Community News for August 5, 2021

The Montauk Historical Society and the Montauk Point Lighthouse will host Lighthouse Weekend, Saturday, August 7, and Sunday, August 8, featuring the Kings of the Coast Pirates, with shows at noon and 3 p.m. and the 3rd Regiment of 1776 Militia, who will exhibit pottery, leather working and Colonial toys.

For more information, visit montauklighthouse.com.

Camp Shakespeare will return for its 22nd summer, August 9 through August 13, and August 16 through August 20, with one- and two-week sessions available for students at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett. Tuition is $400 to $475 per week, and financial aid is available.

Presented since 1999 by the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, a nonprofit organization, Camp Shakespeare is a creative program for kids and teens, ages 8 to 15. Activities involve acting, theater games, improvisation, movement, voice, and theatrical arts and crafts led by trained theater educators in an atmosphere of discovery and cooperation. Each week-long session culminates in a performance for family and friends.

Pre-registration is required at 631-267-0105, hamptons-shakespeare.org/camp, or education@hamptons-shakespeare.org.

At its next virtual book club, Jewish Center of the Hamptons Cantor Debra Stein will lead a discussion on “The Days Between,” a collection of poetry, prose and “directions from the heart for the Jewish High Holiday season” by author Marcia Falk. The club meets Thursdays, from August 5 to 26, 5 to 6 p.m. To register, visit jcoh.org/bookclub.

The Jewish High Holidays — the 10 days beginning with the New Year Festival of Rosh Hashanah and culminating with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement — constitute the most sacred period of the Jewish year. During this season, religious as well as nonaffiliated Jews attend synagogue services in unparalleled numbers. Yet much of what they find there can be unwelcoming in its patriarchal imagery, leaving many worshipers unsatisfied.

For those seeking to connect more deeply with their Judaism, and for all readers in search of a contemplative approach to the themes of the fall season, poet and scholar Marcia Falk re-creates the holidays’ key prayers and rituals from an inclusive perspective. Among the offerings in “The Days Between” are Hebrew and English blessings for festive meals, prayers for synagogue services, and poems and meditations for quiet reflection. Emphasizing introspection as well as relationship to others, Ms. Falk evokes her vision of the High Holidays as “10 days of striving to keep the heart open to change.”

The third annual Hamptons Dog Show, to benefit the East Hampton Lions Club International chapter and the Guide Dog Foundation of Long Island, will be held on Saturday, August 7, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Legion Hall, 15 Montauk Highway. Admission is $10; kids under 10 are free. The event will include food and ice cream trucks, live music, face painting, dog treats and apparel, with awards given to pups for most unique breed, most unique feature, best trick, and for dog/owner look alikes.

To register or for more information, visit, easthamptonlionsclub.com

Hamptons Artists for Haiti, benefiting the nonprofit Wings Over Haiti, will be held at the East Hampton Airport in Wainscott on Saturday, August 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. The Honorary Committee includes Donna Karan, Patricia Arquette, Eric Fischl, Maria Bello, Molly Channing, and Emily Wickersham.

Proceeds from the event will help Sag Harbor resident and pilot Jonathan Glynn and his team expand a second school the nonprofit has built in Haiti, supporting the construction of more classrooms in Ranquitte, Haiti.

Tickets are $175 in advance and $195 at the door. Children under 12 are free at this family-friendly event.

For more information, visit wingsoverhaiti.net

The East Hampton Historical Society will host “In Conversation,” a summer lecture luncheon with landscape architect Perry Guillot, moderated by David Netto, on Thursday, August 12, at 11 a.m. at Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane in East Hampton.

For more information, visit easthamptonhistory.org.

Tickets are now on sale for East Hampton Library’s 17th annual Authors Night fundraiser, taking place online and in-person, August 12 through August 15.

The event will include a book signing cocktail party at the library on Saturday, August 14, from 4 to 6 p.m. Held outdoors under a tent on library grounds, guests can meet a select group of authors and have their books autographed. Authors include, but are not limited to, Taylor Barton, Tom Clavin, Stacy Dermont, Florence Fabricant, Amanda Fairbanks, Alice Harris, Mike Lupica, Jeffrey Lyons, Michael Shnayerson and more. Tickets are limited and advanced purchase is required.

Interactive online author conversations are also available with a number of authors, Thursday, August 12, through Sunday, August 15, at $20 per event and a free book talk and performance will be offered by Taylor Barton and G.E. Smith on Friday, August 13, at 6 p.m. at the library.

For more information or to buy tickets, call 631-324-0222 or visit authorsnight.org.

