Community News for March 25, 2021

East End libraries are once again collaborating on a virtual presentation, “Unbossed and Unbowed: A One Woman Show by Ingrid Griffith,” on Saturday, March 27, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., via Zoom.

Join the writer and performer as she brings us a staged reading of her one-woman show, an immersive and interactive solo show about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to run for the presidency of the United States. In the 1960s and ’70s, this Brooklyn-born daughter of Caribbean parents was on a mission. They called her the Black Joan of Arc. She called herself Fighting Shirley as she faced off against the political machine in the name of justice.

To register, visit your local library website, including the Hampton Bays Public Library at hamptonbayslibrary.org.

The Wellness Foundation is offering full scholarships to its Jumpstart 360 wellness program for frontline workers to thank them for their tireless and heroic work. This past year has taken a toll on the wellbeing of many people on the frontlines of the pandemic. Jumpstart 360 was designed for those who want to get their health back on track after quarantine, address chronic conditions, or simply bring the joy of healthier living into their lives.

Jumpstart 360 is a four-week, virtual program to help participants boost immunity, reduce inflammation, address chronic conditions and get started on a healthy path. Participants learn about plant-based nutrition, tips for managing stress, exercise for the greatest benefits and how to transition to a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. The program takes place through live online sessions with the support of a wellness coach.

The next Jumpstart begins on April 8. Any frontline worker, medical worker or teacher who would like to join a Jumpstart can sign up free of charge on Wellness Foundation’s website at wfeh.org.

Join Jewish Center of the Hamptons Rabbi Josh Franklin and Cantor Debra Stein for an evening of virtual Passover on Zoom. Zoom information for all events will be posted at www.jcoh.org

First Night Seder, Saturday, March 27, at 5 p.m.

Second Night Seder,Sunday, March 28, at 5 p.m.

Virtual Passover Services

Passover service, Sunday, March 28, at 10 a.m.

Shabbat and Passover Service with Yizkor, Saturday, April 3, at 10 a.m.

Passover Meal Offerings

This year the JCOH will be offering kosher and non-kosher passover meals for purchase, available from local caterers, including: Go2Event Planner, Carissa’s Bakery and Woodbury Kosher.

All three provide meal delivery service. To order Passover meals, visit JCOH.org/Passover and select Order Passover Meals.

Passover Haggadah

Follow along with clergy by downloading our Passover Haggadah. Go to jcoh.org/passover and select Passover Haggadah.

For additional details, visit jcoh.org/Passover or call 631-324-9858. www.jcoh.org

Heidi Humes of Sunshine in Amagansett and Kate Mueth and The Neo-Political Cowgirls, along with Amber Waves Farm, will celebrate the launch of a new Little Free Food Pantry at Sunshine, 303 Main Street in Amagansett, on Sunday, March 28, at 2 p.m.

The Little Free Food Pantry is a movement that builds, erects and manages a small pantry to be filled daily with non-perishable food for anyone who needs to receive and anyone who would like to donate. Bill Costello of Men At Work Construction donated time, labor and materials in creating these pantries in partnership with the Neo-Political Cowgirls.

Amber Waves Farm has created the Sunshine LFFP package that is available for purchase through their online market starting this April. Pick up your purchase and bring it down the street to the pantry.

The Morgan Duke Conservation Society is looking for volunteers who would like to sign up to help pick up litter at Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers can sign up at morganduke.ngo/volunteer.

The East Hampton Historical Society, 101 Main Street in East Hampton, will continue its virtual winter lecture series with “When Neighbors Were Neighbors: Character Studies by Cornelia Huntington, 1803-1890, from Her Diary” on Friday, March 26, at 7 p.m.

Join special guest speakers Barbara Borsack and Hugh King, as the Society explores East Hampton resident Cornelia Huntington. Ms. Huntington was East Hampton’s first local novelist, as well as a poet and diarist. She was the daughter of a physician and a sister of another physician and lived her entire 85 years in the town. Her novel “Sea Spray” was published in 1857 and weaves an amazing tapestry of a rural community about to blossom into a summer colony. Ms. Huntington chronicles, through her neighbors and relatives, the entertaining foibles of small-town life.

