LTV Studios will host a Community Cookie Exchange on Saturday, December 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. Guests may enjoy cookies, music, crafts, and raffles. Proceeds will go toward paying... more
Start the new year with a chance to do some good by braving the cold Atlantic for the 26th annual Wainscott Polar Bear Plunge, sponsored by the Seafood Shop’s Colin Mather, with all proceeds going to the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry. This is the only fundraising event held each year for the Sag Harbor Food Pantry, which serves more than 100 families a week and over 500 family members, all of whom reside in Sag Harbor. Participants should arrive by 2 p.m. to get ready for the 2:30 p.m. plunge at Beach Lane in Wainscott. All registered participants will ...
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Joy Jan Jones, a jazz singer who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and nightclubs and theaters throughout New York, will sing jazz songs from the Great American Song Book at the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton, 2 South Main Street in Southampton, on Saturday, December 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. The concert is a benefit performance for Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach. Jones will be accompanied by her band, The Fiancés. Tickets are $45 per person, which includes a reception with Jones and the musicians following the concert. Go to maureenshaven.org or call 631-727-6831 for more information.
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A holiday concert will be presented by the Sag Harbor Community Band and the Sweet Adelines Long Island Sound Chorus on Saturday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Whalers’ Church on Union Street in Sag Harbor. Admission is free.
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Each Sunday in January, the Neo-Political Cowgirls will lead a variety of creative workshops designed to bring multigenerational women together to create art, to create space, and to create community. This year’s theme will be “Journey to a New Horizon” and workshop leaders will take participants on a creative and co-creative journey through the course of the afternoon. Beginning with centering and connection and concluding with reflection, these workshops are designed to utilize the arts as tools to cultivate community. Veronica Mezzina, textile artist and painter, will kick off the month on January 5, followed by Melora Griffis, painter, writer ...
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The annual Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Heart of the Hamptons is set for Saturday, December 14, at 9:30 a.m. For this event, hundreds brave the winter cold to take a plunge in the Atlantic Ocean at Coopers Beach in Southampton. All plungers will receive a Polar Bear Plunge knit hat. Participants and spectators are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy for a child in need this holiday season. Some participants come in festive attire for a chance to win the costume contest. Hot refreshments will be provided after the plunge by the Golden Pear, Shippy’s, 7-Eleven and local chef ...
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The Madoo Conservancy will be open for its 12th annual Merry Madoo holiday fair in the garden on Saturday, December 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors with holiday gifts are participating, plus the Madoo shop will have a booth open offering Sneeboer garden tools, Madoo pottery and other garden gifts. Madoo-made gifts such as clove-studded Lady Apple pomanders, fresh-cut greens from the garden, and top-size (Madoo-grown) paperwhites are available at the Madoo booth as well. Roasted chestnuts, vin chaude and mulled cider are on the menu. Among the vendors are Figaro Apothecary, Gretchen Comly, Hoare & Hoare Antiques, ...
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In the spirit of the season, “A Christmas Carol” will be read by Laura Jasper on Sunday, December 15, at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor. The classic Dickens tale features the perennial characters Scrooge, Jacob Morley, and ghosts, who in Dickens’s words “may haunt you pleasantly.” The reading is suitable for all audiences. The temple is located at 200 Main Street, above the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum. Admission is free but a donation of a canned food item is appreciated.
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The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the holiday season and has planned a number of events, the first set for Friday, December 6, at 4:15 p.m. on the Long Wharf when the community tree and the windmill are lighted. Sarah Conway and the Playful Souls will provide the musical backdrop. “This is a special time for our community to come together and celebrate the magic of the holidays and our local traditions of the tree and windmill light up, visiting with Santa at the Windmill and the lighting of the menorah. We know generations of Sag ...
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Staff Writer on Dec 16, 2024