On Thursday, August 12, “Jazz for the Center,” will be held at Guild Hall, 159 Main Street in East Hampton, at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., with proceeds benefiting the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center. The evening will feature Evan Sherman, Cyrus Chestnut, and Dezron Douglas performing two concerts to benefit The Center on the Guild Hall outdoor stage.

Space is limited and registration is required. Visit guildhall.org for more information.

Eastville Community Historical Society (ECHS), headquartered at the Heritage House, 139 Hampton Street in Sag Harbor, will host a discussion featuring a first-hand account of the birth and growth of the disco movement in the early 1970s. The talk will be held on Saturday, August 7, at 1 p.m. and will feature nationally syndicated columnist, radio personality, author, and lifestyle and branding coach Harriette Cole, who will interview Noel Hankin, the author of newly released book, “After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party,” at 3 p.m.

Wear your dancing shoes, participants are encouraged to brush up on their dance moves. The disco music will be spinning with DJ Infmatick, and there will be a Hustle dance demonstration, throwback cocktails, and lite bites as well.

For more information, visit eastvillehistorical.org.

Bay Street Theater will host a Creative Theater Miracles Summer Camp for teens, Monday, August 9, through Friday, August 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor. The camp is for anyone who has wanted to explore comedy writing, playwriting, performance, songwriting and more and will be led by director and writer Stuart Ross.

For more information or to register, call 631-725-0818 or visit baystreet.org.

Temple Adas Israel, 30 Atlantic Avenue in Sag Harbor, will continue its virtual programming with a Zoom comedy event on Thursday, August 12, at 7 p.m., featuring Dr. Grace Kessler Overbeke on “The Many Mrs. Maisels,” discussing the work of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish female comedian.

Dr. Overbeke, an assistant professor in the Theatre Department at Columbia College with a focus on comedy writing and performance, recently completed her dissertation on the life and work of Ms. Carroll. This project was developed out of Dr. Overbeke’s interests in female Jewish comedians and autobiographical performance among marginalized populations.

In this Zoom presentation, introduced by her cousin, Rabbi Dan Geffen, Dr. Overbeke will read and perform from Jean Carroll’s material. She will also talk about other female Jewish comedians from 1900 to the present. A question and answer session will follow.

The event is free and open to the public but guests are asked to register. For more information, visit templeadasisrael.org.

Have you ever dreamed of re-landscaping or dressing up your garden or lawn? Now you have a chance to win the opportunity to do just that while supporting the Sag Harbor Historical Society. The historical society will raffle off a $1,200 Marder’s Gift Certificate on September 11. Tickets are $10 or $45 for five and are available online at sagharborhistorical.org or by stopping by the Annie Cooper Boyd House at 174 Main Street in Sag Harbor, between 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday.

Proceeds will help the historical society work toward the preservation of Sag Harbor historic buildings and sites, foster the preservation of the village’s historic character and help educate the public about Sag Harbor history.

For more information, visit sagharborhistorical.org.

The Sag Harbor Historical Society is making an effort to reach out to the youngest village residents, offering Sag Harbor Elementary School access to maps of routes taken by several school classes while learning about the history of the village, and creating summer programming meant to bring them to the Annie Cooper Boyd House on Main Street.

Celebrating our seafaring heritage, the Sag Harbor Historical Society announced its next “Sunday on the Porch” — a family-friendly affair. On August 15, the society will host a reading of Billy Baldwin’s book, “Story Glass,” at 5 p.m. at the Annie Cooper Boyd House. There will also be a presentation by Al and Sue Daniels, who will share the crafts and jewelry they have created using sea glass and other maritime materials.

Refreshments will be served and copies of “Story Glass” and the Daniels’ wares will also be available for purchase. For more information, visit sagharborhistorical.org

The South Fork Natural History Museum and the Hamptons Observatory will host NASA’s Neil Zimmerman for a virtual discussion on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Tuesday, August 10, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Did you know that NASA has already started building another flagship-class observatory, next in queue to go up after the James Webb Space Telescope? Mr. Zimmerman is privileged to work on a team of scientists overseeing the development of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a 2.4-meter telescope slated for launch in five years. The Roman Space Telescope is a wide-field astrophysics survey machine, optimized to make precise measurements of the expansion history of the universe and to carry out a galactic planet “census.” Mr. Zimmerman will present Roman’s transformative observational capabilities and show how it fits in with other powerful optical/infrared telescopes that will see first light in the 2020s.

This is a free program for adults, teens and children 8 and older. For more information or to register, call 631-537-9735 or visit sofo.org.

The Children’s Museum of the East End will host Emily Oster for a discussion of her latest book, “The Family Firm: A Data Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years,” on Wednesday, August 11, at 2 p.m. Ms. Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. Ms. Oster is the latest in CMEE’s ongoing effort to connect experts and authors in early education with local parents.

