Category Archives: Nassau County

Guantanamo Bay Courtroom Artist Janet Hamlin at Hofstra

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 27, 2013

After hearing WNYC’s NPR interview with Janet Hamlin, the only courtroom sketch artist allowed to depict Guantanamo Bay military tribunals from 2006-2012, I was excited to learn Hamlin was coming to Hofstra to discuss her work and new book Sketching Guantanamo.

Hempstead, New York, U.S. 12th November 2013. JANET HAMLIN, a courtroom artist covering the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, shows her drawings and discusses her work at Hofstra University. Much of the time she was the only journalist providing a visual record of the events at the United States naval base in Cuba, and her new book 'Sketching Guantanomo' is a collection of her images. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Hempstead, NY, U.S. November 12 2013. JANET HAMLIN, a courtroom artist covering the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, shows her drawings and discusses her work at Hofstra University. Her new book ‘Sketching Guantanamo’ is a collection of her images. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Seeing several of Hamlin’s original large sketches on brown paper and hearing her describe the challenging – and, at times, surprising – restrictions placed on her Guantanamo work, gave me a more fleshed out understanding of her unique work and experiences at Guantanamo.

Hempstead, New York, U.S. 12th November, 2013. Janet Hamlin, at back in black pants, a courtroom artist covering the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, shows her charcoal drawings and discusses her work at Hofstra University. A student is looking at sketches displayed on floor. Much of the time she was the only journalist providing a visual record of the events at the United States naval base in Cuba, and her new book "Sketching Guantanomo" is a collection of her images. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Hempstead, NY, U.S. November 12, 2013. Janet Hamlin, at back in black pants, a courtroom artist covering the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, shows her charcoal drawings and discusses her work at Hofstra University. A student looks at sketches displayed on floor. Hamlin’s new book “Sketching Guantanamo” is a collection of her images. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

During Hamlin’s book signing at the end of her visit, I bought two copies of Sketching Guantanamo – one for my family and one for my illustrator friend Bob.

Janet Hamlin “Sketching Guantanamo”:  PHOTO GALLERY

• Janet Hamlin’s site: JanetHamlim.com

• The Hofstra Chronicle articles:
11/14/2013, Victoria Espinoza:  Guantanamo sketch artist describes restrictive courts
11/20/2013, Kaeli Van Cott:  Janet Hamlon speaks about sketching Guantanamo

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Garden City, New York, USA. December 6, 2013. Visitors experience the nativity scene at the manger, with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, the Holy Family, at A Night in Bethlehem, an annual Advent at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, on Long Island, on December 6, 7, and 8.

Live Nativity: A Night in Bethlehem

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 10, 2013

Friday night, I went back in time to A Night in Bethlehem – held at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, in Garden City – and experienced a Living Nativity manger scene with Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus, complete with animal stable.

  • VIDEO:  ‘A Night in Bethlehem’ at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 2013. Song is “Carol of the Bells.”

The Advent event is free and open to the public, in Long Island, New York. Visitors enjoy grinding olives, making beeswax candles and other activities at re-creations of shops from two thousand years ago, and it’s a special Christmas treat for the whole family.

Garden City, New York, USA. December 6, 2013. Visitors experience the nativity scene at the manger, with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, the Holy Family, at A Night in Bethlehem, an annual Advent at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, on Long Island, on December 6, 7, and 8. (Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

Garden City, NY, USA. Dec. 6, 2013. Living Nativity at A Night in Bethlehem, Resurrection Lutheran Church (© 2013 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

• Lutheran Church of the Resurrection:
420 Stewart Ave, Garden City, NY 11530  Google MAP
facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/resgardencity
phone:  516-746-4426  –  email: office@rescgc.org

• A Night in Bethlehem: 
my PHOTO GALLERY
VIDEO  https://vimeo.com/336918180

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Ed Mangano, Tom Suozzi Debate, Nassau County Executive Candidates, 2013

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
October 13, 2013

On October 8, 2013, Republican incumbent EDWARD MANGANO, Nassau County Executive, and Democratic challenger THOMAS SUOZZI, former County Executive, had a heated debate hosted and moderated by the Nassau County Village Officials Association at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury.

Old Westbury, New York, U.S. 8th October 2013. L-R, TOM SUOZZI and ED MANGANO before start of debate hosted by Nassau County Village Officials Assoc.  (© 2013 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

Old Westbury, New York, U.S. 8th October 2013. L-R, TOM SUOZZI and ED MANGANO before start of debate hosted by Nassau County Village Officials Assoc.  (© 2013 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

More than once, the moderator asked for restraint from groups of hecklers in the audience.

Opponents Suozzi and Mangano face a rematch in the November 5, 2013 elections.

Debate of Nassau County Executive Candidates 2013:  GALLERY

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