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Musings With Mercedes Ruehl
Her experience with Jonathan Demme on Married to the Mob was not as smooth – but not because of Demme himself. “I had gotten a perm, a bad perm, as a lot of us did back then, just before we started production,” Ruehl recalled. “It made me a little self-conscious.” Also, just before filming began, she had the “brilliant idea” of getting back in touch with her inner child and rolling down a hill with a bunch of friends. The hill was covered in poison ivy – and so was Ruehl, head to toe.
Mercedes Ruehl – the Tony and Oscar-winning actress who has called the East End her full-time home for the past seven years – will have a busy July in The Hamptons. Not only is she the honorary chair of the “Caliente” fundraiser for Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank and OLA of Eastern Long Island on July 8, she is also, for the second year, leading a master class in “Acting for Directors” as part of Stony Brook Southampton’s MFA in Film program – a chance for directors to see things from an actor’s perspective and be directed by other members of the class.
Then on the first day of shooting, she mistakenly locked herself in a bathroom on the set, and wasn’t rescued for a while. “I couldn’t get out and they were setting up my scene. No one could hear me knocking and yelling, ‘Help, help.’ It was so humiliating. Not off to a great start,” she laughed. “It was my first major part in a major film and it’s like I subconsciously did everything I could to get fired.”
ON NICHOLS AND DEMME “Acting for Directors” opened the door to discuss a few of the great film directors with whom Ruehl has worked, some very early in her career. One of her first film roles was as a member of a therapy group with the Nora Ephron/Meryl Streep character in Mike Nichols’s Heartburn. “Mike Nichols was probably the most charming, insightful, and erudite – and funny! – director I’ve ever worked with,” Ruehl said. “I didn’t have a large role. But we used to play a game during set-up of different shots. Someone would throw out two sets of initials, who were famous lovers, and you had to guess who they were. ‘ASVM’ and ‘EW,’ I remember, was the most difficult one that Mike threw out. And for some reason, I knew that one – it was Edna St. Vincent Millay and Edmund Wilson. And I think that was the first time he actually noticed me.”
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“He was a lot of fun to work with.
I was pretty new to the game. And he was very gentle, and never in any way put an actor on the spot or made you feel in any way belittled. And I will let you know, that there are a lot of directors since then who have done that. They don’t overpower the good ones, but there were a few who were, as Shakespeare said, ‘proud men, dressed in a little brief authority.’ “But just being around Mike was fun -- he was always on his toes,
but relaxed enough to play these kinds of games with actors. And he treated everyone the exact same way, whether it was your first movie or you were already successful. And after that, he came to see everything I ever did, even if it was off-Broadway. And he would talk and listen to all of the other actors. He had this ease of humility that was so beautiful to be around. And he had great wisdom. There was nobody quite like him.”
But Demme himself was “wonderful,” Ruehl said. “He also had that quality of speaking to everyone the same way – whether it was a gaffer or the guy at the food wagon. He talked to everyone with that same sense of engagement – and that was what was wonderful about him. “He also had the ability, as a director, to recognize the exact moment when you had stepped out of character authentically, and you were going for an effect, rather than the performance arising from your inner self. And he’d go, ‘No, no, no….try it again.’ He had that uncanny ability to see your authenticity, even when you couldn’t. He was the most
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that jumped out at me is the agency of a black woman over her own life, in any time period. Ultimately, I think the play is about the way that we connect. And class lines, and international and cultural lines, and how we supersede those imagined lines to form connections, to connect with another person on a level that moves deeply. And I think that’s relevant now, the importance of hearing each other and listening to each other across these socio-political boundaries.
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Kelly McCreary, best-known for her turn as Dr. Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey’s half-sister on “Grey’s Anatomy,” will be returning to the stage this summer in Bay Street’s production of Intimate Apparel by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.
McCreary will be taking on the role of Esther, a seamstress in a 1905 New York boarding house who specializes in producing intimate apparel for both rich white clients and ladies of the night. But Esther is lonely, and dreams of falling in love and having a future.
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Bay Street’s artistic director Scott Schwartz directs Intimate Apparel, which begins previews at the Sag Harbor theatre on Tuesday and opens on July 8.
Nottage based the play on a photo she found in an attic of her greatgrandmother, who was a seamstress in New York at the turn of the 20th Century. HAD YOU SEEN THE PLAY BEFORE? I did. I saw the original production at the Roundabout with Viola Davis in 2003, but I hadn’t seen or revisited it since. So when the opportunity came along, I was able to read it with really fresh eyes again, although I started having so many memories of that production come flooding back. It’s such a
vividly beautiful piece. THAT PERIOD – THE END OF THE GILDED AGE IN NEW YORK CITY – WAS FILLED WITH WEALTH AND BEAUTY, BUT ALSO WITH GREAT POVERTY. FOUR OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE
WERE IMMIGRANTS. HOW DO YOU GET INSIDE THE HEAD OF SOMEONE FROM THAT TIME PERIOD? That is actually my very favorite part of this process – digging into the past. I’m so lucky, doing a New York play in New York! So I can actually go to these places. Obviously, there’s such a wealth of research and I really like to immerse myself in the riches of the period; what the people wore, what the streets looked like. I think having this immersive experience has really enriched my understanding of Esther’s perspective on the world. IT’S OBVIOUSLY A TIMELESS PIECE, BUT DOES IT HAVE A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES NOW, PERHAPS EVEN MORE STRONGLY THAN WHEN IT WAS FIRST PERFORMED, 14 YEARS AGO? I do think, for me, the first thing
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So happy! Ultimately, it comes down to the character and the story, in whatever venue I get to play around in and create. It’s been such a treat to come back to the theater, because I’ve learned a lot from my time on television. Playing one character for such a long period of time, like I have on “Grey’s Anatomy,” helped me learn a great deal about my craft. So I look forward to bringing that back to the theater with me. And part of my research has actually been to just attend plays, to go to the theater in New York and study actors, study characters. It’s been such a nourishing experience to be back and fully have my mind blown by some of the extraordinary performances and plays that are happening right now in the city. I’m just trying to get as much in as I can while I’m here. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT INTIMATE APPAREL THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE? I think perhaps the Bay Street audience may not be used to seeing a protagonist of color, but this play resonates so deeply with every single person I know who has ever encountered it, no matter where they are from. Everyone experiences the feelings that Esther experiences – her solitude, her need for connection, her hopes for the future. It surpasses all boundaries. It’s simply a great play, a great piece of theater, and I’m looking forward to being part of the team that brings it to Sag Harbor.
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Anna Chapman, Ronald Perelman, April Gornik, and Eric Fischl hosted cocktails and bites to learn about the Sag Harbor Cinema Project at the newly-opened Le Bilboquet. Talks of rebuilding the cinema since it was burned in a fire last December are on the horizon as are plans to create a local arts center there. I know that everyone misses that historic place so much. The fab new restaurant Le Bilboquet, which looks out onto 26
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Hosted by Andy Cohen, with performances by Daveed Diggs and the hilarious Pete Holmes, the Arts Connection benefit to celebrate and support the all-important need for arts education in NYC public schools was a family affair. My dear friends, the Family Janklow, have always been ardent supporters of the arts.
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The Arts Connection 2017 benefit celebration was held at Battery Park City School in NYC on June 12. 1. Pete Holmes, Andy Cohen, Daveed Diggs, 2. Alison Pruzan, Tracey Pruzan, Ben Pruzan, 3. Charlotte Wagner, Stephanie Wagner, 4. Guests, 5. Linda Janklow.
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The US premiere of The Beguiled was held at the Directors Guild Of America in Los Angeles on June 12. 1. Kirsten Dunst, 2. Elle Fanning, 3. Sofia Coppola, 4. Addison Riecke, 5. Nicole Kidman.
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So many movies out this summerso little time, but I simply cannot wait to see The Beguiled. Loved the original with Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Paige. I know that
director Sofia Coppola will put her touch on this version as only she can and it will be sublime. What can be said with this stellar female cast except make more movies starring women!
