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PATV office and facilities will be closed in observance of the Columbus Day legal holiday on: Monday, October 12, 2015

RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW!
Playwrights Showcase Premiere
Sunday, October 18 at 4pm
You don't want to miss the screening of this year's winning play productions:
"Stage Whispers" by Donna Hoke and "Never Look Up Your Nose at an Angel from Brooklyn" by Norman Hall.  Seating is limited.  Reserve your place today via email at info@patv.org.
Can't attend? Both plays will cablecast on PATV Channel 20 (Cablevision) and Channel 37 (Verizon) and on-demand at www.patv.org after October 18, 2015.


Cast and crew on set of "Stage Whispers" by Donna Hoke. (L to R) standing: Mike Peters, Chen Zou, Jason Hodge, actress Kimberly Gould, Barbara Morrell, Rebecca Farina, Stefanie Hall, Harold Mejias, Shirley Ann Bruno and Erica Bradley [behind Shirley]. (L to R) seated: Director Norman Hall, Marcelo Mendez and actress Fanchon Scheier. Photo credit: Grace Grella

Cast and crew of "Never Look Up Your Nose at an Angel from Brooklyn" (L to R) standing: Mike Peters, Barbara Morrell, Jason Hodge, Marcelo Mendez, actor Charles Wagner IV, Erica Bradley and costume designer Mark Muscaro. (L to R) seated: Shirley Ann Bruno, actress Nikki Lauren and Norman Hall. Photo credit: Grace Grella.


PATV's next  studio workshop will be held on three consecutive Saturdays: October 17, 24 and 31. Want to learn more? Contact Erica Bradley at ebradley@patv.org for all the details or call her at (516) 629-3710 X15.  Interested but can't attend on the scheduled dates?  Let Erica know when you are available and she will keep you posted for the next Studio Workshop!

PATV's Executive Director on East Hampton LTV "East End Veterans" 

Shirley Ann Bruno, PATV's Executive Director, was the featured guest on Joseph Giannini's "East End Veterans" program at LTV Public Access TV in East Hampton, New York.

Mr. Giannini interviewed Shirley about our PATV "Veterans' Stories: Vietnam - Welcome Home" series, to which he contributed as a Captain who served in the U.S. Marines in Vietnam.

Beginning on Veterans Day, November 11, you can watch "Veterans' Stories: Vietnam - Welcome Home" series on Channels 20 (Cablevision) and Channel 37 (Verizon), and the rest of the "Veterans' Stories" programs. It can also be viewed on-demand. Click to watch the promo at www.patv.org.



Shirley Ann Bruno (L) with LTV producer/host Joseph Giannini.

PATV's Shirley Ann Bruno Wins the Chuck Sherwood Leadership Award

PATV is proud to announce that Shirley Ann Bruno, Executive Director for 31 years, has won the 2015 Chuck Sherwood Leadership Award. This award recognizes an individual whose commitment, experience and/or accomplishments has made a significant contribution to the preservation and growth of community media. The winner goes above and beyond the call of service to the mission and goals of the Northeast Regional Alliance for Community Media.  The nomination was put forth by Grace Grella, PATV Special Projects/Outreach Coordinator.

We congratulate Shirley on this well-deserved recognition.

OTHER AWARD NEWS:

PATV has garnered 3 wins in the 2015 Hometown Awards for the Northeast Region of the Alliance for Community Media:

First Place in the Children and Youth category with "Adventures with Mickey", Erica Bradley and Shirley Ann Bruno producers.

First Place in the General Talk Show category for "Crypt of the Public Domain", Michael Peters producer.

Third Place in the Arts and Theater category for "Do You Dance? Continued", Norman Hall, Shirley Ann Bruno and Erica Bradley producers.



Shirley Ann Bruno, recipient of the Chuck Sherwood Leadership Award.

(R to L): Mike Peters, Alan Ginsberg, Brendan Duffy, Marisa Costa and Karen Miller on the set of
  "Crypt of the Public Domain".

(R to L) Mickey Daly, Shirley Ann Bruno and Erica Bradley.

(L to R) Standing: Laura Candan, Marcelo Mendez, Mike Peters, Alex Serrano, Jason Hodge, Erica Bradley, Brendan Duffy and Shirley Ann Bruno. (L to R) Seated: Director/actor Norman Hall and actress Lucile Lichtblau.


PATV College Internships Available
If you know of a college student looking for an internship in television production this Fall, invite them to send their resume with a statement of interest and related experience to Erica Bradley at ebradley@patv.org.
 