This event is free to the public. To register, visit easthamptonhistory.org, or email info@easthamptonhistory.org.

Last week, the Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE) announced the debut of “Egg-A-Palooza,” Modeled after its popular Gingerbread House at Home Fundraiser, “Egg-A-Palooza” allows families to support the Museum’s COVID-19 response efforts while safely enjoying one of the museum’s long standing community events, the Mad Hatter Egg Hunt.

Starting last week, families can purchase and pick up “Take-Home Egg Hunt Kits.” Each kit includes 12 eggs filled with treats and prizes (including a coupon for a complimentary donut from Grindstone) and a spring coloring activity. Kits begin at $30 with delivery and private party options available.

All money raised during “Egg-A-Palooza” will directly benefit the more than 70 families served by the museum’s food pantry. Launched in response to the economic hardship brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, CMEE’s Food 2 Play initiative has proved an invaluable resource for many of the marginalized members of our community.

For more information, visit cmee.org.

Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, in partnership with Southampton African American Museum, will co-host a special online presentation of “Martin Luther King Jr: A Personal Portrait” on Thursday, March 25, at 8 p.m., via Zoom.

Following the screening, Emmy Award-winning cinematographer George Silano, who filmed the footage over the course of a week in December 1965, will join Brenda Simmons of SAAM for a question-and-answer session. Tickets are free at baystreet.org; email registration is required.

The John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street in Sag Harbor, will host a virtual game night for adults on Friday, March 26, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The hour of Jackbox gaming includes a variety of virtual games, all that are rated “T for Teen” and may have some content not appropriate for children.

For more information, or to register, visit johnjermain.org.

Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts will begin its eight-part Story Time series of children’s book readings on Saturday, March 27, at 10:30 a.m., with readings by former Sag Harbor authors Kate and Jim McMullan, who will read from “Happy Spring,” “I Stink” and “I’m Dirty.”

Parents are encouraged to buy the book so their children can follow along. Following each reading, authors will be available for a question-and-answer session. The Story Time is for children ages 3 to 8 and their families and is $100 for the whole series, or $15 for individual readings.

For more information, visit baystreet.org.

Hudson’s Helping Hands, a nonprofit organization, has announced it will host its annual Spring Shindig, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 28, at Corwiths Farmstand in Water Mill. Children will enjoy visiting the local farm animals, an egg hunt and an appearance by the Easter Bunny. Parents can expect food trucks, festive crafts, music and more.

Proper COVID-19 guidelines must be followed during the event as well as temperature checks upon admittance. Families must purchase tickets in advance at hudsonshelpinghands.org and RSVP for crowd control purposes.

Hudson’s Helping Hands was established by Kristen and Augie Teodoro with a mission to provide inclusive events, integrated learning experiences, and support to children on the autism spectrum and their families.

The Rogers Memorial Library and the Southampton History Museum in Southampton will host a lecture, “Charles Bunn: Shinnecock Tribe Woodcarver,” on Thursday, April 1, from 11 a.m. to noon.

Charles Bunn was born and lived his entire life on the Shinnecock reservation, except for his education, graduating from Hampton Boarding School and acquiring a degree from New Paltz’s Normal school. But his occupation was as hunting guide and decoy maker for Southampton high society.

In 1966, the hunting decoys made by Bunn were wrongly attributed to a William Bowman. Research began in 2002 by Jamie Reason, who was soon joined in the project by Joseph Jannsen, proved the decoys to have been actually made by Charls Bunn. Today, Bunn is considered to be “the greatest shorebird carver whoever lived.”

If you need assistance setting up Zoom, contact techsupport@myrml.org. For more information, or to register, visit myrml.org.

The Town of Southampton Youth Bureau will be sponsoring a Virtual Talent Show on Friday, April 30, on the Southampton Youth Bureau’s YouTube channel, with the time of the show yet to be announced.

