Jazz and Bluegrass
The music series at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will feature the Minnie Jordan Sextet performing a new suite of original compositions next Thursday at 6 p.m. Jordan is a Berklee-trained violinist and composer whose work spans jazz and American roots music. She has performed at Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, N.Y.
Rounding out the sextet are Carrie Frey, viola, Raffi Boden, cello, Evan Main, keyboards, Charlie Lincoln, bass, and Eliza Salem, drums. The rain date is Aug. 30, same time.
A 'Funky Modernist'
"Funky Modernist: Andrew Geller" is the next program in the Long Island Modern lecture series at East Hampton's LongHouse Reserve. Alastair Gordon, a critic, curator, cultural historian, writer, and artist, will host the presentation on Sunday at 3 p.m. Geller (1924-2011) created a unique form of the modern American beach house, many of which were built on the East End and Fire Island. Small, affordable, and low maintenance, they came with whimsical names like "Box Kite" and "Square Brassiere."
Tickets are $35, $25 for members.
Atlas and Eaton
Two of the East End's musical luminaries, Nancy Atlas and Inda Eaton, will take the stage together at the Montauk Playhouse on Saturday evening at 7:30. Bound together by years of friendship and respect for each other's artistry, the two will feature harmonies, original tunes, and storytelling, according to the Playhouse.
Tickets are $50, which includes beer, wine, and seltzer. Doors will open at 7.
Musical Landscape
Whatever Lola Wants, a trio consisting of Lola Lama, its vocalist, Matthew Brand on the keyboard, and Dylan Hewett on bass, will perform at The Church on Saturday at 6 p.m. In conjunction with the Sag Harbor cultural center's current exhibition, "This Land: Considering the American Landscape," Lama, a recent drama graduate from the New Studio on Broadway at N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts, will explore the American musical theater landscape.
The program will include such classics as "Whatever Lola Wants" from "Damn Yankees" and "Can't We Be Friends" from "Fine and Dandy," as well as the history behind them. Tickets are $35, $30 for members, and $25 for students ages 8 to 18.
Two other programs at The Church, a basket-weaving workshop tomorrow and an afternoon of original ballets on Sunday, are sold out.
Jazz Double Play
Hamptons JazzFest has two shows lined up for this weekend, starting Friday night at 7:30 with a performance by Dream Horizon at LTV Studios in Wainscott. The group, put together by Jeff Coffin, a three-time Grammy-winning saxophonist, features Nir Felder, a Grammy-winning guitarist, Viktor Krauss, a bassist, and Roy Wooten, a percussionist with five Grammys to his credit. General admission is $40, reserved cocktail table seats with a drink ticket are $60, and students with ID get in for $10.
Sag Harbor's Masonic Temple will host the Boris Kozlov Quartet on Saturday at 7 p.m. Kozlov, bassist, composer, and bandleader, has performed with a wide range of important jazz artists. The temple promises an evening of "richly textured compositions, driving rhythm, and fearless ensemble playing." Tickets are $25.
A Legendary Spy
"The Last Spy," a documentary by Katharina Otto-Bernstein about Peter Sichel, a C.I.A. spy who died last year at the age of 102, will be shown at the Southampton Arts Center on Tuesday at 5 p.m. In his early 20s, Sichel served as the first C.I.A. station chief in postwar Berlin and went on to be an influential figure in Cold War espionage.
In addition to archival footage and home movies, the film features interview footage with Sichel in which he draws on his experience to offer insights into today's escalating international tensions and global instability. Otto-Bernstein will take questions after the screening. Tickets are $15, $10 for members. The film will be released in theaters this fall.
Also at the arts center, its 11th annual SummerFest benefit will happen on Saturday from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The evening will honor John Paulson and Alina de Almeida for their dedication to the arts. Tickets start at $1,250 and come with cocktails, a seated dinner, and dancing.
Dance at Madoo
Jodi Melnick, a New York City-based choreographer, will perform with an ensemble of dancers, including Sara Mearns and Taylor Stanley from the New York City Ballet, on Wednesday and next Thursday at 6 p.m. in the gardens of the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack. Melnick, who has worked with Twyla Tharp, Trisha Brown, and Sara Rudner, has received the Doris Duke Impact Award, the Jerome Robbins New Essential Works grant, two Bessie Awards, and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant.
Tickets are $150. Each performance is followed by a wine reception in the garden. Tickets at $500 include an invitation to dinner with the performers at Madoo on Wednesday.
Book Talk
J Brooke, author of a recent book of poems, "I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side," will be at the Bridgehampton Museum's Nathaniel Rogers House Thursday at 5 p.m. for a conversation with Eric Lemonides, co-founder and co-owner of Almond restaurant. The poetry collection documents one queer/trans/nonbinary person's evolving place in the world, according to the museum.
The talk is free, or $20 with a copy of the book.
The Bard Alfresco
The Hip to Hip Theatre Company will return to Agawam Park in Southampton with performances of "Macbeth" on Friday and "As You Like It" on Saturday, both at 7:30 p.m. The company is dedicated to developing interest in the dramatic arts in underserved communities by providing free, family-friendly productions of popular classics. In addition, each performance is preceded by a free interactive workshop designed for children ages 4 to 12.
Speaking of Shakespeare, the Neo-Political Cowgirls will perform "Macbeth: The Witch Hunt" Thursday through Sunday at 7 p.m. outdoors at LongHouse.
General admission is $40, $25 for students under 22 and people over 65. Preferred seating for four with swag bags, drinks, snacks, and a post-show meeting with the cast costs $400.
