| Issue #31, October 27, 2006 |
Take Five 2006 with Jan Silver
HIGHLIGHTS
There are many Halloween events for adults and children this week. Southampton village’s Rag-A-Muffin Parade along the village’s Pumpkin Trail is Saturday starting at 9 a.m. and includes an open party at the Parrish Art Museum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Southampton Town invites parents to decorate their car trunks and come to an open “Trunk or Treat” party for adults and children at the Recreation Center on Major’s Path, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Hampton Bays has a “Walk About” for costumers from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday followed by a carnival at the American Legion Post from noon to 4 p.m. Sag Harbor’s “Ragamuffin” parade down Main St. starts Sunday at 1 p.m. and again next Tuesday. Westhampton Beach has a Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail next Tuesday on Main St., 4 to 5:30 p.m. Stages Children’s Theatre puts on its annual “Frankenstein Follies” show and party at Bay Street Theatre this weekend. For adults only, several local restaurants have Halloween parties with special drinks, eats and prizes for the best costumes. Southampton Publick House’s party starts at 9 p.m. Tuesday ($10 admission) and East Hampton’s “Rowdyween” at Rowdy Hall begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. ($25).
A staged reading of the classic comedy The Royal Family with Broadway stars is onstage tonight at Guild Hall, and Saturday there’s an open-to-all costume/dress-up ball. Celebrated blues artist Taj Mahal and his trio perform at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday, and folk rocker Jonathan Edwards sings at the first Quogue Fall Festival on Saturday afternoon. Young jazz vocalist/trumpeter Matt Shulman and trio are at Estia’s Cantina this weekend. Award-winning women’s barbershop quartets are also giving a concert Sunday afternoon in Hampton Bays.
Noted marine research scientist Dr. Carl Safina talks about sea turtles at Stony Brook’s Southampton campus tonight, and Native American artist Lloyd Oxendine speaks early Saturday evening at the Parrish Art Museum about contemporary indigenous art. NPR correspondent Margot Adler chats about witches, druids and other pagans in Sag Harbor on Saturday, and actor Rick Heuthe performs Murder and Madness and Poe at noon next Tuesday in Southampton. There are also several notable films being screened at local venues (see “Films” section) this weekend.
THEATER
Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater has a staged reading of the George S. Kaufman/Edna Ferber comedy The Royal Family tonight at 8 p.m. in East Hampton. Tony Walton directs the Broadway cast, headed by Marian Seldes, Mercedes Ruehl, Paul Hecht, Daniel Gerroll, Julie Halston, Jack Ryland and other. Tickets are $20 at the door ($18 for Guild Hall members). On Saturday, from 8 p.m. to midnight, Guild Hall hosts a Diamond Jubilee Artists Ball. Come in costume or festive dress for dancing, wine and hors d’oeuvres; tickets are $50 in advance (631-324-0806) or $60 at the door.
Stages, a children’s theatre workshop, holds its annual Frankenstein Follies at Bay Street Theatre tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. After the musical revue, there’s face painting, a tattoo parlor, a fortune teller and refreshments. Tickets are $15; call the Bay Street Theatre box office in Sag Harbor at (631) 725-9500.
This is the final weekend to see the Hampton Theatre Company’s production of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. The comedy is onstage at the Quogue Community Theater on Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets ($20 adults, $10 students) are available at the door or by calling (631) 283-8955.
Actor Rick Heuthe will perform David Houston’s one-act play Murder, Madness and Poe next Tuesday at noon in the Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton. Bring lunch; refreshments will be served. There is no admission charge, but reservations are requested; call (631) 283-0774 ext. 523.
MUSIC
The blues artist Taj Mahal, whose style includes African, jazz, country and pop influences, will sing and play guitar, piano and banjo with his trio on Saturday, 8 p.m., at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $45-$70; call (631) 288-1500 after noon for reservations or go online to www.whbpac.org.
Folk rocker Jonathan Edwards (“Sunshine”) performs Saturday, 4:30 p.m., at the Quogue Community Hall as part of the first Quogue Fall Festival (tickets $20 at the door). “The Magic of Love” is a concert of award-winning women’s barbershop quartets on Sunday, 3 p.m., at Hampton Bays High School. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by calling (631) 283-8775.
Recommended performers at local clubs and restaurants: Amagansett – Stephen Talkhouse (call 631-267-3117 for tickets) – roots music with Railroad Earth (Fri.), acoustic rocker Inda Eaton (Sat.); Estia Cantina – jazz vocalist/trumpeter Matt Shulman & trio ($20, Fri. & Sat., call 267-6320); Montauk – music weekends at Gurney’s Inn; East Hampton –Turtle Crossing (Annie Morgan band Thurs., Mama Lee & friends Fri.), Maidstone Arms (Jane Hastay and Peter Weiss on Fri.), Babette’s (pianist Paul Gene on Sat.); Sagaponack – wine/cheese/music 5 to 7 p.m. Thurs. at Wolffer Estate Vineyards; Bridgehampton – pop standards and soft jazz at Kipling’s Fri. & Sat.; jazz brunch Sun. at World Pie; Dennis Raffelock on Sun. eve at Pierre’s and Jody Carlson on Tues.; Southampton – music weekends at Lori’s (75 Main St.) and Tugboats North Sea; Hampton Bays – pianist Bruce Dinsmore on Fri. at Edgewater; Westhampton Beach – Annona’s (Fri.), music weekends at The Patio, Casa Basso (Sat.) ; Riverhead – Eastenders Coffee House (Thurs.-Mon.), Tweed’s (Fri. & Sat.).
SPEAKERS
(no admission charge unless noted)
Astrologer Roger Wilkinson will speak about current astrological influences tonight, 6 p.m., at Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor. Artist Lloyd Oxendine will speak about contemporary Native American art on Saturday, 6 p.m., at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton (co-hosted by Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center; $5 Parrish and Shinnecock museum members, $8 guests). On Saturday at 6 p.m., NPR correspondent Margot Adler talks about Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and other Pagans in America at Canio’s Books. Marine biologist Dr. Carl Safina will talk about sea turtles tonight, 7:30 p.m., in Chancellor’s Hall at Stony Brook’s Southampton campus. On Sunday, 3 p.m. at Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, three distinguished poets (Star Black, Geoffrey O’Brien, and Harvey Shapiro) will read from their work.
FILMS
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center’s “World Cinema” feature tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoon is Gabrielle (France), starring Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Greggory. Southampton’s Parrish Art Museum feature tonight is Transamerica in which Felicity Huffman, playing a transsexual, was nominated for a “Best Actress” Oscar (7 p.m., $5 Museum members, $8 guests). Dan’s Papers “They Made the Movie Here” fall series begins Saturday, 3 p.m., at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center with the whodunit Death Trap, starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve (hosted by Lee Davis, free admission.)
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