At Quaquanantuck would like to extend condolences to all the members of the very extended family of Concha Georgeson Payne, who died last week at 106.
In a way, all the residents of our village are members of Concha’s extended family, so deeply and inextricably was she woven into the fabric of life in Quogue for generation after generation.
This columnist first got to know her through my boyhood friend, her son Kim Payne. I never knew, before or since, a kinder, brighter, warmer or more generous soul than Concha.
An English clergyman and metaphysical poet, George Herbert, came up with the often-quoted notion that “living well is the best revenge.” Concha never felt the need to avenge herself on anyone, so living well was not an issue for her, nor was it an objective. Instead, she lived beautifully.
Many residents have missed seeing Concha on her walks around the village in recent years, when she was confined to the nursing home. Now that she is gone, all of the village mourns her loss and will miss her all the more, though beautiful memories of her will live on.
For its April exhibition, the Art Gallery at the Quogue Library is hosting the first-ever exhibit of works by well-known, accomplished artists who hail from East Quogue.
Beyond being served by the Quogue Library, East Quogue and Quogue share a wealth of creative artists and photographers. April’s special exhibit will feature the work of Peter Beston, Lance Corey, Edith DeChiara, Bruno Gaget, Carol Galanty, Peter Hill, Julie O’Daly, Neva Setlow and Meryl Spiegel, among others, in a wide variety of mediums.
Stylistically, the exhibition runs the gamut from conceptual contemporary to traditional, in subjects that include portrait photography, still lifes, landscapes and kaleidoscope designs.
East Quogue organizations and businesses that stepped up to donate refreshments and flowers for the opening reception include: Roses & Rice, Wild by Nature, East Quogue Civic Association, East Quogue Chamber of Commerce and Village of East Quogue Beautification Committee.
The artists with works on view have been featured in galleries and a variety of publications, and are also included in private collections on the East End and elsewhere.
Library Art Gallery committee members Cristina Kepner, Jean Duffy and Christy Murray, co-chairs, produced this special exhibit, and Maria Daddino, who writes From Fourth Neck, the East Quogue column in this newspaper, provided gracious assistance.
The exhibit will be on view from April 1 to May 1, with an artists’ reception to be held on Saturday, April 9, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The Hampton Theatre Company production of the comedy “I Hate Hamlet” continues for one more week at the Quogue Village Theater in the Community Hall on Jessup Avenue.
The play looks at a young Hollywood actor as he prepares to take on the title role in “Hamlet” in New York. After the ghost of John Barrymore shows up, things start to get out of hand.
Joel Leffert stars as Barrymore’s ghost and Diana Marbury, Ed Kassar, Lydia Franco-Hodges, James Patrick Cronin, and Julie McKay round out the cast.
Stop over at the theater and see what all the rave reviews are about. “I Hate Hamlet” plays for four more shows, Thursday through Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2:30 through April 3. For tickets or more information, visit hamptontheatre.org or call 1-866-811-4111.
Quogue School students are getting into the swing of spring with field trips and a Spring Concert on the schedule. Friday, April 8, is the date of a first and second grade trip to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center to see the Dallas Children’s Theatre stirring production of “Giggle, Giggle, Quack.”
April 8 is also the date of the third-graders’ “Dive Trip.”
On Friday, April 1, the dinner menu at Pam and Colette’s Inn Spot on the Bay down by the Ponquogue Bridge will offer a culinary tour of Poland. For more information, call 728-1200.
on Apr 5, 2011