Miss these parties at your own risk.
Not all Hamptons events are created equal and we've compiled a very opinionated list of the ones you'll need to mark on your calendar from July 12-26.
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Fighting Chance Summer Gala at Maidstone Club Tennis House, East Hampton
6:30-11pm
www.fightingchance.org
631-725-4646 |
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"Midsummer Party" to benefit the Parrish Art Museum,
Museum Grounds, Southampton
7pm-1am
www.parrishart.org
631-283-2118 x 33 |
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Rock the Harbor
The Giving Tree Foundation's benefit evening of live music and food,
The Duke Estate, Southampton, 6pm
www.rockthehamptons.org |
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Annual Cocktails at Sunset
presented by Vanity Fair benefit for ACRIA
At the home of Steven Klein, Sagaponack
8-11pm
www.acria.org
212-924-3934 |
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Great Chefs Dinner and Nick and Toni's 20th Anniversary
Nick and Toni's, East Hampton 6-10pm
www.greatchefsdinner.com
631-327-0573 |
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"VH1 Summer Soul in the Hamptons"
to benefit
Save the Music Foundation
HY TME Estate, Water Mill
7-11pm
rsvp@vh1.com
212-654-4612 |
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Hampton Designer Showhouse Gala
to benefit Southampton Hospital
59 Farm Court, Sagaponack
6pm
631-537-0455 |
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Bay Street Theatre's Summer Gala Benefit Bash
Long Wharf, Sag Harbor
6:30-10:30pm
www.baystreet.org
631-725-0818 |
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"Art for Life" benefit for Rush Philanthropic
Russell Simmons's home,
East Hampton
6-10:30pm
www.rushphilanthropic.org
212-254-6677 |
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Get Wild! Benefit for Wildlife Rescue Center
of the Hamptons
At the home of Liz Brown and Leslie Alexander
6-8pm
631-329-5480 |
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Bound for a Cure:
The Second Breath of the Hamptons for Cystic Fibrosis, Diamond Ranch,
Bridgehampton
4-8pm
212-986-8783 |
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Long House Reserve's Summer Gala Cocktails
and Silent Auction
Long House Reserve,
East Hampton
www.longhouse.org
631-329-3568 |
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Summer Benefit Concert and Dinner
Itzhak Perlman Music Program
Shelter Island
www.perlmanmusicprogram.org
631-749-0740 |
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"Chefs & Champagne"
to benefit the James Beard Foundation
Wölffer Estate, Sagaponack
5-8pm
www.jamesbeard.org
212-627-2308 |
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15th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit at the Watermill Art Center
6-11pm
www.watermillcenter.org
212-253-7484 |
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Super Saturday 11 to Benefit Ovarian Cancer Research at Nova's Ark Project
Water Mill
12-6pm
www.ocrf.org
212-268-1002 |
SPOTLIGHT on Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge 2008
JetOneJet's Field in Bridgehampton is the site of the annual 6-week polo season that plays out on consecutive Saturdays beginning June 19. From 4-6pm, some of the sport's most impressive athletes will compete in front of a VIP tent hosted by Ralph Lauren, as well as a tent hosted by such rotating sponsors as Coca-Cola, Catherine Zadeh, Fiji Water, T-Mobile, Pernod Ricard, Grueneyes, Tag Heuer, Hpnotiq and Zino Platinum Cigars.
849 Hayground Road, Bridgehampton; www.bhpolo.com |