Almond will close out the “Artists & Writers” fall season on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7 p.m. featuring artist Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag Harbor, NY, President of the Association of Suffolk County Historical Societies and Cultural Partner for Sylvester Manor of Shelter Island. A three-course family style meal will be served with one glass of wine or draft beer for $59 including gratuity. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the restaurant directly at 631-537-5665.
Georgette Grier-Key
https://georgettegrier-key.com
Georgette Grier- Key is the principal investigator and design committee chair of the Pyrrhus Concer Action Committee. In this current role as design chair her task consists of coordination of the design team and government liaison between the nonprofit and profit sectors. Dr. Grier- Key is a museum professional, preservationist, and historian with expertise in construction that brings a unique perspective to this project. As a founding member and lead organizer of the Pyrrhus Concer Action Committee her continued work is leading to the rebuilding of the formerly enslaved Pyrrhus Concer’s homestead in the heart of Southampton’s Village. She continues to work on preserving historic structures in Sag Harbor, Southampton Township and East Hampton Township. Dr. Grier-Key has been a diversity fellow with the Nation Trust for historic places.
Grier-Key is a well-regarded guest curator and consultant that has various appointments such as, New York History Advisory Board Member for the New York History Journal and she has been elected to various outlets that inform and further the study of history, preservation and culture, specifically the Preservation League of New York State and the Museum Association of New York to name a few. She is cultural partner for Sylvester Manor Educational Farm of Shelter Island. Dr. Grier-Key was a guest curator for the award-winning Long Island Museum’s 2019 Exhibition, Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island. Her work and expertise transcend to the Smithsonian’s newly introduced National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Her role is regional, local and multigenerational with a skill set and understanding that comes from academia, on the job training, lived experience, and working across disciplines.
As a practitioner, Professor Grier-Key teaches history at CUNY Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn NY. Her mission has raised awareness about and fights to protect endangered historic African American sites, presence, history, folklore, and survival on Long Island’s East End. She is also a third-generation licensed real estate broker and has certificates in nonprofit finance management, municipal planning and zoning, and serves on the Town of Brookhaven’s Historic District Advisory Committee.
Georgette contributes commentary regularly to local media outlets such as Newsday, Sag Harbor Express, Southampton Press, 27 East, Long Island Advance, East Hampton Star, Long Island Pulse, CBS New York and News 12; delivers lectures at CUNY Graduate Center, LIU Brooklyn, Hofstra University, and Suffolk County Community College; publishes her research in the Long Island History Journal and the Suffolk County Historical Society Register; serves on the Black History Commission of the Town of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven’s Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Committee and lends her services as an historian, educator, docent and special events manager to various private and public organizations including the Parrish Art Museum of Watermill, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and throughout New York State.
ABOUT ALMOND
Almond debuted on the Hamptons restaurant scene in the spring of 2001. The affordable French bistro quickly became one of the top spots in the Hamptons for locals, celebrities and tourists. “Almond has brought French bistro to the Hamptons,” stated Joanne Starkey of the New York Times. Chef Jason Weiner quickly established himself in the Hamptons as top toque and over the years has established a very strong commitment to using locally farmed products and local produce in order to support the local community.
