

July 18: Sol y Sombra

The fiery and exciting art of Flamenco comes to life with this brilliant company. Guitars, castanets, foot-stomping and dramatic dance guarantee audience participation! Performance features the premiere of a new Tango. 

July 19: Aztec Two-Step with Pete Fornatale

“The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook”

Few groups are more qualified than Aztec Two-Step to interpret and perform the timeless songs and harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel. Widely respected rock historian and veteran disc jockey Pete Fornatale will join them onstage. This will be a night to remember! 

July 20: The Matthew Pierce Ensemble

The ensemble, based in East Northport, features the writing of composer-violinist Matthew Pierce, renowned for writing music for major American ballet companies. This chamber orchestra, comprised of fine local musicians, will present an evening of original compositions. The concert will feature excerpts from “Pecos Bill,” which the Houston Chronicle called "possibly the best-commissioned score in Houston Ballet's history."

 The Huntington Summer Arts Festival is presented by the Town of Huntington, produced by the Huntington Arts Council and sponsored in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs.  The festival runs June 20 through August 17. Performances are FREE and open to the public at the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Huntington’s Heckscher Park. All performances begin at 8:30PM, except the Tuesday Night Arrow Electronics “It’s Showtime” Family Series performances which start at 7:30PM. Bring a blanket or beach chair! For directions or more information, call the Festival Hotline at 631-271-8423 ext. 5, visit www.huntingtonarts.org, or stop by the Huntington Arts Council, located at 213 Main Street in Huntington Village, for a free copy of the Summer 2008 Arts Cultural News. Bring an umbrella: no rain dates except Tuesday Family nights; call Severe Weather Extension 631-271-8423 ext. 4 if in doubt about Tuesday performances only.
 

Sunday, July 13 @ 12 Noon

Cinema for Kids! @ Cinema Arts Centre

$9/Public, $4.50/Children under 12 Suitable for ages 8 and up

 From the Wachowski brothers, comes the best family film of the year, a warm-hearted, playful, and exciting tale of a young racer who just wants to drive fast

Based on the 1960s Japanese-manga-derived animated TV series, Speed Racer follows the adventures of a young racer (Emile Hirsch, Into The West) who loves to go fast in his family’s Mach 5 race car. Aided by his hard-working and tight-knit family, which includes Pops Racer (John Goodman) and Mom Racer (Susan Sarandon), and his devoted girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed racks up victory after victory and attracts the interest of the massive racing conglomerate Royalton Industries who want him to drive for them. When he chooses to stick with his family, Royalton sets out to destroy them, and it is up to Speed, and the enigmatic Racer X, to save his family and win the big race. Larry and Andy Wachowski, the masterminds behind the Matrix Trilogy, soften their style to create a movie for all ages in this exciting and warm-hearted tale of a family that lives in the fast lane.

USA, 2008, 135 min., color

http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/2008June/CAC-Speed_Racer.htm

 Since 1973, presenting the best U.S., International, Independent & Repertory films on 3 screens 365 days of the year, in a comfortable ambience including  the sculpture garden & The Sky Room Café, the Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave (just south of 25a), Huntington, NY 11743 (25 miles east of New York City). For showtimes, call 631-423-FILM (3456). For further information or for a three-month free trial subscription to the Cinema Arts Centre Monthly Program Guide call 631-423-7610.  Admission for regular programs: $9.00 with discounts for members, seniors, students & children. www.CinemaArtsCentre.org CAC is a not for profit film arts organization

Tuesday, June 17 @ 7:30

METROPOLIS with Live Electronic Accompaniment by DEWANATRON

Fritz Lang's epic 1927 vision of a futuristic city of lavish beauty and terrible oppression.

For more information, go to: www.cinemaartscentre.org/2008June/CAC-Metropolis.htm

 Tuesday, June 24 @ 7:30

THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE with Live Organ Accompaniment by MoMA’s Ben Model

Victor Sjöström’s 1921 moody, surrealistic spooker tells the haunting tale of a man condemned to gather the souls of the dead. Can he escape his fate or will be roam the roads forever as a ghostly driver?

For more information, go to: www.cinemaartscentre.org/2008June/CAC-Phantom_Carriage.htm

 $9 Members / $12 Public

 Susan Finkelstein and Iris De Vita, Publicists