| Issue #35, November 24, 2006 |
Take Five 2006 with Jan Silver
This is the last “Take Five” for 2006 before I gear up for holiday shopping and then hunker down after the New Year with a load of books I’ve been wanting to read. Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally a family-and-friends time on the East End, so there are several special performers and children’s theater troupes here this weekend. Get a start on holiday shopping at the Parrish Art Museum “Parrish Presents” weekend and the East Hampton Historical Society’s Holiday House Tour. Barbara Cook, the undisputed empress and interpreter of the Great American Songbook, performs at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday evening, and contemporary singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III is at Amagansett’s Stephen Talkhouse on Friday night, and the Chuk Fowler trio tonight and Saturday, plus the New Orleans Society Orchestra (jazz) on Sunday at Estia Cantina. “The Picture Show” at Bay Street Theatre screens the original Alien on Friday and the sequel Aliens on Saturday night. If you like to dance, the Sag Harbor’s Ladies Village Improvement Society (LVIS) is having a “You Should Be Dancing” party on Saturday at JL East on Montauk Highway, East Hampton. DJs will be spinning popular dance tunes from the 1960s through today’s hits. The dancing starts at 8 p.m. and will continue until 12:30 a.m. Admission is a $20 donation at the door – and you’ll be helping LVIS projects as well as your physique.
MUSIC
Loudon Wainwright III, the contemporary folksinger/songwriter (and father of Rufus), will perform at Stephen Talkhouse, the cozy club on Main St., Amagansett, on Friday at 8 p.m. ($35). Local favorite rock and rockabilly singer/songwriter Nancy Atlas follows Wainwright at the Talkhouse on Friday. The masterful interpreter of the American popular and theatrical song catalog, Barbara Cook, will sing at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 8 p.m. Since her Tony Award-winning performance on Broadway in She Loves Me, Ms. Cook has developed a rich voice, musical sensibility and lyric interpretation that all solo cabaret and concert performers aspire to. Tickets to her program are $85-$120; they can be purchased at the PAC box office after noon (631-288-1500) or online at www.whbpac.org. Recommended performers at local clubs and restaurants: Amagansett – Stephen Talkhouse (call 631-267-3117 for tickets) – Loudon Wainwright III then Nancy Atlas (Fri.); Estia Cantina – Chuk Fowler jazz trio (Fri. and Sat.), New Orleans Society Orch. (Sun.); 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., jazz and classical guitarist Herb Levine on Sat.); Bridgehampton – pop standards and soft jazz at Kipling’s Fri. and Sat.; jazz brunch Sun. at World Pie; Julie Bluestone on Sun. evening and Jody Carlson on Tues. at Pierre’s; Southampton – music weekends at 75 Main St. and Tugboats North Sea (Fri.); 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.), Tweeds (Fri. and Sat.).
PARRISH PRESENTS
The Parrish Art Museum’s “Parrish Presents” is an unusual shopping experience where the merchandise for sale ranges from luxury items to flea market discoveries. It’s a great way to start holiday shopping. Volunteers work all year to find unique luxury gifts plus antiques and designer clothing. The weekend starts Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a cocktail party and preview of all the merchandise for sale. The Museum’s shop also invites several well-known authors with new books to sign for gift-giving. Tickets to the benefit preview party start at $125 for Museum members and $150 for non-members (call 631-283-2118 or online at www.parishart.org). On Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., admission to the specialty merchants’ booths and flea market is open to all – $5 per person (free for children 18 and under). Luxury items for sale include Oriental and European carpets, fine jewelry, decorative holiday items and antiques. The flea market has some unique home furnishings and accessories, books, china, crystal, jewelry, silver and designer clothing. There is also a silent auction of luxury items – and the bidding closes at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The Museum is on Jobs Lane, Southampton, with parking available in the large lot behind the Museum and Main St.
FILMS, SPEAKERS, HOUSE TOUR
“The Picture Show” at Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, continues its screening of film classics. This weekend, it’s the original Alien (1976) directed by Ridley Scott, starring Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skerritt, on Friday at 8 p.m. On Saturday at 8 p.m., the sequel Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron with Sigourney Weaver and Paul Reiser will be shown. Admission is $5 and tickets are sold half an hour before screening time. Professor Leonard Barkan will read from his new book Satyr Square: A Year, A Life in Rome on Saturday, November 25, 6 p.m. at Canio’s Books, Upper Main St., Sag Harbor (no admission charge). The East Hampton Historical Society has a tour of six architecturally significant homes this Saturday, including Lasata, the former Bouvier family estate. The self-guided tour goes on 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., rain or shine. There is a benefit party Friday evening for patrons, sponsors and benefactors. House tour tickets are $50 and benefit tickets for the tour and party start at $150. For tickets, call the EHHS at (631) 324-6850.
FAMILY THEATER
A Garfield Christmas is the musical adventure show at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Friday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Join in the mischief with the fat cat Garfield and his companions Jon and Odie. Orchestra tickets are $45 adults, $20 children and balcony tickets are $40 adults, $15 children; call PAC afternoon at (631) 288-1500 or go online to whbpac.org. Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, brings in Theatreworks USA on Friday for two performances of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, a musical revue of several beloved children’s stories. On Saturday, Artspower’s children’s theater production of Harry the Dirty Dog is onstage. This is a musical dramatization based on a classic children’s book. Performances both days are at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; all tickets are $10 at the door. These shows are part of the “Kidstreet” series (www.baystreet.org). Guild Hall, East Hampton, has not forgotten the children for Thanksgiving weekend. On Saturday, Manhattan’s Paper Bag Players perform Dandelion, a musical comedy revue. Because Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater is undergoing renovation, this show will be presented at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Ross School, off Rte. 114 at Goodfriend Drive, East Hampton. Tickets are $13-$15 and are sold online at www.guildhall.org, or at theatremania.com, or by calling (866)-811-4111.
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