“I’m always recommending Emily’s books to the mothers who attend Baby & Me at the Museum, so to have her join us to speak about her latest work is a treat,” said Leah Oppenheimer, CMEE’s director of community outreach. “We can’t wait to discuss the benefits of taking an analytical approach to parenting.”

Bookhampton will be on site, offering books to purchase for the author to sign. Space is limited and pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Visit cmee.org to register.

Youth in grades kindergarten through eighth are invited to have fun swimming, playing sports, games, and much more at the SYS Recreation Center, 1370a Majors Path, on Thursdays, through August 26. The pool is open on Mondays for students in kindergarten through fourth grades and on Thursdays for children in fifth through eighth grades, from 4 to 7 p.m. Round trip transportation is available from the Flanders Community Center, 655 Flanders Road. Bus leaves at 4 p.m. and will return approximately at 7:30 p.m. A bathing suit and towel are required. Pre-registration is also required and space is limited because of social distancing. For more information, call 631-702-2425 or visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau.

The Southampton Rose Society, a nonprofit affiliated with the American Rose Society, will host its annual cocktail party and silent auction on Friday, August 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the garden of Carole and Fred Guest’s home in Southampton Village. Guests will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and live bossa nova jazz. Proceeds from the event will support the organization’s initiatives which include the maintenance of five gardens in the Village of Southampton and educational gardening workshops throughout the year.

Tickets can be purchased directly at southamptonrose.org.

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation will host a beach party fundraiser, So Fetch, on Saturday, August 7, from 7 to 11 p.m. at Gin Beach in Southampton. The event will feature dogs with shelter volunteers greeting guests, who will also enjoy cocktails and dancing with music by DJ Teal Camner, as well as wine, a tequila station, appetizers and desserts and more. All proceeds will support the nonprofit organization.

For tickets or more information, visit sasf.org/SOFETCH.

The Hope for Depression Research Foundation will host the Race for Hope on Sunday, August 8, from 7:15 a.m. to noon, beginning at the Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane in Southampton. The sixth annual 5K walk run will be led by HDRF founder and chair Audrey Guss, who will co-marshal the race along with East Hampton resident Arthur Dunnam and Katie Couric. They will lead participants on a beautiful 5K (3.1 mile) loop around Lake Agawam in Southampton Village. The race is open to all ages and speeds and walkers are welcome. The event has grown quickly over the years, with 750 participants in 2019. This year, organizers expect hundreds of participants, up to a maximum allowance of 500, per New York State guidelines. The Race of Hope has raised over $1 million for research since its inception in 2016. A virtual race is also available this year for those who want to participate but live too far from Southampton or are more comfortable racing on their own.

For more information or to register, visit raceofhopeseries.com.

The Southampton Town Affirmative Action Task Force and the Town of Southampton will offer a free Civil Service Test Prep workshop through Eastern Suffolk BOCES on Saturday, August 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the David W. Crohan Flanders Community Center, 255 Flanders Road in Flanders. The class will cover information on how Suffolk County Civil Service works and how to prepare for a Civil Service examination.

The workshop is free, but advance registration is required. For more information, or to register, contact Juan Becerra at 631-702-1821 or email jbecerra@southamptontownny.gov.

The Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane in Southampton, will host a tour of the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery on Sunday, August 8, from 11 a.m. to noon. Adjacent to the Conscience Point Historic Site and Nature Walk, the Shellfish Hatchery is located on land on North Sea Harbor owned by the Southampton History Museum. Established less than a decade ago to establish aquaculture as productive and sustainable in town waters, the hatchery has farmed millions of oysters and works to educate the public about shellfish ecology. Mark Matthew will lead the tour.

There is a $5 fee and reservations are required. For more information, visit southamptonhistory.org.

The Christian Science Reading Room at 70 Cameron Street in Southampton is open as a quiet place to study, Tuesday and Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A garden is also available to enjoy and all are welcome.

For more information, call 631-283-5772.

Time to cuddle up Tuesday mornings in August with the Southampton Village Youth Task Force, which will host a Beach Blanket Storytime from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane in Southampton. The story time will be held August 3 through August 24.

For more information, visit southamptonhistory.org.

The Southampton Youth Bureau will sponsor supervised trips to local amusement parks and attractions on Tuesdays during the summer through August 24. The field trips are for students in sixth through 10th grade, with busing leaving from the Flanders Community Center.

Because of social distancing, space is extremely limited. Trips are first come, first served. For more information regarding transportation, visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau and click on the online calendar. Pre-registration is due the Friday before each trip.

The 2021 Good Ground On Stage series continues on Thursday, August 5, at 7 p.m. with a concert sponsored by the Hampton Bays Chamber of Commerce. The Southbound Country Band will play Good Ground Park, 9A Squiretown Road in Hampton Bays.

