We’re really hoping the last bits of winter are well in the rearview mirror so we can all enjoy the shoulder season here on the South Fork. With less than a week left in the month, time is only going faster and faster, so don’t forget to get outside and enjoy these calm and quiet days ahead for the mayhem of summer sets in on Memorial Day. Things stay pretty chill across the Hamptons this weekend, as a few locales are still celebrating Earth Day with documentaries, talks, outdoor presentations, and crafting while others take on hands-on art workshops and demonstrations.
This weekend also sees some Hamptons haunts honoring fellow fallen South Forkers — a child cancer patient who lost her battle and a late poet who now has a grant named in her honor that’s given to unpublished writers of the East End — who’s respective lives (and the loss of them) have impacted the area greatly.
Go and show your support for them this weekend. It’s the right thing to do and doing the right thing still matters.
Celebrate Earth Day in Quogue
Quogue Wildlife Refuge (3 Old Country Road, Quogue, 631-653-4771) hosts an Earth Day Celebration for all ages on Saturday, April 26, beginning at noon. Co-hosted by Peconic Baykeeper and Eastern Long Island Audubon Society, the day will include guided bird walks, live animal presentations, self-guided kayaking and canoeing, crafts and environmental exhibitors. This is also a great opportunity to responsibly dispose of your expired prescription meds as well as a great chance to recycle/reuse old clothing, shoes, accessories and textiles. Event will happen rain or shine.
Take in some documentaries at Docs Equinox
Hamptons Doc Fest comes to Southampton Arts Center (25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631-283-0967) for a three-film celebration for Earth Day week, Docs Equinox, starting Friday, April 25. This year, the event is titled “Deep Roots,” set to highlight our connection to trees, woodlands and forests. Kicking things off is a screening of “Giants Rising,” a documentary that showcases the majesty of the Redwood trees growing along the Pacific Coast. Arborist and author William Bryant will speak at 7 p.m. followed by the screening. A cocktail reception will be prior, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Day 2, (April 26) it’s “Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees” at 7 p.m., followed by a Zoom Q&A with scientist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger. Finally on Sunday, April 27, there’ll be a talk with Tucker Marder titled “Folly Tree Arboretum” beginning at 11:30 a.m. followed by a screening of “Fungi: Web of Life” at noon. There’ll be coffee and scones at 11 a.m. Each day is $20 for adults, $15 for members, $10 for children and students. Three-day passes are also available for $50, $40 for members. Click here for tickets.
Participate in a 5K for a cause
The 13th annual Katy’s Courage 5K is on Saturday morning, rain or shine, in Sag Harbor. Organized in honor of Katy Stewart, a 12-year-old girl who died from a rare form of pediatric liver cancer. Katy’s Courage supports education, children’s bereavement counseling and pediatric cancer research while proceeds from the race this year will also go toward local scholarships and in support of the newly formed partnership: Katy’s Kids @ CMEE. Check-ins for the race will be from 7 to 8:15 a.m., with the race beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. at 21 West Water Street. The race then heads north onto Main Street, then to Glover Street, through Redwood and finishes back on Water Street. The cost to participate is $25 in advance, $30 the day of.
Honor a poet on Shelter Island
The Shelter Island Library hosts the 4th Annual Bliss Morehead Memorial Poetry Reading and Grant Award on Saturday at the American Legion Hall (281 School Street, 6310749-1180) from 5 to 6 p.m. In celebration of National Poetry Month, the reading and award ceremony honors the late Bliss Morehead, who was a poetry and great advocate for poetry, as she curated and directed an annual poetry reading. In her memory, readings will be on the theme of beginnings and endings. The poetry award is $1,000 and is given annually to an unpublished poet from the East End of Long Island.
Attend a public rehearsal at Guild Hall
“Fuenteovejuna: East End,” a new project co-created by OLA of Eastern Long Island and Guild Hall holds a rehearsal for the public at Guild Hall (158 Main St., East Hampton, 631-324-0806) this Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Directed by the cultural center’s community artists-in-residence Minerva Perez and Margarita Espada, the fully Spanish-language production is a reimagining of Lope de Vega’s 17th century play about a community’s courageous stand against tyranny. Could there BE a more appropriate time for this?! Suggested for ages 10 and up and free to attend.
Go to The Church’s b-day bash
Happy Birthday to The Church! In honor of the Sag Harbor locale’s fourth year, all are welcome to a weekend full of books, exploration, learning and fun. On Saturday and Sunday, April 27, there’s a book sale and swap from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a great opportunity to donate books! Any books that remain after the swap will be donated. Also on Saturday, an artists open studio is from noon to 2 p.m. followed by “The Power of Poetry: Verse 3 – I’m with the Banned” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. General tickets $10, free for members. On Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The Church’s co-founder April Gornik discusses “Figures du Fou,” an exhibition that was on view at the Louvre last fall and winter. ON Sunday from 4:30 to 5 p.m. there’ll be birthday cake and a book signing with Jaime Lopez and Coco Myers for their book “Light, Sand, and Sea: Hamptons Artists and Their Studios.” The Church is located at 48 Madison St., Sag Harbor, 631-919-5342).
Learn how to print at The Parrish
The Parrish Art Museum (279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 631-283-2118) hosts “Monoprinting with Andrea Cote” from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Designed for individuals age 14 and up, the session will include creating monoprints with artist Cote, a multidisciplinary artist and printmaker based in Hampton Bays, inspired by her project for “How Artists Work: Visiting Artist Initiative.” During the workshop, students will be introduced to monotype and to the process of ghost printing. Space is limited and advanced registration is required. Everyone will pay a $5 materials fee. Cost to participate is $25 for adults, $19 for seniors, $5 for students, members and resident benefits passholders. Click here to register.
