Dans Papers - June 1, 2007 - Take Five 2007 with Jan Silver

There's a lot of good music and theater on the South Fork this weekend plus the big Planned Parenthood benefit and the Decorators-Designers-Dealers sale in Southampton. Singer/songwriter Caroline Doctorow performs at Southampton's Rogers Memorial Library tonight, and award-winning jazz saxophonist Boney James also plays tonight at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. The Parrish Art Museum opens its first summer exhibit on Saturday.

Bay Street Theatre's touching, bittersweet comedy Things Being What They Are is onstage only through Sunday, and Hampton Theatre Company just opened its production of Jean Anouilh's romantic fable Leocadia in Quogue. The Peconic Youth Orchestra plays at the Southampton Cultural Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and there's a dual piano concert in Southampton on Sunday afternoon. Poet Grace Schulman and novelists Alan Furst and Jill Davis will be at local bookshops reading from their new works. For specifics, read on.

THEATER
Bay Street Theatre's opening Mainstage production is Wendy MacLeod's comedy Things Being What They Are. Starring Broadway veterans Brian D'Arcy James and Tom McGowan, performances are Friday through Sunday with a Sat. matinee. Tickets are $50-65; call the box office at (631) 725-9500 or www.baystreet.org.

Hampton Theatre Company is producing Jean Anouilh's romantic comedy Leocadia, which opened 50 years ago on Broadway with Richard Burton and Helen Hayes. Showtimes are Thursday to Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. through June 17. Tickets are $20 adults, $18 seniors and $10 for students up to age 21; call the Quogue Community Theater at (631) 653-8955 or order online at www.hamptontheatre.org.

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport continues its unusual ice skating musical starring former Olympic champion Oksana Baiul. The Frank D'Agostino show is called Cold As Ice and runs through June 17. Tickets ($39-43) are sold at the box office or online at www.gatewayplayhouse.com

MUSIC
Jazz saxophonist Boney James, known for his urban sound combining funk and lyrical sensuality, will be at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45-75, and available at the box office (631-288-1500) or online at www.whbpac.org.

Singer/songwriter Caroline Doctorow performs her own work plus songs from 1960s "folkies" Dylan, Paxton, Donovan and others at 7 p.m. tonight in the Morris Meeting Room at Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton. There are few seats left (no admission charge, but donations are requested), so please call (631) 283-0774 ext. 523 for reservations. On Sunday at the same location, duo pianists Katherine Addleman and Alvin Novak will play the music of Stravinsky and Mendelssohn with narration by Sylvia Short at 3 p.m. No admission charge, but please call the Library at (631) 283-0774 ext. 523 for reservations.

Recommended performers at local clubs and restaurants: Amagansett - at the Stephen Talkhouse (631-267-3117) on Fri. (classic rock with Pat McGee Band then Hot Lava), Sat. (Dave Wakeling & The English Beat then reggae/funk/zydeco/ska with Mystic Bowie), Sun. (comedy rock with Los Straitjackets & Big Sandy joined by The Iguanas). Jazz club Estia Cantina, Amagansett (631-267-6320) - jazz/stride pianist Anthony Wonsey on Fri. (7 & 9) and Sat. (8 & 10), salsa with Bill Smith and Mambo Loco next Thurs. East Hampton - Coco Restaurant (Maidstone Arms) pop and jazz standards with Jane Hastay and Peter Martin Weiss (Fri.) and country/pop/blues with Jim Turner (Sat.); Prime 103 has Annie Morgan Band on Fri.; Turtle Crossing has Mama Lee & Friends on Fri.; Fiddler's Cove has Jim Turner on Sun. Sagaponack - Twilight Thursdays (5-7:30 p.m.) at Wolffer Estate Vineyard with live music. Bridgehampton - jazz & pop standards Sun. afternoon at World Pie with Stefanie Cardinali Group, Dennis Raffelock on Sun. and Jody Carlson next Tues. at Pierre's Restaurant. Southampton - Latin rhythms with Ludmilla on Thurs. at Le Chef, reggae Thurs. at Wildthyme. Hampton Bays - live music Fri. at Buckley's Inn Between. Westhampton Beach - acoustic musicians Fri.& Sat. in Annona's lounge, acoustic guitarist Steve Fredericks (Fri.) and Mambo Loco Cuban jazz band (Sun.) at The Patio; East Quogue - Paul Mahos Band on Fri. & Sun., Annie Morgan Band on Wed.

FILM
Sag Harbor's John Jermain Library shows the musical Dreamgirls tonight at 6:30 p.m. (no charge) starring Beyonce, Jamie Fox, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson. Arrive at 6:15 p.m. to get good seats.

BOOKS and SPEAKERS
(no admission charge unless noted) Bestselling espionage author Alan Furst will read from his new novel, The Foreign Correspondent, on Saturday, 7 p.m., at BookHampton in Sag Harbor. Another best-selling author, Jill A. Davis (Girls' Poker Night), will read from her new novel Ask Again Later at BookHampton, East Hampton, on Saturday at 8 p.m. Poet Grace Schulman will read from her new collection The Broken String at Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, on Saturday at 6 p.m.

The Parrish Art Museum's chief curator, Alicia Longwell, will speak at 6 p.m. on Saturday about the new exhibition "Studio As Muse." It features the work of architects Herzog & deMeuron, the painter Fairfield Porter and the miniaturist Joe Fig. There is a free docent-conducted tour of the show for seniors on Monday at 1 p.m.

BENEFITS
A big cocktail party and 1960s-themed auction for Planned Parenthood of Hudson/Peconic is Saturday, 6-8 p.m. on the grounds of Lisa & Richard Perry's home in Sag Harbor. Vintage fashion from Emilio Pucci, Geoffrey Beene, Marimekko, Courreges and Trigere, photos by Bert Stern and Bert Glinn plus art from Steuben, Robert Wilson and Roy Lichtenstein will be offered. Tickets start at $250; call (631) 240-1134.

The "Decorators-Designers-Dealers" sale of furniture, accessories and wine, to benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home for physically-challenged children, starts Saturday at 5 p.m. with cocktails and an auction at 6:45 p.m. Tickets start at $150; call (631) 283-5847 or (917) 539-9709 or go online to www.ddd2007.com.