March updates!

Please scroll to bottom of this post and to previous post below to see the latest about arts funding!

Kids Club!

Sunday, March 8 at 10:30 AM, Chip Bryant will be performing his nationally known Vaudevillian Silent Clown act at the North Shore Heritage Center. A great family event, don't miss this juggling/mime/magic/puppetry/music show! Tix are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

Cafe Fridays

Sister Act will be taking you on a musical journey on Friday, March 13 at 7:30 PM, saluting the female artists we know and love--from Streisand to Estefan! Come on down to this show and don't forget to "warm up" before you arrive...the Sisters love to include the audience in the fun!

Jazzing it up...

Like Ellington and Coltrane? The Michael Jazz Trio was inspired by these great musicians...now let them inspire you! Catch them Sunday, March 1 at 2 PM at the Jefferson Ferry Community Center. $10 in advance, $12 at the door!

Did you know?

The BAHC does outreach shows at various schools, libraries, offices and the like? March 1- March 31, 2009, the Sachem Library Member Show is available for your viewing pleasure...for FREE!

Brookhaven Arts funding buzz--
One of the main topics of our last board meetings was the financial crisis that is being faced by our organization. Part of our response to this crisis must be a big push towards fundraising. The first phase of this push is a phone campaign to reach all of our members and ask for their support. We will work together and try to encourage each other and hope to bring in some significant money to help offset some of our financial woes. We'll chip in and order pizza! (For those of you who are not aware, we are cutting hours and salaries as well as some program features to try to stay afloat.)

The next phase will be a fundraiser -planning in the works-hopefully at Clare Rose Theatre in Patchogue--on a Thursday evening in the late Spring.

Please understand that the situation that we are in is dire, and requires immediate and committed action on all of our parts. Please make every effort to join us on March 4th at Brookhaven Town Hall for the first step towards keeping this organization alive. If you have a friend that would be willing to help (from a committee or not), please bring him/her along! We need all the help we can get.

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