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Tag: Learning + New Works
Conversation with Ugo Rondinone and Bob Nickas
Word Up!
Come join Montauk School’s 7th Grade English Students in our John Drew Theater for a sharing of original poetry and performance created during our annual Word Up! residency.
In celebrating the voices of today, the power of the spoken word, and our vast poetic heritage, Word Up! fosters a collaborative and experimental environment for students to hone their own creative and poetic voice. Word Up! is collaboratively designed and facilitated by Meegan Chaskey, Erin Tupper and Anthony Madonna.
Pollock Krasner House – Annual Lecture with Ann Temkin
Re-Thinking Modern Art: A Preview of the Museum’s New Collection Galleries
At the Museum of Modern Art’s founding in 1929, its director Alfred H. Barr, Jr. envisioned it as a laboratory: a site of interdisciplinary connection and curatorial experimentation. Looking to Barr and to the museum’s evolution in the ninety years since then, MoMA will open its newly-expanded campus on October 21, 2019, increasing not only its gallery spaces but also the creative potential within them. Taking into consideration today’s immense pool of knowledge on art and artists worldwide, how do we continue to build and present a contemporary collection of modern art? Ann Temkin will take us on a private, behind-the-scenes tour of the galleries and discuss how the collection will be reinterpreted.
Ann Temkin has been the Marie-Joseé and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art since 2008. Her focus has been on the acquisitions program, and on reimagining the permanent collection galleries.
Made possible by the John H. Marburger III Fund of Stony Brook University
3DT: Three Dimensional Theater, “Stan the Man”
Wednesday, July 10 and 17 at 7pm; 3DT Session
Thursday, July 11 OR Friday, July 12, 8pm; Stan the Man performance
Delve deeper into the multi-dimensional world of theater! 3DT: Three Dimensional Theater will occur in three sessions; to discuss the play as a piece of literature, to attend the performance, and finally to exchange thoughts on the work as an experience. Scripts will be sent via email two weeks prior to our first session.
This 3DT series will focus on the staged reading of Eugene Pack’s Stan the Man starring Alec Baldwin, Blair Underwood, and Rob Morrow; directed by our very own, Josh Gladstone.
For Adult Learners; 16+
Registration FREE with ticket purchase for Stan the Man
Midsummer Night Conversations on Creativity with Questlove and Wyatt Cenac
Inspirational stories and lessons on how to live your best creative life. Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, author, and member of The Roots – Questlove will be in conversation with special guests about their creative process, their next challenges, and the intersection of art and commerce in their lives. Questlove shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration, philosophy, and originality in wide-ranging provocative and informal conversation with an amazing roster of guests.
Thinking Forward Lecture Series with Sherrilyn Ifill – Equality Matters in the Hamptons
Featuring Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. Moderated by Ken Miller.
The Purist Connect 4 Ideas Festival
Purist’s Ideas Festival
Connect 4 brings together today’s thought leaders discussing four hot-button topics: the well-being of ourselves and our environment, meditation and transformation, movements, and policy.
Festival Pass – August 14 & 15 ($250) for the all events including cocktails in the garden on Day Two
Day One – August 14
Buy a Single Day Pass for August 14 ($150)
12:30pm 10min Guided Meditation with Donna D’Cruz
12:45–2pm Survivor and Storyteller Kevin Hines and Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber
2–2:15pm Break
2:30– 3:30pm Transcendental Meditation with New York Times bestselling author and meditation expert Bob Roth in conversation with David Lynch via Skype from Los Angeles
3:30–3:45pm Acclaimed violinist Junko Ohtsu
3:45–5pm The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World author Amanda Little
Day Two – August 15
Buy a Single Day Pass for August 15 ($150)
12:45pm 10min Guided Meditation with Donna D’Cruz
1–2:30pm Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon
2:30–2:45pm Legendary guitarist GE Smith
2:45pm Break
3–4pm Conservation International’s Daniela Raik and Costa Brazil founder Francisco Costa
4–4:15pm Break
4:15–5:30pm Dr. Frank Lipman and Holistic Nutritionist Tapp Francke, moderated by Cristina Cuomo
PURIST Cocktails in the garden sponsored by Sotheby’s International Realty immediately to follow.
For more information contact nancy@thepuristonline.com
Guild Hall Game Night
Out with the old, in with the new!
In the past couple decades, game designers have been creating fascinating, immersive games that make Monopoly seem like it was designed in 1905. Game night no longer means suffering through hours of rolling dice in Monopoly or Risk. Today’s games cultivate creativity, problem solving, social skills, and dexterity through clever game design. Join Guild Hall and Game Master Noah Salaway in embracing the tabletop revolution as we play some of the best modern games on the market the last Monday of each month. Ages 16 and up only.
This month at Guild Hall Game Night we will be playing Barenpark. In this game, players compete to build the best bear park. Everyone starts with a gridded board which, over the course of the game, must be filled up with polyonimo (Tetris-shaped) bear enclosures. On your turn, you choose one of the available pieces, maybe a polar bear or kodiak enclosure, and fit it into your park. Depending on which spaces you cover up on your board, you will be eligible to purchase a new piece for next turn. Barenpark is a test of spatial reasoning, planning, and love of bears.
Guild Hall Game Night
Out with the old, in with the new!
In the past couple decades, game designers have been creating fascinating, immersive games that make Monopoly seem like it was designed in 1905. Game night no longer means suffering through hours of rolling dice in Monopoly or Risk. Today’s games cultivate creativity, problem solving, social skills, and dexterity through clever game design. Join Guild Hall and Game Master Noah Salaway in embracing the tabletop revolution as we play some of the best modern games on the market the last Monday of each month. Ages 16 and up only.
Downforce is a drag racing game where players not only compete to place first in the race, but also place bets on the results for extra “cash”. On your turn, you simply play one card from your hand that moves several racers forward on the track. Even though you are usually forced to advance your competitor’s vehicles, you get to decide how to move them. This means you can cause a backup of other players’ cars while yours sails through the crowd effortlessly. Be wary, however, as other players are trying to do this to you as well! Additionally, each racer has a special advantage – will you specialize in straight-aways, sharp turns, or weaving through traffic? Three times during the race, players will place bets on the final results. This means you don’t actually have to win the race, as long as you can bet on who will!
Oumuamua: The First Interstellar Visitor
Presented by Professor Phil Armitage, Astrophysicist, Stony Brook University. Cosponsored by the Montauk Observatory and Guild Hall of East Hampton.
The first body of interstellar origin was discovered as it passed through the inner Solar System on October of 2017. It was given the name “Oumuamua,” after the Hawaiian term for “scout.” The existence of interstellar interlopers was not entirely unexpected since planetary systems are expected to eject many Earth masses of comet and asteroid-like bodies as they form. However, many of the observed properties of Oumuamua were and still remain mysterious. In this talk, Prof. Armitage will discuss what we know about this interstellar visitor and what we hope to learn about the formation and early evolution of planetary systems as more such objects are identified.