 

PATV Programs on Additional Channels Beyond Our Area & Channel 37 (Verizon) cablecasts in most areas of Nassau County - Tell your L. I. and Manhattan friends and family: 
  • "PATV Presents"
    on the Cablevision Woodbury feed on Channel 20 - Sundays at 5pm.
  • "Playwrights Project" on the Cablevision Woodbury feed on Channel 20 on Sundays at 7:30pm, and Manhattan MNN on Wednesdays at 5pm. Dates/times at www.mnn.org.
  • "Senior Moments: The Happy Ones!" 
    on the Cablevision Woodbury feed Channel 20 on Fridays at 5:00pm.
  • "Something to Talk About"
    on the Cablevision Woodbury feed  Channel 20 on Fridays at 5:30pm.
  • "The Grace Grella Show"
    on the Cablevision Woodbury feed Channel 20 on Thursdays at 11pm, on the Hauppauge feed Channel 20 on Tuesdays at 3pm, on the QPTV feed Channel 56 on Tuesdays at 3pm and Channel 34 on Fridays at 9:30pm
    .
More Good News: PATV is Streaming Online and On-Demand! 
Programs on PATV's local  Cablevision Channel 20 and Verizon FiOs Channel 37 now stream at www.patv.org/livestream at their scheduled air time.Streaming allows anyone with an Internet connection in any country to view our unique, original programming, expanding our community reach to the world. Please share this streaming link and our program schedule with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Now you can watch PATV programs on-demand at your convenience at www.patv.org/a1_programs/programs-on-demand. Click on the "Video on Demand" drop-down menu to access our monthly highlighted programs, "Access Spotlight", "Playwrights Project", and "Veterans' Project".

**PATV thanks Bonnie D. Graham, PATV Board Member and producer, for her editing and design suggestions for this newsletter.
 
***PATV series time slots are now scheduled on an annual basis.
 
 
  

 Premiere Programs:

 

"North Shore News"- 

Local news and events.

 

"100 Year Celebration of Great Neck's Troop 10" - History of the Troop with commentaries of Troop #10 members both past and present.

 

"Playwrights Programs" - See details in feature story.

 

"Great Neck Plaza & Great Neck BID present: Shop Great Neck" -

See story for details.

 

"Great Neck Plaza Summer Concert Series - 2015"

 

"Something to Talk About" Episode #472
  "Yakety-Yak, Please Talk Back", producer/host Bonnie D. Graham enjoys an anything-goes, no-holds-barred, fast-paced, "Yakety-Yak: Pet Peeves" conversation with guests Jackie Becker and Peter Suchmann.

 https://vimeo.com/139153751

  

"Senior Moments - The Happy Ones!" Episodes #243 & #244. Co-hosts Ruth B. Dolgow and Bonnie D. Graham present the remarkable artwork of two Great Neck seniors.

Artist Shula Mustacchi  

Artist Marion Gerrick  Cohen. 

https://vimeo.com/139173876

  

"The Grace Grella Show" 

Episodes #810 & #811

Intuitive host Grace Grella  gives guests  "Positive 411".

 www.youtube.com/gracegrellash
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Encore Programs:

 

"World War II Veterans Stories" 1-19

 

Columbus Day Programming

 

"Great Neck Plaza Summer Concert Series"

 

**Please check our program schedule at www.patv.org or in your local newspaper.

 

PATV Staff

 

PATV Executive Director

Shirley Ann Bruno

sabruno@patv.org 

 

PATV Executive Assistant

Barbara Morrell

bmorrell@patv.org 

 

PATV Director of Technical Operations

Erica Bradley

ebradley@patv.org 

 

PATV Manager of Technical

Operations

Marcelo Mendez

mmendez@patv.org 

 

PATV Programming Manager

Michael Peters

mpeters@patv.org 

 

PATV Special Projects/Outreach Coordinator

Grace Grella

ggrella@patv.org 

 

PATV Board of Directors

Officers

President

Robert Schaufeld

Thomaston

 

Vice President

Ed Johnston

Plandome Manor

 

Secretary

Norman Hall

Great Neck Estates

 

Treasurer

Elliot S. Rosenblatt

Great Neck

 

Directors

 

North Hills

Robert Burros

 

Flower Hill

William Clemency

 

Lake Success

Mayor Ron Cooper

 

Plandome Heights

Aida Ferman

 

Munsey Park

Rosalie De Caro

 

Kensington

Bonnie D. Graham

 

Kings Point

Amy Hughes

 

Russell Gardens

Ken Levine

 

Great Neck Plaza

Ted Rosen

 

Plandome

Katie Saville

 

Our Mission:

 

PATV's purpose can best be described with these three words: Educate, Communicate, Participate.  PATV's mission is to promote broad participation in civic and cultural life by encouraging effective use and understanding of community media.

 

Studio & Facility Tour

To schedule a private or group tour, email us at

info@patv.org.

 

PATV Travel Directions & Parking Information

Visit www.patv.org.  Contact Us drop-down menu for new directions video.  

Email info@patv.org to get a parking pass for PATV facility.