Photographs and Music
Donnamarie Barnes is the next guest in The Church's Knowledge Friday series, on Friday at 6 p.m. The director of history and heritage at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island and a co-director of the Plain Sight Project, Ms. Barnes is also a photographer with over 30 years' experience as a photo editor.
She will present slides of her photographs, and discuss her work at Sylvester Manor, the evolution of Sag Harbor, and how the village has influenced her creative life. Tickets are $10, and free for members, who are required to register on the website.
Reflections on Music, a nonprofit formed to bring classical music to new audiences, will return to the Sag Harbor venue on Sunday afternoon at 4 with a performance by Bruce Wolosoff of his new solo piano album, "Memento."
During the program, the first live performance of the complete album, Mr. Wolosoff, who lives on Shelter Island, will discuss the inspirations behind the music, which draws from his experience in the genres of jazz, rock, blues, and classical music.
Tickets are $20.
Cultural Inclusivity
LongHouse Reserve's inaugural Larsen Lecture, named for the reserve's late founder, Jack Lenor Larsen, will be held in Manhattan, featuring a talk by Kulapat Yantrasast, an architect and designer whose work reflects his commitment to cultural inclusivity.
The evening, set for March 15 at Christie's, will begin with a cocktail reception at 6, followed at 7 by the lecture. The event will continue with a dinner at the private residence of a LongHouse trustee at 8.
Mr. Yantrasast's projects include the Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History, and a new contemporary art museum in the Philippines.
Tickets for the entire evening are $1,250 and $250 for the lecture and reception only.
Power of Gardens
Madoo will also take a trip to the city on March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cosmopolitan Club. There, Nigel Dunnett will discuss "Transformational Gardens." The talk, part of the Madoo in Manhattan lecture series, will be followed by a cocktail reception.
Mr. Dunnett is professor of planting design and urban horticulture in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield in England. The author of "The Essential Guide to Naturalistic Planting Design," he advocates the integration of ecology and horticulture to achieve low-input, high-impact landscapes. He was a lead designer of the recently completed Tower of London Superbloom.
Tickets are $125; Madoo members receive a 10 percent discount.
Bay Street Classes
Actors take note: Workshops devoted to on-camera auditions and improvisation will launch at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor starting Saturday morning at 10, with "On Camera With Meghan Rafferty."
Ms. Rafferty, a casting director and actor, will provide advice on all aspects of self-taping, including setup, recording, editing, and how to send an audition tape to casting directors. The class is open to both beginners and professionals, ages 16 and up. The fee for six sessions is $300; the drop-in rate is $80.
Also at Bay Street, Scott Baker, who has performed at theaters and comedy clubs around the country, will lead "Just for Laughs Improv," an eight-session workshop, starting on Monday at 7 p.m. Participants will learn both short form and character development improv techniques. The fee is $200.
Preparing for Spring
The next free round-table discussion of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, "Late Winter and Early Spring in the Garden -- Outstanding Plants and Important Tasks," is set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Bridgehampton Community House.
The session will consider woodland "ephemerals" and late winter-early spring bulbs; early bloomers such as daffodils, Edgeworthia chrysantha, forsythia, and many others; pruning, and spring garden cleanup.
Erika Shank, a photographer and alliance member, will share her images of many of the flowers under discussion, and Pamela Harwood will moderate.
Fantasy Girl Bands
While in-person tickets to the sixth annual Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands at Amagansett's Stephen Talkhouse have long been sold out, virtual tickets to the show, which will start at 7 p.m. on Saturday, are available from a link on the website of the Neo-Political Cowgirls.
The amateur band competition, co-created by Holly Li and Christine Sciulli, is a benefit for the Cowgirls, a nonprofit dance-theater company founded by Kate Mueth.
Tickets start at $30; an additional $40 buys 10 raffle chances. Ticket buyers will receive a link good during the live broadcast or any time thereafter.
Eco-Friendly Architecture
The Southampton History Museum will host a free webinar on sustainable architecture next Thursday at 11 a.m. Nina Edwards Anker, the founder and principal of nea studio, an architectural practice based in Brooklyn, will discuss two of the firm's projects, the Cocoon (2019), a Gold LEED-certified residence, and Threshold House (2023), an eco-starter home, both of which illustrate an environmental approach to architecture.
A Zoom link can be found on the museum's website.
Jazz at the Temple
Jazz Night, Tuesday at 7 at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor, will feature a performance by Alex Sipiagin on trumpet, Boris Koslov on bass, Misha Tsiganov on piano, and Claes Brondal on drums. The series, courtesy of the Jam Session, draws from among the best jazz musicians in the New York area.
The temple suggests a $15 donation, all proceeds from which benefit local charities.
