Award for Guild Hall
"Gather: Conversations Led by Black and Indigenous Changemakers,” a collaboration between Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio on the Shinnecock Reservation, has received the 2022 Engaging Communities Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York’s review committee.
Organized by the photographer Jeremy Dennis, the lead artist of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall’s senior associate for learning and public engagement, “Gather” offers a platform for the voices of BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders.
The award will be presented in April, at the museum association’s 2022 conference in Corning, N.Y.
March Music Madness
The Southampton Cultural Center will present three weekends of music during March, starting with performances Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. by Paul Mahos and New Life Crisis.
Friday's show features covers of George Michael, David Bowie, Prince, Johnny Cash, and more, while Saturday’s will celebrate New Wave music with a dance party.
Looking ahead, the cabaret artist Gretchen Reinhagen will perform a tribute to Kaye Ballard, the actress, singer, and comedian, on March 12 and 13, and the New Millennium Jazz Band will bring its repertoire of swing, Latin, rock, and funk on March 19 and 20.
Tickets are $30 per show.
Casting Call
The Neo-Political Cowgirls, a nonprofit dance-theater company, has issued a casting call to actors, acrobats, and dancers for digital submissions for its outdoor summer production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will open July 21 in East Hampton under the direction of Kate Mueth and Josh Gladstone.
The deadline for video submissions in mp4 format to [email protected] is Friday, March 11, at 5 p.m. Details can be found on the Cowgirls’ website.
Queer History
Hugh Ryan, a writer, historian, and curator who is the author of a queer history of the Brooklyn waterfront, will be the next speaker in the Watermill Center’s virtual Viewpoints series, on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Mr. Ryan has been awarded a Martin Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library and a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in nonfiction. He is the founding director of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History. His next book, "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison," will be published in May.
Susan Scarf Merrell, the author of "Shirley: A Novel," will moderate a post-reading discussion. Tickets are $25 from the center's website. A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants on the morning of the talk.
Spring Flowers
The Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton will hold an in-person floral arrangement workshop, led by Anita Fullbier of its circulation department, on March 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Participants will learn how to create a beautiful arrangement from scratch, including selecting flowers and color choices, stripping, trimming, and placement. A variety of vases, ribbons, and other accessories will be provided.
The $15 fee includes all materials. Advance online registration and payment are required.
Carmichael at Dizzy's
Judy Carmichael, the Grammy-nominated pianist, vocalist, songwriter, and radio host, will perform live with her quartet on Tuesday and Wednesday at Dizzy's Club, the jazz lounge of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
A Sag Harbor resident and Bay Street Theater regular, Ms. Carmichael is one of the world's foremost interpreters of stride and swing piano. Her program will feature songs by a range of American composers, including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and Randy Newman.
Ms. Carmichael will be accompanied by Dan Block on tenor saxophone and clarinet, James Chirillo on guitar, and Pat O'Leary on bass. Showtimes are 7:30 and 9:30 both evenings; tickets are $35.
Winter Walks
LongHouse Reserve will hold its first garden walk of the season on Saturday. The theme is the hidden delights of a garden in winter, featuring LongHouse's collection of witch hazels. The trees contribute promising pops of yellow, gold, and pink to help us cope with the grayness of the last weeks before spring.
Holger Winenga, the garden's horticulturalist, will lead the walk, which also highlights its early spring blooming bulbs.
The walk begins at 12:30 and is $20 or free for members. Tickets must be purchased in advance on the website.
