MHI Calendar 2007

Thursdays 5/17 & 31, 6/7 & 14 Paint with Plants in Flora Wild's Studio GardenTime: 10:00-10:45 am Ages: 2-3 $80 members/ $90 non-members Instructor: Marie French. Your child will explore his/her world of art through plants. Age appropriate art projects that will include painting with plants; marigold & jasmine blossoms make yellow as rose and geranium blossoms make red. Each child will make a tyedyed t-shirt using dyes from plants.You child will even have the opportunity to finger paint with flowers. Classes will take place indoors and outdoors.

Friday 5/18, 6/1, 8 & 15 Art in the Garden with Flora Wild 10:00-10:45 am Ages 2-3 $80 members/$90 non-members Instructor: Flora Wild aka Karin Strong. Your child will become a pre-school landscape architect as he/she creates their own garden.

Discover worms and how they help the earth. Dig in the dirt and plant your seeds. Construct a mini-greenhouse to plant more seeds in and watch the roots start to grow through a Plexiglas case. Your child will design his/her own stepping stone for the garden.

Classes will take place indoors and outdoors.

Wed 6/27 - Whirligig Wednesdays! African Jam with Daniel Bailey & Friends. Doors open at 6:00 pm for picnic and the performance is at 6:30 pm. Advance tickets are $10 members, $12 non-members and $15 day of the show after 4:00 pm.

Pack a picnic and head over to CMEE every Wednesday for a great performance by children entertainers, held in our Arlene & Alan Alda Amphitheater.

GROUP FOR THE SOUTHFORK 2442 Main Street, Bridgehampton 537-1400 x 15 Unless indicated, GSF’s explorations are free of charge. For information please contact Steve Biasetti at 631-537-1400 ext. 15 or sbiasetti@groupforthesouthfork.org Sat 6/9 Mashomack; Jewel of the Peconic 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Come out for a scenic hike in beautiful Mashomack Preserve and get to know some of our new staff. We are planning a 3-mile hike, past salt ponds and through forests and open meadows. Mashomack Preserve covers one-third of Shelter Island and is located in the beautiful Peconic Estuary. It is a unique and picturesque Nature Conservancy preserve, considered to be a “Jewel of the Peconic.” For reservations or more information, please contact Jennifer Skilbred at 631-537-1400 (x18) or jskilbred@groupforthesouthfork.org.

Sat 6/16 35th ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT EAST END GALA 6:30 pm to midnight In celebration of our 35th Anniversary, Group for the South Fork will host its East End Gala on Saturday, June 16th, 2007, on the grounds of the Wölffer Estate in Sagaponack. As we mark this anniversary, the Group is set to embark on a new horizon with expanded initiatives on the North Fork and across the region under our new name, which will be “Group for the East End”. This East End Gala will take place under tents on the rolling fields of the Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, with Christian Wölffer as the event sponsor. More than 400 guests will join Co-Chairs Ann Colley, Nicole Miller and Kim Taipale. The evening will include a cocktail hour with entertainment and prizes, dinner catered by Robbins-Wolfe Eventeurs, a live auction with James G. Niven of Sotheby’s, and dancing with the Bruce Saunders Orchestra. To purchase tickets, please contact Event Associates at 212-245-6570 (x16).

Sat 6/30 Full Moon Paddle Accabonac Harbor 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm The light of the full moon and a rising tide will make for easy paddling as we explore the evening waters of Accabonac Harbor.

Paddle your own boat or call the Springs General Store at 631-329-5065 to rent one (please call several days in advance). Bring bug spray, water and some light layers. Spots are limited. For reservations or more information, please contact Jeremy Samuelson at 631-537-1400 (x12) or jsamuelson@groupforthesouthfork.org .

SOUTHAMPTON HISTORICAL MUSEUMS AND RESEARCH CENTER 17 Meeting House Lane (631) 283-2494 The Southampton Historical Museum is open year round and housed in the 1843 Rogers Mansion with permanent exhibits of 19th century period rooms, antique toys, old photographs, and 10 historic structures including two barns, a paint shop, one-room school house, carpenters shop. The Research Center has over 10,000 archival materials and reference books on the history of Southampton.

The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $4 adults, free for members and children 17 and under Sat 6/2 New Exhibition Opening Reception 5:30 to 7:00 pm Free The Squiretown Circle: Small Works by Moses Soyer, Robert Gwathmey, Nikolai Cikovsky and David Burliuk 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (through Sat 7/28)