Arts Talk & Book Signing with Dan Rattiner & Steve Alpert: First Friday, Sept. 7 at EEA

John Mitty Friday, August 17, 2012

First Fridays Series Presented by East End Arts

September 7: Self Actualization = JOY

Arts Talk & Book Signing Event

With Acclaimed Author Dan Rattiner & Professional Artist Steve Alpert

(RIVERHEAD, NY, August 16, 2012) –– East End Arts is pleased to announce September’s installment of the First Fridays Arts-in-Community Series to be held on Friday, September 7 starting at 6 PM at the East End Arts Carriage House, located behind the East End Arts Gallery at 133 East Main Street, Riverhead NY. This month’s arts talk will feature acclaimed author Dan Rattiner, American journalist and founder of Dan’s Papers, and artist Steve Alpert, professional painter, theatrical producer, and author, in a discussion of transforming life, as well as life-changing experiences, through art. Steve Alpert quotes “The relentless and passionate pursuit of art making has opened up the doors to serenity and service, the combination of which has taken me to an extraordinary place in my life, a place I never thought was even possible.” Rattiner and Alpert share a former background in advertising and will retell their experiences in the arts and media through this conversation. In addition, Dan Rattiner will share selections from his new memoir, Still in the Hamptons and Steve Alpert will share experiences from his recent memoir, Worth Fighting For. The talk will be followed by a reception and book signing in the East End Arts Gallery. This FREE event is open to the public.

Steve Alpert, a native New Yorker, has been painting for forty years turning pro thirteen years ago after a successful career as a TV producer/director. Alpert's work is sold in fine art galleries all over North America.

Dan Rattiner is the newspaper publisher widely credited with having founded the concept of the free newspaper in 1960. In addition to Dan’s Papers, he has founded the Montauk Pioneer, The Block Island Times, and The East Village Other. Rattiner has written many books and is also a published cartoonist.

East End Arts is very pleased to present this series of Arts-in-Community forums and presentations on the first Friday of the month in Riverhead, and the third Thursday of the month in Greenport, to encourage discussion and engage the local community with the arts. These free events are open to the public. For more information about the First Fridays and Third Thursdays series’, visit http://www.eastendarts.org/events/index.html#FirstFri or call 631-369-2171.

First Fridays and Third Thursdays are made possible, in part, by the Miracle-Gro Fund––a donor-advised fund at the Long Island Community Foundation. For more information, visit www.licf.org.

For more information, contact the East End Arts School at 631-369-2171 or visit www.eastendarts.org.

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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