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Ross Bleckner and Jason Bard Yarmosky. Photos courtesy of the artists.

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HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: AMERICA IN THE WORLD AS WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS

A CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Moderated by TBC 

Presented by Guild Hall & The Common Good
Series programmed by Ellen Chesler and Patricia Duff

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton—former First Lady, U.S. Senator from New York, U.S. Secretary of State, two-time presidential candidate, bestselling author, and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia—has spent decades at the center of American public life and global diplomacy. From advocating for women’s rights on the world stage to navigating moments of crisis and change in U.S. foreign policy, Secretary Clinton has engaged with some of the most complex challenges facing the world.

She brings a deeply informed and wide-ranging perspective on diplomacy, development, and national security, touching on war and peace, shifting alliances, and the evolving role of the United States in a rapidly changing global landscape. At a time of uncertainty and realignment, Secretary Clinton offers both hard-earned insight and a clear-eyed view of what global leadership and cooperation might look like in the years ahead.

Tickets for the 2026 Summer Season go on sale at 12 PM on April 13. Guild Hall Members enjoy early access starting April 9—click HERE to join and take advantage of this and other exclusive benefits.

 

EAST HAMPTON DESIGN DAY

Ticket sales for this program will open to the public at 12 PM on April 13. For the benefit of early access to tickets on April 9, click HERE to become a Member!

Presented by NivenBreen & Guild Hall

NivenBreen and Guild Hall invite you to the second annual East Hampton Design Day, a dynamic gathering celebrating creativity, craftsmanship, and the enduring impact of design in the Hamptons.

This year’s program brings together leading voices in interiors, architecture, publishing, and landscape design for four engaging panel discussions that explore the ideas, collaborations, and innovations shaping our built and natural environments. Through lively conversations, personal insights, and opportunities to connect with industry leaders, East Hampton Design Day highlights the designers, architects, and tastemakers who continue to define—and redefine—the Hamptons’ aesthetic landscape.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Design Take Three: Charlotte Moss, Margot Shaw, Marshall Watson
Speakers: Charlotte Moss (Principal, Charlotte Moss & Co.), Margot Shaw (Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Flower Magazine), Marshall Watson (Principal, Marshall Watson Interiors Ltd.)

A rare design trifecta, Moss, Shaw, and Watson invite audiences behind the lens of their work, sharing perspectives on world-class interiors and sumptuous gardens before joining in a dynamic conversation.

Design Stories: Reimagining the Past
Speakers: Jacqueline Terrebonne (Editor-in-Chief, GALERIE), Deborah Berke (TenBerke Architects; Dean, Yale School of Architecture), Alex Papachristidis (Principal, Alex Papachristidis Interiors & Everyday Elegance)

Moderated by Terrebonne, this conversation explores how history and tradition can be reinterpreted for contemporary living.

From Ho-Hum to Sublime: The Secret Powers of Transforming Rooms
Speakers: Dara Caponigro (Creative Director, Schumacher; Editor-in-Chief, Frederic), Tom Scheerer (Principal, Tom Scheerer Inc.), Cathy Kincaid (Principal, Cathy Kincaid Interiors, Ltd.)

Kincaid and Scheerer share their intuitive approaches to transforming interiors, with Caponigro offering an editorial perspective on blending creativity with livability.

Amy Astley: AD at Home in the Hamptons
Speaker: Amy Astley (Global Editorial Director & U.S. Editor in Chief, Architectural Digest)

Astley takes audiences inside some of the Hamptons’ most iconic homes, sharing stories from AD featuring Aerin Lauder, Tory Burch, Ulla Johnson, Robert Stilin, and Urs Fischer.

 

HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: NO KINGS AND MORE – CARRYING FORWARD THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION

Tickets for the 2026 Summer Season go on sale at 12 PM on April 13. Guild Hall Members enjoy early access—click HERE to join and take advantage of this and other exclusive benefits.

A Conversation with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin
Moderated by Margaret Hoover

Presented by Guild Hall & The Common Good
Series programmed by Ellen Chesler and Patricia Duff

More than eight million people took to the streets in 3,300 determined yet joyous gatherings this past spring—the largest protests in American history. What motivates this contemporary revival of the spirit of America’s founders? Who is behind this effort? How has it been organized? What are its objectives and plans? What has been its impact?

Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, partners in life and in work, are the co-founders of Indivisible, the grassroots network that has mobilized millions of Americans around civic participation and democratic reform through “No Kings” rallies across the country and around the world. Their efforts have helped define a new era of peaceful, impactful political protest.

The conversation will be moderated by Margaret Hoover, CNN political commentator, host of Firing Line, and former White House staffer, known for her clear-eyed perspective on American politics. Together, the panel will explore civic responsibility, collective action, and how democratic ideals continue to evolve in a divided country.

HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: MIDTERMS 2026: IS DEMOCRACY ITSELF ON THE BALLOT?

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A Conversation with Jeh Johnson and Michael Luttig
Moderated by Michael Waldman

Presented by Guild Hall & The Common Good
Series programmed by Ellen Chesler and Patricia Duff

President Trump has asserted an expansive vision of executive power, challenging established legal and constitutional norms: he has dismantled congressionally authorized federal agencies and programs; imposed unilateral tariffs; summarily arrested and deported immigrants; canceled university grants for scientific and medical research; pardoned convicted criminals; and ignored protections against conflicts of interest. He has authorized military incursions in Venezuela and elsewhere, engaged in war in Iran, and publicly threatened interference with midterm elections.

The courts have pushed back, reversing many—but not all—of these actions. Litigation continues. Where do we stand today? How strong is our democracy? Midterms 2026: Is Democracy Itself on the Ballot? will bring together leading legal and national security voices to examine what is at stake in the months ahead.

