HOUSE & GARDEN
Look for antique urns and clay pots in the mix at the Hamptons Summer Antiques & Garden Show & Sale. Opening night benefits East End Hospice. 6-8 p.m. Bridgehampton Community House. 631-537-0333.


CELEBRITY HOOPS
Lucky spectators who nab the sold-out tickets get to watch Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and other notables compete in three-on-three Celebrity Hoops games. Hayground School, Bridgehampton. Noon. 631-329-5480.

HOTHOUSE ORCHIDS
Hobnob for cocktails, dinner and dancing with two first ladies: Chairs Laura Bush and Libby Pataki at the Child Development Center of the Hamptons Annual Summer Orchid Ball. 7 p.m. Villa Maria, Water Mill. 631-267-2734.

STAR GALA
Star Foundation Gala chaired by Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook, and Anne Randolph Hearst honoring Senator Hillary Clinton, Phil Dusenberry, David Friedson, and Jay Gould. Mistress of Ceremonies, Joy Behar. 7 p.m. Bridgehampton. 631-324-0655.


CHEFS AND CHAMPAGNE
Award-winning chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud is guest of honor at the Wolffer Estate for the annual James Beard Foundation benefit chaired by Nina Griscom, featuring other star chefs from New York and Long Island. And to wash the delectables down, Charles Heidsieck bubblies. 5 p.m. Sagaponack. 212-627-2308.

WILSON PICK-HIT
Wander among art installations and mingle with the likes of Peter Bacanovic, Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Carol and Earle Mack during cocktails, dinner, and live and silent auctions to raise funds for the Robert Wilson Louis Vuitton Water Mill Center Summer Benefit. 6:30 p.m. Water Mill. 631-253-7484.

"SEX" FOR SALE
Kim Cattrall is one of the celeb auctioneers, and a walk-on role in Sex in the City is among the hot items on the block for the Bay Street Theater Summer Gala Benefit Bash. 6:30 p.m. Sag Harbor. 631-725-0818.

SHOP TILL YOU DROP
Donna Karan and In Style magazine are hosts of a day-long designer garage sale benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, with clothes and items from over 100 designers, plus live auction, raffle, and kids’ carnival rides and games. Noon-6 p.m. Water Mill. 212-268-1002.


SEEING DOUBLE
The Music Festival of the Hamptons closes with a double bill: young jazz pianist Bill Charlap entertains, followed by a cocktail reception and closing gala concert. 5 p.m. Bridgehampton. 800-644-4418.


JONES' GIG
Long House’s 10th anniversary gala honors its founder Jack Lenor Larsen and bestows its medal to dance genius Bill T. Jones. 6 p.m. East Hampton. 631-329-3568.

JEWEL EXTRAVAGANZA
London Jewelers and Town & Country present 30 top jewelry and watch designers to meet and greet their collectors and parade their latest collections at London’s new Southampton store at 47 Main Street. Come on by, 5-8 p.m. Southampton. 631-287-4499.

FRENCH FÊTE
Hear Faure and Ravel at an all-French program at the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Benefit Supper. 6:30 p.m. Atlantic Golf Club. Bridgehampton. 631-537-6368.

BIG BUCK BASH
Fourteen hundred of High Hamptons Society will raise over $1 million for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Southampton Hospital’s Annual Summer Party. 7-11 p.m. Wickapogue, Southampton. 631-726-8700.

WATER WORLD
MoMA art educator Arles Buchman receives a special sculpture award at the floating Annual Art Barge Benefit Lobster-Clambake at Napeague Harbor. 5-8 p.m. Amagansett. 631-267-3172.

FARM FINDS
Join shoppers browsing for porcelains, upholstered club chairs, and high-end artifacts at the Annual Historic Mulford Farm Antiques Show & Sale. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. East Hampton. 631-537-0333.


SAG'S FIFTH AVENUE
Over 600 guests will cavort among the peonies in full boom, dine, and dance at The New York Botanical Garden’s annual spring Conservatory Ball. 7:30 p.m. 718-817-8826.


VINTAGE MOZART
Mozart’s music is interspersed with readings of his letters when Bridgehampton Chamber Music plays its annual William Brian Little concert in tents on the grounds of Channing Daughters Winery. 7 p.m. Bridgehampton. 631-537-6368.


SUMMER SEND-OFF
With foods from local vendors, jazz music, and dancing on the grass, Hamptonites mark the end of the season at the Southampton Historical Museum’s annual Late Summer Cocktail Party. 5-7 p.m. Rogers Mansion, Southampton. 631-283-2494.

MOONLIGHT SERENADE
The 10-acre Bridges Gardens Trust estate is the setting for the Silver Moonlight Serenade—the East End Gay Organization’s annual formal benefit dinner dance with theater notables Terrence McNally, Cherry Jones, and Edward Albee scheduled to attend. 7-11 p.m. Bridge Gardens Trust, Bridgehampton. 631-369-1112, ext. 3013.


JUMP TO IT
After morning competitions in six rings, “The World of the Horse,” a parade of breeds of all kinds officially opens the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Mingle with equestrians and celebs at the country’s largest hunter/jumper show. All day, Bridgehampton. 631-537-3177.


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