Famous Long Island Shipwrecks with Bill Bleyer

Saturday, October 18 from 5 to 6pm

The Nathaniel Rogers House

2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932

Free Admission

Learn about prominent Long Island shipwrecks in a lecture by historian, author and retired Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer. The PowerPoint lecture will include maritime disasters from the Prins Maurits carrying colonists to what would become Delaware, HMS Culloden wrecked at Montauk during the American Revolution, the Mexico and Bristol carrying immigrants during the early 1800s, the fire that destroyed the steamship Lexington in 1840 – Long Island Sound’s worst calamity – to the sinking of the USS San Diego in World War I and the loss of the tugboat Gwendoline Steers in a 1962 winter storm.

Film Screening: Echoes & Nostalgia with Lana Jokel

Sunday, October 19 from 5 to 6pm

The Nathaniel Rogers House

2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932

Free Admission

Join us for an intimate evening celebrating the creative vision behind Echoes & Nostalgia, the acclaimed summer exhibition at The Bridgehampton Museum. Filmmaker and collector Lana Jokel takes viewers behind the scenes of her thoughtfully curated show, which featured works by Andy Warhol, John Chamberlain, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, and more.

Through taped sources and a Walking Tour, Lana reflects on her personal connection to the artists, the stories behind the pieces, and the inspiration for bringing this collection together in Bridgehampton. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Lana, offering guests the opportunity to hear firsthand about her process and the enduring relevance of these iconic works.

Burning Days, the Life and Work of James Salter with Keith Reddin

Saturday, November 8 from 5 to 6pm

The Nathaniel Rogers House

2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932

Free Admission

Salter, a longtime Bridgehampton resident, was known as a writer’s writer. A novelist of the first rank, he was a contemporary of other East End writers, among them Truman Capote, Kurt Vonnegut, James Jones, George Plimpton. Salter was a decorated Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War, and had a distinguished career as novelist, short story writer, essayist and screenwriter. He wrote what is considered one of the best sports films of all time, Downhill Racer with Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. Salter’s memoir Burning The Days was a bestseller. He was also known for his masterpiece A Sport And A Pastime.

Historic Schoolhouses of Long Island with Zachary Studenroth

Saturday, November 15 from 5 to 6pm

The Nathaniel Rogers House

2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932

Free Admission

In this book about Long Island’s historic schoolhouses, their architectural, social, and cultural history is described and illustrated, beginning in the 1700s during the region’s settlement period and lasting until the end of the 1800s, when a new era of schoolhouse construction began. Often the center of town and village life, schoolhouses have always played an important role in the growth of Long Island’s communities. It was not until 1812, however, that laying out school districts and constructing schoolhouses was mandated by New York State. Fortunately, a few of these historic schoolhouses are accessible today, as integral parts of museum complexes where they’ve been restored for public enjoyment and educational programs. This book provides both the historical and cultural background to make these destinations more enjoyable for all visitors.

Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing with April

Saturday, November 22 from 5 to 6pm

The Nathaniel Rogers House

2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932

Free Admission

Come and hear historian-author April Masten discuss Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing (forthcoming with University of Illinois Press in December). The book tells the story of two extraordinary jig dancers, Irish-American John Diamond and African-American William Henry Lane, aka Juba, who achieved international fame in the mid-nineteenth century as competitors in the art and sport of challenge dancing (jig dancing matches). It follows Diamond and Juba from their earliest days as street and tavern dancers in New York City’s Five Points district to the pinnacles of their success in the glittering pleasure gardens and legitimate theaters of New York and London. By offering a close reading of an 1844 advertisement for a “Great Public Contest” between these two rival talents, Masten will demonstrate how she rescued from obscurity the social world that created this Black-Irish dance, its women competitors, its association with blackface, and its close connection to the manly art of boxing.