5 PM Presentation
5:30-7 PM Reception in Minikes Garden
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Join us for a 2025 Season preview and enjoy a sneak-peek performance by Tony-nominated, multi-disciplinary artist, Whitney White, plus a stand-up comedy set by Andrea Grover!
Trump’s sweeping tariff overhaul—dubbed “Liberation Day”—sent shockwaves through global markets and rattled investors. It’s the biggest shift in the international economic order in at least 80 years. What happens next? Will it spark a manufacturing revival and shrink the trade deficit—or fuel inflation, crush small businesses, and stall growth? Moderated by Gillian Tett, member of the editorial board of The Financial Times.
GUARDRAILS ON DEMOCRACY
MONDAY, JULY 7, 7 PM
SNL: 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SATIRE
MONDAY, JULY 14, 7 PM
POST-PLAY CHILDHOOD
MONDAY, JULY 21, 7 PM
ORDER OR CHAOS: THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP
MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM
The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, features leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening explores a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.
How are digital devices affecting the way adolescent minds develop, and is there a correlation between usage and illness? Author Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and author of the must-read book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is joined in conversation with Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, President and Medical Director of the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit committed to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
GUARDRAILS ON DEMOCRACY
MONDAY, JULY 7, 7 PM
SNL: 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SATIRE
MONDAY, JULY 14, 7 PM
POST-PLAY CHILDHOOD
MONDAY, JULY 21, 7 PM
ORDER OR CHAOS: THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP
MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM
The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, returns to Guild Hall this summer, featuring leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening will explore a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.
Saturday Night Live has been responding to American politics for five decades lampooning Presidents from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump. Susan Morrison, author of the bestselling book Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live and the articles editor of The New Yorker joins SNL special guests to talk about the longest-running and most relevant comedy show on television.
Book Signing to follow.
GUARDRAILS ON DEMOCRACY
MONDAY, JULY 7, 7 PM
SNL: 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SATIRE
MONDAY, JULY 14, 7 PM
POST-PLAY CHILDHOOD
MONDAY, JULY 21, 7 PM
ORDER OR CHAOS: THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP
MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM
The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, returns to Guild Hall this summer, featuring leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening will explore a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.
Norman Eisen, a globally recognized authority on law, ethics, and anti-corruption, and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, lead a panel discussion on the prosecutorial process and enforcing legal limits on the current Trump administration. Moderated by James D. Zirin, author, legal analyst, and television show host.
GUARDRAILS ON DEMOCRACY
MONDAY, JULY 7, 7 PM
SNL: 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SATIRE
MONDAY, JULY 14, 7 PM
POST-PLAY CHILDHOOD
MONDAY, JULY 21, 7 PM
ORDER OR CHAOS: THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP
MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM
The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, returns to Guild Hall this summer, featuring leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening will explore a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Elias Friedman—better known to his 7 million+ followers as The Dogist—as he shares stories and insights from his heartwarming new book, This Dog Will Change Your Life.
In this new book, Friedman weaves together stories of the many dogs he has been lucky enough to know, both in his personal life and while doing his Dogist work. Told in a light tone that does not shy away from more serious issues (Elias is not above the occasional sentimental moment or dog pun), this book charmingly explores the ways that dogs are not just our family and our friends but also irreplaceable beings capable of generating boundless love and restoring balance to our lives.
The evening will be moderated by a special guest, to be announced with book signing to follow.
Books can be purchased in advance with tickets or on the day of the program, subject to availability.
Business Networking Night
Open to all local businesses
Join us for our Spring Business Networking Night on Thursday, June 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
Starting at 5:30 PM in the Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater, hear from three local business leaders, including Nick Kraus of Stephen Talkhouse, fashion designer Alex Vinash, and Sarah Wetenhall of The Hedges Inn, as they share their experiences, successes, and challenges. Then network with fellow local business members while enjoying light bites provided by Moby’s East Hampton and drinks in the Minikes Garden.
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Marking the centennial of The Great Gatsby, The Fitzgeralds: A Reading with Music revisits the lives behind one of the most enduring works of American literature.
At the heart of this performance lies the extraordinary correspondence between F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald — letters that reveal a relationship shaped by ambition, artistry, and emotional complexity. Through their own words, we encounter two singular voices whose love and conflict fueled some of the most iconic writing of the 20th century.
Directed by Stephen Hamilton, this reading features acclaimed performers Melissa Errico and Alec Baldwin, with an original live score by composer/performer, Forrest Gray, that brings new resonance to the Fitzgeralds’ words. Poised between literature and performance, memory and music, The Fitzgeralds is a reflective tribute to the people behind the prose.
Originally Devised by Steve Lawson
Directed by Stephen Hamilton
Readers Melissa Errico and Alec Baldwin
Original Score Forrest Gray
Performed by Forrest Gray
Our Fabulous Variety Show (OFVS) invites you to join us for a one-night-only celebration of the history and future of TAP! We thought we would be taking the year off from the Tap Show, but 2025 has proven to be a year that demands a bit more from us. We want to share the history of Tap as a Black American art form and how these same roots are shared with Step, Jazz, Hip Hop and Swing dance styles and celebrate the JOY of tap! Joy that we all need and can’t wait to celebrate together.
Presale tickets will range from $10 – $40 per person. Day of walk ups will be FREE (first come first served and there is no guaranteed admission if we sell out). Tickets can be purchased at https://www.ofvs.org/tickets or by calling 631-507-4603.
Join us for an evening with visionary artist, director, and designer Robert Wilson as he discusses his latest publication, Chairs. Known for his groundbreaking work in theater and visual arts, Wilson brings his signature perspective to the design and symbolism of chairs—objects that hold more meaning than we often realize.
This new book, published by Raisonné and August Editions and edited by Owen Laub with photographs by Martien Mulder, presents a curated selection of chairs created by Wilson, exploring their sculptural presence and theatrical potential. With contributions from leading artists, designers, and thinkers, Chairs is both an art object and a meditation on form, function, and history.
Wilson will be joined in conversation by Adrian Madlener, a design writer, editor, and curator known for his expertise in architecture, interiors, and collectible design. Together, they will explore the intersection of design, performance, and storytelling.
A book signing will follow the discussion. Copies of Chairs will be available for purchase at the event.
Chairs is programmed in tandem with the Guild Hall exhibition, Functional Relationships: Artist Made Furniture on view from May 4 – July 13, 2025.