Dan's Papers - July 11, 2008 - Take Five 2007 with Jan Silver

This week's schedule is jam-packed. Art and artists are part of life here, so the week starts with ArtHamptons in Bridgehampton (July 10-13), an international fine arts fair with artists' talks, a little music and special events for local cultural organizations. Music Festival of the Hamptons opens its 13th season Friday, and the Artists Alliance of East Hampton has its 23rd studio tour July 10-12. The Stony Brook Southampton's 2008 Writers Conferences just began and a concert version of Norman Juster and Sheldon Harnick's The Phantom Tollbooth is onstage Saturday evening. Bay Street Theatre debuts its second mainstage production this weekend, Christopher Durang's classic 1980s comedy Beyond Therapy, and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center brings in the premier Beatles cover band Fab Faux on Saturday followed by The Zombies on Sunday.

Top-draw comedians are also here this week: Judy Gold in East Hampton on Saturday and Greg Proops in Sag Harbor on Monday. The Choral Society of the Hamptons has its summer concert on Sunday in Bridgehampton and Stony Brook Southampton's "Sustainable Treasures" music programs have Pianofest artists joining Stony Brook classical vocalists on July 10, followed by jazz with tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm and friends next Thursday. The Perlman Music Program's informal concerts continue on Shelter Island this Friday through Sunday (no admission charge; call 631-749-1049 for the schedule), and Pianofest's weekly recital is Monday, July 14, at 5 p.m. (Avram Theater, Stony Brook Southampton campus, $12 adults, no charge for students). The new and winning Hampton Whalers collegiate baseball team welcomes everyone to a doubleheader Sunday, 2 p.m., at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park (free) and the Cole Bros. circus will be at the Shinnecock Nation's Powwow grounds in Southampton on Monday and Tuesday (1-888-332-5200).

The scene is very insane this weekend: American Heart Association (July 10, 6 p.m., preview honors Will Barnet at ArtHampton Bridgehampton Historical Society, $125, 631-283-5505); Pollock-Krasner House (July 11, noon to 6 p.m, bid on Lee Krasner print at ArtHampton); Artists-Writers Softball Game ("Batters Box Benefit," July 11, 6 p.m., at ArtHampton, $25); WLIU-FM, NPR station (live broadcast July 12, noon to 3 p.m., "Is Art the New Real Estate?" panel discussion at ArtHampton); Southampton Hospital Emergency Dept. (July 12, 6 -9 p.m., at ArtHampton, $100, bid on Andy Warhol litho); Bridgehampton Historical Society (July 13, noon to 6 p.m. at ArtHampton, auction of Wolf Kahn pastel); Children's Museum of the East End (CMEE) dinner dance (July 11, 6:30 p.m., $450, 631-537-8250); Hamptons Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Church, Southampton (Thurs. thru Sun., good food/music/games/rides, 631-283-6169); Sag Harbor Whaling Museum's Luau (Fri., 6:30 p.m., $100, 631-725-0770); East Hampton Historical Society's antiques show, Mulford Farm (preview Fri. $150 with "Barefoot Contessa" Ina Garten, open thru Sun., 631-324-6850); "Hamptons Tea Dance" for Empire State Pride Agenda with DJ Lady Bunny (July 12, 4 to 8 p.m., Diamond Ranch, Water Mill ($100-250, 212-627-0305 or prideagenda.org); Box Art Auction for East End Hospice (July 12, 4:30 p.m., Ross School lower campus, Bridgehampton, $60, 631-288-7080); Parrish Art Museum's "Midsummer Party" (7 p.m., Southampton, $175 for after-party, $1,000 for cocktails/dinner/after-party, 631-283-2118 or parrishart.org); "Rock the Hamptons" for Fundacion Amistad and Giving Tree Foundation (July 12, 6 p.m., family party, food/fireworks/music/dancing, $100, East Hampton, RockTheHamptons.org); Family Counseling Service's "Summer Garden Gala" dinner dance (July 12, 7 p.m., Westhampton Beach, $200, 631-288-1954 or familycounselingsvc.org); "Great Chefs Dinner" for Jeff Salaway Scholarship Fund at the Hayground School (July 13 with Eric Ripert, Alfred Portale, Jonathan Waxman, Claudia Fleming, Tom Colicchio, Laurent Tourondel at Nick & Toni's Restaurant, East Hampton, $350, 631-537-7068 or greatchefsdinner.com).

Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre opens Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy this weekend. The show stars Kate Burton, Katie Finneran, Darrell Hammond and three more Broadway artists. It runs Tuesday to Sunday through July 27 ($50-65). On Monday, Los Angeles-based actor/comic Greg Proops is the Bay Street Comedy Club performer at 8 p.m. ($50). Purchase tickets at the box office (631-725-9500) or online at baystreet.org.

