The Ladle Will Rock! - July 28, 2009
The Ladle Will Rock
(07/22/2009) This winter was particularly harsh for East End food pantries. In the face of a greater need than many volunteers had ever
Greg Morris
Simon Kirke
seen, donations dropped while the number of hungry families rose. Big organizations like Long Island Cares saw the strain, and the effects reached all the way to Montauk.
In an effort to bolster the network of food pantries, John Kowalenko and Cheryl Stair have organized a massive concert fund-raiser through their event-management company, Art of Eating.
This is not the first time they have put together a fund-raiser for the cause — an impromptu Ladles of Love benefit at Art of Eating in Amagansett in January raised more than $10,000 at a time when supplies at food pantries were critically low.
Mr. Kowalenko pledged to hold a larger fund-raiser over the summer, and it will come to fruition at the Principi Farm in Amagansett on Aug. 3, when an outdoor concert will feature Band of Brothers, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Bastards of Boom, the Surf Dogs, Mamalee Rose and Friends, Danni D., Rob Cannillo, and surprise guests.
“This event will immediately impact thousands of East End residents who are struggling to eat and just feed their families,” Mr. Kowalenko said. As people wait for the national economy to recover, some who may never have thought they would experience that need have found themselves making use of food pantries.
For $50, concertgoers can take in the music and buy food and beverages at the refreshment tent. V.I.P. tickets, at $250, come with preferred parking, a concert T-shirt, a food and wine tasting, and access to an air-conditioned luxury restroom trailer. Very, very important person (V.V.I.P.) sponsor tables cost $10,000, or $1,000 for a single seat, and include perks such as front-row seating, table service, and backstage meet-and-greets with the talent.
Band of Brothers’ lineup includes the drummer Simon Kirke from Bad Company; G.E. Smith, the guitarist formerly of “Saturday Night Live”; John Conte, who has played bass with Billy Joel, and Jeff Kazee, a keyboardist from Bon Jovi. Music lovers in attendance are likely to be hoping that Jon Bon Jovi himself will be one of the yet-to-be-announced guests. (He has a house on the South Fork and has serenaded diners at surprise appearances at the Blue Parrot, an East Hampton restaurant he is an investor in.)
(07/22/2009) This winter was particularly harsh for East End food pantries. In the face of a greater need than many volunteers had ever
Greg Morris
Simon Kirke
seen, donations dropped while the number of hungry families rose. Big organizations like Long Island Cares saw the strain, and the effects reached all the way to Montauk.
In an effort to bolster the network of food pantries, John Kowalenko and Cheryl Stair have organized a massive concert fund-raiser through their event-management company, Art of Eating.
This is not the first time they have put together a fund-raiser for the cause — an impromptu Ladles of Love benefit at Art of Eating in Amagansett in January raised more than $10,000 at a time when supplies at food pantries were critically low.
Mr. Kowalenko pledged to hold a larger fund-raiser over the summer, and it will come to fruition at the Principi Farm in Amagansett on Aug. 3, when an outdoor concert will feature Band of Brothers, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Bastards of Boom, the Surf Dogs, Mamalee Rose and Friends, Danni D., Rob Cannillo, and surprise guests.
“This event will immediately impact thousands of East End residents who are struggling to eat and just feed their families,” Mr. Kowalenko said. As people wait for the national economy to recover, some who may never have thought they would experience that need have found themselves making use of food pantries.
For $50, concertgoers can take in the music and buy food and beverages at the refreshment tent. V.I.P. tickets, at $250, come with preferred parking, a concert T-shirt, a food and wine tasting, and access to an air-conditioned luxury restroom trailer. Very, very important person (V.V.I.P.) sponsor tables cost $10,000, or $1,000 for a single seat, and include perks such as front-row seating, table service, and backstage meet-and-greets with the talent.
Band of Brothers’ lineup includes the drummer Simon Kirke from Bad Company; G.E. Smith, the guitarist formerly of “Saturday Night Live”; John Conte, who has played bass with Billy Joel, and Jeff Kazee, a keyboardist from Bon Jovi. Music lovers in attendance are likely to be hoping that Jon Bon Jovi himself will be one of the yet-to-be-announced guests. (He has a house on the South Fork and has serenaded diners at surprise appearances at the Blue Parrot, an East Hampton restaurant he is an investor in.)