On Thursday, July 12, the series continues with an 8 p.m. screening of “Jumanji,” courtesy of the Southampton Youth Bureau and the Hampton Bays Public Library.

For more information, visit southamptontownny.gov/GGP-ON-STAGE.

The Catholic Daughters of America are welcoming local vendors to display and sell their arts and crafts at its annual fundraiser on Sunday, November 21, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Rosalie’s Community Center, 31 E. Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays. There is a fee of $30 for vendor space. To reserve a table space, email committee members at LFILBY@verizon.net, Teresimh@optonline.net or caroylnjbrowne@optonline.net.

The Reverend Dr. Robert Daniels, who is now in his 19th season at Church of the Atonement, will officiate this Sunday, August 8. Services are at 8 and 10 a.m. and take place at the Episcopal Church, 17 Quogue Street.

Masks will be required. For additional information regarding the junior choir, contact Mary Vogel via email at mtvogel@icloud.com.

The Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street in Quogue, will host a Scavenger Hunt with Sammy the Seal, beginning Sunday, August 8, and continuing through Friday, September 3.

The scavenger hunt, which will take hunters through Quogue, can be done alone or in a group. Register at the Quogue Library and download the free app, GooseChase, add the code LK7G98, to get started.

For more information, call 631-653-4224 or visit quoguelibrary.org.

The Westhampton Beach Gazebo Concert Series returns on Thursday, August 5, with a performance by The Swingtime Big Band. The free concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held on the Westhampton Beach Village Green at the corner of Mill Road and Main Street. The rain location is the Westhampton Beach High School auditorium.

Next week’s concert, on August 12, features favorites from opera and the Broadway stages. For more information, call 917-593-7522.

The Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will host the annual Mary O. Fritchie Juried Fine Arts and Crafts Show on the Great Lawn, at the corner of Potunk Lane and Main Street in Westhampton Beach. The show will be held rain or shine on Saturday, August 7, and Sunday, August 8, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The summer art show will feature more than 55 artists who specialize in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, mixed media, wood and metal sculpture, and photography. All featured artists are chosen through a competitive selection process.

“We are proud to once again host a first-rate art show that showcases the talents of a variety of exceptional artists,” said Chamber President Ari Goodman.

The show, now in its 48th year, began informally in the 1950s and was taken over in 1972 by the Chamber of Commerce, who named the event for then-Chamber Director Mary O. Fritchie. It has since grown and become a highly respected Hamptons art show that provides scholarship funding to graduating Westhampton Beach High School seniors who display a talent in the fine arts.

On Friday, August 6, at 8 p.m., Rabbi Evan Hoffman, spiritual leader of New Rochelle’s Congregation Anshe Sholom, will speak at The Hampton Synagogue “Shabbat Table” Dinner Series. The dinner series takes place at The Hampton Synagogue, 154 Sunset Avenue in Westhampton Beach.

Shabbat Dinner will follow 7 p.m. evening services conducted by Rabbi Marc Schneier, Rabbi Avraham Bronstein, Cantor Netanel Hershtik, and Maestro Izchak Haimov, accompanied by The Hampton Synagogue Choir.

A graduate of Yeshiva College (summa cum laude), Rabbi Hoffman was ordained at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, earned an M.A. in modern Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School and did advanced graduate research in American Jewish history. For many years, he has taught adult education courses in Jewish theology and Jewish history at synagogues around the metro area. Rabbi Hoffman is the author of a weekly essay series titled “Thoughts on the Parashah.”

Space is limited. Registration is required. Admission is $50 per person. To reserve your spot, call 631.288.0534, ext. 10.

The Southampton Youth Bureau’s Wednesday Night Teen Nights at Ludlam Park are back for Summer 2021. Teens in grades seven through 12 are invited to hang out and participate in numerous activities which include a live DJ/music, basketball, wiffle ball, kickball, soccer, games, food, and more, on Wednesdays, through August 25, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Space is limited because of social distancing. Masks are required. Teen Nights will be canceled if weather is inclement. For more information, call 631-702-2425 or visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau and click on the online calendar.

The Riverhead Elks Lodge, 1239 East Main Street in Riverhead, will host its annual lobster and chicken barbecue fundraiser on Sunday, August 8, from 3 to 6 p.m. Only 200 tickets will be sold. Guests will enjoy a whole lobster, half-chicken, shrimp cocktail, potato salad, corn on the cob, baked beans, cucumber salad, roll, watermelon, beer, wine and soda for $50. A ticket for just chicken, and no lobster, is $35. A DJ will play and the event will also feature raffles and a 50/50 auction.

For tickets, call 631-727-2027 or visit the lodge Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.