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April 2019
Poetry Evening at Southampton Cultural Center
Dear Fellow Poets, It’s our pleasure to announce that the first poetry evening and open mic will be happening at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday evening, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the Levitas Center for the Arts. Join us for an evening of poetry readings and an open mic, hosted by Bruce Levine and Jane Briganti. And feel free to invite your family, friends, fellow poets and all lovers of poetry to join in the fun. We look…
Find out more »Roger Rosenblatt’s “Lives in the Basement, Does Nothing — A Writing Life” at Bay Street Theatre
April 26 & 27 at 8 p.m. With almost surprise appearances by Amy Hempel (Friday 4/26) & Alice McDermott (Saturday 4/27) “Rosenblatt writes the way a great jazz musician plays, moving from one emotion to another, seeking only to surprise himself.” - The New York Times Writing makes justice desirable, evil intelligible, grief endurable and love possible. Talking, singing and playing the piano, Roger Rosenblatt performs his seriocomic one-person show on the rewards, humiliations and sheer madness of being a writer.…
Find out more »Novelist Frederic Tuten reads at Canio’s books
Sat. April 27 at 5 p.m. Novelist Frederic Tuten presents his new memoir My Young Life. Novelist, essayist, and critic Frederic Tuten recalls his personal and artistic coming-of-age in 1950s New York, a defining period that would set him on the course to becoming a writer. Born in the Bronx to a Sicilian mother and Southern father, Frederic Tuten always dreamed of being an artist. Determined to trade his neighborhood streets for the romantic avenues of Paris, he learned to paint and draw, falling…
Find out more »May 2019
Tea & Talk: The Fly Girls: “The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II” at Suffolk County Historical Society
TEA & TALK: The Fly Girls: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, with guest speaker Bruce Kagan. $25 per person. Includes assorted teas, fancy finger sandwiches, and sweets! Learn about the contributions of “The Fly Girls” (as they called themselves) and how they piloted powerful and dangerous aircraft, simulated strafing missions, and transported cargo during World War II—here on Long Island and throughout the nation. Paid reservation required by 4/24. Reserve early – space is limited and sellout risk is…
Find out more »Melville Scholar Mary K. Edwards speaks at Canio’s Books
Sat May 4 at 5 p.m. Mary K. Edwards, internationally acclaimed Melville scholar & sailor speaks about her sailing adventures aboard the Charles W. Morgan, an 1841 whaleship and what she learned about Herman Melville along the way. This kicks off our 2019 Moby-Dick Marathon events schedule and is part of the Sag Harbor Cultural Heritage Festival weekend. More Marathon info HERE.
Find out more »Raconteurs: An Evening of Storytelling at Southampton Arts Center
Hosted by Adam Green THURSDAY, MAY 9 | 7 PM | $15 ($12 for Friends of SAC) Join us as we launch this exciting new program hosted by writer Adam Green. The theme of our first Raconteurs night will fittingly be “Firsts”. Each participant will tell a true story without notes about something they experienced for first time. Stories will range from 5 to 8 minutes and are sure to make you laugh and perhaps even shed a tear. May Raconteurs include:…
Find out more »The Way of Haiku at Canio’s Books
Fri. May 10 at 6 p.m. The Way of Haiku poetry presentation with Bart Mallio. Introduction to the form, a peek at Basho, Buson,and Issa, then time to write your own haiku. Registration requested. $5. fee.