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Camp SoulGrow held its third annual benefit at The Palm on Thursday. The event offered an open bar, a complimentary menu by The Palm, and a silent auction.
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Ali MacGraw Presents ali4ibu
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Ali MacGraw gained international stardom as Jenny Cavalleri in the 1970 romantic drama, Love Story. Now she is collaborating with Ibu to design ali4ibu, a summer collection celebrating MacGraw’s iconic, boho chic, tribal style. Last weekend Jessie Della Femina, Judy Licht, Nina Rumbough, Frances Schultz, and Julia Amory hosted a trunk show premiering MacGraw’s Spring/Summer collection at the Della Femina residence in Bridgehampton.
“We realize as American women how lucky we are,” said MacGraw at the event. Proceeds from purchases made by guests went to support women rising into economic selfsufficiency throughout the world. Showcasing the work of Ibu’s global network of women artisans, the collection includes 85 designs in a fresh palette of periwinkle, indigo, white, coral, and accents of black. The collection crosses age and trend lines with a free-spirited sensibility.
The garments and accessories are handmade by women artisans in 23 countries including Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Navajo (US), Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, 30
Uzbekistan, West Africa, Tanzania, and Turkey.
“I am thrilled to have been invited by Susan Hull Walker to contribute to her amazing program for helping women in cooperatives all over the world,” said MacGraw. Ibu, meaning “a woman of respect” in Indonesian, pairs talented women in over 79 cooperatives with the team in Charleston, South Carolina. Walker, a former minister who studied world religions at Harvard Divinity School, founded the company in 2013. Ibu is the culmination of her spiritual and creative journey. “Together they are changing the lives of our sisters across the globe, and uniting our hopes and possibilities in this most difficult time. It is a huge honor for me to be a small part of this great vision,” MacGraw continued. The collection features a breezy mix of caftans, tunics, pants, skirts, and jackets of plain, printed, and embroidered cottons, and lightweight silks. Accessories like necklaces, bangles, cuffs, earrings, scarves, shoes, colorful bags, and totes round out the collection. MacGraw’s acting career began in 1969 when producer Stanley R. Jaffe and director Larry Peerce offered her the lead role of Brenda
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Patamkin opposite Richard Benjamin in the screen version of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus. The movie was an international success, opening to tremendous acclaim. It was Love Story, her next feature, that proved to be her major break, earning her global accolades, an Academy Award nomination, and a Golden Globe award. Her third film, The Getaway, costarred her future husband, Steve McQueen. Today she is making headlines again as she tours with her Love Story co-star, Ryan O’Neal, in the play Love Letters by A.R. Gurney.
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Pelush: Join The ReFAUXlution
By Nicole Teitler
Recently featuring some faux fur coats at Southampton Animal Shelter’s Catwalk for Canines, Anna Tagliabue is the future of fashion. Launched in February of 2014, Pelush NYC is a PETAapproved vegan, 100-percent cruelty free line of faux fur designs.
“I wanted to give the best possible alternative to real fur, to reposition and transform the way people think about [it],” Tagliabue said. “There is nothing that is really truly luxury faux fur.” Milan native Tagliabue is seasoned in the industry after eight years at Fendi in sales and then 13 years at Prada on Madison Avenue as a personal shopper. Upon entrance into the luxury style industry she envisioned a world of ethically produced and wearable lines.
“It’s something that was implanted in me while I was working at Fendi,” she explained. Back then no such profound technology existed, but times have changed. The sheen, luster, softness, and appearance of animal-free textiles has become so advanced that it’s increasingly difficult to note a difference. “It’s amazing what we can reproduce now.”
Diamonds, fast cars, big houses, and expensive leather or fur coats come to mind when the word “luxury” is considered. But all of these things come at a price much higher than the tag listed: the exploitation
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of communities and countries that produce these products. Yet, because the product is deemed exclusive or high-end, society turns a blind eye. “Luxury is pain, so why not feel luxurious while representing the good? The integrity of the brand is very important,” Tagliabue proclaimed. Pelush is much more than a faux fur line, it’s the new definition of luxury and arguably the best-kept secret in Manhattan (until now).
“I try to give the best possible answer to real fur, by creating a product that is extremely luxurious, extremely glamorous, one of a kind.” Her goal is to recreate an emotion, answering the question “What does a woman feel in real fur?”
Each style is dedicated to the people, or pets, closest to her, many of which are inspired by the women of her family growing up in Milan and Portofino. My look at the Catwalk for Canines was the Lilly coat, named after her recently deceased cat. With each unique name and design, every individual piece represents a part of Tagliabue.
She has high hopes for the future. She dreams of creating a foundation to help endangered animals. Through education and awareness, actively on the social media accounts, Pelush is a brand of forward thinking and education.
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On September 8, the first day of New York Fashion Week, Pelush is expected to shake up the fashion industry with a brand new show in the Fitzgerald Ballroom at the Stewart Hotel on 7th Avenue and 31st Street.
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dress the entire family.”
“We have always welcomed dogs into our East Hampton store but lately I have become a big dog person,” said designer Elie Tahari. “This year after I adopted a Pomeranian and a Shih Tzu I discovered Canine Styles and thought the brand was so unique and fresh that it would be fun to create a pop-up inside our East Hampton store. Now we can really
“So many of our longtime clients are out east during the summer and opening a pop-up store inside the most beautiful store in East Hampton seemed like a natural. Our brands and visions are a perfect pairing, a celebration of all
Canine Styles, the luxury dog emporium based in New York City, has collaborated with Elie Tahari in East Hampton to create a popup shop. The shop, located inside Elie Tahari’s Main Street location, carries some of Canine Style’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection and will be open throughout the summer season.
To celebrate the partnership, Canine Styles has created East Hampton products, including personalized East Hampton dog bowls, raincoats in solid pastel colors, coats, collars, and leashes in their signature plaid, tennis dresses, polos, cashmere sweaters, summer mesh dog carriers with pink, blue, and green piping, and accessories. Canine Styles will also offer a variety of summer products to coordinate with the colors of the Spring 2017 Elie Tahari collection.
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Mamalee Rose And Friends: Irish Goodbye
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Mamalee Rose and Friends will be playing an “Irish Goodbye” show at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Wednesday, July 5. The band will take the stage in what promises to be a celebratory evening with an energized performance to mark the end of an era.
After years of benefits, weddings, festivals, outdoor shows, and club dates all over the East End and beyond, the beloved local band is saying goodbye to its regular, chock-full performance schedule. They will be slipping off the stage with an “Irish goodbye” and saying ciao for now. The band includes mother-
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daughter powerhouse vocal duo Lee (Mamalee) and Rose Lawler, Jimmy Lawler on drums, Bosco Michne and Klyph Black on guitar, Josh Brussell on bass, and Fred Gilde on keyboard. The farewell concert will be full of highlights, including a lineup of the band’s much-loved standards, favorite songs, and handpicked selections.
Featured artists who will join the band on stage include Inda Eaton, Kenny Harris, and Michael Weiskopf. There will be special guest appearances by Job Potter and Randolph Hudson III. An opening set will be performed by OCDC. The performance will begin at 8 PM. Tickets are $25. To purchase tickets or for more info visit www. guildhall.org.
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noticed about the great directors is they kind of know what they want right away. So I had the great confidence of having a director that I know believed in me. And when an actor feels that way, the best stuff comes out.” Gilliam became a close friend beyond the film.
should in the best of cases feel something analogous about directing. But when you’re teaching them acting, and how to take direction from other directors, you’re trying to work with the vision of that director, and the playwright, and your own deep vision, and Is there a difference make a result teaching acting to that serves all actors, and acting to three. Often, directors? “When directors don’t you teach to actors, – Mercedes Ruehl really understand you want to establish the actor’s that they would die process and if they couldn’t act. It’s too hard what the actor has to get through, a life otherwise – it’s too painful, mentally and spiritually, to make it’s full of rejection, it can be the performance really sing. So this impoverished. So unless you have a seminar gives the writer-directors unique feel, a calling, it’s better that an opportunity to live in that skin you do something else with your and learn appreciation for the life. process.” “Of course, with directors, they
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Bathing Beauties - Old Hollywood Glamour
By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
“I’m creating a sort of fantasy world of luxury leisure and old Hollywood glamour,” said painter Elise Remender. “Bathing Beauties,” an exhibition of the artist’s dreamlike paintings of fascinating beauties ready for a swim, will open this weekend at Chase Edwards Contemporary Fine Art in Bridgehampton.
