Dance at Guild Hall
Roderick George and kNoname Artist, artists in residence at Guild Hall, will stage an in-process presentation of "The Missing Fruit (Part 1)" on Saturday at 7 p.m., in advance of its premiere at New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival.
First conceptualized during the most recent Black Lives Matter protests, "The Missing Fruit" examines the experiences of Black and Indigenous people and people of color, addressing their struggles to fight oppression, death, financial insecurity, and health vulnerabilities.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation between Mr. George, a choreographer and founder of the dance company kNoname Artist, and Bill T. Jones, the director, co-founder, and choreographer of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and artistic director of New York Live Arts.
Tickets are $25, $22.50 for members.
Tea Ceremony
A Japanese tea ceremony and workshop will take place at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton on Sunday afternoon at 2. Ayako Souryo Takamoto, the great-granddaughter of the 14th Grand Tea Master, and Yoko Sanada, a Friend of LongHouse, will present an authentic Urasenke Chado (tea ceremony), followed by a matcha-making workshop.
Since the 12th century, matcha has been offered to the Buddhist monks, aristocracy, and Samurai lords in Japan. The Grand Tea Master, Sen Rikyu, established the foundation for Chado with Zen-inspired wabi-sabi in the 16th century.
Tickets are $50, $40 for members.
Film Double Play
A cinematic weekend at the Southampton Arts Center will begin Friday at 5:30 p.m. with the 23rd annual Surf Movie Night, a benefit for clean water and healthy beaches. The event will begin with a surf swap; attendees can bring used surfboards or paddleboards to sell. Live music will start at 7, and surf movies will begin at dusk on the arts center's lawn. Local vendors will be on hand.
Tickets are $20, $10 for ages 2 to 12, $35 with a T-shirt.
Mountainfilm on Tour will return to the arts center on Saturday at 6 p.m. Held annually in Telluride, Colo., Mountainfilm is one of North America's longest-running documentary film festivals. Hosted by Elyn Kronemeyer, this year's touring program includes nine adventure-packed films whose themes aim to inspire audiences to work to create a better world.
Tickets are $10, free for members.
Classical Recital
A classical music recital by Carol Smith, a soprano, and Jonathan Howe, a pianist, will happen on Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Southampton Cultural Center. The program will feature Mozart's lieder, as well as the "Queen of the Night" aria from his "The Magic Flute"; works by the composers Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, and Bortkiewicz, and by John Carpenter, an American composer.
The program will also highlight how those composers' eras related to the early history of Freetown, an East Hampton community founded for formerly enslaved Indigenous people and Black Americans.
A native of Freetown, Ms. Smith has a B.A. in integrative biology and a Ph.D. in bioenvironmental science. She minored in music at the university level and trained privately with two coloraturas. Mr. Howe, who teaches music in the East Hampton School District, earned a B.A. in music from Princeton and an M.A. in music education from Queens College.
Tickets are $15.
Guitar Virtuoso
Robert Secrist, a guitarist praised by The New York Times for his "natural grace" and "extraordinarily poetic" musicianship, will perform in the Sag Harbor Masonic Club's music series on Saturday at 7 p.m.
With almost five decades on the stage to his credit, Mr. Secrist has a repertoire that spans 500 years, from Dowland and Bach to the Great American Songbook and his own arrangements.
Tickets are $20.
