Eaton and M.L.K.
On March 7, 2020, the Bay Street Theater hosted Inda Eaton and a roster of musical guests whose concert, “Shelter in Place,” followed the release of Ms. Eaton’s Americana Roots Rock album of the same name. It was the last live music performance before the pandemic shut venues down.
The full concert, which also featured B. Rehm-Gerdes, Mike Guglielmo, Jeff Marshal, Jeffrey Smith, Mamalee Lawler and Rose Kerin, and Nancy Atlas, was filmed by Authentic Productions. Consisting of concert footage, behind-the-scenes videos, and footage from the making of the album, the film is now available for viewing on Bay Street’s website through April 30.
In partnership with the Southampton African American Museum, Bay Street will present a virtual screening of “Martin Luther King Jr.: A Personal Portrait” next Thursday at 8 p.m. Following the film, George Silano, an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer who shot the film, will join Brenda Simmons, the founder and director of the museum, for a discussion.
Directed by Arnold Michaelis, the film was shot in December 1965 at King’s Atlanta home, shortly after he won the Nobel Peace Prize and the Civil Rights Act was passed. Dr. King speaks openly about his position within the movement, the Vietnam War, and the notion of sacrificing one’s life in the fight for a higher cause. A link to the film is on the theater’s website.
PechaKucha Live
For the first time in more than a year, PechaKucha Hamptons, the Parrish Art Museum’s popular program of illustrated rapid-fire talks by creative East Enders, will be presented in person to a limited audience at the Water Mill museum, tomorrow at 6 p.m. The program will also be streamed live.
The 32nd iteration of the series will feature Nishan Kazazian, an architect and artist; Hugh Patrick Brown and Jaime Lopez, photographers, and Lauren Ruiz and Mark Van Wagner, artists. The speakers will show 20 images for 20 seconds each, in presentations lasting 6 minutes, 40 seconds.
In-person tickets are $15, $5 for members; livestreaming is free. Registration on the museum’s website is required.
In Process @ WMC
The Watermill Center’s two March artists-in-residence will share their work with the public virtually on Saturday at 3 p.m. as part of the center’s In Process series.
Yusha-Marie Sorzano, a dancer and choreographer originally from Trinidad and Tobago, is working onsite at the center. Ms. Sorzano has created works for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, New Century Dance Project, and the Ailey School, and was part of the creative team for NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
A researcher and poet, Zoe Hitzig is working virtually from her home studio, but with online access to the center’s library, collection, and staff. She is the author of “Mezzanine” (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Paris Review, The New Yorker, and The London Review of Books, and she has written prose for Bomb magazine, Wired, and the New York Review of Books, among others.
A registration link is on the center’s website.