Performers in fifth through 12th grades who reside or attend school within Southampton Town are encouraged to submit a three- to four-minute video of a performance in singing, music composition, spoken word, dance, skits, comedy, magic or talent of choice to be featured. The show will include a gift card raffle for performers and trivia prizes for audience members tuning in. Video entries and registration forms are due Friday, April 16, and can be sent via email to pstrecker@southamptontownny.gov.

Space is limited and registration is available on a first come, first served basis. For more information, call 631-702-2425 or visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau.

Band applications are now available for the Southampton Youth Bureau’s 18th Battle of the Bands. This year’s competition will be held on Friday, June 11, from 8 to 11 p.m., with a rain date of Friday, June 18. The location of this year’s concert has yet to be determined.

All applications and demo music must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, May 14, and can be sent or dropped off at the Southampton Youth Bureau, 655 Flanders Road in Flanders. Please label submissions: “Battle of the Bands — Youth Bureau”

Band applications and demo music may also be emailed to Peter Strecker at pstrecker@southamptontownny.gov.

Qualifying bands must have at least one high school student who resides in the Town of Southampton, and a band must consist of a minimum of three performing musicians. To download an application, visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau and click on the Southampton Youth Bureau’s online calendar. For more information, call 631-702-2425.

For the first time, Southampton Town beachgoers will have the option to purchase their Parks and Recreation beach permits online. Southampton Town’s website debuted an update last week to the pre-season mail-in application offered in years past, streamlining the process to be both paperless and contactless.

Those looking to beat the lines and save time can visit southamptontownny.gov/beachpermits, enter the requested information, and upload their proof of residency or other necessary documents.

Online, pre-season sales are expected to run through May 15. Applicants who submit complete and correct documentation by May 1 can expect permits to be mailed no later than May 15. Applications received after May 15 may take up to four to six weeks for processing.

Patrons who prefer to buy a permit in-person may do so at the Parks and Recreation Department, located at 6 Newtown Road in Hampton Bays. A walk-up window will be available on weekdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning Tuesday, April 6, and at all attended beach locations beginning Saturday, May 29. Permits for the 2020 season remain valid through the end of June.

For more information, visit the Parks and Recreation Department’s website at southamptontownny.gov/parksrec or call 631-728-8585.

Pack your bags and join the Southampton Youth Bureau for eight weeks around the world. The Town of Southampton Youth Bureau is currently accepting applications for its Around the World Summer Camp at the Flanders Youth Center, 655 Flanders Road. Explore different cultures through food, crafts, stories, sports and weekly field trips. The program is from July 6 through August 26 and will be held Monday through Thursday, from noon to 5 p.m. Youth going into grades five through eight are eligible to participate — proof of grade is required (no exceptions). Camp registration fee is $600 for all eight weeks (Price includes cost of field trips, snacks and supplies). Space is very limited. For more information or to view the registration form, call 631-702-2425 or visit southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau.

Through Sunday, March 28, the North Fork Breast Health Coalition will hold a socially distanced Pink Pearl Raffle at their freshly sanitized office on 185 Old Country Road, Suite 6 in Riverhead. All proceeds will go to the newly created Stage IV Research and Grant Fund.

Visitors who drop by the office will be greeted by volunteers who will sell tickets at the door. The pricing is 25 raffle tickets for $20, 75 tickets for $50 and 175 tickets for $100. A few supporters at a time will be free to enjoy perusing several dozen valuable gift baskets and prizes on display.

The dates and hours of the Pink Pearl Raffle are: Friday, March 26, from 4 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, March 27, and Sunday, March 28, from noon to 4 p.m.. On March 29, raffle winners will be notified and posted on Facebook.

For more information, contact NFBHC at 631-208-8889 or nfbreasthealth@gmail.com. Raffle tickets can also be purchased in advance on northforkbreasthealth.org.

Starting April 1, Westhampton Beach Village taxpayers, year-round village renters, Fire Department personnel, Ambulance personnel and village employees may obtain their beach parking permits through the village’s website westhamptonbeach.org (Beach Parking Stickers page). Non-village taxpayers may obtain their permits at Village Hall on May 8 and May 15 between noon and 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at Rogers Beach starting May 22, between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.