JULY 2007 EVENTS

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN-29th ANNUAL SUMMER SERIES. Please visit their website at www.celebratebrooklyn.com for a complete schedule.

CITY PARKS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS LARGEST EVER SCHEDULE OF PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS IN NYC PARKS IN ITS 18 YEAR HISTORY. Summer 2007 promises the most exciting season to date, with increased performances, top talent, outdoor dance classes, and teen theater workshops throughout the city. All programs and events are offered free of charge. For more information and schedules, please visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.

THE 25TH ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CONCERT SERIES AT WINGATE FIELD IN CENTRAL BROOKLYN, hosted by Borough President Marty Markowitz, includes a star-studded lineup of musical acts fitting for a silver anniversary celebration. The series kicks off Monday, July 9 at 7:30 pm with MC Hammer, Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, and MC Lyte, and continues each Monday through August 20, and all performances are presented free of charge. Call the concert hotline for updates at (718) 469-1912 or visit www.brooklynconcerts.com. (Performers subject to change without notice).   

BROOKLYN'S 29TH ANNUAL SUMMER SEASIDE CONCERT SERIES 2007:  If you love music, you're in luck, because Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is once again bringing exceptional musical talent from all over the world to Brooklyn. The 29th Annual Seaside Summer Concert Series begins July 12th with Tommy James & The Shondells, appearing there for the first time, joining with Jay Black and Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge. The series will showcase top name performers every Thursday night at 7:30 through August 23rd at Asser Levy Park at West 5th Street and Surf Avenue in Brighton Beach, and all performance will be presented free of charge. Call the concert hotline at (718) 469-1912 or visit www.brooklynconcerts.com for the summer schedule. (Performers subject to change without notice).

MOTOWN COMES TO STONY BROOK:  This summer, Long Island gets a little taste of the Motown sound when the Long Island Museum presents Reflections:  The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection, curated by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum. The exhibition, beginning July 21, 2007, explores the exciting history of one of America's most popular groups ever, The Supremes. The exhibition will be on display through October 21, 2007. Check the museum website for details, directions, times and fees at www.longislandmuseum.org or call (631) 751-0066.

ARTS IN THE PARK. Mark your calendars every Tuesday for the annual Arts in the Parks beginning July 10th through August 7th. Day camps, families and summer schools delight in an array of cultural and entertaining artists on the great lawn of King Park in Jamaica, Queens, on Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street beginning promptly at 10:30am. Make sure you're comfortable, bring your lunch, don't forget your blankets for seating and enjoy an entire day in the park. For more information, call (718) 526-3217 or visit www.go2ccj.org.

THE 10TH ANNUAL LONG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM EXPO at the historic Bellmore Movies, Pettit Avenue (across from the LIRR station) from July 11th through the 19th, 2007. For complete information and schedules, please visit www.LongIslandFilm.com .  

ANNOUNCING FREE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY PARKS THIS JULY AND AUGUST. City Parks Foundation is pleased to announce its 2007 trio of summer performing arts festivals taking place in the five boroughs -- CityParks Theater presented by Time Warner, CityParks Concerts, and CityParks Dance. Collectively, these festivals promise to offer the most exciting season to date, with increased dance, concerts, and theater performances, top talent, outdoor dance classes, and teen theater workshops. All are offered free of charge. For the full schedules visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.

LIBERTY TOWERS 3RD BENEFIT MOTORYCLE RUN: Liberty Towers will have its 3rd benefit ride and party on Sunday, July 22, 2007. The event will travel through scenic Sussex and Warren Counties in New Jersey on an escorted run and will end the day with a picnic, prizes, a swap and motorcycle vendors. Registration is from 9:00am to 11:00am at the VFW on Mill Street (Rt. 519) in Newton, New Jersey. The picnic is open to the public and will start at 12:00pm and end by 3:00pm. Registration is $20 biker, $10 passenger and includes the picnic cost, door prizes and commemorative pin. The benefit is designed to raise awareness and financial support for a low-income senior public housing authority which is home to nearly 90 low income seniors and disabled adults in Newton. For more information, please call (973) 383-5191 (Ext. 23).

2ND ANNUAL CASINO NIGHT TO BENEFIT THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION:  Do you want to help save whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles? Join the Riverhead Foundation for it's second annual CASINO NIGHT fundraiser on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Atlantis Marine World from 7:00 pm to Midnight to raise funds for New York's marine mammals. Help the Riverhead Foundation continue to rescue, rehabilitate and release these protected animals by buying a ticket today-because saving Marine Life is NO Gamble. Tickets available on the web at www.riverheadfoundation.org or call (631) 369-9840.

