This summer, Sotheby’s will present Treasures from Chatsworth – a transportive experience that brings one of England’s fabled estates and one of the world’s greatest collections to New York. Join us for an intimate conversation with The Duke of Devonshire and award-winning creative director and designer David Korins as they discuss the making of this much-anticipated exhibition.
This month at Guild Hall Game Night we will be playing Just One. Just One is a cooperative word guessing game. Each round, a word will be shown to every player but one – this player will be trying to guess the secret word from clues given by the other players. Each player secretly writes their clue on a piece of paper, and once all the clues have been written down, all duplicate clues are removed before being handed to the guesser. Clue-givers must try hard to give unique clues that won’t get cancelled out by teammates. This forces players to think dynamically and creatively even though the game itself is incredibly simple.
Out with the old, in with the new!
In the past couple decades, game designers have been creating fascinating, immersive table-top 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 newest non-digital board and card 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 board games on the market the last Monday of each month. Take a break from the digital age and join us at the table! Ages 16 and up only.
Mugimp. Flaxijen. Rilidun. Which is the toxic mushroom, the Scandanavian fish dish, and the term for a lazy person?
This month at Guild Hall Game Night we will be playing Krazy Wordz, the game about making up, well, crazy words. Each round, players will privately receive a card with a prompt like “Baby Food Brand” and a selection of random letters. Everyone uses their letters to make up a fake word that fits their own prompt. Then, the cards are shuffled and each player must guess whose crazy words match which prompt. Krazy Wordz is a super fun word game that rewards creativity over a big vocabulary, and will have the whole table laughing from the get go.
Out with the old, in with the new!
In the past couple decades, game designers have been creating fascinating, immersive table-top 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 newest non-digital board and card 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 board games on the market the last Monday of each month. Take a break from the digital age and join us at the table! Ages 16 and up only.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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