The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) has great events happening this month.
Please note: *All Sunday Concert Series events unless noted are free with admission ticket purchase.
See the line-up below:
5/4- 3pm Paul Cipro & His Band
About Paul Cipro
On May 4th at 3 PM Long Island musician/songwriter Paul Cipro and his band will perform a concert of original music featuring new releases “Monday Morning Fight Song” and “How Gone RU” (available on all streaming sites). Paul’s music is described as “cerebral rock with acoustic elements”. His band of skilled musicians includes: Jessica Benenati (keyboards), Conor Franzone (guitar), Tom King (guitar/percussion) and Rob Nolan (bass). A long standing figure of the Long Island music scene, Cipro has tens of thousands of listeners worldwide… come enjoy this exciting musical event!
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5/10- 2pm Author David Browne book signing
About David Browne
David Browne is a senior writer at Rolling Stone and the author of Fire and Rain and biographies of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; the Grateful Dead; Sonic Youth; and Jeff and Tim Buckley. A former reporter at the New York Daily News, he was also the music critic at Entertainment Weekly for more than 15 years. He lives in Manhattan.
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5/11- 3pm TBA
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5/17- 1pm Director Sean King ScreamWalkers film screening
About Screamwalkers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31911908
From the creators of the cult hit show “The Ghouligans!”, and the renowned haunted attraction “Dark Night Halloween World” comes “Screamwalkers”, an original 90’s style shot-on-video slasher movie.
Synopsis- In the quiet town of Marblehead, a chilling pattern emerges as the body count steadily rises. At the heart of these bizarre killings stands CJ Wyatt (Elizabeth Davoli), a student grappling with the recent loss of her boyfriend, the latest victim of a ruthless murderer.
Each murder among her circle of friends draws the killer ominously closer to CJ. Detective Joe Penny (Glenn McBride Jr.) becomes her sole ally in a police force plagued by dysfunction. Amidst mounting pressure, he races against time, piecing together clues that might lead to the killer’s identity. With every passing day, the list of victims grows, pushing CJ and Penny to confront the terrifying reality of the “Screamwalkers”!
The fresh approach to the production of “Screamwalkers” has been the talk of the micro budget film community for much of 2024. The $12,000 budget allowed minimum time and resources, which made the producers adapt with creativity. The movie runs 65 minutes and was shot using an analog Canon camcorder from 1994. “Screamwalkers” has already won “Best Feature Film” at the Long Island International Film Expo and continues to garner overall very positive reviews from both critics and audiences.
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5/18 – 3pm Martha Trachtenberg
About Martha Trachtenberg
Martha Trachtenberg was a founding member of the Buffalo Gals, the first all-woman bluegrass band, back in the mid-1970s, aka the dawn of time. Her 1999 CD, It’s About Time, won straight As from Newsday and radio airplay both in the States and abroad. Martha’s songs have been recorded by a number of artists from the bluegrass world, including Tony Trischka and Skyline, Nothin’ Fancy, Missy Raines and Jim Hurst, Dede Wyland, John and Cathy Cadley, and, most recently, IBMA’s 2024 Male Vocalist of the Year, Greg Blake. For the past three years, she’s been a part of the prestigious Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, as a songwriting teacher and performer, and is slowly but surely assembling songs for another CD. So slowly, in fact, that the working title is Better Late Than Never . . . Thank you. Thank you very much.
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5/24- 2pm Inductee Q&A with Jimmy Rosica, The Brooklyn Bridge
About Jimmy Rosica
Formed in 1968 by Johnny Maestro, The Brooklyn Bridge combined the talents of The Del-Satins and Rhythm Method to create a signature sound blending doo-wop, pop, and powerful horn arrangements. With over 10 million records sold, the group left an indelible mark on American music history. The group was inducted into LIMEHOF in 2006 as Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge. They performed at the first LIMEOF induction ceremony with LIMEHOF inductee Jimmy Webb.
Jimmy Rosica grew up in Hicksville. In addition to his career in music, he is also the founder of Very Cool Music School, an educational program using pitch pipes and continues to share his love of music with students and fans alike of all ages.
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5/25- 3pm Tal Naccarato
About Tal Naccarato
Italo ‘Tal’ Naccarato, the vocalist, songwriter, composer, teaching artist, writer and instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, harmonica) was born in the medieval mountain village of Fiumefreddo Bruzio in Calabria, Italy and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. His stylized original work, highlighting a deep appreciation for traditional Folk and Americana Roots music, is steeped heavily in Rock and Blues and includes his original classical guitar inspired compositions, performed with a ‘bluesy swing’.
When not playing a festival, club or recording date, Tal can sometimes be found performing on the streets of New York City, Nashville or New Orleans in the time-honored Folk / Americana / Roots & Country Blues street singer tradition. His latest collection of works, ‘The Theory of Hurricanes: 14 Songs’, was just released, December 10th, 2024. Tal most recently won the ‘Long Island Blues Society’s’ 2023 Solo/Duo Competition to compete in ‘The Blues Foundation International Worldwide Blues Challenge’ on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, 2023, and was also recently featured as a solo acoustic performer at the famed ‘MerleFest’ Festival in North Carolina and has since taken his place amongst the very best players worldwide. Tal’s solid songwriting skills, and fresh and authentic approach to the genre has cemented his slot in the folk / blues world as a highly stylized original traditional player and composer with a deep appreciation for folk, americana, roots and country blues as well as more traditional classical guitar music.
There is limited seating. Members and advanced timed or VIP tickets will be honored first.
Please purchase your tickets or membership below, or you can purchase tickets at the door day of show if they are still available.
For more information and to buy tickets in advance visit https://www.limusichalloffame.org/tickets-and-gift-cards/
Located at: 97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY