MHI Calendar 2008

929-5875 10/13 – 11/2 Art Exhibit: Photographers East 10/17 – 11/2 Theater at the Southampton Cultural Center: Steven Sondheim's "Company" Sondheim collaborated with George Furth (book) and Harold Prince (director) to create Company, the first of the Sondheim/Prince shows that were to lay the foundation for the post-Golden Age Broadway musicals. Company was the first non-linear, "concept," musical. Set firmly in, and often about, New York, Company follows five married, once married, or soon to be married couples and their mutual friend, Robert, a 35 year old bachelor who has been unable to connect in a long-term relationship. The relationships are presented in a series of vignettes, primarily through Bobby's eyes, so that we see the less than ideal aspects of commitment. However, it is obvious to the audience that the committed are happy. Eventually, Bobby learns that while relationships aren't perfect, they are a necessary part of "Being Alive."

Includes the songs "Getting Married Today," "The Ladies Who Lunch," and "Being Alive."

11/3 – 11/16 Art Exhibit: Joan Miller Sat 11/8 Pianist Will Duchon 7:00 pm Pianist Will Duchon will perform a special recital featuring works by Beethoven and Rachmaninov.

Sat11/8 Seminar: The Art Of Doing Business In The Arts 8:00am- 2:00pm Admission: $35pp includes breakfast and lunch, $10 for students with current ID, Pre-registration required. For more information & registration: MyCareerInTheArts.org 212.618.6375 Painters * Writers* Dancers * Musicians *Actors * Filmmakers * Photographers * Talent doesn't guarantee professional success in the arts.

Whether your intended career is in dance or theatre, writing or painting, you need an entrepreneurial mindset, good contacts and competence in basic business skills: selling, negotiating, writing contracts. No one is better qualified to teach their skills than Long Island's top visual and performing artists. Top local arts professionals tell you how they launched their careers – and how you can too. Find out about personal branding, selling, negotiating, licensing, writing contracts etc. Scheduled speakers include: Mitchell Kreigman, Emmy Award-winning TV producer, writer, director; chairman/Wainscott Studios; Josh Gladstone, Artistic Dir, John Drew Theater/Guild Hall; Bunny Hoest, syndicated cartoonist, The Lockhorns; Rob Dircks, co-founder, Acoustic Long Island; Jim Lennon, photographer; Saralee Rosenberg, Ellen Meister, authors; Shanole Latimer, jazz musician and many more.

Sat 11/15 Marianne Koerner sings Gershwin 7:00 pm $10 Marianne Koerner and Richard Barons will return to the Levitas Center for the Arts at the Southampton Cultural Center to present "The Other Gershwin; the Work of Ira Gershwin." Koerner, who will accompany herself on the piano, refers to Ira as "the wind beneath the wings of his brother, George". Together the Gershwins collaborated on literally hundreds of songs that have become standards in the Great American Songbook. Few realize, however, that after George's premature death, Ira continued to write songs, working with many other famous tunesmiths such as Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill and Vernon Duke. "His repertoire of music is a treasure," says Koerner.

"These songs are about being in love and loving life." A classically trained singer and pianist, Koerner appeared in Broadway musicals and many television shows in her early career. Marriage, three decades and three sons (now grown) later, she became addicted to the cabaret genre. She has delighted audiences with her original shows locally and abroad. She and writer/narrator Richard Barons, who is the Director of the Easthampton Historical Museum, have worked together over the last few years, focusing their talents on Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Parter. Mr. Barons has written a lively and entertaining narrative filled with lots of gossip and information about the songs and their creation.

Tues 11/17 – Sun 11/30 Art Exhibit: Southampton Artists Association Thanksgiving Show Sat 11/22 2008-2009 Rising Stars Piano Recital Series: Vassily Primakov 7:00 pm EAST HAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 79A Main Street, East Hampton 324-0362 Tues 11/11 Veteran's Day Parade 10:00a.m.

Beginning on Main St. outside London Jewelers and will proceed down to the Memorial on the Green where a short ceremony will be held.

SOUTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 283-0402 Sat 11/8 “Heal Yourself with Flower Meditation” 10:00am - 2:00pm Joshua’s Place, 30 Sanford Place, Southampton 287-4100, joshuaplace@verizon.net In this intensive one-day course for all levels of meditators, local Flower Meditation Coach, Katherine C. H. E., will introduce you to the healing principles of meditation and how it is turbo-charged with flowers. Space is limited. Please call or e-mail for additional information. Susan McArdle, Director Tues 11/11 “Veteran’s Day Services” Parade 10:45am Southampton Presbyterian Church, South Main St. Tues 11/11 Service 11:00 am Honoring Veteran’s- Donations Appreciated, Veteran’s Hall, Pond Lane,