PAC LOGO NEW Patchogue Arts Council, Inc.
20 Terry St., Suite 116
Patchogue, NY 11772
631-627-8686
PatchogueArts.org
info@patchoguearts.org

8/25/2014


 

PAC MAC Festival
Patchogue Arts Council (M)usic (A)rts (C)inema
October 17 - 26, 2014  
PATCHOGUE, NY - August 25, 2014 - The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) 


Hotbed for the arts in full bloom - Patchogue Arts Council is at it again!  

The Patchogue Arts Council is excited to announce its next creative place-making initiative... 

'Destination Downtown - PAC MAC Festival 2014' The festival will be a downtown-centric

multi-day, multi-venue festival encompassing (M)usic, (A)rts, and (C)inema from October 17-26, 2014.

 

Through PAC MAC the Patchogue Arts Council unites various local movements all in one two-week long festival that will expose Patchogue to a broader audience to Patchogue!

  
What: Patchogue Arts Council (M)usic (A)rts (C)inema Festival 2014 PAC MAC
When: October 17 - 26
Where: Village of Patchogue

What will PAC MAC include?

 

MUSIC

Building on PAC's 2013 South by South Shore Festival, there will be original music performances at a variety of local restaurants throughout Patchogue, including 89 North Music Venue, Village Green at New Village, and Live in the Lobby's Season 10 kickoff October 23 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. 
(All locations and event times TBA)  

 

ARTS

  • Kick off party with a collaborative exhibition presented by Projecting Arts and Briarcliffe College. Latino artists expressing their thoughts on "Celebrating Life" - Celebrando La Vida 2014. On view October 4 - October 25, 2014 @ 225 West Main St.
  • Commissioned sculptures and installationswill be located in multiple public spaces including Capital One Plaza, New Village Green, West Avenue Center Median The Garden Club Community Garden, various walkways that lead to Main Street, and on the grounds of Briarcliffe College.
  • The Best of Suffolk County Arts Councils all under one roof at the PAC Gallery (Terry St.), with annex exhibit at Gallery 40 South 
  •  Additional exhibitions will be on display at the Lobby Gallery at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, PAC Member Gallery at Roast Coffee and Tea, and Shand's Loft Gallery @ BHB.
  •  The Arts Live HereThere will be events and open studios at Artspace.
  • Building on the past success of the PAC Walking Arts Tours, there will be visual art exhibits in the (very few!) remaining vacant retail locations.

Literary & Performance Arts:

  • There will be a presentation by the New Musicals Project in the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts Lobby of an original family musical entitled BOO!                                                                                              
  • Paula Poundstone will be performing at the Patchogue Theater on Oct 18.

     
  • Spoken word and poetry readings will be held at various venues.
  • There will be a r
    eading from PAC's partnership with Herstory Writer's Workshop taking place at the Plaza Cinema and Media Arts Center.
     

CINEMA

  • The cinema component of PAC MAC will include a full week of special programing focused on dance and music, kicking off with a special screening of "Dancing in Jaffa".
    The following films are scheduled: "Get on Up" a biopic about James Brown, the Beatle's "A Hard Days Night", "Finding Fella" and "Alive Inside". All screening at Plaza Cinema and Media Arts Center.

 

The Patchogue Arts Council will be collaborating with the largest network of arts and cultural organizations throughout Suffolk County to present a Festival of the Arts for all ages. The PAC MAC Festival 2014 epitomizes the mission of the Patchogue Arts Council - Encouraging, Promoting and Supporting the Arts - Since 2008 and will further enhance Patchogue's reputation as a hotbed for the arts. 

  

Collaboraters include,Business Improvement District of the Village of Patchogue, Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts, Plaza Cinema and Media Arts Center, Herstory, The New Musicals Project, 89 North, Artspace Patchogue Lofts, Gallery 40SO,Tri-Valley Brass Band, Projecting Arts, Long Island Pulse Magazine pop-up gallery, Patchogue restaurants, and many more to be announced!

 

Thank you Patchogue Business Improvement District for  

 leading the way as the first sponsor of PAC MAC.  Public funding has also
been provided by Suffolk County.  

 PlazaLong Island Pulse Magazine 

 

For more information and press inquiries please contact:

Beth Giacummo

Beth.isliparts@gmail.com

PAC MAC Chair, Promotion and Marketing


 

POSSIBLE SPONSORS;                                                                                                                                           Are you a business or interested in supporting the PACMAC Festival? It is sponsors like you that 

make it possible for the Patchogue Arts Council to continue its mission and present programs 

like PAC MAC. For more information please contact

  

 Lori Devlin                                                                                                                                            

 PAC MAC Chair, PAC Board Trustee                                                                                                                          516.318.9283; loribdevlin@hotmail.com

                                                                                                           

 


ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL - The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven.  The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Ste. 116, Patchogue NY and is open Thursdays and Fridays, 2:00 - 7:30 PM, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 - 5:00 PM. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

 

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