Shimmering turquoise pools inspired Remender to imagine a fantasy world of timeless beauty and the freedom of endless summers. It was in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, where the inspiration for “Bathing Beauties” blossomed as she was drawn to the interplay between the reflected light and color of the water. She created the series to give a glimpse into this world, blending the vibrant colors of pop art with the realism of contemporary traditional painting.
“I chose the bathing beauties as my subject matter because I have always loved the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s,” said Remender. “I’m a bit of an old soul and there is a sense of elegance and beauty that has been lost in modern day society, and I seek to recapture this essence in my work.”
Now based in California, she has traveled all over the world gaining inspiration for her work. Her paintings hang on the walls of properties including The Ritz Carlton San Francisco, The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, and Hiltons across the US. Her work also appears in the homes of celebrities like Ryan Seacrest and Kylie Jenner. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 6 to 9 PM. The show will be on view throughout the summer.
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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Celebrate our nation and Phoebe Legere’s birthday this July 4 as the American songstress takes the stage at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett at 8 PM.
This is Legere’s only East End show this summer. The multitalented composer, soprano, pianist, and accordionist plans to bring the musical fireworks. Legere’s band Zock: Music That Will Save The World! will be joining her on the iconic stage. Expect seven instruments, dancing, and singing.
Legere has released 15 records of original and traditional music and is also featured in HBO’s documentary It’s Me Hilary about The Hamptons’ famed illustrator Hilary Knight. She has opened for David Bowie and been compared to 42
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Legere is driving across the country in her “Visionary Van,” which is loaded with art and music. She is celebrating her new non-profit organization, Foundation for New American Art. The organization is dedicated to bringing art and music to underserved children in lowincome communities.
Her new album Heart of Love recently broke the Roots Music Radio chart’s top 20. Following her performance at the Talkhouse she drives to Montreal to record an all-French album for the legendary Arctic Records. Tickets range from $20 to $35. For tickets and more information visit www.stephentalkhouse.com or call 631-267-3117. For more info on Legere’s music visit www. PhoebeLegere.org.
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American Express Platinum celebrated the grand opening of EMP Summer House on Friday evening. EMP is the pop-up restaruant from the recently named World’s Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park. Guests included Vanessa Hudgens, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Brad Goreski, and many others.
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Face To Face With Jonathan Morse
By Rick Murphy
Face To Face, a series of portraits of local artists and writers, tells a profound tale – without needing a single word.
Jonathan Morse of Sag Harbor said the idea for his book evolved around a series he began 15 years ago, “In His Own Light” capturing local artists, many of them friends, in their own studios. “About three years ago I started going over their houses, but that proved to be a distraction,” Morse recalled. Instead, he refocused, with startling results. “Classic Renaissance, with very simple backgrounds. The setting and the photographer disappear.”
Morse was being modest, of course. What emerged are highly complex studies of some of the East End’s
most unique – and strong-willed – individuals. Their faces invariably tell a complex story, often profound, but also reveal an inner peace, and in a few, turbulence. “With digital photography you can look at the pictures right away,” Morse noted. “The subject becomes part of the process. It’s a collaborative effort.”
Morse was captivated by photography even as a youngster. He studied fine arts at Harvard and became an architect, and later, a major real estate developer. But he never strayed from his first love. An East End resident since the 1960s, Morse became captivated by the water and light and his work intensified – he was one of the first traditional photographers to use computers and electronic images.
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The images in Face To Face are almost organic. “The picture of David Slate (a Sag Harbor artist) in the book is not the one we picked the first day. I went back later and pitched another one. It’s not a straight line process.” The artist Joe Zucker, whose work is a part of some of the finest art museums in the world, “is a fishing buddy.”
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Art On The Edge
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It’s the summer event for the savvy Hamptons contemporary art collector. Roman Fine Art in East Hampton presents the return of “Art on the Edge” with artists like SWOON, Jessica Lichtenstein, and Ray Caesar exhibiting, among others. The annual show features contemporary art by some of the most provocative new painters, sculptors, and photographers working today. Celebrating its seventh year, “Art on the Edge” showcases cuttingedge talent increasingly pervading mainstream culture. The show
opens with a cocktail reception for the artists on Saturday from 7 to 9 PM. The exhibit continues through July 23. Artists also include Ivan Alifan, Tim Conlon, Colin Christian, Michael Dweck, Maya Hayuk, Justin Mays, Reisha Perlmutter, POSE, Leah Schrager, Sarah Slappey, Dean West, and Zevs.
The show goes beyond the gallery walls to the Market Art & Design art fair, also celebrating its seventh year in Bridgehampton. The fair opens Thursday, July 6, at the Bridge Hampton Historical Society and continues through Sunday, July 13.
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FAVORITE SPOTS: DEJESUS DELI & GROCERY As a guy born in Southern California, one of my gastronomic obsessions is perfecting the delicate balance that is the East Coast version of the fish taco. Out in The
Hamptons, obtaining fresh fish and the necessary produce (cabbage, tomatoes, cilantro) are never a problem, but tortillas are typically the weak link. Not, however, if you get them at DeJesus Deli & Grocery in Southampton. Despite its location on Route 27 -- passed by everyone who’s not taking backroads to go further east -virtually no one knows about this place. Perhaps it’s because most people at that little bend in the highway are speeding, or the fact that DeJesus is attached to a nondescript laundromat. Whatever the reason, DeJesus offers amazing homemade tortillas as well as prepared food takeout featuring
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Summer is always a time for family, water, and sports -- in the best circumstances, all of these concurrently. For the Hands this means surfing, paddle boarding, and skim boarding. We’ll get up early after checking the Surfline app (which is really essential to getting a current surf report) and throw our boards in the back of our old Chevy truck. The far end of Flying Point Road doesn’t offer many parking spots. Most people opt to park in the Flying Point Beach lot and utilize the portion of the beach with facilities and lifeguards, but I prefer to drive out to where Mecox Bay empties into the Atlantic. Not only is there a more consistent surf break as the sand bars form offshore more regularly, but the beach itself is a bit steeper going into the ocean which offers a rare Hamptons opportunity to bring my Victoria skim board down and charge the shore break. My son is eight, and he’s now had a couple of summers of instruction from the young locals at Flying Point Surf School. So I’m hoping this is the summer we truly surf together. The only thing better than catching that first clean wave of the day, is the feeling of tired limbs and a foggy head from so much salt water on a lazy afternoon.
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Gaines New Book A Revelation Gaines recounts his transformation from “Eliza Doolittle at the psycho country club” in a lithe, relaxed narrative that is funny, breezy, and absorbing. At the center of this memoir is a brilliant young psychiatrist who promises to cure Gaines of his homosexuality and give him the normalcy that was missing in his
life.
The title, Gaines, said, “is a wellknown Nick Drake song about the diversity of life and what we might have been if not ourselves -- a sailor, a cook, a kettle, a book, I could have been one of these things first.” As it turned out, he settled for being a writer, and that turned out to be a good thing for book lovers.
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A previous collection of handmade books is in the Artist’s Book Collection at The Museum of Modern Art. The plot of Butterfly Comes To Town centers on the endearing Butterfly, who has recently moved to Pleasantville. Ant, her new neighbor, is smitten -- he can’t wait to meet her. But his curmudgeonly friend, Worm, is less than thrilled about the new neighbor.
