South 'O the Highway... (and the North too)

On Saturday, June 9, the Parrish Art Museum will host a cocktail reception at the wildflower meadow of Parrish Life Trustee Jan Cowles in Southampton. The reception will be held in honor of the Museum's Landscape Pleasures symposium, which includes talks by Wendy Chamberlain, Leslie Ross Close, Ken Druse, Erica Lennard and Joel Meyerowitz on Saturday and garden tours on Sunday.

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New York Knicks stars Allan Houston, John Starks and Assistant Coach Herb Williams will be conducting a three-day basketball clinic at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton for boys and girls ages 8 to 17 from August 27-29. For more information, visit www.nyknicks.com or www.basketballcity.com.

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From May 30 until June 23, New York City's Studio Dante will present the world premiere of From Riverdale to Riverhead, written by Anastasia Traina, Directed by Nick Sandow and starring Catherine Curtin, Ken Forman, Bess Rous, Annabella Sciorra and Angelica Torn.

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Hamptons cabaret performer Chris Barrett will take part in a tribute to pop music composer Arthur Siegel at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium on June 14. Siegel wrote many pop hits such as "Love Is A Simple Thing" for the Broadway revue New Faces and composed the music for Tallulah.

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Mercedes Ruehl, David Geiser, Toni Ross, Nanao Anton, Barry Sonnenfeld, Neil Kraft, Liz Bertsch, Bruce Wolosoff, Perry Burns, Phillipe Cheng, Neil Kraft & Scott O'Neil, Lukas Weinstein and faculty Marybeth Pacilio, Erin McCarthy, Arjun Achutan, Sarah Sander, Elizabeth Bertsch, Alice Hope, Julie Fanelli, Mbachi Kumwenda and Jon Snow were among the crowd that packed the house for world music artist Tiye Giraud's 10th anniversary concert with the students in The Hayground School Creative Orchestra.

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On June 15 at 6 p.m., Wainscott resident Nancy Nelson Lanchner, author of Evenings with Cary Grant, will give a talk titled "The Carey Grant Few People Knew" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Montauk actor Richard Schiff joined fellow acting students and playwrights in the salute to legendary teacher/ director Wynn Handman and The American Place Theatre this past week. Taking part in a hilarious mock sanity hearing were Joel Grey, Phyllis Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jane Alexander, Marian Seldes, Norman Lear, Michael Douglas, Doris Roberts, David Kener, Jennifer Barnette,Comedy Central's Aasif Mandvi, Barbara Cook, Lemon Andersen, Eric Bogosian, Chris Cooper, Marianne Leone and Dael Olandersmith as the frustrated judge. The event raised funds for the theatre's Literature to Life Program.

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Southampton's Mel Brooks is considering his own one-man show on Broadway in addition to bringing his cult classic, Young Frankenstein, to the stage next season.

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Bridgehampton's Jennifer Ruby Morris has been nominated for a Theatre World Award for her role in The Civilians, Gone Missing opening Off Broadway in New York at the Barrow Street Playhouse.

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60 Minutes creator and Hamptonite Don Hewitt is ready to produce a television special featuring the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.

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Hamptons artist Shelia Isham will show a body of work at the Ferregut Tower Gallery at Nellos on North Main Street in Southampton from May 24-June 25. The opening reception is planned for June 9, from 6-8 p.m.

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Pacific East Owner Michael Castino, Michael Wudyka, Walter Struble, Paula Sarlo, Lauren Barris and Jennifer Castillo all turned up for the Pacific East 10th Anniversary Party on May 28.

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David Bowie will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at the 11th Annual Webby Awards, honoring excellence on the Internet. Hamptons caterers Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs will keep the crowd satiated at the ceremony on June 4th at New World Stages.

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Grey Gardens will make its London debut next season with leading lady Christine Ebersole recreating her performance as both of East Hampton's most famous recluses, Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edie Beale. Kelly Gonda, the main producer, and her husband, Lou, chaired this week's tribute to their dear friend, Wynn Handman and The American Place Theatre.

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On June 11, Hamptonite Cornelia Guest will walk the catwalk with adoptable pups from the Humane Society of New York at Animal Fair's Paws For Style gala. Hamptons designer Jackie Rogers, Dolce & Gabbana, Carolina Hererra and Eddie Bauer will be just a few major designers to dress both the models and their canine companions at Area.

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Tony Award nominee and frequent Hamptons guest Liev Schreiber recently dined at the Friars Club with Irving Welzer and Herb Blodgett, co-producers of his Broadway show Talk Radio.

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On Saturday, May 26, the Natural Wonders Photography exhibit at the Tulla Booth Gallery opened with a reception for the artists, Daniel Jones and Jake Rajs. The show will run through June 28.

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On June 23, Bridgehampton's Lorraine Bracco will host this year's annual Artists Against Abuse gala, in support of domestic violence services of the Retreat. The event will include cocktails and a silent auction, to be held at Hampton Hall in Southampton. For more information, please contact Vanessa Petruccelli at (631) 329-4398 or Vanessa@theretreatinc.org.

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The East End Arts Council and the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center announce the nominees of the Fifth Annual Teeny Awards, a ceremony celebrating local High School student actors. A formal awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday June 3 to be held at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. With support from the East End business community, award winners will receive trophies and scholarships. And the nominees are...... Nick Casaula, Dhruva Corrigan, Matt Martin, Andrew Rudansky, Samantha Ficken, Olivia Kaminsky, Maire Vigliotta, Sean Fortune, Rudolph Mikkleson, Michael Pintauro, Alyssa Daniels, Amanda Pearo, Alice Shanklin, Rory Crouse, Jonathan Yantz, McGann, Alana Campbell, Alana Perino, Marysa Sheren, Kyle Alestra, Raphael Odell Shapiro, Christian Scheider,Victoria Capatosto, Victoria D'Ambrosia, Larissa Gaias, Kirby Garrison, Matthew Martin, Tommy Pandolfo, Matt Troiano, Alice Falcone, Meagan Jordan, Caroline Rose, Taylor Sorice, Bruce King, Jr., Colin Palmer, Nicholas Vecchio, Elliot Zabel, Allison Gran, Rafaela Gurtler, Sara Mundy, Maire Vigliotta, Ryan Verneuille, Amy Woschnud, Alana Campbell, Tina DiFonzo, Emily Hudson, Carl Weiskott, Tara McKenna, Victoria Adducci, Joe Lauren, Erin Belfield, Frank Milza, David Ashby, Nicole Keane, Jessie Siobahn Lamprecht, Chelsea Creta, Thomas Barrett, Joanna Tschurtschenthaler, Lorie Schneider, Thomas Trunzo, Shelby Hearn, Naqueeta Briggs, Caroline Buser, Nicholas Kaasik, Chelsy Mitchell, Jared Nilsson, Jaime Samot, Melissa Vazquez, Rebekah Wise, Christopher Cunha, Kristen Grattan and Elizabeth Castellano. The Innovations in Theatre Education Award will go to Eastport South Manor High School.

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On May 30th at the Southampton High School, the East End Special Players will present two performances of their ambitious, self-exploratory play, You are a Petunia in My Garden. The performances offer the high school students a rare window into the often overlooked world of the learning and mentally challenged.

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