The Southampton Writers Conferences (children's and adult literature and screenwriting) at Stony Brook Southampton just opened (stonybrook.edu/writers). Theater events are open to the public. This Saturday, 7 p.m., composer/lyricist Sheldon Harnick's musical The Phantom Tollbooth, based on Norton Juster's bestselling children's book, gets a concert staging; call (631) 632-5032 for tickets.

Acclaimed theatrical and television comedienne Judy Gold is booked for Guild Hall at Jewish Center of the Hamptons audiences on Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 for Guild Hall and JCOH members, $40 for guests (631-324-4050 or guildhall.org).

The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival and Spitfire Theatre Company combine their talents on "Food of Love," a selection of Shakespeare's comedic scenes, writings and sonnets performed outdoors in Amagansett Square, Sunday, 6 p.m., rain or shine ($15 suggested donation for adults, $5 for children; bring seating and a picnic supper).

Music Festival of the Hamptons opens its 13th season Friday with a gala concert and dinner honoring the late Roy Scheider. Michael Guttman conducts the Brussels Chamber Orchestra playing Mozart, Petering and Barber, and accompanying guest pianist Sandro Russo for a Haydn concerto. Opening benefit tickets for cocktails, dinner and performance ($600), cocktails and concert ($175) or concert only ($75) are sold online at musicfestivalofthehamptons.com or call 1-800-644-4418. The venue is the Festival tent on Snake Hollow Rd., Bridgehampton, and there are 18 more programs before the Festival closes July 27.

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center has the best Beatles tribute band, Fab Faux, onstage for two shows Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ($45-85). The successful 1960s "British invasion" group The Zombies perform Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ($55-75). Call the PAC box office (631-288-1500) or go online to whbpac.org for tickets.

Choral Society of the Hamptons has its summer concert Sunday, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church. Gilbert Kaplan and Mark Magini alternate leading the chorus and soloists in songs by Mahler, Bach and Brahms. For reservations, call (631) 204-9402 or online choralhamptons.org.

Stony Brook Southampton's "Sustainable Treasures" concerts continue next Thursday with jazz tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm and friends. Call (631) 632-8000 for tickets ($15-40) or online at stonybrook.edu/treasures.

Recommended music at local clubs and restaurants: Montauk-live band Sat. at Surf Lodge; music Sun. at Gosman's Dock, comedy Wed. at Gurney's Inn; Amagansett-live music weekends at Surf Shack, at the Stephen Talkhouse on Fri., British singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock then 70s disco rock band Booga Sugar; on Sat., alt. country Rhett Miller then Booga Sugar; on Sun., New Zealand singer/songwriter Jackie Bristow; East Hampton - Mambo Loco on Sat. at Fiddler's Cove, Mamalee Rose & friends at Turtle Crossing on Thurs.; Sagaponack - wine & jazz with Alfredo Merat on Thurs. at Wolffer Estate; Bridgehampton - light jazz with Dennis Raffelock on Sun. & and Jody Carlson on Tues. at Pierre's, singer Monica Hughes at One Ocean on Thurs.; Sag Harbor - live music Thurs. at Bay Burger; Water Mill - singer/guitarist Steve Fredericks on Thurs. at Muse; Southampton - Jim Turner at OSO/Southampton Inn on Fri., live music weekends at 75 Main and Regulars Music Café, Sunnyland Jazz Band at Le Chef on Thurs., Hampton Bays - live music Fri. at Buckley's; Westhampton Beach - live music Fri. at Annona, live music Thurs. to Sat. at The Patio, live music weekends at Westhampton Steakhouse (Swingset Quartet on Thurs.), live music weekends at Artful Dodger, live music Thurs. to Sun. at Starr Boggs; East Quogue - at Dockers Waterside on Fri., Dave Tyler, and Sun., Paul Mahos; Riverhead - live music weekends at Tweed's and Eastenders Coffee House.

Dan's Papers founder Dan Rattiner reads from his popular memoir In the Hamptons outdoors Saturday at Camp Hero, Montauk (11.a.m.), and at BookHampton, Amagansett (5 p.m.). Sherri Rifkin reads from her new novel LoveHampton at BookHampton, Sag Harbor, on Sat. at 7 p.m.

Former New York Times' staff writer/editor and well-known author Martha Weinman Lear talks about normal middle-age memory loss and Where Did I Leave My Glasses? on Sat., 6 p.m., at Canio's Books, Sag Harbor. The Poetry Marathon at Amagansett's Marine Museum resumes Sun., 4 p.m., with Philip Appleman and Fran Castan reading. Roger Rosenblatt reads from his new comic novel Beet at the Quogue Library, Sun., 5 p.m. ($20).

Guild Hall's next "Gem from the Janus Collection" classic is Francois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (France, 1960) on Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., East Hampton ($3 GH members, $5 nonmembers). The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center screens Tarsem Singh's fantasy The Fall (USA, 2006) next Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. ($3-10).