Social, Cultural & Dining Hamptons
Some Hamptons news updates: There’s ferry service now from Long
Wharf, Sag Harbor, to Greenport’s Mitchell Park Pier via the new Peconic Bay Water
Jitney. On Job’s Lane, Southampton, the historic red-brick turreted building owned
by the Parrish Art Museum was sold to Jonathan Sobel, who plans to restore it and
lease it out to high-end commercial tenants. In addition, Southampton Village will
get the current museum building when the Parrish moves to its new Water Mill location
in November. The Village plans to build a multi-use open-air pavilion on the
lawn for next summer.
The cultural/entertainment scene is flourishing. Some highlights from East Hampton’s
Guild Hall schedule are the Hamptons Institute Summer Symposium (July 21–22)
featuring talks on politics (with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand); women and world peace (with
Christiane Amanpour); America’s economic future (with NY Times columnist Joe Nocera);
and 21st century New York (with architecture critic Paul Goldberger). The Branford
Marsalis/Joey Calderazzo jazz duo plays July 28. Four renowned New Yorkers chat 11
a.m. on Sundays: Met Museum lecturer Rosamond Bernier (July 29) and chefs Tom Colicchio
(Aug. 5), Marcus Samuelsson (Aug. 12), and Amanda Hesser (Aug. 19). The
popular Clothesline Art Sale is Aug. 4, and Broadway star Melissa Errico sings that
evening. More highlights include Paul Taylor’s Taylor 2 dance company (Aug. 18),
Broadway favorite Christine Ebersole (Aug. 19), Jersey Boys cast members singing doowop
(Aug. 20), and Broadway/cabaret star Linda Eder (Sept. 2). There are play readings,
film screenings, and KidFEST shows on Wednesdays, and art classes and a major
Eric Fischl art retrospective opening Aug. 11. For a complete list of programs, check
online at GuildHall.org.
Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor has the first revival of Joe Pintauro’s acclaimed
drama Men’s Lives onstage now. Based on Peter Matthiessen’s book, it’s the story of
local East End baymen. The show runs through July 24. Broadway star Betty Buckley
performs her cabaret show Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway Aug. 4. Mondays are Comedy
Club nights, with stars from Comedy Central plus Robert Klein, Susie Essman,
and Jim Breuer, in August. The world premiere of the musical Big Maybelle: Soul of
the Blues, starring Tony Award winner Lillias White, runs Aug. 7 through Sept. 2. For
the full schedule and tickets, go online to BayStreet.org.
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center’s stellar lineup continues with
Beatles tribute band Fab Faux (July 21), Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers (July 22),
Rufus Wainwright (July 28), comedian Jim Gaffigan (July 29), Zoppé Family Circus
(Aug. 3–5), Pat Metheny (Aug. 5), k. d. lang (Aug. 12), Deborah Voigt (Aug. 15),
Wynton Marsalis Quintet (Aug. 19), MOMIX (Aug. 25), Megan Mullally (Aug. 26), the
Go-Go’s (Aug. 27), and doo-wop with Larry Chance and the Earls and Jay Siegel’s
Tokens (Sept. 1). WHBPAC also has children’s shows and world cinema screenings. All
programs are listed online at WHBPAC.org.
Classical music thrives with Pianofest on Mondays (5:30 p.m., Stony Brook Southampton);
Perlman Music Program (Shelter Island); and Bridgehampton Chamber
Music Festival (July 26–Aug. 19). Acclaimed authors speak at BookHampton shops,
Canio’s Books (Sag Harbor), The Open Book (Westhampton Beach), and all local
libraries. Art galleries abound, and there are two large art fairs: ArtMRKT Hamptons
at the Bridge Hampton Historical Society is July 19 to 22, and Art Southampton
runs at the Elk’s Lodge July 26 to 30.
I covered new Sag Harbor and East Hampton restaurants last month, so it’s on to
Montauk, which has Byron at the Surf Lodge, Ruschmeyer’s, Zum Schneider
MTK, and Momofuku Milk Bar. Amagansett’s newbie is northern Italian haunt
Sotto Sopra, and Bridgehampton’s Osteria Salina features Sicilian specialties. Whole
Foods Market has a pop-up store in Wainscott, and Hampton Bays’ popular Rumba
chef/owner David Hersh opened Cowfish in the former Indian Cove. Tom Colicchio’s
Topping Rose House (Bridgehampton) is due in Aug. In Southampton, Nammos
Estiatorio, 75 Main, Sant Ambroeus, and The Drivers Seat flourish.
Popular new shops are Melet Mercantile and Vintage Pink in Montauk; Tiina in
Amagansett; and Everything but Water, Haute Hippie, Lexington Clothing, and
Alice + Olivia in East Hampton. Sag Harbor has MONC XIII and Bridgehampton has
Michelle Farmer Collaborate. Southampton’s debuts are Alex and Ani, James B.
Fairchild, C. Wonder, Impulse Boutique, and Grahame Fowler Original.
The summer’s noteworthy benefits are listed in this issue’s “Hot Dates.” I would
add the Perlman Music Program’s concert and cocktail party at a private North Haven
residence on July 28 (212-877-5045); and Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival’s
concert and dinner at the Atlantic Golf Club (July 28) and its Wm. Brian Little
Concert at the Channing Daughters Winery in Bridgehampton (Aug. 12) as special
evenings (contact the festival at 212-741-9403).
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