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Steven Gaines is among the most successful East End writers, having penned the quintessential summer read, Philistines at the Hedgerow, and popular reads about the Beatles and Halston, among other subjects. But Gaines is also one of our most gifted wordsmiths, and his gift shines in his touching and tender memoir, One Of These Things First. The book is not about today’s Wainscott resident, one of the prominent members of the East End gay community.
Rather, it is the tale of 15-yearold Steven Gaines, navigating the churning waters of Brooklyn not 50
in a battleship but on a raft, fully exposed to the cruelty a youngster faces when he’s not like the other kids.
Hopelessly out of place, the young repressed Gaines was a nervous wreck, developed persistent hiccups, and ended up suicidal. But help was on its way. He found himself in a private room in one of the chicest and most expensive psychiatric clinics in the world, Payne Whitney. Gaines recalls the place as “a sort of magical finishing school, a round-theclock dinner party attended by the most interesting people you could possibly imagine.”
Karen Fredericks is no stranger to Indy readers – her cartoon “Is It Just Me?” graces our editorial page every week. She is a nationallyknown illustrator – her work appears in numerous major publications in the country – and my lovely wife. There is considerable buzz about her first self-penned illustrated children’s book, Butterfly Comes To Town, with good reason: her previous effort, How To Build Your Own Country (illustrated by Fredericks and written by Valerie Wyatt) is a Junior Library Guild Selection, and was the winner of the Canadian Roundtable Information Book Award, the Silver Birch Award, and the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award in 2012. It is sold all over the world, including China,
“Butterflies are nothing but trouble! Now that she’s here, Pleasantville will never be the same again!” Worm warns Ant. Could this be true? Butterfly Comes To Town is the first of the Ant And Butterfly children’s picture book series. The book’s gentle humor and charming illustrations make it a perfect choice for children of all ages.
It is available in a digital edition at Amazon for a special introductory price of just 99 cents. Just type in the name of the book or the author’s name. By the way, kids don’t need a Kindle to read Butterfly Comes To Town – it will download to any Apple or Android device and can be read with the Kindle App, or it can be read online on any computer with Amazon’s Cloud Reader. To check out the upcoming books in the series or to watch the trailer, go to eriginalmedia.com.
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The Hip Abduction
The Hip Abduction began through informal jam sessions and quickly coalesced into a sound that attracted national attention. The music of the Hip Abduction, the vibrant St. Petersburg, Floridabased collective, formed over a
mutual appreciation for West African and early Jamaican reggae/ dub music. The band will perform at the Stephen Talkhouse on Monday with the London Souls. For more info visit www. stephentalkhouse.com.
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Season Spectacular With Jay Leno
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Jay Leno has been called the hardest-working man in show business. The TV late night show host, admired stand-up comedian, pioneering car builder, and bestselling author, will be taking the stage at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday at 7 PM, for this year’s Season Spectacular. During the 22 seasons of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” he was honored with an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series. The show also took home the trophy for Favorite Late Night Show in the annual TV
Guide Awards determined by voting viewers, and he was recently installed in the Television Academy’s Broadcast Hall of Fame.
A benefit dinner will follow the performance at a private location to be announced. Tickets for both the show and dinner start at $1000. Visit https://give.guildhall.org/ seasonspectacular to find out more.
Performance-only tickets cost $250 for the orchestra and $150/$145 for Guild Hall members balcony seating. Visit www. guildhall.org.
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Members of the Shinnecock Nation performed outside of Southampton Town Hall on Monday, June 19, to kick off the inaugural meeting of the new Southampton Arts and Culture Committee. A packed-to-the-rafters gathering ensued, with committee members including April Gornik, Geoffrey Drummond, Elka Rifkin, Terrie Sultan, and chair Hope Sandrow listening to ideas and questions from an engaged audience. Also at the table, but not in the picture, are Brenda Simmons and Minerva Perez.
Caught On Canvas Photos by Richard Lewin
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Montauk Brewing Co. Photos by Morgan McGivern
Montauk Brewing Co. celebrated five years by hosting an event at Ruschmeyers on Friday evening.
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Gallery Walk
by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. AMERICAN MASTERS Mark Borghi Fine Art in Bridgehampton presents “American Masters,” with a reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. The exhibition includes works by Willem de Kooning, Gene Davis, Jean Michel Basquiat, Ed Ruscha, George Condo, Marsden Hartley, Nicolas Carone, Stuart Davis, Kenneth Noland, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Hellen Frankenthaler, David Smith, John Chamberlain, Jim Dine, Richard Pousette - Dart, among others. For more info visit www.borghi.org. ARTISTS ALLIANCE The Artists Alliance of East Hampton presents its 23rd annual members art exhibit featuring paintings, drawings, and sculpture by over 50 artists at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 8 PM. The show runs through July 9. Visit www.aaeh.org. DEAN JOHNSON The Monika Olko Gallery in Sag Harbor presents new works by Dean Johnson. An artist reception will be held on Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. There will be music by DJ Ralph. SALTY DRAWERS Grain Surfboards in Amagansett is stoked to present “Salty Drawers,” a collection of drawings, paintings, and scrimshaw from the sketchbooks, archives, and surfboards of Paton Miller and Peter Spacek. Miller and Spacek have selected a unique collection of works, many not seen before on the East End. Opening on Saturday, the show will kick off indoors and outdoors at Grain with a reception from 6 to 9 PM. An artist’s chat will be held on Saturday, July 8, at 7 PM. 58
EAST END PORTRAITS “East End Portraits” by Jonathan Morse is on display at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum. The show is curated by Peter J. Marcelle. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. The show runs through July 12. MADE IN BROOKLYN “Brooklyn Shapes/Montauk Vibes” features made-inBrooklyn sculpture works by Luke Schumacher and photography by East End artist Gary Kuehn at Woodbine Collection in Montauk. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. The show runs through August 6. VOLVAVIDA GALLERY AM Southampton will host a day lounge and art exhibition, presented by VolvaVida Gallery in NYC on Monday. The daytime soiree brings some of the top street artists to Southampton. The event will allow art collectors to view and purchase art in a fun and relaxed gallery environment. Doors will open at 2 PM and guests are invited to peruse the paintings, sip on cocktails, and mingle with like-minded art lovers, all while artists Nicholai Khan and Hektad paint live masterpieces right before your eyes. Other artists who will be exhibiting at the event include Adam Dare, Danielle Mastrion, and Fumero. A SUMMER SHELTER “A Summer Shelter” will open on Saturday from 5 to 8 PM at Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty on Shelter Island. The exhibition will include photographs from Robin Rice Gallery, Robin Rice, and artwork by Amy Pilkington. Ten percent of sales will be donated to Save The Children. The show will run through August 20. ERIC FISCHL Painter and sculptor Eric Fischl
Willem de Kooning, Woman in a Rowboat at Mark Borghi Fine Art.
will share personal insights on the exhibit “John Graham: Maverick Modernist” at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill on Sunday at 11 AM. Visit www.parrishart. org.
ONGOING MEETS THE EYE The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “More Than Meets The Eye,” featuring Luciana Pampalone, Holly Meeker Rom, Mike Harrigan, and Katherine LiepeLevinson. The show runs through July 9. For more info visit www. thewhiteroom.gallery. BOTANIC VERSES Tripoli Gallery in Southampton presents Dominique Rousserie’s “Botanic Verses.” The show features new paintings of various plant species gathered from Rousserie’s world travels. Rousserie’s interest in plants, as subject matter for painting, stems from his lifelong exploration into the natural world. The show runs through July 10.
TARYN SIMON: THE INNOCENTS Guild Hall in East Hampton presents “Taryn Simon: The Innocents.” Simon’s earliest body of work, The Innocents (2002), documents the stories of individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. At issue is the question of photography’s function as a credible eyewitness and arbiter of justice. The show runs through July 30. Visit www.guildhall.org. RHYTHMS OF COLOR Southampton Cultural Center’s Levitas Center for the Arts presents the art exhibition “Giancarlo Impiglia – Rhythms of Color.” The show runs through July 30, with a second reception scheduled for July 6 from 5 to 7 PM with a chamber music orchestra. DREAMS OF SUMMER Carol Gold’s “Dreams of Summer” solo art show at the MattituckLaurel Library will be on display through Friday.
