GNAC Gala Honors Alexa Ray Joel
Friday, 02 December 2011 00:00
Alexa Ray Joel to Receive Rising Star Award at Annual GNC Gala Event
The Great Neck Arts Center will honor singer/songwriter Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of “Piano Man” Billy Joel, with an award at their annual benefit performance event on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. This year’s event is entitled “A Salute to the Silver Screen” and will be hosted by the New York Institute of Technology at the de Seversky Mansion, located at Northern Blvd and Old Campus Road in Old Westbury.
“We are thrilled that Alexa Ray Joel will be with us, joining a distinguished roster of artists who have so warmly embraced the Great Neck Arts Center,” says Regina Keller Gil, executive director of the Arts Center. She goes on to say “In addition to accepting our Rising Star award, she will be performing for our audience, as well.”
The night, which culminates with a sit-down dinner, will also include speeches from the 2011 honorees and the announcement of the J. Leonard Samansky Arts Scholarship Fund in memory of the late Mayor Samansky.
Among the artists who have been singled out for these awards are: Pulitzer Prize and Kennedy Center Award winning composer/conductor Morton Gould; actress Shirley Romaine; filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; artists Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Lou Dorfsman; internationally renowned sculptor Edwina Sandys; Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame photographer Bob Gruen; Rock ‘N Roll Lovin’ Spoonful musician Joe Butler; jazz great trombonist Al Grey, jazz singer Yvette Glover; dancer Savion Glover; legendary fashion designer Oleg Cassini; and Broadway leading lady and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara. Singer/actress Melissa Errico, who grew up in Manhasset, was the performer and award winner last year.
Admission to this event costs $250 per person and all funds raised at the annual gala go to support the School for the Arts, Scholarship Program, and Outreach Program, which currently serves thousands of students in the region. Anyone who is interested in attending should contact Ronni Berger at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 829-2570 as soon as possible to reserve seats for this very special night.
News
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On Tuesday, May 15, the 2012-2013 Great Neck Public Schools budget passed 1098 to 305.
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Mark Schimel withdraws his candidacy days after his initial acceptance announcement
Just days after announcing his nomination as the Republican candidate for New York State’s 16th Assembly District, Mark Schimel withdrew his candidacy. A flurry of controversy surrounded this upcoming election as Mr. Schimel’s nomination meant that he would challenge his estranged wife, Michelle Schimel, the Democratic incumbent.
Sports
Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00
It was another beautiful day for baseball, and the St. Aloysius seventh grade CYO baseball team was ready to rebound from the previous day’s loss to St. Dominics. St. Als broke out early, executing a series of “small ball” moments to take the early lead, and they never looked back en route to a 7-2 seven-inning victory over St. Patrick, putting them back over the .500 mark with a 3-2 at the halfway point of the season.
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Jed Berman, longtime Kensington resident, just completed his eighth marathon on May 6. The 26.2-mile event was run simultaneously with a half marathon and a 10K race. Over 7,000 runners started the combined races together but only some 700 finished the full marathon this year. Jed is very proud to have finished the race comfortably under four hours. He ran in memory of his father Norman Berman, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, and also in memory of his late father-in-law Meyer Hershkop, who survived Auschwitz and Birkenau, but died during heart surgery just a few years ago. Usually Berman runs to raise money for pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. This year he will plant trees in Israel in honor of both men.
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