2016 Summer Benefits: Hot Tickets for Good Causes
Summers on the East End are famous for many things, not least the annual smorgasbord of fund-raising events at which, depending on your taste and generosity, you can enjoy a Barefoot Contessa dinner, dancing under the stars, a lavish auction with a celebrity auctioneer, avant-garde performances, dinner with literary luminaries, and six hours of shopping for high-end clothing, accessories, home goods, and more at a serious discount.
Among the best-known benefits are the Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Party and the Bay Street Theater’s Summer Gala, both of which are likely to sell out in advance despite being held the same evening. Art or theater, it’s your choice.
The Watermill Center’s Fada: House of Madness is another hot ticket, with installations and performances by its summer resident artists indoors and out. The LongHouse Reserve’s Serious Moonlight will feature the aforementioned dancing alfresco, and Guild Hall will unveil its exhibition “Aspects of Minimalism” (which refers to the art in the galleries, not the dinners in private homes to follow).
This weekend alone will feature the Animal Rescue Fund’s Designer Showhouse and Sale at the ARF thrift shop in Sagaponack; an Evening of Wine and Roses at the Southampton Cultural Center; a backyard barbecue in Bridgehampton for the LGBT Network, and a celebration of Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary at a celebrity photographer’s Bridgehampton farm.
Here is a listing from this weekend well into August of the various parties and benefits of note. If there are any omissions, please let us know.
• May 27, Animal Rescue Fund Designer Showhouse, ARF Thrift and Treasure Shop, 17 Montauk Highway, Sagaponack, 6-8 P.M., $150 Preview 5-6 p.m. $250, arfhamptons.org
• May 27, LGBT Network Backyard BBQ, Southampton, 2-6 p.m., LGBT Summer Kick-Off Reception, Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club, 6-8 p.m. $325, lgbtnetwork.org
• June 4, Southampton Cultural Center, Evening of Wine and Roses, Southampton Social Club, 256 Elm Street, Southampton, 5-8 p.m., scc-arts.org
• May 29, Planned Parenthood East End, Steven Klein’s West Kill Farm, Bridgehampton, 5-7 p.m., plannedparenthood.org
• June 4, East Hampton Historical Society, Spring Garden Party, Pudding Hill Lane, East Hampton, 6-8 p.m., easthamptonhistory.org
• June 4, Fighting Chance Gala, Maidstone Club, East Hampton, 7-11 p.m., fightingchance.org
• June 4, Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center, barn dance at Kilmore Farm, Wainscott, 6:30 p.m., ewecc.org
• June 18, Wellness Foundation, Mulford Farm, East Hampton, 6-8 p.m., wfeh.org
• June 18, Group for the East End, “Swing Into Summer at the Bridge,” Millstone Road, Bridgehampton, 6:30-11:30 p.m., groupfortheeastend.org
• June 18, God’s Love We Deliver, Midsummer Night Drinks, home of Ophelia and Bill Rudin and Alex Papachristidis and Scott Nelson, Bridgehampton, 6-9 p.m., glwd.org
• June 25, East End Hospice, Sail Into Summer” Sandacres Estate, Quogue, 7-11 p.m., eeh.org
• June 25, Nature Conservancy on Long Island, a Barefoot Contessa Dinner, Center for Conservation, East Hampton, 7 p.m., nature.org
• June 25, The Retreat, “A Night in Monte Carlo,” Ross School Lower Campus Field House, Bridgehampton, 6:30 p.m., theretreatinc.org
• June 26, Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, Jazz for Jennings, Watermill Center, 12:30 p.m. www.bhccrc.org
• July 9, Parrish Art Museum Midsummer Party, Montauk Highway, Water Mill, 6:30-10 p.m., after party 10 p.m.-1 a.m., parrishart.org
• July 9, Bay Street Theater Annual Summer Gala, Long Wharf, Sag Harbor, 5:30-10 p.m., baystreet.org
• July 9, Southampton Historical Museum, Halsey House Gala, 249 South Main Street, Southampton, 5:30-8 p.m., southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org
• July 9, Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, a Hamptons Happening, 6:30 p.m., home of Maria and Kenneth Fishel, Bridgehampton, waxmancancer.org
• July 9, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Hope in the Hamptons, Deerfield Road, Water Mill, 6 p.m. stjude.org