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Guild Hall and Taylor Barton presents GE Smith’s Portraits with Sarah Jorosz and Paula Cole on Friday at 8 PM. For tickets visit www.guildhall.org.
The Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island Road will host live music every weekend on the Promenade Stage throughout the summer. On Thursday JJ Duo will perform from 6 to 9 PM. On Saturday there will
SUFFOLK THEATER Kick off your July 4th weekend at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead with a little bit of modern country, performed by the nation’s premier Zac Brown tribute band, ZBTB. Modern country anthems such as “Chicken Fried,” “Toes,” “The Wind,” “Sweet Annie,” and many others will be heard. Doors, bar, and restaurant open at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 8 PM. On Sunday it’s Coming To America: The Music of Neil Diamond with Tommy Lynn & One Hot Night. The show is at 7 PM. Visit suffolktheater. com to purchase tickets or for more information.
be Steel Drum on the beach at 11 AM to 3 PM and the Testifyers will perform from 12:30 to 4:30 PM. For further information, call 631-668-3100. SURF LODGE On Friday at 6 PM, The Surf Lodge in Montauk will have live music by Rubblebucket. On Saturday enjoy Bob Moses, and Sunday it is Bully to wrap up the weekend. These performances are a part of The Surf Lodge, Lincoln, and Billboard Summer Concert Series. All concerts are free to attend and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. Visit thesurflodge.com for more information.
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COUNTRY NIGHT The Springs Tavern in Springs will host Country Night every Tuesday at 8 PM. Every week there will be complimentary line dancing classes at 8 PM and The Spaghetti Westerners will perform at 9 PM. A light bar menu will be available throughout the night. Call 631527-7800 for more information. WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE Ray Red and Mike Rusinsky host “Wednesday Night Live,” a weekly open mic at MJ Dowling’s in Sag Harbor from 8 to 11 PM. Performers include musicians, poets, comedians, and singers. Sign Continued On Page 86.
Have a Happy July 4th Weekend!
HIP-HOP AM Southampton on Tuckahoe Lane will host an All-American Beach Party on Friday. The venue will be filled with sand, inflatables, palm trees, and plenty of frozen drinks from the tiki bar. Visit amsouthampton.com for ticket prices. OUTDOOR CONCERTS The Montauk Chamber of Commerce and Gosman’s presents another summer of free outdoor concerts on the Montauk Village Green and Gosman’s Dockside Stage on the Harbor through August 27. Concerts on Monday nights are on the Green in June and July from 6:30 PM. On Sunday nights the concerts are held on the Gosman’s stage, July 9 to August 27, at 8 PM. This week don’t miss The Realm as they perform on Monday night from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, coolers, and picnics for these family-friendly concerts. Call 63159
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Fighting Chance
All are invited to swim for a cause with We Swim For You to benefit Fighting Chance, a free cancer counseling center. On Saturday July 8, swimmers of all ages will meet at Long Beach in Sag Harbor to
swim a ½ mile, 1 mile, or 2 miles to help the fight against cancer. The event will take place from 6 to 9 AM, and for more information and to register go to https://goodcircle. org/2017-swim-registration-form/.
Fridays At Five
The Friends of the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton have been sponsoring Fridays at Five for almost 30 years. The event brings a variety of well-known authors on Fridays at 5 PM in July and August.
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Jay McInerney kicks off the Fridays at Five author program on Friday, July 7. McInerney is the critically-acclaimed author of twelve books, nine of which are works of fiction and the most recent being Bright, Precious Days.
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The Hopper and Free Ride are teaming up to provide more rides with the new extended Montauk Route.
The Hampton Hopper will provide free rides from 10 AM to 10 PM from June 28 to September 4.
Using two buses, Hampton Hopper will run along a loop from Hither Hills State Park on Old Montauk Highway, into downtown Montauk,
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Pickup at any of the designated bus stops will take place at intervals of between 15 and 30 minutes, or riders can flag down the Hopper for a ride. Use the Hopper and Free Ride together seamlessly, take a Hopper from the harbor to town and then hop in a Free Ride to get to your hotel, go shopping, or get lunch. For more info and route maps, visit http://www. hamptonhopper.com
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It’s a restaurant with only appetizers. Chef James Tchinnis creates a wonderful balance of small plates, great for sharing, at Swallow East in Montauk. The atmosphere is fun and inviting. It’s suggested that each diner order two or three dishes each, so that the other diners can partake. My friend and I decided to do just that and share each of our dishes, creating somewhat of a six-course tasting menu. Swallow is also a great place to go for cocktails. You can sip while listening to live music and enjoying beautiful water views. We tried the Smoke Sow cocktail, which includes Mezcal, Oro de Lidia
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tequila with fresh lime, and agave. It is a delicious cocktail.
We started with one of the lighter dishes, the summer rolls, comprised of seasonal vegetables, basil, peanuts, and sesame vinaigrette. It was the perfect starter (or shall we say warm up) dish. The fresh burrata is excellent for sharing. It’s served with watermelon, candied sunflower seeds, Saba, and basil, providing an ideal flavor balance. Next up were the crispy fish tacos. The dish comes with two small tacos, stuffed with local fresh fish, pineapple pico de gallo, and a jalapeno aioli. The crispy calamari was recommended to us and did not
disappoint. It also had a clever presentation, served in a Chinese takeout box with chopsticks.
We had to try the lobster toast. Served on Carissa’s pickled rye, the delicious lobster was accompanied by nori-yuzu aioli and wasabi tobiko.
Last but not least for our savory choices was the grass-fed skirt steak, served with sweet potato puree and shaved Brussels sprouts. The dish, along with our entire experience, was extremely enjoyable. We were left with just enough room to be tempted by dessert. The dishes are small, so it’s quite possible to try many, especially when sharing. It’s a nice way to taste a myriad of items on the well-rounded menu. We split the
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key lime pie with a graham cracker crust, strawberry reduction, and fresh garden mint. The presentation was lovely, as was the taste. Swallow East hosts live music all summer long. This week the lineup includes Hello Brooklyn, Oogee Wawa, Royal Khaoz, and Kathleen Fee.
As the restaurant’s website stated, “The swallow is a bird that chooses a mate for life and returns home every year. For centuries sailors would have swallows tattooed on them to symbolize home and love. Here at Swallow we want you to feel as though you are visiting with us in our home, and hope you will return just like the swallow.” We intend to return, just like the swallow. 61
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Guest Worthy Recipe : Chef Arturo McLeod
By Zachary Weiss WHO:
Arturo McLeod of Benjamin Steakhouse INSTAGRAM: @BenjaminSteak ABOUT: Executive chef Arturo McLeod of Benjamin Steakhouse has spent over 35 years working in steakhouses; 20 of those years were spent at the famous Peter Luger in Brooklyn. After immigrating to New York at the humble age of 13, Arturo’s journey in the restaurant business started at the late Gage and Tollner, a Brooklyn steak institution since 1879. It was at the Peter Luger, however, where McLeod spent the majority of his career perfecting his unique grilling techniques to become one of the foremost steakhouse chefs in the country.
After many years, Arturo decided to leave Peter Luger to open a new steakhouse with fellow Luger alumni Benjamin Prelvukaj. The result of this partnership is the opening of Benjamin Steakhouse in 2006 on East 41st Street in Manhattan, in the century-old Chemist Club building, just one block from Grand Central Terminal. Ten years later, Benjamin Steakhouse is the number one 62
steakhouse in Manhattan, and second to only Luger’s in all of New York City according to Zagat’s Top 50 Restaurants. Chef McLeod oversees the Westchester location and the newly-opened Benjamin Prime. Chef McLeod is a master at cooking juicy cuts of meat. Only the best USDA prime beef is used, and every cut is carefully dry aged in McLeod’s specially handcrafted aging box, to the precise temperature and humidity level, for a minimum of 28 days. In addition to serving the finest quality beef, McLeod cooks his steaks to absolute perfection so that they arrive tableside sizzling on a piping hot plate.