Find out more »Photographer Renate Aller discusses “Mountain Interval” at Parrish Art Museum
May 24, 6 pm - 8 pm ORDER TICKETS $12 | Free for Members, Children, and Students Join photographer Renate Aller and Parrish Art Museum director Terrie Sultan as they discuss Aller’s new book, Mountain Interval, followed by a book signing. Aller is a contemporary photographer from Germany based in New York. As a child, she spent vacations visiting, hiking, and photographing the mountains of Austria, Germany, and Italy, beginning her lifelong appreciation for nature and the outdoors. Her latest project includes mountain peaks from…
Find out more »June 2019
Poets & Writers Celebrates The Amy Awards at Peconic Landing
Pe The Amy Award was established in 1995 by Ms. Trachtman and Mr. Butscher, in memory of Ms. Trachtman’s daughter, Amy Elisabeth Rothholz, an aspiring actor and poet who died at age twenty-five. The award in her memory furthers the careers of young women poets, age thirty and under, living in the New York City metropolitan area or on Long Island. Many winners of the Amy Award, which is administered by Poets & Writers, have gone on to impressive…
Find out more »Opening Reception for Robert Carioscia’s Whaling Prints at Canio’s Books
Thursday, June 6, 5-6:30pm At Canio’s Books Pre-Marathon Warm-Up with reception for artist Robert Carioscia’s Whaling prints exhibition in homage to Sag Harbor & Moby-Dick. Robert Carioscia’s work has been featured in solo and group museum and gallery exhibitions, including: The Freyberger Gallery at Penn State University, Lyceum Gallery at SUNY Suffolk, Fusion Arts Museum, NYC, The Maloney Gallery at the College of St. Elizabeth, The Yocum Arts Institute, Pa., The Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University, Briarcliff College Exhibition Center, St. Joseph’s College, The…
Find out more »Book & Bottle: “The Big Duck & Eastern Long Island’s Duck Farming Industry” at Suffolk County Historical Society
BOOK & BOTTLE featuring Susan Van Scoy on The Big Duck & Eastern LI's Duck Farming Industry Thursday, June 6, 2019 – 6:00 pm The author will trace the fascinating and largely unknown history of Long Island's iconic Big Duck, as well as eastern Long Island's duck farming industry, both the subjects of her recently published book. Members Free; Non-Members $5. Includes wine + cheese and admission to current exhibits. This event will also include a book sale & signing.…
Find out more »Sag Harbor Moby-Dick Marathon
MOBY-DICK MARATHON Schedule Friday, June 7 12:30 – 2:30pm Canio’s Books 3:00 – 6:45pm Old Whalers’ Church (Alec Baldwin, Harris Yulin as Father Mapple, plus organist Walter Klauss & Choral Society of Hamptons sing the hymn) 7:00 – 10:00pm Canio’s Books (Josh Gladstone as Captain Ahab in Ch36 and enactment of Ch40 sailors’ play directed by Bill Burford/Bloodstone Theatrical) Saturday, June 8 10:00 – 12:45pm Whaling Museum 1:00 – 4:45pm John Jermain Library 5:00 – 11:00pm Canio’s Books Sunday, June 9…
Find out more »October 2019
Dracula: Fiction and Reality at Rogers Memorial Library
Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:30pm-6:30pm Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southamopton, NY 11968 www.myrml.org Who was Dracula? And did he really exist? Since his first appearance in 1897 in Bram Stoker's classic novel, he has been portrayed as many things and in many different ways by writers, filmmakers and actors. This Halloween, Transylvania's most famous son will be unmasked once and for all. Join Gary Lutz for an illuminating discussion of the origins and early evolution in recorded…
Find out more »November 2022
A Conversation with Steve Miller at The Church
The Church in Sag Harbor hosts a conversation between artist Steve Miller and Chief Curator Sara Cochran on Miller’s newest book, "Surfing the Cosmos: Energy and Environment," an original book of photographs and text that provides a unique perspective on energy and the unplanned sculptural beauty of electrical wires that power our world. Miller explores the energy and wiring systems in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, juxtaposing them with the high-tech infrastructure and physics of CERN, the largest particle…
Find out more »April 2023
Hamptons WhoDunIt Festival
The Hamptons Mystery & Crime Festival, also known as the Hamptons Whodunit, will present its inaugural edition in East Hampton Village from Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16. The festival was created for fans of mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and true crime stories, and will take place at venues throughout the Village of East Hampton, including the East Hampton Middle School, BookHampton, the East Hampton Library and the Maidstone Club. The event kicks off on Thursday evening, April 13, with a…
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