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January 2014
Arts on the Lake wins Socially Conscious Trailblazer Award
The Putnam Chambers of Commerce announced they will award Arts on the Lake a 2013 Socially Conscious Trailblazer Award at the Trailblazer Gala on January 31. Although 35 Putnam awards were announced this year, AotL is the only one from Kent Lakes. If you are planning to attend the Awards Ceremony on Jan 31, email office@artsonthelake.org to see if tables of 10 can be assembled for a slight discount.
December 2013
Box for Toys and Food Gifts at the Center
Donations to the Putnam Community Action Program are being accepted at the Center in a box made by the children of Exploring Great Art and Artists. Toys (toy wish list) are accepted before December 16 (so there is time to distribute) and food (food wish list) is accepted at all times. If you're visiting an Exhibit or a Class, the box is just inside the door.
November 2013
The Kent Public Library is having an Anniversary
Join Arts on the Lake and others in sponsoring an ad or becoming a booster in the Kent Public Library’s 50th Anniversary Journal. More information here.
Press Release: Arts on the Lake to Expand Directors’ Board
Arts on the Lake, a non-profit corporation that operates out of the Lake Carmel Arts Center, 640 Route 52, in Kent, NY, is seeking to expand its Board of Directors in 2014. “As our programs expand, it is necessary to enlarge as well the Board that supports and guides those programs,” said Executive Director James Shearwood. Read full press release.
Arts on the Lake Receives 2013 Best of Carmel Award
Arts on the Lake has been selected for the 2013 Best of Carmel Award in the Art category by the Carmel Award Program. Each year, the Carmel Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional success in their local community. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. Read full press release.
Press Release: Ed Kenney to Read Arthur Miller Classic at AotL
Actor and Morning Star Trading Company proprietor Ed Kenney will read Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s iconic classic, Death of a Salesman, presented by the Blue Horse Repertory at Arts on the Lake, 640 Route 52, Lake Carmel, on Saturday, November 23, at 7pm. Joining Kenny will be Judy Allen, Elizabeth Breslin, Fred Rueck and James Shearwood from Putnam County and newcomers Ben Katagiri, David Cerutti, Nick Brigadier and Krista David from the Blue Horse Repertory Acting School in Albany. Read full press release.
HER NATURE at Putnam Arts Council
Wendy Isler Alvarez, Pallas Athene, Patricia Bolgosano, and Amanda Lynne O’Shaughnessy are HER NATURE, an art exhibit which continues, 1-5 daily, at the Belle Levine Art Center in Mahopac through Monday, November 11.
Press Release: Arts on the Lake Presents the Alexander String Quartet at Tilly Foster
The internationally-noted Alexander String Quartet will play an all-Brahms concert in the Lodge at Tilly Foster Farm on Saturday, November 16, at 8pm. Presented by the Friends of Classical Music of Arts on the Lake, this performance marks the return of the Alexander to Carmel, following a sold out concert of Mozart and Shostakovich in November 2010. Read full press release.
October 2013
Press Release: “Brewster” Author Mark Slouka to Meet Readers at Arts on the Lake
Arts on the Lake is partnering with the Kent Public Library to present “A Conversation with Mark Slouka” on Sunday, October 27, at the Lake Carmel Arts Center, 640 Route 52, at 3 pm. Slouka is the author of the well-received new novel “Brewster,” set in the late 60’s in the Putnam town of the author’s youth. Read full press release.
Press Release: Paul Austin to Bring Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape to Arts on the Lake
Paul Austin will bring Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape” to Arts on the Lake, 640 Route 52, Lake Carmel, for two performances, Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19, at 8 pm. Part of the output of plays, screenplays, poetry and fiction of Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett, the play “Krapp’s Last Tape” presents a 69-year-old man celebrating his birthday by reassessing a passage in his life from 30 years before, captured via a tape recorder. Read full press release.