THE HONEYSUCKLE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER will host its Fifth Annual Golf & Tennis Classic, Monday, July 30, 2007 at The Mill River Club, Upper Brookville, New York. 10:00 am registration, Noon shotgun start. 5:00 pm Dinner/Reception and awards.The cost is $425 per person to register as an individual golfer, $1,600 per foursome. Each foursome receives a "hole sponsorship" sign. Tennis costs $150 per player. The day includes a day of golf, brunch, food and beverage stations on the course, golfers gift, awards for the best golfers and tennis players, putting contest, raffles and a fabulous dinner/coctail reception with full open bar. The event is to benefit the Honeysuckle Foundation for Children with Cancer, a grassroots Foundation that supports the psychosocial program for children with cancer and blood disorders at Schneider Children's Hospital, part of North Shore/LIJ Healthcare system. For more information, please visit www.honeysucklefoundation.org/golf or call (631) 885-1009.

AUGUST 2007 EVENTS

CHARLES SELLER FOUNDATION TALENT TIME PLAYERS PRESENT "THE WIZ" to benefit Elizabeth Chern, August 2,3,4,9,10, and 11, 2007 at Bloomfield (NJ) Middle School, 60 Huck Road. Admission:  $12 General, $10 Students and Seniors. For more information, please call (862) 202-9854. (Each summer, members of Talent Time, who are in the mid teens to late twenties, produce and perform a musical in which all profits go towards someone in the area with high medical bills. This year, The Wiz is presented to aid Elizabeth Chern of Clark, NJ).

2007 JAMAICA JAMS FESTIVAL: August 3rd and 4th, 2007 it's the annual Jamaica Arts & Music Summer (JAMS) Festival, in its 11th year of serving the community. Opening with "JAMS Under The Stars" concert on August 3rd at 6:00pm in King Park, followed by an all-day festival from Parson's Boulevard to 169th Street on August 4th. The festival is like no other, offering music, ethnic foods, unique merchandise and vendors, as well as various cultural activitites. For more information, please visit www.go2ccj.org.

THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM HOSTS A SUPREME KARAOKE PARTY. Pull out those 45's and turn up the volume for a Supreme Karaoke Party at the Long Island Museum on Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 2:00 pm. Visitors will view the costumes and hear the music in the new exhibit Reflections:  The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection. Burke Entertainment will host two hours of fun featuring favorite tunes from the Motown era. The Supreme Karaoke Party is free with regular museum admission. For complete information, call (631) 751-0066 ext. 212 or visit www.longislandmuseum.org.
 
MOTORCYCLE RUN FOR THE KIDS-SPONSORED BY THE S.C.C. MIDDLETOWN ELKS #2179. Sunday, August 5, 2007 (Rain date: Sunday, August 19). Sign-up at the Lodge (251 Chuch St., Belford)  from 9:00am to 11:00am. Rider: $20, Passenger: $10. Run starts at Middletown, then to Old Bridge, Freehold, Long Branch, returning to Middletown. Vendors-music-street fair-hot dogs-hamburgers-refreshments. For more information, contact: Mike Dickie at (732) 778-2496, Nick Giuriceo at (732) 495-1922 or Don Desfosse at (732) 259-6323.

7th ANNUAL SISTERS OF CHARITY GOLF OUTING: Tickets are now on sale for the Sisters of Charity Golf Outing on Monday, August 6th, 2007 at the Cherry Valley Club, Garden City, New York. Tickets for individual golfers are $500, and $2,000 for foursomes. Price includes brunch, links fees, evening reception and dinner. Dinner tickets only are $125. Proceeds will support the ministry, healthcare and retirement needs of the Congregation. For information and reservations, contact Adam Szczepanski at (718) 424-1813 or aszczepanski@schalifax.org

SEPTEMBER 2007 EVENTS

THE VAN HOUTEN AVENUE STREET FAIR IN CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, sponsored by the Athenia Business Association on Sunday, September 16, 2007 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. There will be entertainment, vendors, food, rides, games, a petting zoo and classic car show. For more information, call (973) 473-0986 or (973) 779-8777. (Rain date-September 23rd).

Got a community event you want listed? Please send it to Al Meredith at ammeredith@ilikejack.com or by fax at (212) 846-5186.