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It’s Thanksgiving time, so you’d think those wild turkeys would stay away tucked in the woods to protect themselves.
There are just a few events taking place around town for the long weekend.
On Saturday, November 28, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., is the East Hampton Historical Society’s 2009 House and Garden Tour, which will showcase six examples of traditional and modern architecture, some with extensive gardens on the East End. The kick-off cocktail party is on Friday, November 27, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Tickets to the House and Garden Tour are $65 in advance and $75 on the day of the tour. Tickets to the cocktail party are $150 and include entry to the tour the following day. All tickets may be purchased by calling the East Hampton Historical Society office at 324-6850, or in person at Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street on Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28, between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information is available on the East Hampton Historical Society website at easthamptonhistory.org.
The studio of the artist Thomas Moran, at 229 Main Street, in East Hampton, will be open to the public on Saturday, November 28, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., for a special pre-renovation viewing.
In 1884, Moran and his wife, Mary Nimmo Moran, became the first artists to build a house with a working studio in East Hampton. Up until that time, artists stayed mostly in boarding houses along Main Street and worked outdoors or in found spaces. The Morans’ pioneering efforts in architecture and lifestyle galvanized into a romantic tradition that is still with us. With cultivated tastes, virtuoso talent and a bohemian outlook, the Morans built a house opposite East Hampton’s Town Pond that was an original, unpredictable spin on the newly popular Queen Anne style. It is now a National Historic Landmark.
Since acquiring title to the property from East Hampton’s Guild Hall in October 2008, the Thomas Moran Trust has completed emergency repairs and necessary measures for longer term stabilization, most importantly shoring up parts of the exterior that were in danger of further deterioration and possible collapse. With the house secured against additional damage, plans are proceeding for its restoration. Saturday’s Open House is a chance for the community to see the studio portion of the house prior to any renovation work.
The studio is where Moran painted some of his most important works during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Because of his panoramic works of the American West, Moran is memorable in the natural history as well as the art history of this nation. “Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,” among his most famous works, once hung in the United States Capitol and is now housed in the Smithsonian.
Hugh King has let us know that the Home Sweet Home Museum at Mulford Farm will be closed on Sunday, November 29.
The Golden Eagle art supply store has added an extra children’s workshop, “3D Winter Scene,” a mixed-media art class on Friday at 10 a.m. There is also the usual Saturday morning class at 10 a.m., which is “Holiday Card Printing.” Call to make a reservation at 324-0603 or visit goldeneagleart.com for a more extensive schedule of children and adult art workshops and lectures.
On Saturday, the LongHouse is having its annual Holiday Gathering/Walk About, between 2 and 5 p.m. Dress warmly and stroll through LongHouse’s impeccable gardens while sipping hot rum, and have an opportunity to participate in a lovely once-a-year LongHouse tradition of placing a wish on the Yoko Ono Wish Tree. LongHouse Reserve is located at 133 Hands Creek Road. Visit longhouse.org for more information and directions.
On Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m., Guild Hall presents the Naked Stage reading of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” starring Joe Desane, Lydia Franco-Hodges, Tanya Tavereau and an ensemble cast to be announced.
“A Streetcar Named Desire” is the 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1947. We all should know this play by now. If not, here is a little fodder. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. Further creative adaptations include a 1995 opera with music by André Previn and presented by the San Francisco Opera. This is considered a landmark play, that deals with a culture clash between two iconic characters, Blanche DuBois, a relic of the Old South, and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, urban immigrant class. Stellaaaaaaaaaaa!
Happy Thanksgiving.
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