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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 »Poets Maria Terrone and Marisa Frasca read at Canio’s Books
Sat. June 15 at 5 p.m. Poets Maria Terrone and Marisa Frasca read from their new works published by Bordighera Press: an essay collection At Home in the New Worldby Terrone, and Wild Fennel: Poems and Other Stories by Frasca.
Find out more »Author Mary Norris speaks at Canio’s Books
Sat. June 22 at 5 p.m. Author Mary Norris reads from her new book Greek To Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. Mary Norris, former copy editor at The New Yorker is author of Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen.
Find out more »Poetry Street Open Mic at Blue Duck Bakery in Riverhead
Poetry Street Open Mic 2 - 4 PM At the Blue Duck Bakery Café, Riverhead "POETRY STREET...where every voice is heard!" welcomes writers of all ages to the Blue Duck Bakery Café for this series of "Open Mics", the spoken word project of Susan Dingle for the East End Arts' JumpstART program. Poets, comedians and storytellers are invited to sign up at 1:30 PM; the first 15 writers to sign-up have 3 minutes to perform original work. $5 fee for…
Find out more »Eric Fischl and Frederic Tuten Discuss Tuten’s Memoir, “My Young Life,” at Guild Hall
Sunday, June 23 7PM $10 ($8 Members) Eligible for Student Rush Tickets Acclaimed artist Eric Fischl in a lively discussion with celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist Frederic Tuten. “Frederic Tuten is a national treasure, and a writer’s-writer of the first order” –Jon Robin Baitz
Find out more »July 2019
Authors Paul Goldberger and Ken Auletta discuss “Ballpark: Baseball in the American City” at Parrish Art Museum
July 5, 6 pm - 8 pm $12 | Free for Members, Children, and Students ORDER TICKETS From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was called a “saloon in the open air”), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit’s Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati’s Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums of today, Goldberger establishes the inextricable bond between the American city and America’s favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals…
Find out more »Author Talk: Leslie T. Sharpe on “The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills” at Romany Kramoris Gallery
Author's Appearance – Leslie T. Sharpe The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills Sunday, July 14, 1 PM The Quarry Fox: And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills is a poignant and modern reminder of untamed creatures so close to home." –Sam Roberts, The New York Times Join us for a fun and exciting afternoon at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor, on Sunday, July 14 at 1 PM, with naturalist and nature writer, Leslie T. Sharpe. Leslie…
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