BENJAMIN LUMP CRAB CAKES WHY? “These crab cakes are the perfect summer dish to serve when hosting guests in The Hamptons. The refreshing crab, seasoned with a lemon squeeze, sets the tone for the rest of your evening which will probably end with some dryaged steaks— just like we do at Benjamin Steakhouse!”
INGREDIENTS:
(This recipe serves a large gathering up to 40 guests. For smaller gatherings, scale to size.) LUMP CRAB CAKES: 6 red yellow and green peppers (6 each) 12 lb lump crab meat 12 eggs
4 oz Worcestershire 4 oz Tabasco
4 oz lemon juice
3 c of bread crumbs
2 tsp chopped parsley 2 oz salt
2 oz white pepper RED PEPPER COULIS (SAUCE FOR THE CRAB CAKES) 8 to 10 red peppers (depending on size) 1 bunch of basil ½ c of garlic
4 qt heavy cream 2 Tbsp table salt
1 Tbsp black pepper
½ c Cajun Seasoning (Woolco Brand) ½ to 1 c roux
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LUMP CRAB CAKES: Dice all the peppers finely. Sauté them 2-4 minutes in blended vegetable oil. Cool down on a flat tray. Add to the peppers 12 lb lump crab meat, add 12 whole eggs, 3 cups of bread crumbs, 4 oz Worcestershire, 4 oz Tabasco, 4 oz lemon juice, 2 tea spoons chopped parsley, 2 oz salt, 2 oz white pepper. Mix everything well together. Gently roll them into cakes about 3 oz each. For each order serve 2 cakes. Take the cakes and pan sauté them for 2-4 minutes, till slightly brown. Finish them off in the oven for another 2-4 minutes. Serve with a ramekin of roasted pepper coulis, 2 lemon wedges, and parsley. RED PEPPER COULIS: (sauce for the crab cakes)
Roast between 8 to 10 red peppers (depending on size), peel, de-stem, and discard all the seeds. Throw in the blender the peppers, basil, garlic, salt, black pepper, and blend till fine. Bring to a boil 4 quarts heavy cream, throw in the pureed pepper mix, Cajun spices and ½ to 1 cup roux (depending on need), to thicken. Boil till the consistency thickens.
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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro EAST HAMPTON POINT Craig Attwood rejoins East Hampton Point, where he was executive chef from 2008 to 2010, with a new signature menu. The Long Islander, respectful of local bounty and dubbed early in his career by The New York Times as a “kitchen commander,” fuses tradition with eclectic preparation in his seafood-driven New American menu of raw dishes, small plates, and entrees. New raw dishes include local catch ceviche with pineapple, coconut milk, and chilies; tuna poke with soy, sesame, ginger, togarashi, and crispy rice; citrus-cured salmon
with cucumber kimchi and crème fraiche; steak tartare with quail egg, spring onion, and wild mushroom ($18 to market price); along with baby and grand plateaus ($56 $96) starring oysters, clams, shrimp and crabmeat cocktails, and tuna poke. New small plates ($16 - $25) are smoked blue fish pate, blue crab toast and grilled Spanish octopus; Berkshire pork ribs with corianderthyme rub and orange blossom honey; burrata with strawberryrhubarb gastrique; and salads of watercress and endive, heirloom beets, and baby lettuces. New entrees ($32 - $48) cater to all tastes. Fish presentations may
include roasted Atlantic skate with lobster fried rice, peas, asparagus, and miso; grilled Montauk tilefish with pickled beets, yogurt, fava greens, and cumin; grilled Faroe Island salmon with couscous, artichokes, and Nicoise olives; and East End bouillabaisse with local fish, mussels, lobster, fennel, potato, and saffron. Classics on the menu are roasted free-range chicken, Allen Bros. NY strip
steak, Rustichella rigatoni, and wild mushroom risotto. Attwood’s lunch and dinner menus may be enjoyed in the nauticallythemed main dining room and upstairs private dining room, at the indoor or outdoor bar, and, on the water for boaters who dock and dine. Call 631-324-9191 or visit www. easthamptonpoint.com.
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Fine Dining Specializing in Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Offering Lunch & Dinner Menus and Exotic Cocktails We also have a Tatami Room
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Barba Bianca has officially opened its doors on the North Fork in Greenport. Directly overlooking the Peconic Bay, the new coastal Italian restaurant from chef Frank DeCarlo (Peasant, Bacaro)
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welcomes guests to join for a sunset apertivi on the dock, every Thursday through Tuesday from 4 to 6 PM through October 1.
Cicchetti will be generous and complimentary, as it is in Italy, and may include olives, crisp polenta cakes with crab, and other savory bites to go particularly beautifully with the Rabarbaro Negroni, made with rutabaga-based zucca liqueur, dry vermouth, and Campari.
Dinner service is available Thursday through Tuesday from 6 PM to midnight, offering a seasonal menu of local ingredients all sourced from within a five-mile radius of Barba Bianca. For reservations call 631-333-2600.
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LT Introduces The Route 27 & The American Burger first bite, a myriad flavors started bouncing off his tongue; black pepper, BBQ sauce, American cheese, pickles. “It was the best thing I had ever tasted,” said Tourondel. “I have never forgotten that first bite.”
Decades later he revealed his continued love affair by opening LT Burger in Sag Harbor where he features a plethora of burgers using locally sourced seasonal produce and the highest quality prime US beef.
In honor of his coup de foudre with his first American cheeseburger he created two new burgers this season. The Route 27 burger is an offshoot of what he calls the I-95, and the second is the American. The Route 27 offers a juicy burger with caramelized onion, peppered bacon, smoky catch-up, and local Mecox cheddar and the American features two pepper-crusted 5 oz patties, with bacon, American cheese, pickles, and LT sauce.
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When it comes to a great burger, it’s safe to say that the best ones are made by burger-obsessed chefs.
Laurent Tourondel of LT Burger in Sag Harbor is a celebrated French chef who earned accolades at Cello restaurant where he prepared refined seafood creations. He first fell in love with an American burger when he was traveling across country at the adventurous age of 19. Tourondel set out to discover America via Greyhound bus,
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but when he ran out of money he ended up hitchhiking from Chicago to San Francisco. He was offered a ride from a friendly truck driver who introduced him to the burger. They stopped for lunch at a truck stop and sat at the counter where they could watch the food being made on a hot griddle, something Tourondel had never seen before. The truck driver ordered a cheeseburger and Tourondel followed suit, having what was his first burger ever. He watched the cook with fascination. Taking his
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THE VILLAGE: Italian Combo - Ham, salami, mortodello, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, onion & roasted red peppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 THE DUNES: Turkey, lettuce, tomato & provolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 THE STRETCH: Turkey, sun-dried tomatoes & mozzarella . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 THE SPRINGS: Prosciutto, tomatoes & mozarella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 THE NORTHWEST: Grilled eggplant, roasted peppers & mozzarella . . . . . . . . . $9.95 MAIDSTONE: Fresh mozzarella with tomatoes & basil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95
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WITH BALSAMIC DRESSING UPTOWN: Grilled chicken, lettuce and tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 DOWNTOWN: Grilled chicken with mushrooms, onions and melted mozzarella . . . $9.95 MIDTOWN: Grilled chicken, proscuitto & melted provolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 EAST VILLAGE: Grilled chicken, roasted vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 WEST VILLAGE: Grilled chicken, roasted peppers & melted mozzarella . . . . $9.95 SOHO: Roasted vegetables & melted mozzarella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95 TRIBECA: Sauteéd shrimp, caramelized onions & melted mozzarella . . . . . $10.95 CHELSEA:Grilled steak, mushrooms, caramelized onions & melted mozzarella..$10.95 *** + grilled chicken $3
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MAIN BEACH: Prosciutto, mortadella, salami, ham, roasted peppers, lettuce, tomatoes & onion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GEORGICA: Italian special with roasted peppers, grilled eggplant, basil and fresh mozzarella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATLANTIC: Turkey with lettuce, tomatoes & provolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDIAN WELLS: Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & basil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE DITCH: Fresh mozzarella, posciutto, tomatoes & basil . . . . . . . . . . . . *** add banana peppers (hot or mild) - gratis
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Where To Wine by Elizabeth Vespe LIEB CELLARS Friday is locals night. Show your ID for 20 percent off glasses and bottles. Noah’s food truck will be on hand serving up awesome tacos while Mother Nature delivers sweet sunsets. 4 to 7 PM. On Sunday, join Lieb Cellars for live music from Jeff LeBlanc at 1 PM. www.liebcellars.com. MARTHA CLARA VINEYARDS
two hand-painted glasses per person. Doors open at 6:45 PM and spots are limited. Tickets are available for purchase on their website. www.marthaclaravineyards. com RAPHAEL WINE On Sunday Raphael Wine hosts live music by Vanessa Trouble from 1 to 4 PM. www.raphaelwine.com. CLOVIS POINT VINEYARD AND WINERY
Join Martha Clara Vineyards for Wine Down Wednesdays from 6 to 9 PM. Enjoy wine, music, and a food truck every Wednesday this summer.
