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All That Remains with Steve Wick at the Hampton Library
Saturday, March 29 from 2 to 3pm
The Hampton Library
2478 Main Street., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
All are invited to a discussion about the book, All That Remains, a first person account by journalist Steve Wick that chronicles the lives of the people in the last migrant labor camp in Cutchogue, NY.
Co-sponsored by the Bridgehampton Museum and Bridgehampton Childcare and Recreational Center.
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Agent of Change: Kurt Vonnegut, the Civic-Minded, Darkly-Comic Writer with Suzanne McConnell
Saturday, April 12 from 5 to 6pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
Soon after Slaughterhouse-Five became a best seller, an interviewer asked Vonnegut why he wrote. He answered, “My motives are political. I agree with Stalin and Hitler and Mussolini that the writer should serve his society. I differ with dictators as to how writers should serve.”
Co-sponsored by Canio’s.
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Ghost Hunting at the Nathaniel Rogers House
Saturday, April 12 from 8 to 10:30pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
$40 per person
Join the crew of the Long Island Paranormal Investigators and explore the museum at night. Learn the ins and outs of being a ghost hunter, hear some local stories and maybe find out what goes bump in the night. |
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Our Island’s Story: The Natural History of Long Island with Tara Rider, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 19 from 5 to 6pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
What’s intriguing about Long Island and our surrounding waters is that so much of the story happened in the last 12,000 years, when humans were here. This talk will discuss the features that make Long Island’s geology distinctive and have shaped the peoples who have inhabited this island.
Co-Sponsored by the Southfork Natural History Museum and Nature Center.
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Saturday, April 26 from 2 to 3:30pm
The Hampton Library
2478 Main Street, BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
Don’t miss this solo reading of original poems and songs by Peter Mallon Walsh, a writer, performer, and former owner of the legendary New York City watering hole Coogan’s, which is the subject of the award winning documentary Coogan’s Way and the best-selling book by Jon Michaud, Last Call at Coogans’s: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar.
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Various Locations Throughout the Summer Season
$20 per person per class
Artist and teacher Howard Rose will be leading a series of Plein Air Painting Classes for this summer with the Bridgehampton Museum. Plein Air painting has a lengthy history on the East End of Long Island with artists like William Merritt Chase. These classes are for artists of all abilities from beginners to professionals and will take place at a series of beautiful locations throughout the East End. Join us to get hands on with some history!
At the culmination of this program, The Bridgehampton Museum will be hosting an exhibition of works done by students in this class. Each student will be able to submit one piece they worked on during one of the classes to be part of the exhibition which will be on view in the museum this fall.
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5/10 at The Bridge Golf Club
5/24 at The Corwith House
6/14 at The Arts Center at
Duck Creek Farm
6/28 at The Nathaniel Rogers House
7/12 at The Madoo Conservancy
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7/26 at Bridge Gardens
8/9 at The Corwith House
8/23 at The Southfork Natural History
Museum & Nature Center
9/6 at The Nathaniel Rogers House
9/20 at The Carl Fisher House
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Growing Up Literary: George Plimpton’s Son Reflects with Taylor Plimpton
Saturday, May 10 from 5 to 6pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
Author and essayist Taylor Plimpton, son of Paris Review founding editor George Plimpton, reminisces on growing up among giants of the written word like Peter Matthiessen and next-door neighbor Kurt Vonnegut in Sagaponack, one of the most remarkable literary hamlets in the world.
Co-sponsored by Canio’s.
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Searching for a Better Life: Looking Back at the African American Migration to Bridgehampton with Pat Turner Ph.D.
Saturday, May 17 from 5 to 6pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
UCLA research professor Patricia A. Turner, PhD, whose family migrated to “the Turnpike” in 1930, will share stories of the people and institutions that forged Bridgehampton’s resilient black community.
Co-sponsored by Canio’s and the Eastville Community Historical Society.
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Mini-Whale Making Workshop with UpSculpt
Saturday, June 7 from 12 to 4pm
The Nathaniel Rogers House
2539 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
Free Admission
Artists and educators Cindy Pease Roe and Bri Sander will guide you in transforming marine plastic debris into unique mini whale sculptures—all while learning about ocean conservation and Bridgehampton’s rich maritime history.
This work is supported by Long Island Grants for the Arts through funds provided by the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.
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Encaustic Workshop with Bonnie Rychlak
Monday through Friday, 9am to 12pm
July 21- 25 | August 18 -22
The Corwith House
2368 Montauk Hwy., BH., NY 11932
$150 Per week long class
Learn the ancient technique of encaustic painting which dates to the Greeks. Students will be led by teacher and artist Bonnie Rychlak to learn the basics of this ancient craft that involves using hot wax and pigments to create something of a mixture between painting and sculpting. Through demonstrations, discussion and exploration, students will discover its endless possibilities for making art.
There is a class size limit of 10 students and students will be expected to come to all five classes. All materials will be supplied for this class.
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