Jeh Johnson, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and General Counsel of the Department of Defense, has served at the highest levels of government during moments of crisis. Michael Luttig, a former federal appellate judge and one of the country’s most respected conservative legal thinkers, has become a prominent voice on the rule of law and constitutional limits.

The conversation will be moderated by Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice and a leading authority on voting rights and constitutional law.

A book signing in the lobby will follow the program.

HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHERE IS IT HEADED?

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A Conversation with Lloyd Blankfein and Steven Rattner
Moderated by Gillian Tett

Presented by Guild Hall & The Common Good
Series programmed by Ellen Chesler and Patricia Duff

With inflation, interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and rapid technological change all in play, the global economic outlook feels unusually uncertain. The Global Economy: Where Is It Headed? will feature experienced voices from finance and public policy to unpack what matters most right now and what may be coming next.

Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs and author of a bestselling memoir, led one of the world’s most influential financial institutions through periods of both crisis and growth. Steven Rattner, financier, former head of the Obama administration’s Auto Task Force, and frequent economic commentator, brings perspective from both Wall Street and government. Gillian Tett, U.S. editor-at-large at the Financial Times, known for making complex financial systems accessible and relevant, will moderate.

A book signing in the lobby will follow the program.

HAMPTONS INSTITUTE: THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE

Tickets for the 2026 Summer Season go on sale at 12 PM on April 13. Guild Hall Members enjoy early access—click HERE to join and take advantage of this and other exclusive benefits.

A Conversation with Tina Brown and Tom Freston
Moderated by Ken Auletta

Presented by Guild Hall & The Common Good
Series programmed by Ellen Chesler and Patricia Duff

Over the course of just three decades, the media business has been reshaped: newspapers and magazines have shuttered; three broadcast networks gave way to cable television and then fragmented further into a world of digital platforms, streaming, and artificial intelligence. The Changing Media Landscape will feature two media icons who helped drive that transformation, reflecting on where we have been and where we may be headed next.

Tina Brown, the influential editor behind Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and founder of The Daily Beast, has long been at the center of major shifts in journalism. Tom Freston, co-founder of MTV, former CEO of Viacom, and author of the 2025 book Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu, helped build some of the most recognizable global media brands of the past half-century and continues to weigh in on the industry’s future.

Moderating is Ken Auletta, longtime New Yorker writer and one of the country’s most trusted media observers, known for his reporting on the intersection of journalism, business, and power. The discussion will address the rise of social platforms, the erosion of traditional gatekeepers, and the responsibility media leaders carry in an age of misinformation and polarization.

A book signing will follow the program in the lobby.

THE MET PRESENTS: DAVID BRESLIN ON KRASNER AND POLLOCK: PAST CONTINUOUS

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Join David Breslin, Leonard A. Lauder Curator in Charge of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a conversation about the upcoming exhibition he co-curated, Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous, opening at The Met on October 4, 2026. The exhibition spotlights Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, two artists with deep ties to the East End, and considers the parallel yet distinct breakthroughs that followed their move to Springs in 1945. Pollock and Krasner shared a long relationship with Guild Hall and in 1981, Guild Hall presented Krasner/Pollock: A Working Relationship, guest curated by Barbara Rose—an art historian, professor, critic, and biographer who organized the first major Lee Krasner retrospective in the mid-1980s.

Presented in partnership with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

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STIRRING THE POT: PADMA LAKSHMI

Tickets for the 2026 Summer Season go on sale at 12 PM on April 13. Guild Hall Members enjoy early access—click HERE to join and take advantage of this and other exclusive benefits.

The popular series kicks off its 15th year with Padma Lakshmi, the Emmy-nominated producer, television creator/host of CBS’s America’s Culinary Cup, food expert, New York Times best-selling author, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Padma will sit down with Florence to discuss her 2025 book, Padma’s All American—Tales, Travels, and Recipes from Taste the Nation and Beyond: A Cookbook. This very personal book is the result of seven years of traveling, tasting, listening, and observing.

Enjoy a pre-show continental breakfast, courtesy of Citarella, before this culinary adventure. A book signing will follow in the lobby.

THE MATTHIESSEN TALKS: HOPE SPOTS & HIDDEN WORLDS – HUMANITY’S PLACE IN THE OCEAN

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Co-Presented by The Matthiessen Center & Guild Hall

Renowned marine biologist, undersea explorer, and founder of Mission Blue, Dr. Sylvia Earle explores the power of writing to illuminate what we know—and don’t know—about the ocean, where the vast majority of life remains unseen. She highlights collaborative restoration efforts with the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, sharing measurable progress in reviving ecosystems, including returning clams and eelgrass, while emphasizing humanity’s deep dependence on the natural world.

Joined by Dr. Carl Safina, marine ecologist, author, and founder of The Safina Center, she reflects on this pivotal moment for understanding our place in the ocean’s intricate web of life.

THE MATTHIESSEN TALKS: THE IDOLATRY OF GROWTH – HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

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Co-Presented by The Peter Matthiessen Center & Guild Hall

We live in a culture that rarely questions growth. Expansion—of markets, wealth, productivity, even the self—is treated not only as an economic goal, but as a moral good. But what happens when growth begins to function as a belief system? What, in this framework, do we worship—and what do we lose?

Moderated by writer and editor Nina Channing, this conversation brings together authors whose work engages these questions across literature, criticism, and environmental thought. Taking Peter Matthiessen’s work as a point of departure, the discussion considers traditions of writing attentive to limits, place, and forms of life not organized around accumulation.

Guest speakers to be announced.