OLA’s Celebration
Pachanga, OLA of Eastern Long Island’s annual celebration, will return to Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater on Saturday evening at 6:30. With the theme of “One Community/Una Comunidad,” this year’s event invites community members to come together to celebrate Latin culture through music, dance, and revelry.
The evening will begin with a reception, to be followed by live music by La Herencia and dancing. The band is known, says OLA, for its electrifying performances and “Golden Age of Salsa” sound.
“It means so much to bring Pachanga back to Bay Street Theater, a place where our community has always been welcomed and celebrated,” said Minerva Perez, OLA’s executive director. OLA’s community awards will be presented.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. There will be a cash bar.
Opera Days
The Bridgehampton Museum is hosting programs in conjunction with Rites of Spring’s Opera Days in the Hamptons at its Nathaniel Rogers House Friday and Saturday, both at 4 p.m.
Friday's’s program, “Songs of Love and Suffering,” features Michaela Larsen, a mezzo-soprano; Noah Fotis-Larsen, a horn player, and Sebastián Molina, a guitarist. To highlight the French mélodie tradition, the program will open with French art songs for vocalist and guitar by Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy.
It will continue with Ladino songs of love and suffering, a song cycle composed by Bruce Adolphe for vocalist, guitar, and French horn. Ladino is the centuries-old vocal and instrumental musical tradition of Sephardic Jews, blending medieval Iberian roots with Mediterranean, Ottoman, and North African influences.
“Britten Folk Songs,” set for Saturday afternoon, will highlight European art songs and folk traditions, including works by André Caplet, Maurice Ravel, and Benjamin Britten. Caplet will be represented by two sonnets, Ravel by five popular Greek folk mélodies, and Britten by eight folk song arrangements for soprano and harp. The performers are Ashley Galvani Bell, a soprano, Yiran Xing, a tenor, and Ruth Bennett, a harpist.
Tickets for each program are $49, $40 for members of the museum.
Madoo in Manhattan
The 12th annual Madoo in Manhattan garden lecture series will feature Stephanie Mahon, the editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine, on Monday at 6 p.m. at the University Club, 1 West 54 Street.
She will speak about “The New Beautiful: Inspiring Gardens for a Resilient Future,” her new book. From small city courtyards to new public parks, the book highlights the new generation of garden designers who are creating innovative spaces that change the way we think about gardens and gardening for the future.
Before joining Gardens Illustrated, Mahon was the editor of the English Garden magazine and the Garden Design Journal.
Tickets start at $175, $125 for those under 35. The dress code calls for business attire, no jeans or athletic wear.
Piano Recital
Up next in the Liliane Questel Recital Series at the Southampton Cultural Center will be Kiron Atom Tellian, an Austrian pianist and composer, on Saturday at 6 p.m.
In 2024, Tellian won the Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, a prestigious career-launching platform for young musicians. His impressive collection of awards also includes the Haydn Prize at the 17th Ettlingen International Piano Competition, three first prizes at the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition in New York City, and the grand prize at the Nashville International Chopin Competition.
Tickets are $25.
From Center Stage
“Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” an epistolary play by Ken Ludwig that had its Long Island premiere in February at the Southampton Arts Center, will return there for two performances on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Directed by Center Stage’s Michael Disher and starring Barbara Jo Howard and Jack Seabury, the story of the long-distance courtship between the author’s father and mother is told by the two actors, reading their letters to each other. Tickets are $25, $20 for members.
Following the matinees, at 4:30 p.m., auditions will take place for Disher’s next production at the arts center, Joe Landry’s “The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play.” Auditions begin promptly; late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of the director. There will be readings from the text, with sides provided. Auditioners should also be prepared to sing a verse from the 1920s songs “What’ll I Do?” and “Ain’t We Got Fun.”
Performances will be held on one weekend only, Oct. 23 through Oct. 25. Rehearsals will occur in September and October, with some possibly taking place in the spring. There will be a minimal number of rehearsals; memorization/familiarization is required. Non-union only, no pay.
More information is available from [email protected].
Jazz at the Temple
Jazz Night, presented with Hamptons JazzFest, returns to Sag Harbor’s Masonic Temple with a program of Latin jazz Friday at 7 p.m. The musicians are Oscar Feldman, alto saxophone; Michael Cruse, trumpet; Gary Fisher, piano; Essiet Okon Essiet, bass; Carly Maldonado, percussion, and Claes Brondal, the M.C., on drums.
Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6:30.
Maximalist Gardens
The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will host Teresa Woodard, the author of “Garden to the Max: Joyful, Visionary, Maximalist Design,” on Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Bridgehampton Community House.
Woodard, who has a background in gardening and magazine writing, will showcase 20 “maximalist” gardens, with images by the photographer Bob Stefko, and explain how those creative gardeners curate plant collections, defy rules, build drama, or maximize spaces of all sizes to support nature.
Tickets are $10, free for members.
LTV in Manhattan
A benefit for LTV Studios’ “Summer Songbook by the Sea” series, which will launch its new season on June 28, will be held at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street in Manhattan, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The event will feature performances by Eric Yves Garcia, Maria Abous, KT Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Stephanie Pope, Pamela Morgan, Barbara Fasano, and Eric Comstock.
Tickets are $100 plus a two-drink minimum. The doors will open at 6:30; the show will happen at 7. The event will be livestreamed by Fursh Media for $25; a link can be found on LTV’s website.
Day Tripping
The Day Trippers, a Beatles tribute band, will perform a free concert at the East Hampton Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. The band will start with the Fab Four’s early recordings and play songs in chronological order, finishing the show with material from later albums.
In addition to performing, band members will provide tidbits about what makes each song special and talk about how the Beatles’ music changed over the years.
Choral Auditions
The Choral Society of the Hamptons will hold auditions on Monday at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church for those interested in joining the group before the society’s next concert on June 28. Rehearsals will begin May 11.
Interested singers can call the Choral Society at 631-204-9402 or email [email protected] for an appointment.
