MHI Calendar 2010 Q1

The Mill House Inn East Hampton NY - “Your Home in the Hamptons” A disgraced American boxer retires to Ireland, where he finds love.

William Holden Weekend Fri 3/19 The Country Girl A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, whom he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.

Sat 3/20 Stalag 17 When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

Lana Turner Weekend Fri 3/26 Peyton Place Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbor.

Sat 3/27 The Bad and The Beautiful An actress, a director, and a writer are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood studio bigwig Jonathan Shields. However, all three are reluctant because they have all been used and betrayed by him in the past.

THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM 25 Job’s Lane, Southampton, NY 11968 631.283.2118 Docent Tours Wednesdays and Saturdays 2:00 pm Docent-led tours are offered for every exhibition and are free with Museum admission. Group Tours are now available by appointment.

Please call 631-283-2118, ext. 40 for more information.

Fri 3/12 Fridays at Noon 12:00 pm Free with museum admission Ever since Manet, the notion of "finish" in painting has been a hot topic. Alicia Longwell, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education, will examine this issue as reflected in the work of modern masters Alex Katz and Fairfield Porter, the subjects of our two upcoming exhibitions. Katz has said, "I like to finish things." Porter quoted Ingres in saying, "I leave it to time to finish my paintings."

On Friday, March 12, "Cut to the Finish" - will look at Alex Katz's method of painting and talk about how the process is absorbed in the ultimate image. On Friday, March 19, "The Finished Muse" - for over 50 years Katz has painted his wife and muse Ada. In this talk we will look at their unique partnership. On Friday, March 26, "Dance Steps" - Alex Katz's drawings of the Paul Taylor Dance Company allow us to look at collaboration between artists and dancers. All talks are free with Museum admission. Bring a lunch and museum will provide dessert and beverages.

Fri 3/12 New Global Cinema: “The Lives of Others” 7:30 pm $7 / $5 Parrish members Set in East Germany in 1984, this Oscar-winning film probes the relationship between a captain in the Stasi, the East German secret police, and the successful playwright on whom he spies. A gripping political thriller, the film speaks to current concerns about privacy and the conflict between totalitarianism and art.

Fri 3/19 New Global Cinema: “Distant” 7:30 pm $7/$5 Parrish members Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With Muzaffer Ozdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer. Turkey. Subtitles. 109 minutes. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, “Distant” is the story of a successful commercial photographer in Istanbul whose ordered life is disrupted by the arrival of a distant relative from the countryside. Though very different from each other – one is fussy, the other a slob – both men share a disconnectedness from life.

Fri 3/19 Fridays at Noon: The Finished Muse 12:00 pm Free with Museum admission For over fifty years, Alex Katz has painted his wife and muse Ada. In this talk we will look at their unique partnership. Bring a lunch and we will provide beverages and dessert.

Sat 3/20 Special Film Screening: “Dancemaker” 4:00 pm Free Produced and directed by Matthew Diamond. 98 minutes. Join us for a screening of the Academy Award-nominated “Dancemaker.” A dozen works in the exhibition “Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making” reflect the artist’s long-standing collaboration with choreographer Paul Taylor. For fifty years Taylor has been acclaimed for the vibrancy, relevance, and power of his dances. He has received the National Medal of Arts, a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, and was awarded France’s highest honor, the Legion d’Honneur.

THE WATERMILL CENTER 39 Watermill Town Road, Water Mill, NY 11976 631.726.4628 Tues 3/23 Kevin Doyle: ATM or this is [not] new york Open Rehearsal 6:30 pm Free 31 North Main Street, East Hampton NY 11937 631-324-9766 innkeeper@millhouseinn.com www.millhouseinn.com