The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) and the Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) present The Patchogue Autumn Arts Festival at the Patchogue Theatre and throughout Patchogue Village on Sunday November 8. 

This FREE  day of art, poetry and music  brings Long Island based visual artists, poets and singer-songwriters together in this south shore village that is rapidly becoming a hotbed for the arts in Suffolk County.

1:00 -  Artist Reception for Laurence Lee in the PTPA lobby.

 Mr. Lee will celebrate the opening of his show "The Tonal and the Nagual" at the “Lobby Art Gallery” that PAC curates year round at PTPA, featuring Long Island based visual artists. Creating works in both wood and metal, Mr. Lee developed his skills working in a fine arts foundry and through the tutelage of a number of masters in his chosen crafts. His imagery emerges through unconscious channels and an interest in non western mystic traditions from a relationship with Eastern Mysticism and the unconscious.   

2:00 -  Welcome artists from the PAC Walking Arts Tour.

Over 40 artists have been invited to display their talents in a number of Patchogue Village locations such as storefronts, restaurants, and open spaces in a show that runs through early January.  Maps of the Walking Arts Tour will be available at the reception and visitors will be encouraged to head out onto the sidewalks of Main Street and South Ocean Avenue to view the various works from 3:00 until 5:00.

 5:00 - 8:00 Original Poetry and Music Live in the Lobby

Long Island Poets Live:  Phebe Szatmari Carney, Russ Green, Tara Propper, Michelle Whittaker, Manhk (Walter E. Harris III), Barbara Southard, Doug Swezey, Steven Schmidt, Campbell Dalglish and Mindy Kronenberg.

 
Long Island Uncovered: Long Island Singer-Songwriters perform one of their own songs and a song by another Long Island singer-songwriter. 

Phil Minissale, Bess Rogers, Hank Stone, Katie Pearlman, Jesse Pagano, Jessie Haynes, Jay Scott, Rorie Kelly, Mike Witzer, Jordan Hope, Chris P. Cauley and Tom Groney.  

The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation founded to serve artists and promote the arts on the greater south shore of Brookhaven. www.PatchogueArts.com