• July 16, Hamptons Tea Dance, presented by The Center, Services and Advocacy for G.L.B.T. Elders, and Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, Nova's Ark Project, Bridgehampton, 4-8 p.m., hamptonsteadance.org
• July 16, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Art for Life Benefit, Fairview Farms, 19 Horsemill Lane, Bridgehampton, 6 p.m., artforlife.rushphilanthropic.org
• July 16, South Fork Natural History Museum Summer Gala, South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton, 6-10 p.m., sofo.org
• July 23, LongHouse Reserve, Serious Moonlight, LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, 6 p.m., longhouse.org
• July 23, James Beard Foundation, Chefs and Champagne, Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, 6 p.m., jamesbeard.org
• July 23, Ellen Hermanson Foundation, Starry Night, Southampton Hospital grounds, Old Town Road and Wickapogue Road, Southampton, 7-10 p.m., ellensrun.org
• July 23, Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue, Fifith Annual Summer Benefit, Chuck and Ellen Scarborough's residence, 4-7 p.m. gimmeshelteranimalrescue.org
• July 29, Perlman Music Program Annual Summer Benefit, P.M.P. campus, Shelter Island, 6 p.m., perlmanmusicprogram.org
• July 29, Thomas Moran Trust Midsummer Cocktail Party, The Moran Studio grounds, Main Street, East Hampton, 6 p.m. thomasmorantrust.org
• July 30, Watermill Center, “FADA: House of Madness” benefit and auction, Watermill Center, 39 Water Mill Towd Road, Water Mill, watermillcenter.org
• July 30, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Super Saturday, Nova’s Ark Project, Bridgehampton, noon-6 p.m., ocrf.org
• July 31, Hayground School Chefs Dinner, Hayground School, 151 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, 5 p.m., haygroundchefsdinner.org
• Aug. 4, UJA Federation of New York Hamptons Trunk Show, Bridgehampton Historical Society, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., rain or shine, ujafedny.org
• Aug. 5, New York Foundation for the Arts, East End Studio Tour, multiple locations ending with lunch at a Bridgehampton residence, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. tour, lunch 1 p.m. nyfa.org
• Aug. 6, All Star Code Summer Benefit, private residence, East Hampton, 5-9 p.m., allstarcodebenefit.org
• Aug. 6, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Hamptons Paddle for the Pink, Havens Beach, Sag Harbor, 8 a.m., Hamptons Party for the Pink, private residence, Sag Harbor, 6:30 p.m., bcrfcure.org
• Aug. 6, Bridgehampton Benefit for multiple non-profits, "A Night Under the Stars," Campbell Stables, 214 New Light Lane, Water Mill, bridgehamptonbenefit.com
• Aug. 6, Southampton Hospital Summer Party, southamptonhospital.org
• Aug. 6, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, “A Virtuoso Evening,” Atlantic Golf Club, Bridgehampton, 6:30 p.m., bcmf.org
• Aug. 6, Montauk Playhouse, the Playhouse Gala, Montauk Playhouse, Edgemere Street, Montauk, 7-11 p.m., montaukplayhouse.org
• Aug. 7, Peconic Land Trust, “Through Farms and Fields,” Quail Hill Farm, Amagansett, 4 p.m., peconiclandtrust.org
• Aug. 12, Guild Hall Summer Gala, Guild Hall and private residence, East Hampton, 5-11 p.m., guildhall.org
• Aug.13, East Hampton Library, Authors Night, East Hampton Library and private residences, East Hampton, 5-10 p.m., easthamptonlibrary.org
• Aug. 19, Artists and Writers Softball Game pre-party, LTV Studio, Wainscott, 6-8:30 p.m. Game to be played Aug. 20, 2 p.m., artistswritersgame.org
• Aug. 20, Animal Rescue Fund, Bow Wow Meow Ball, ARF Adoption Center, 91 Daniels Hole Road, Wainscott, 6:30 p.m., arfhamptons.org
• Aug. 20, Apollo in the Hamptons, The Creeks, 291 Montauk Highway, East Hampton, invitation only.
• Aug. 26 & 27, Garden as Art, Guild Hall, cocktail reception and tour of several waterfront residences, guildhall.org
• Aug. 27, Box Art Auction, East End Hospice, featuring 90 artists' interpretations of a cigar box, St. Luke's Hoie Hall, 4:30-7 p.m. Free preview reception Aug.24, 5-7 p.m., eeh.org