Tonight it’s a fun night of wine and paint with Wine Glass Paint & Sips. Tickets are $40 and include
Enjoy Taco Loco food truck at Clovis Point on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 PM.
Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery will feature live music from Ahmad Ali & the Double A Blues Band from 1:30 to 5:30 PM on Saturday. Call 631-722-4222 for
more information. On Sunday, from 1:30 to 5:30 PM, enjoy the music of Bruce MacDonald. www. clovispointwines.com. SHINN ESTATE VINEYARDS Shinn Estate Vineyards hosts self–guided vineyard walks all weekend from 10:30 AM to 3 PM. Reservations are required. www. shinnestatevineyards.com. BAITING HOLLOW FARM VINEYARD Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard presents Craig Rose from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and Spectrum from 2 to 6 PM on Saturday. On Sunday, from 2 to 6 PM it’s the Denice Given Band. www. baitinghollowfarmvineyard.com.
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WÖLFFER ESTATE VINEYARD Yoga in the Vines will repeat every week from Wednesday to Sunday for an hour session of both morning and night yoga. Check the website for times and details. Stop by for Twilight Thursday every week from 5 to 8 PM in the Tasting Room. This week, Dan Lauter performs. Sunset Fridays & Saturdays at the Wine Stand commence this weekend with music from 5 PM till sunset. On Friday, it’s Lynn Blue. www.wolffer.com
PUGLIESE VINEYARDS Stop by on Saturday for live music by Charlie and Hannah from 2 to 6 PM. Steven Archdeacon will take the stage on Sunday from 1 to 5 PM. www.pugliesevineyards.com BEDELL CELLARS
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Join Bedell Cellars for Twilight Thursdays from 5 to 9 PM. This week, enjoy music by Dinny Keg and the Pizza Rita Food Truck. Join the winery on Monday from 5 to 9 PM for Moonlight Monday with music by Bugzy Blues and food by Nice Buns Food Truck. For more information, call 631-734-7537. www.bedellcellars.com
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Join Sannino Vineyard for a Vine to Wine tour on Sunday at noon. The tour will be given by the owner and winemaker, Anthony Sannino, and includes wine tastings, cheese plates, and special discounts. Tickets are available for purchase online. www.Sanninovineyard.com
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Paule Pachter, Minerva Perez, and April Gornik.
Caliente To Benefit Long Island Cares And OLA
By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
“Caliente” will have guests feeling hot, hot, hot at the benefit for Long
Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank and OLA of Eastern Long Island. The two foundations
have joined forces to host the affair being held on Saturday, July 8, from 7 to 10 PM, at the home of Maria
and Kenneth Fishel and family in Bridgehampton.
The fundraiser will feature a performance by Tito Puente, Jr. and his eight-piece band. Honorary chair is Academy and Tony award winner Mercedes Ruehl. (See interview elsewhere in this issue.) Richard Kind will emcee the event. Long Island Cares is the regional food bank for Long Island. It brings together all available resources for the area’s hungry and food insecure.
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The event will honor April Gornik, Minerva Perez, and Paule Pachter. Gornik is the famed artist and conservationist involved with many East End causes. Perez is executive director of OLA. Pachter is the CEO of Long Island Cares.
“Long Island Cares provides approximately seven million pounds of emergency food annually to 578 community-based hunger relief organizations including pantries and soup kitchens. We also provide
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Great Bonac Fireworks and Felix Grucci Sr. to have the fireworks benefit the camp, Boys and Girls Harbor in East Hampton. When it no longer was possible to continue those fireworks, the future of the show became in jeopardy. In 2009, to keep the tradition alive, The Clamshell Foundation assumed hosting and it became the Great Bonac Fireworks Show.”
people, programs, and projects on the East End. The foundation supports community endeavors by giving 100 percent of profits to programs like fish seeding and college scholarships.
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The annual firework event is organized by The Clamshell Foundation. Those who also wish to support the charity and its quintessential Hamptons summer events may donate directly at www. clamshellfoundation.org/donate. According to The Clamshell Foundation, “The annual fireworks display started in the early 1970s when George Plimpton, the late writer, actor, and founder of The Paris Review, began hosting fireworks parties at his homes in Sagaponack and Amagansett. Because of Mr. Plimpton’s love for Paris, the fireworks have always been scheduled for the first Saturday after Bastille Day [the French national holiday,
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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. ANNUAL AMERICAN PICNIC The Southampton Fresh Air Home will celebrate the Fourth of July with its 30th annual American Picnic with Fireworks By Grucci on Friday from 7 to 10 PM. The event will take place at 1030 Meadow Lane in Southampton. Highlights will include a picnic buffet with carts filled with popcorn, cotton candy, ice cream, and other all-American treats. There will be arts and crafts, and carnival booths with games and prizes on the grounds of an oceanfront estate. The dress is American picnic casual. The spectacular fireworks display over Shinnecock Bay – orchestrated to patriotic music – is one of the most-anticipated family Fourth of July events in Southampton. The rain date is Sunday, July 2. All proceeds will benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home’s 116th year of camp for physically challenged children. For more info and tickets visit www.sfah.org. POINT FOUNDATION Point Foundation will host its Hamptons event at the beachfront property of Richard Ziegelasch and Patrick Campion in East Hampton, supporting scholarships for LGBTQ students on Saturday
from 5 to 8 PM. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet other professionals interested in advancing education, leadership development, and mentorship for LGBTQ students. There will be light snacks, cocktails, and good conversation.
General event tickets are $100 and young professional tickets are $50. Visit www.pointfoundation. org/hamptons-2017. CARIBBEAN COCKTAIL PARTY Celebrate summer and the last chance to see the mixed-media exhibition “Maxine’s World,” a solo mixed-media show by artist Maxine Townsend-Broderick, at the Eastville Heritage House in Sag Harbor. A Caribbean cocktail party will be held on Monday from 5 to 7 PM. This benefit will feature signature Caribbean rum punch, wine, tasty island hors d’oeuvres, and pina colada ice cream. The cost is $30 per person, tickets are available online at www. eastvillehistorical.org. TWO COASTS: ONE OCEAN The third annual “Two Coasts: One Ocean” benefit for the Surfrider Foundation will be held in Montauk on Saturday, July 8, at 6 PM. Tickets start at $500. For more info visit www.surfrider.org/ two-coasts-one-ocean.
Work by artist Maxine Townsend-Broderick at the Eastville Heritage House.
CALIENTE “Caliente,” a benefit for Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank and OLA of Eastern Long Island, will be held on Saturday, July 8, from 7 to 10 PM, at the home of Maria and Kenneth Fishel and family in Bridgehampton.
