Mardi Gras Party
The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will celebrate its 37th birthday with a Mardi Gras party Sunday evening, starting at 8 with a performance by the Rumble and continuing at 10 with Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience.
The Rumble’s debut album, “Live at the Maple Leaf,” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album earlier this year. Led by Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr., the group pays homage to such trailblazers as Wild Magnolias and Golden Eagles, which both featured vocals by Monk Boudreaux, Joseph’s father.
Mr. Simien, who plays the accordion, trumpet, piano, and vocals, is a two-time Grammy winner and eighth-generation Louisiana Creole, for whom Zydeco is music born of the African-American and mixed-race French-speaking Creoles of South Louisiana.
Tickets are $50 and include both shows.
Lucinda Childs Feted
“A Laboratory: 100 Years of Experimentation,” the Watermill Center’s 2024 summer benefit, set for Saturday at 6 p.m., will honor Lucinda Childs, a postmodern dancer and choreographer who first began collaborating with Robert Wilson, the center’s founder and artistic director, in 1976, on the opera “Einstein on the Beach.”
In addition to a live auction, installations, and a seated dinner, the evening will celebrate Ms. Childs with a series of performances restaging some of her seminal works. “It is an honor to celebrate her brilliance as a choreographer, and her strong stance on social justice, human rights, and uncompromising commitment to humanity and the arts,” says Mr. Wilson.
Tickets start at $1,500.
Holocaust Film
The Sag Harbor Cinema will screen Jake Paltrow’s new film “June Zero” next Thursday at 6 p.m. The film tells the story of the 1961 execution of the Nazi Party official Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, from three different perspectives: a Jewish-Moroccan prison guard, a 13-year-old Libyan immigrant, and an Israeli police investigator.
Mr. Paltrow’s father, Bruce Paltrow, had a deep interest in World War II history and Jewish history, which helped inspire the film. Tom Shoval, an Israeli filmmaker, co-wrote it.
After the screening, Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, the cinema’s artistic director, will lead a discussion with Mr. Paltrow.
Norman Jaffe
As part of its “Long Island Modern” series, LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton will host “Vanishing: The Work and Life of Norman Jaffe” on Sunday afternoon at 3. Mr. Jaffe was a prominent Modernist architect who worked on the East End for years before disappearing in the ocean off Bridgehampton in 1993.
After an introduction by the architect Lee Skolnick, Alastair Gordon will moderate the event, which will feature Christopher LaGuardia, an architect; Keith Boyce, a designer, and Randall Rosenthal, an artist, all of whom knew Mr. Jaffe.
Tickets are $35, $25 for members.
A Jazz Journey
Arcoiris Sandoval, an award-winning pianist, will perform at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs next Thursday at 6 p.m. Ms. Sandoval, who won a Global Music Award for her debut album, “First Voyage,” will perform a diverse blend of jazz influences with her quartet, Sonic Asylum.
The event’s organizers have recommended taking a beach chair and a picnic basket. The event is free and open to the public. Should it rain, it will take place in the John Little Barn, with admission on a first-come-first-served basis.
Tennis and Shoes
The Southampton Arts Center will screen “Who is Stan Smith?” on Sunday evening at 8:15. The film, with LeBron James and Maverick Carter as executive producers, chronicles the life of Mr. Smith, a tennis champion and humanitarian.
While the film traces Mr. Smith’s path to World No. 1 at tennis, it also highlights his humanitarian efforts off the court, particularly his anti-racist activism. It tells the story through first-person accounts and archival materials about the star’s tennis career, activism, and “the shoe that became a movement,” referring to an iconic pair of white Adidas.
Tickets are $10, free for members. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Social Activism
The Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous women artists formed in 1985 to combat art world discrimination against women and artists of color. LTV Studios will host a Guerrilla Girls Social Activism workshop on Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and a demonstration next Thursday evening at 7.
The workshop will cover the ideas and conflicts of social activism and how to raise critical consciousness worldwide. The demonstration will involve creating signs for a demonstration. The cost of both is $50 in advance, $55 at the door.
Also at the Wainscott venue, next Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the third episode of “The Mannix Show” will feature Alice Neel and Romaine Brooks, pseudonyms for two original Guerrilla Girls, who will talk about the group’s importance and impact on the art world.
Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
Nancy Atlas in Sag
Nancy Atlas and her band with play at the Masonic Lodge in Sag Harbor Friday at 8 p.m. She will be accompanied by Brett King on bass, Johnny Blood on electric guitar, Denny McDermott on drums, Joe Delia on keys, and Greg McMullen on pedal steel and electric guitar.
Tickets are $50 and expected to sell fast, since this is a rare small-room performance. Seating will be on a first-come-first-served basis, with standing room only after that.
Sticks and Stones
Expect lots of laughs at the Southampton Cultural Center during the coming week, when the Sticks and Stones Comedy Club returns with five shows.
Vanessa Hollingshead and Stacey Prussman will perform Friday and Saturday, with shows each night at 7 and 9. Ms. Hollingshead had a Showtime special, “Women of a Certain Age,” and has opened for Bill Maher, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld, among others.
Ms. Prussman is an actress and comedian who has appeared on “The Howard Stern Show,” “The Sam Roberts Show,” “The Bennington Show,” and more. Tickets to each show are $35, $50, $70 for front rows, and $150 for a table seat.
Rob White will perform on Wednesday at 8 p.m. A tattoo artist as well as a comedian, he will share unexpected stories of tattooing, modern life, and other bizarre observations.
Tickets are $35, $50, and $70.
