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Bits and Pieces 04.04.24

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:39
Members of the East End Special Players were captured in rehearsal for "Turtles on the Tarmac."
Courtesy of East End Special Players

Hungarian Concert
"The Bringers of Light," a performance of the music of Zoltan Kodaly by the Choral Society of the Hamptons, will be held on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Kodaly (1882-1967), a composer, ethnomusicologist, and linguist, was one of the most outstanding personalities of 20th-century Hungarian culture. His internationally acknowledged concept of music education is the basis for general music teaching in Hungary and also plays an important role in the training of professional musicians.

Under the baton on Sunday will be Kinga Cserjési, a Hungarian conductor and Libero Canto singing teacher. The choral society will be accompanied by two Hungarian musicians, Alexandra Balog on piano, and Noemi Sallai on clarinet, and by the organist Peter Ludlow of Bridgehampton.

Tickets are $35, $75 for preferred seating, $10 for students.

Standup in Sag
The All Star Comedy series at Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater will feature a new lineup of standup stalwarts on Saturday at 8 p.m. Now in its 13th season, Saturday's iteration will star Jamie Roberts, Oscar Aydin, and Regina DeCicco.

Mr. Roberts, whose credits include MTV, Sirius XM Radio, and NBC's "Law and Order," is also the owner of Comedy in Harlem, a new uptown comedy club. He is now touring with Nicky Sunshine, his wife, in "Married and Funny."

A regular at the Stand, New York Comedy Club, and Greenwich Village Comedy, Mr. Aydin hosts a biweekly podcast, "Oh Oscar!" where guests share their crazy and awkward date and hook-up stories.

Ms. DeCicco, who is the warm-up comedian for ABC's "The View," has been a guest contributor to "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius XM Radio and performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.

Tickets are $37 and $47, $47 and $57 the day of the show.

Turtles on the Move
The East End Special Players are heading to the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck on Saturday at 4 p.m. with their comic romp "Turtles on the Tarmac," which premiered last year at Bay Street Theater

The play features an airport, a storm, canceled flights, stolen goods, slapstick, spies, music, intrigue, an impromptu talent show -- and turtles. 

The Players, who have been performing for more than 30 years, include people with learning disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, and other cognitive or physical challenges.

The show will be followed by a conversation with the players. Tickets are $30, $10 for students and children.

Listening to the Garden
The next roundtable discussion of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, set for Saturday morning at 10 at the Bridgehampton Community House, will focus on sound in the garden.

Michael Longacre, an alliance board member and gardener, will discuss the sounds of a particular environment and how they change during the day, particularly the sounds of wind and animals.

Among the features to be discussed are water sounds, breezes through the leaves of plants and trees, birdsong, humming bees and other pollinators, ornaments, wind chimes, and wildlife. Videos and audio files of garden sounds will be presented.

Roundtables are free.

Spring Pruning
Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton will be the site of a spring pruning workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. Jackson Dodds, a professional arborist, will lead a walk around the gardens and offer tips for pruning to improve density and promote healthy plants. 

Pruning of white pines, ornamental evergreens, hydrangeas, and fruiting plants will be discussed, and questions will be encouraged. 

Tickets are $10. Reservations are required by calling 631-283-3195, ext. 122. Rain will cancel the program.
 

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