COMEDY

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 7 & 9 PM

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

With Scott Adsit, Craig Bierko, Christie Brinkley, Jackie Hoffman, Carson Kressley, Sherri Sheppherd, 

and show creators Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel.

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TALK

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 11 AM

STIRRING THE POT:

FLORENCE FABRICANT & CHEF MARC MURPHY

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MUSIC/TALK/BOOK SIGNING

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 7 PM

ACADEMY ICONS:

JEFFREY SELLER WITH ADAM PASCAL AND SETH RUDETSKY

Featuring famed Broadway Producer Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton, In The Heights, Avenue Q, RENT, and author of Theater Kid), Broadway star Adam Pascal (RENT, Aida, Something Rotten!), and Broadway conductor and radio personality Seth Rudetsky (SiriusXM’s On Broadway, Disaster!, Stars in the House).

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TALK

MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM

HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: ORDER OR CHAOS—

THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP

With Fred Hochberg, Glenn Hutchins, and Gillian Tett.

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BENEFIT EVENT

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 6-11 PM

2025 SUMMER GALA & AFTER PARTY

Honoring Louise and Howie Phanstiel and Celebrating Mary Heilmann and Joel Mesler’s Exhibition Openings.

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EXHIBITION

AUGUST 3-OCTOBER 26

MARY HEILMANN: WATER WAY

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EXHIBITION

AUGUST 3-OCTOBER 26

JOEL MESLER: MILES OF SMILES

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TALK

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 6 PM

IN CONVERSATION: JAQUELINE HUMPHRIES,

LAURA PHIPPS, AND STANLEY WHITNEY ON MARY HEILMANN

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KIDS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 4:30-5:30 PM

KIDFEST: THE LITTLE MERMEN—

THE ULTIMATE DISNEY TRIBUTE BAND

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TALK

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 11 AM

STIRRING THE POT: FLORENCE FABRICANT

& MILK BAR’S CHRISTINA TOSI

And yes, there will be cookies!

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VISUAL ARTS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2-4 PM

COFFEE WITH FRIENDS OLD AND NEW

(THIS COULD BE YOU) WITH JOEL MESLER

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CABARET

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 7 PM

AN EVENING WITH ISAAC MIZRAHI

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KIDS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 4:30-5:30 PM

KIDFEST: 123 ANDRÉS

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VISUAL ARTS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 12-2 PM

STORYTIME WITH JOEL (AND QUESTIONS. AND COMMENTS.)

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THEATER

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 8 PM

THE FITZGERALDS: A READING WITH MUSIC

With Alec Baldwin and Melissa Errico, and a live score by Forrest Gray.

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TALK

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 11 AM

THE MET PRESENTS: A MORNING WITH MAX HOLLEIN

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TALK

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 7 PM

STARTALK LIVE! WITH NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

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Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5 PM

NOTE: Galleries are currently closed through August 2 for the installation of Mary Heilmann: Water Way and Joel Mesler: Miles of Smiles. The Museum will reopen on August 3, Wednesdays to Sundays, 12-5 PM, and admission is free.

Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Dance Theatre of Harlem (sold out)

Lead Sponsors: Suzanne Hall and Valentino Carlotti, Bonita and Kevin Stewart 

Additional Support: Karen C. Phillips 

Celebrity Autobiography

Radio Partner: 92.9 & 96.9 ‘EHM, 102.5 WBAZ, 101-7 The Beach

Stirring the Pot

Lead Sponsor: Ciuffo Cabinetry

Supporting Sponsor: Citarella

Media Partner: Purist

Hamptons Insitute 

Principal Sponsor: Lisa Rosenblum

The Hamptons Institute’s 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler—author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (alongside Guild Hall’s late Chair, Mickey Straus)—and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan nonprofit The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions through common ground.

KidFEST

Lead Sponsor: Urban Standard Capital

Media Partner: East Hampton Star

Restaurant Partner: Moby’s

Promotional Partners: CMEE, Citarella, and Buddhaberry

Summer Gala Media Partner

HAMPTONS Magazine

New York City Ballet: On & Off Stage (sold out)

Public funding provided by Suffolk County.

Performing Arts programs are supported in part by Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming. 

Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Christine and Bill Campbell, John and Joan D’Addario, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Debbie and Henry Druker, Lena Kaplan, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Andrew Yuder and Kyle Glaeser.  

Mary Heilmann: Water Way

Lead Sponsors: Jacqueline Brody, Agnes Gund, Ellen and Howard Katz, Louise Riggio, and The Tessler Family  

Additional Support: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip Aarons, Carol and John Finley 

Joel Mesler: Miles of Smiles

Lead Sponsors: Judelson Family Foundation, and The Tessler Family 

Additional Support: Jane Wesman and Don Savelson  

Exhibitions Media Partner

CULTURED 

Visual Arts programs are supported by funding from Barbara and Richard S. Lane, Lucio and Joan Noto, The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support provided by The Giuppy Nantista Fund and The Hoie Fund. 

Additional support provided by Friends of the Museum: Shari and Jeff Aronson, The Artist Profile Archive, William L. Bernhard, The Hayden Family Foundation, Robert Longo and Sophie Chahinian, Elin and Michael Nierenberg, Onna House, Hillary and Jeff Suchman, Jane Wesman and Don Savelson, and Yurman Family Foundation.  

Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details. 

PHOTOS

Eugene Pack, Scott Adsit, Christie Brinkley, Craig Bierko, Dayle Reyfel, Carson Kressley, Jackie Hoffman, Sherri Shepherd. Headshots courtesy of Celebrity Autobiography.

Florence Fabricant. Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The NY Times. Chef Marc Murphy. Photo: Ken Goodman

Jeffrey Seller, Adam Pascal, and Seth Rudetsky. Photos courtesy of the artists.

2024 Guild Hall Summer Gala. Photo: Jessica Dalene Photography

Mary Heilmann, 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭, 2020. Acrylic on wood and canvas, 9 x 18-1/4 x 1-1/8 inches (22.26 x 46.355 x 2.8575 cm). Photo by Dan Bradica. ©Mary Heilmann. Image courtesy of the artist, 303 Gallery, New York, and Hauser & Wirth.

Installation view of Joel Mesler: Kitchens are good rooms to cry in, June 6 – July 26, 2024. Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York. Image courtesy of the artist.

Installation view of Mary Heilmann: Long Line (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 9, 2025-January 19, 2026). On wall: Long Line, 2025. On floor: Monochrome Chairs, 2015; April Chairs, 2025. Photograph by Trevor Felder

The Little Mermen—The Ultimate Disney Tribute Band. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Christina Tosi. Photo courtesy of Milk Bar.

Photo by Melanie Crader with annotation by Joel Mesler.

Isaac Mizrahi. Photo: David Andrako

123 Andrés. Photo: Evoto

Joel Mesler. Photo: Melanie Crader

Alec Baldwin. Photo: Marco Vacchi; Melissa Errico. Photo: Jenny Anderson

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Brett Beyer

Neil deGrasse Tyson. Photo courtesy of Amazon.

Paul Shaffer and Louis Cato at G.E. Smith’s Portraits. Photo: Jessica Dalene

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