South O' the Highway
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” hosted by Sag Harbor’s Jon Stewart, will travel to Ohio this fall on a pre-election road trip. “Battlefield Ohio: The Daily Show’s Midwest Midterm Midtacular” will air nightly from Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, a week before the Nov. 7 national election. In addition to in-studio interviews and appearances by politicians and newsmakers, “Midwest Midterm Midtacular” will feature political commentary from “Daily Show” correspondents Dan Bakkedahl, Samantha Bee, Jason Jones and John Oliver.
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Joselle Lombardi and Angelo Santamaria are getting married on Saturday September 16th at Gurney’s Inn. Josie’s mom (Gurney’s Fitness Director Candice Monte) and her step-dad (Gurney’s Executive Chef Chip Monte) have planned a one-of-a-kind dream wedding for their only daughter, expected to be the Italian-American Wedding of the Year. On the guest list are Robert Trump, Charles Gargano, and Aida Turturro.
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This past weekend, rock star Gavin Rossdale, former frontman for the band Bush, participated in Teddy Forstmann’s annual Huggy Bears tennis charity tournament and gala in Southampton. He performed after the dinner gala, following in the footsteps of The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Roger Waters and the Dixie Chicks, who have performed in recent years.
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On Saturday, September 2 at 8 p.m., Guild Hall celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a stellar summer season finale, “Night of 75 Stars.” The show will feature Joy Behar, Mercedes Ruehl, Joe Pintauro, Larry Pine, Lee Davis, Anna Bergman, KT Sullivan, Phyllis Newman, Taylor Barton, GE Smith, Joan Copeland, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Katherine Wallach and Roberta Wallach, Bob Balaban, Elaine Stritch, Harris Yulin, Joe Morton, Yancy Butler, Danceworks, Betsy Von Furstenberg, Sloane Shelton, Marsha Norman, Dina Merrill, Cornelia Sharpe Bregman, Ronald Guttman, Marisa Berenson, Jamie DeRoy, Paul Hecht, Chevy Chase, Annika Peterson, Steven Gaines, Lee Roy Reams, Richard Adler, Tony Walton, Michael Nouri, and Itzhak Perlman. There will be a reception in the garden following the performances. Tickets are $200 VIP/ $65 Reserved Orchestra/ $60 Members.
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In a recently published report by The Green Guide, the premiere information source for green living, The Ross School of East Hampton was ranked sixth in the top ten green schools in America.
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On Saturday, September 30 there will be a 20-mile Bike-a-thon to benefit the Montel William MS Foundation. It will take place in and around Sag Harbor starting at 10:30 a.m. and a luncheon to honor the participants will follow at Pierson High School. The event was the brainchild of Jeanne Keegan Hoenig, who, with her group, has raised $50,000 for Multiple Sclerosis since 2000. Call 212-830-0315 for more information.
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Bonnie Lee Sanders, songwriter and author of Old Montauk, just released a new album called “Montauk Moon.” She will be participating at Guild Hall’s 75th Anniversary on September 2.
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Last Sunday, The Chabad of Southampton Jewish Center hosted its annual charity fundraiser. Natalie Portman, Michael Douglas, Ronald Perleman, Aby Rosen, Michael Fuchs, Howard Lorber, Ace Greenberg and Charles Evans were in attendance. The Chabad was also celebrating its victory with Southampton’s Town Board to supersede residential zoning laws and continue holding religious services at its Hill Street location.
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Congratulations to Sag Harbor’s witty TV hero, Jon Stewart, whose show on Comedy Central, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” just won an Emmy for best Variety, Music or Comedy Series.
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Jon Gruen of Sag Harbor opened a new café yesterday called Wine and Roses Wine Bar and Cafe on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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On Sunday, September 3 at 8 p.m, Guild Hall, in association with Pazer Productions and the Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton, will present a staged play reading of “A Russian Romance” by Murphy Guyer. The performance stars Mercedes Ruehl, Tandy Cronyn, Tina Jones, Brad Bellamy, Murphy Guyer, Gerard Doyle, and Mitchell Riggs. The reading is directed by Josh Gladstone. There will be a post-show dessert reception in the garden. Tickets are $20/ $18 members.
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Southampton’s Peter Michalos was just listed in the 2006 issue of Best Doctors in America and the National Guide to Top Doctors by the center for study of services in Washington DC.
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Southampton’s Harmont & Blaine, the distinguished Italian sportswear clothier, will debut their Fall/Winter 2006 Collection with informal modeling at Nello Summertimes at a reception benefiting Health People on September 9. The Job’s Lane outpost of the popular design house will donate a portion of sales to the charity. Health People, founded by Sag Harbor’s Chris Norwood, is a unique groundbreaking peer organization which helps people from low-income communities become leaders to fight chronic ill health.
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Starting September 2, a group of paddlers from the East End of Long Island will head out for the 2nd Annual Miracle Paddle from Montauk to Block Island, Our own local paddler, Lars Svanberg, owner of Main Beach Surf and Sport, will be making the open ocean, 18-mile crossing to benefit Miracle House. Other athletes include Mike Bahel, Scott Bradley, Dale Campbell, Ed Cashin, Kyle Cashin, Jeremy Grosvenor, David Lys, Grant Monahan, Andy Roberts, Marilyn Suder, Keith Tikkanen, Mark Temme, Charlie Weimar, Chuck Weimar, and Pat Wetzel. To make a donation, go to www.miraclehouse.org or call 212-989-7790.
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On September 16, there will be a fundraising party at the waterfront estate of Neal and Cynthia Hochman in Westhampton Beach to benefit Peconic Bay Medical Center’s Emergency Department. The benefit, which runs from 7 to midnight, will include a gourmet buffet dinner, dance music, a raffle of three valuable prizes and a silent auction. South Fork residents are sponsoring the event in recognition of the role Peconic Bay Medical Center plays in providing healthcare to their communities. About 98% of all ambulance calls originating from the Westhampton area result in patients receiving emergency care at PBMC. Tickets are $225 each and are available by calling 631 548-6080.
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12 artists have joined together to present a Labor Day Landscape Exhibition celebrating the beauty of East Hampton’s Accabonac Harborto benefit The Nature Conservancy. The twelve exhibiting artists are: Tom Steele, Gordon Matheson, Susan Nash, Michele Margit, Jane Martin, Alec Hirschfeld, Abby Abrams, Terry Elkins, Dru Frederick, Eileen Dawn Skretch, Chandler Bigelow, and Elaine Grove.
