This is technically the last weekend of summer.
Before we kiss it goodbye until next year, please consider this your handy dandy guide on how to spend the last few precious moments of the season.
Dance and sing at Guild Hall
Thursday, Sept. 17, Guild Hall in East Hampton (158 Main St., 631-324-0806) hosts music from Friday Night Traditional, featuring Brad Penuel, part of the Third Thursdays music series, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is $12 per person, kids and students are free. On Saturday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence Robbie Fairchild shares an in-process presentation of his new dance-theater work, Lord Chamberlain’s Men, offering audiences a sneak peek ahead of its premiere at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival. Marking Fairchild’s debut as a director and choreographer, along with acclaimed director and photographer Christopher Wheeldon serving as creative consultant, Fairchild brings movement, text and electro-acoustic music to bring forth a theatrical landscape. A conversation with the artists follows. Tickets are $30 per person.
Head to HarborFest
Whale Ho! The annual HarborFest — a beloved end-of-summer, say-hello-to-fall affair, sure to include sure-fire fun for all folks, young and old — is this Saturday and Sunday across Sag Harbor Village. Activity will be scattered about village locales, with Long Wharf, the adjacent Windmill Beach, Bay Street Theater courtyard, Steinbeck Park and Marine Park serving as prominent bases for festival action. Vendors, food trucks and live music will be strewn about Long Wharf from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, while the arts and crafts fair is set for Marine Park. Check out the full lineup of fun here.
Learn how women shape the future of music
“She Creates Noise: Women Shaping The Future of Music” is at LongHouse Reserve (133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, 631-329-3568) on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. Hosted by Sarah Nagourney, the conversation brings together four distinguished women whose careers span publishing, artist development, music tech, creative leadership and songwriter advocacy. Tickets are $35, $25 for members.
Meet the director in Sag Harbor
Reunion opens on Friday at Sag Harbor Cinema (90 Main St., 631-725-0010), running for one week only. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, this 1989 flick stars Jason Robards as Henry Strauss, an elderly New York-based Jewish lawyer who travels back to his hometown of Stuttgart, West Germany, for the first time since fleeing the country in the early 1930s, just as the Nazis were rising to power. On Sunday, there’ll be a live Q&A with director Schatzberg after the 2 p.m. screening. Click here for additional showtimes.
See a surf film at SAC
This Friday, Southampton Arts Center (25 Jobs Lane, 631-283-0967) hosts the Surfrider ELI Chapter’s 24th annual Surf Movie Night, featuring a lineup of surf films celebrating our coastlines and ocean conservation. Enjoy the films, a silent auction of exciting items and experiences, and a night of community while supporting the Surfrider Foundation’s work to protect Eastern Long Island’s oceans. Starts at 5:30 p.m. To donate click here.
Howl at Bay Street with Nancy Atlas
Bay Street Theater (1 Long Wharf, Sag Harbor, 631-725-9500) hosts The Howl with Nancy Atlas this Saturday at 8 p.m., benefitting Pierson Middle and High School arts departments. Atlas will bring together some of the East End’s best musicians for one night of live music, great songs, powerhouse performances and enough energy to make the room come alive. Atlas will be joined by her longtime bandmates Johnny Blood, Brett King, Denny McDermott, Joe Delia and Greg McMullen. Additional musical guests will include Mamalee Rose, Winston Irie, Joe Lauro, Telly of Hopefully Forgiven, Faithy Mullaly and more! Created by Atlas for her nonprofit, Atlas for the Arts, The Howl brings a lineup of East End musical legends playing for a night of live music to raise money for the musical and arts programming at Sag Harbor schools. Tickets are $65.
Step into the world of artist Tony Bechara
A book launch and conversation with Tony Bechara’s “An Artist of Many Worlds” is at the Parrish Art Museum (279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 631-283-2118) this Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. Moderated by the museum’s executive director Monica Ramirez-Montagut, along with Brooklyn Rail publisher and artistic director Phong Bui and associate curator Kaitlin Halloran, the talk celebrates the artist’s monograph. Advance registration is recommended.
Forum on farming at East Hampton Library
“Returning to Our Roots: East Hampton’s New Farms” is the latest panel discussion in the Towm Twomey Series set for East Hampton Library this Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. The panel discussion features local farmers from Katie Baldwin and Amanda Merrow of Amber Waves and Balsam Farms’ Ian Calder-Piedmonte, focusing on the hamlet’s agricultural reawakening and what’s inspired a new generation of farmers to work East Hampton’s soil. Admission is free.