The fundraiser will feature a performance by Tito Puente, Jr. and his eight-piece band. Honorary chair is Academy and Tony award winner Mercedes Ruehl. (See interview in this issue.) The event will honor April Gornik, Minerva Perez, and Paule Pachter. Visit www.licares.com/caliente for tickets or more info. HALSEY HOUSE GALA The Southampton Historical Museum presents the annual “Halsey House Gala” on Saturday, July 8, from 5:30 to 8 PM at Southampton’s oldest home, the Thomas Halsey Homestead.
Attendees at the “Sur La Plage” fundraiser will enjoy sunset cocktails amid a colonial landscape and herb garden. Inside the expansive tent, friends can enjoy the beachside atmosphere and toast to the summer ahead, while the hors d’oeuvres are locally-sourced from local farms and bays.
Dancing on the grass is encouraged. There will be music by DJ Twilo. For tickets visit www. southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org. A DAY OF PLAY The Ellen Hermanson Foundation presents “A Day Of Play 2017,” a 72
family tennis event at Hampton Racquet on Saturday, July 8, starting at 11 AM. The day of fun, family, and food includes an adult round robin, tennis clinics and match play for kids, a barbecue, outside games, a bouncy castle, obstacle course, face painting, trophies, prizes, and more.
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation ensures access to state-of-the-art breast healthcare and empowers people affected by cancer. To register visit www.ellenhermanson. org/events. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation presents the eighth annual “Unconditional Love Gala” on Saturday, July 8, starting at 6:30 PM. The event will be held on Gin Lane in Southampton. This year’s event will honor Jean Shafiroff and Sony Schotland. For tickets and more info visit www. southamptonanimalshelter.com. A JOURNEY INTO THE WILD The South Fork Natural History Museum presents its 28th annual summer gala, “A Journey Into The Wild,” on Saturday, July 8, from 6 to 10 PM. The event will honor Nejma and Peter Beard, Chris Fischer, and Alan Rabinowitz. Special guests hosts include Alex Guarnaschelli, Debra Halpert, and Kerry Heffernan. The event benefits SOFO’s educational and environmental programs and initiatives. For tickets visit www.sofo.org.
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SOFO'S 28th ANNUAL SUMMER GALA BENEFIT Benefiting SOFO Educational, Environmental Programs & Initiatives
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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017
AT THE SOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (SOFO) 377 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpk. • Bridgehampton, NY 11932-0455
HONORING NEJMA & PETER BEARD • CHRIS FISCHER • ALAN RABINOWITZ CHAIRS ANKE & JÜRGEN FRIEDRICH, SUSAN & DAVID ROCKEFELLER SPECIAL GUEST HOSTS ALEX GUARNASCHELLI, DEBRA HALPERT & KERRY HEFFERNAN
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East End Calendar by Elizabeth Vespe Each week we’ll highlight local community events and library offerings presented by area institutions and organizations. It’s on you to send ‘em in, kids. Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email news@ indyeastend.com.
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THURSDAY 6•29•17
• Join the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society for a Napeague harbor paddle. Attendees will enjoy a one-mile paddle along the scenic state parkland bordering the east side of Napeague Harbor to Goff Point for a BYO picnic from 6 to 8:30 PM. Contact Mike at 631-267-5228 for more information.
• Take a guided tour of the Springs studio/home of artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Finish the adventure with a hands-on action painting workshop that you get to take home. $40 per person includes all supplies. Located at 830 Springs Fireplace Rd, East Hampton. Reservations are recommended 631-329-2811. 10 to 11:30 AM. FRIDAY 6•30•17
• The East Hampton Farmers Market takes place from 9 AM to 1 PM on North Main Street.
• The 2017 Adult Summer Reading Program at East Hampton Library runs until Friday, September 8. Win great prizes, books, DVDs, gift certificates to local shops, and the grand prize, a Kindle Fire. See a reference librarian for details about signing up. SATURDAY 7•1•17
• Montauk Community Church hosts a rummage sale from 9 AM to noon. • Celebrate the holiday at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum on North Main Street. There are events for kids, a movie screening, and a talk about old postcards. 10:30 AM to 2 PM. Suggested donation $5 for kids’ activities, $10 for afternoon activities. SUNDAY 7•2•17
• Join the East Hampton Library for afternoon chess at 2 PM. Ages 10 and up are welcome. For more information, contact 631-324-0222 ext.2. MONDAY 7•3•17
• The Realm plays this week’s Concert
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• Happy Independence Day. See elsewhere in this edition for a full roundup of parades and fireworks shows.
Southampton WEDNESDAY 6•28•17 • Join the Rogers Memorial Library at 4 PM for patriotic crafts. Color a patriotic windsock just in time for the Fourth of July. Register online at myrml.org. THURSDAY 6•29•17
• The Quogue Library hosts story time and crafts at 11 AM. Register by calling the library at 631-653-4224 ext.101. • Join the Southampton Chamber of Commerce from 5 to 7 PM for networking night hosted by the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Enjoy appetizers and a cash bar. Visit the southamptonchamber.com for more information and registration.
• The Southampton Arts Center presents a marine program with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. At 4:30 PM, explore what lives in the waters of our bays. Participants will experience hands-on encounters with live scallops, sea stars, whelks, horseshoe crabs, and more. Reservations are recommended. For more information, call 631-283-0967 ext. 11 or visit www. southamptonartscenter.org • Stop by the Quogue Library for yoga with Amy Hess at 10:30 AM. Yoga strengthens muscles, builds stamina, and relieves stress. For more information, call the library at 631653-4224. • The Rogers Memorial Library will host Tai Chi at 10:15 AM. Advance registration and payment required. Register online or call 283-0774 ext. 523. FRIDAY 6•30•17
• Join the Peconic Land Trust at 4 PM for a guided wine walk at Bridge Gardens. Learn about the flora throughout the garden with a glass of Palmer Vineyards wine. Space is
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limited and reservations are required. Visit peconiclandtrust.org for more information or call 631-283-3195 ext. 19.
• The Hayground School Farmers Market will be open from 3 to 6:30 PM every Friday until September 1, at the Hayground School on 151 Mitchell Lane, in Bridgehampton. • The Southampton Arts Center presents “Speaking with Hands- a Photography Workshop” from 1 to 3 PM. The workshop will reinforce fundamental photo skills of exposure and lighting to create compelling photographs. For more information, go to www.southamptonartscenter.org.
• A five-hour DMV course will be given at Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton at 11:30 AM. The course provided pre-drivers with information that will help them drive safely. Please call the library to register. • The Westhampton Library offers a Fourth of July craft for kids five to eight years old at 10:30 AM. Register by contacting 631-288-3335 ext. 112.
• Learn about Degas’s famous Little Dancer and how it influenced modern art the Southampton Historical
• Elizabeth Morton National Wildlife Refuge presents Birds by the Bay. Learn about the birds that call this park their home. The program begins at noon and attendees can meet at the visitor center. To register, call 631-899-4293 or email Bryan_Maul@fws.gov. SUNDAY 7•2•17
• Join the Westhampton Library for Friday Flicks. No registration is required and snacks will be provided. Catch a movie with friends at 6 PM in the teen room of the library. For more information, contact 631-288-3335 ext. 128. SATURDAY 7•1•17
Museum Rogers Mansion on 17 Meeting House Lane in Southampton. The lecture begins at 5:30 PM. For more information, call 631-283-2494.
• Join the Southampton Arts Center for Jazz on the Steps at noon. The Jam Session presents an eclectic concert series with musicians from the local and global community. For more information visit www. southamptonartscenter.org MONDAY 7•3•17
• The Westhampton Free Library offers Monday morning yoga at 8:30 AM with Jennifer Squires. For more information, call 631-288-3335 or visit the library website at www. westhamptonlibrary.net.
• The Westhampton Library will host movies on the great lawn every Monday at 7 PM until August 28. Check with the library or visit westhamptonlibrary. net to see what movies will be showing. Popcorn included. WEDNESDAY 7•5•17
• It’s “Healthy & Sinful” summer cooking with Simply Creative Chef Rob at 6:30 PM at the Hampton Bays Public Library. Call 631-728-6241 for registration information.
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