Long Island: Two Views
Betsy McCully, author of “At the Glacier’s Edge: A Natural History of Long Island From the Narrows to Montauk Point,” will be at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton on Saturday at 3 p.m. for a conversation with Leonard Green, an environmental activist.
“At the Glacier’s Edge” combines science writing, environmental history, and firsthand accounts to tell the story of how the Island was formed, how its habitats evolved, and how people have radically altered and degraded its landscape. However, Ms. McCully also describes the efforts of environmental activists to restore and reclaim the land.
Tickets are $35, $25 for members.
LongHouse’s Long Island Modern series will continue on Sunday at 3 p.m. with “The House That Jack Built,” a conversation moderated by Alastair Gordon, a writer, critic, curator, and cultural historian.
The talk will survey Round House, the first building designed by Jack Lenor Larsen, LongHouse’s founder, with Robert Rosenberg; the built environment at LongHouse, which Larsen designed with Charles Forberg, and the Fly’s Eye Dome, after a design by Buckminster Fuller.
Lee Skolnick will introduce the program. Tickets are $35, $25 for members.
House Tour
The Southampton Arts Center’s seventh annual Architecture and Design Tour is set for Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. Taking “Vintage/Reimagined” as its theme, the tour will showcase historic homes that have been updated to meet modern lifestyles.
The day will begin with a private brunch, which will be followed at noon by a discussion led by Brian Brady of Brady Design and featuring the architects and designers Pamela Glazer, Alvise Orsini, Quinn Pofahl, and Lee Skolnick. The conversation will consider the challenges and creative processes involved in modernizing historical homes while preserving their original character.
Participants can take the self-guided tour of updated historic homes from 1 to 4:30.
Tickets start at $350.
For Ma’s House
In a twist on benefit nomenclature, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio will hold its 2024 “Friendraiser” next Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays.
The honorees are Lisa Goree, chairwoman of the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Council and the Southampton Town Assessor; Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall’s director of learning and new works, and New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr.
The evening will include performances by the Thunderbird Sisters, Jeffrey Pegram, and Matt Hunter; wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres from Union Square Hospitality, and a silent auction of artworks by BIPOC artists, experiences at Foxwoods, and more.
Tickets are $150, $50 for Shinnecock tribal members.
Jamming at the Temple
The Glam Jam returns to the inner sanctum of Sag Harbor’s Masonic Temple Thursday from 7 to 9. The evening will be hosted by the Fistys, an all-female punk rock band that won this year’s Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands at the Stephen Talkhouse. Walk-in musicians can sign up to join the jam. Admission is a can of nonperishable food, which will be donated to local food pantries.
Reading for Madoo
Marilee Foster, the Sagaponack farmer and author of “Dirt Under My Nails: An American Farmer and Her Changing Land,” will be at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery on Sunday at 5 p.m. to read some of her favorite pieces. The event will benefit her neighbor the Madoo Conservancy.
Tickets, which can be bought on Madoo’s website, are $50 and include a drink and a sampling of Foster Farm vegetables. Forty percent of proceeds will be donated to Madoo.
A Movie Masterpiece
Andrew Sarris, a longtime film critic for The Village Voice and The Observer, called Luchino Visconti’s 1963 film “The Leopard” “one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, as well as one of the most politically profound.”
The Montauk Library will host a free screening of the three-hour epic, which stars Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale, on Sunday at 2 p.m. Lancaster portrays Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, an aristocrat of impeccable integrity caught up in the sociopolitical turmoil of the Risorgimento (Italian unification) during the mid-19th century.
Gioacchino Balducci, a retired professor of Italian literature and cinema, will introduce the screening.
