July 9 (Saturday) 4:00 pm (rain date July 16). Summer Concert. Alex Leonard has been featured in venues from Manhattan to Las Vegas, Europe and Japan. All Music Guide calls Alex "An important mainstay of the Big Apple" and Show Business writes, "Superb piano playing...a class act." A two-time MAC Award nominee,he is currently an artist-in-resident at the Metropolitan Room in New York. His program will consist of music of Academy award winner,Harry Warren,(real name- Salvatore Guaragna), a composer of Italian descent, and a major contributor to the Great American Songbook. His music has been recorded by superstars Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Jerry Vale, Johnny Maestro and others.

Sponsored by Garibaldi Meucci Museum.
420 Tomkins Avenue,Staten Island
Admission: $5; open to the public
Contact: Stephanie Lundegard 718-442-1608
www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org

Source: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute