"Hastings Harvest"

A celebration of local and sustainable food, featuring our own restaurants and prepared food from vendors from our Famers Market.

with Guy Davis [link] performing at the Community Center, presented by Common Ground Downtown [link] @ 8:30pm.

___________________

A huge thank you to
Vanishing Vinny and all of our performers in July. What a fabulous night it was!

See column to the right for links to all of our July performers.

Click to:
Sponsors, Participating Businesses & Special Promotions
Press/Contact

Stuart Palm [link]: Stuart Palm entertains the masses daily from your company party to banquets to theatrical events, Stuart Palm can entertain any crowd. His performance is an exploration of all things known in the world of the mysterious. Stuart's show centers around the abilities and limitations of the human condition. He has devoted himself to the study of the mind, and the human spirit. Stuart's work is a combination of science, psychology, magic and showmanship.

Chris Ruggerio [link]: Chris brings a blend of comedy, juggling and magic to the stage in his one man variety show. You can expect audience participation with unicycles, knives, fire, and a whole bunch of laughs. For more information, check out [link]

Mike Allan [link]: DJ Mike Allan's Extreme Music Productions L.L.C. (EMP) opened for business in 2002, since then Mike Allan and EMP has had the pleasure to supply music to some of the greatest parties in Westchester and NYC. Extreme Music has played for a number of celebrities such as Harry Connick Jr, Kelly Rippa and Rob Thomas.
Owner Mike Allan takes DJing very seriously. Every detail must be perfect. From the lighting to the crisp clear sound system. He Djed his first party December, 1999 at the age of 13.
DJ Mike Allan has been recognized by Westchester Magazine, The Journal News, News Channel 12 and The Westchester Business Journal as a "Rising Entrepreneur." Having spent years as an on-air radio personality at 103.9 WFAS, Mike now has a broader knowledge of music and announcing. if you listen closely you can hear Mikes voice on local radio commercials.
What's next for Mike? Is it TV and Movies? Stay tuned to find out!

Donofrio Dance Co. [link]: Founded in 2009 by choreographer and dancer Taylor Donofrio, Donofrio Dance Co. is a New York based Company aiming to examine the physical and metaphysical realm of dance. Through the investigation of satirical undertones in present social issues and the exploration of the human psyche and instinct, Donofrio Dance Co. sets up an environment that is both unconventional and compelling in nature. Donofrio’s intergration of gestural,dynamic, and rigorous free flowing physicality accompanies the use of media and theatrical elements, thus creating an honest and powerful exploration of movement and it’s relationship to the world.
   
Taylor Donofrio’s choreography was first presented at Manhattanville College where she directed and choreographed, Automaton, which received an award of excellence from the Dance and Theatre Department in 2008.
   
The company debuted their newest work at the Producers Club in NYC this year as well as participating in the Making Moves Dance Festival at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.

Alex Vernon: Alex Vernon is a self taught silhouette cutter, keeping the tradition of traveling artists alive by setting up shop on various street corners, parks, and flea markets throughout the country. Originally from Tennessee, a gypsy's curse gave him an insatiable thirst for making things, and a touch of the ol' wanderlust. He cuts in the traditional style, the same way they were cut in the 1750's. All portraits are created using a single pair of scissors, and without the aid of drawing, light projector, camera obscura, shadow play, templates, alchemy, gadgetry, or general trickery. Alex is also the proud owner of the world's largest hyperbole.

Tarot by Valerie [link]: Valerie Sarnicole has been a professional tarot reader since 1999. She works with individual clients and at special events in the New York tri-state area. She received a BFA in digital video filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts in 2002 and currently studies psychology. It is her greatest hope to help her clients explore the many options available to them with a progressive use of tarot.

Alison Sheehy [link]: Alison lives  in Hastings On Hudson, New York, with her husband and three children (ages 13, 10 and 5 years).   Her interest in photography began as a child and continued through college at Brown University where she was able to take photography classes at nearby Rhode Island School of Design.  She has worked as both a photographer and an actress, and received an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of Arts.  Photography work has included: USO, National Geographic, Variety, Old House Journal, Kodak, Rapp Collins Worldwide, Vornado, Ironshore, and more.  Her love of working with children led to developing a theatre games and improvisation program for kids, and a specialization in family photography.

Musicians
Fred Gillen Jr. and Matt Turk first began working together informally, having enjoyed each other's music at various events in the Hudson Valley.  After some inspiring shows together they decided to team up as Gillen & Turk. Soon after that they received world-wide notice in an Associated Press article that featured the duo auditioning for the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Music Under New York in Manhattan. In May 2008 Gillen & Turk released their first duo CD Backs to the Wall and spent part of the year touring nationally, with the recording supporting the tour. The CD was well-received by critics and fans, and by early 2009 the first pressing was nearly sold out. The song "Fall Down" from the disc also appeared on CMJ's 10,000 copy 2008 Player Compilation CD. In the summer of 2008, Gillen & Turk were featured on the television show NYC Soundtracks, on the MSG network. Read more

The Elias Ladino Ensemble has been performing Sephardic music together for more than 30 years. . In 1992, they toured Spain as featured performers at the invitation of the Spanish government in recognition of the 500th Anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews. The songs are in the language Ladino. This is the language that developed when the Jews left Spain and lived in the diaspora of the Ottoman Empire. It is old Spanish with Greek,Turkish, Hebrew and even French words thrown in. The songs are mostly love songs. The Ensemble features Daniel Elias, vocals and clarinet; Maurice Sedacca - Guitar, Scott Wilson Oud and Leni Cohen - dumbeg.


Check back, more bios being added daily.

Click Here for Highlights from the March 5 Friday Night LIVE
Literature Celebration: Winning Poems & Photos from around Town

Interested in being a part of the Team? Email us at FNL@hastingsgov.org or call 914/478-3400 x642