Doors Open at 5:30 PM
Reception to Follow
Free for Community Pillars
The Innovators at Guild Hall brings you an insightful series spotlighting the business and cultural leaders who are reshaping their industries and doing game-changing work.
Episode 2:
Hosted by Malcolm Carfrae, this conversation brings together some of the most influential women shaping the future of luxury travel, hospitality, and lifestyle. Featuring Sarah Wetenhall, Jayma Cardoso, Deborah Calmeyer, and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, the panel will explore visionary entrepreneurship, experiential hospitality, brand-building, and the growing impact of women-led businesses across the global luxury landscape.
The Innovators at Guild Hall is a conversation series featuring the visionaries redefining business, culture, and innovation across industries. From brand-building and audience growth to marketing strategy and operational excellence, each discussion offers fresh perspectives and actionable insights from today’s leading entrepreneurs and executives.
The program takes the form of a 50-minute conversation hosted by Malcolm Carfrae, Founder and Principal of Carfrae Consulting, a sought-after global brand and communications strategist, followed by a Q&A.
Networking and Reception to follow with drinks and light bites by Moby’s East Hampton.
Watch Episode One:
Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater
12 PM – Presentation
12:30 – 2 PM Reception
Join us for a 2026 Season Preview from the Guild Hall program team, followed by a festive reception in the Minikes Garden to meet and mingle with fellow members.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
The divorce of the century turned Jocelyne Wildenstein – often referred to in the media as ‘The Catwoman’ – into a 90s tabloid obsession, bringing the private Wildenstein art empire into the spotlight. THE LION QUEEN explores the life of a woman shaped by extraordinary wealth and scrutiny, offering a revealing look at the personal cost of fame and fortune.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with producer, Caroline Baron, HamptonsFilm Co-Chair, Alec Baldwin, and HamptonsFilm Chief Creative Officer, David Nugent.
Traversing the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Silkroad presents a brand new trio seamlessly blending three disparate narratives of language and sound. Three internationally acclaimed, genre-bending artists who each have been credited with reshaping the landscape of their respective instruments through their unique improvisational styles and compositional voices.
Hailing from Damascus, Syria, Kinan Azmeh has been taking the international music scene by storm with his unique blending of Eastern and Western styles, bombastic improvisation and large-scale compositions for orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Seattle Symphony.
Acclaimed composer and instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe‘s work is grounded in traditional Japanese music while imbued with contemporary jazz, improvisation, and experimental music elements, working with such figures as Laurie Anderson, Jason Moran and André 3000.
Scottish harper and composer Maeve Gilchrist has been credited with bringing the Celtic harp to new levels of visibility through her unique improvisational and textural approach to the instrument and her collaborations with artists such as from Arooj Aftab, Yo-Yo Ma, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Esperanza Spalding.
Through this unique collaboration, hear three very different voices in conversation with one another as they find the sweet spots of stylistic intersection, dramatic contrast and virtuosity, forging an entirely new aesthetic that feels as organic as can be.
Next / Now brings a cohort of emerging artists from NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music to Guild Hall for an evening of original performance, hosted by JD Samson and Jeff Peretz. The program reflects a new generation working at the intersection of sound, storytelling, and technology.
Spanning genres and approaches—from intimate songwriting to experimental production—the evening highlights work that is both immediate and in development, offering a rare glimpse into process as much as performance.
Artists to be announced.
