Author Talk – Birdsong Under the Wisdom Tree

Author Talk – Birdsong Under the Wisdom Tree Join us for an author talk with Megan Chaskey, author of Birdsong Under the Wisdom Tree: Collected Poems A Book of Hours in the Life of a Poet.  In Birdsong Under the Wisdom Tree, award winning poet Megan Chaskey follows the archetypical poet’s journey, interweaving a lifetime

East Hampton Library and HIFF present “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island”

Film Screening – Hard Times: Lost on Long Island The East Hampton Library and the Hamptons International Film Festival present a screening of the documentary Hard Times: Lost on Long Island, the Audience Award winner at the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival. Immediately following the screening will be a Q&A session with director Marc Levin.

Author Talk – Refuge

Author Talk – Refuge Join us for a talk with author Nanci LaGarenne, as we discuss her latest book Refuge. Rain Taylor, known as Doc, to her therapy clients at the domestic violence shelter where she volunteers, has a calling to help broken women. Opening her home, known as the Brownstone, she unknowingly risks her

Story Salon East

Story Salon East Story Salon East is based on Story Salon in Los Angeles, a live storytelling venue.  Everyone is welcome and seven people will each tell a story of up to seven minutes in length.  Stories may be fact or fiction, serious or funny (although it’s not stand-up comedy).  Autobiographical stories, which are the

Movie Screening – The Lady in the Van

Movie Screening – The Lady in the Van In 1973 London, playwright Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) develops an unlikely friendship with Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a homeless woman who lives in a van in his driveway for the next 15 years. Friday, May 27, 2016 | 1 – 3 pm To register, Call (631) 324-0222 Ext. 3,

Chasing Solar Eclipses

Chasing Solar Eclipses Join us as we discuss the phenomenon of the total solar eclipse with Terry Kemper, a retired television executive living is East Hampton who recently completed his 16th expedition to observe a total solar eclipse. Since the dawn of our species, Sapiens have been both fascinated and terrified by the phenomenon of

The East Hampton Library & The Hamptons International Film Festival present a screening of “The Debt”

Film Screening – The Debt The East Hampton Library & The Hamptons International Film Festival present a screening of “The Debt” In 1965, young Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) and two     comrades (Sam Worthington, Marton Csokas) are involved in a secret mission to capture a Nazi war criminal known as the Surgeon of Birkenau