Query: What does “The Pursuit of Happiness” mean to you?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” W.B. Yeats

Did you know that Halloween has Irish origins? What do you know about Samhain? Bring your yoga mats and step into the circle with Kate Gilman and Jess Forsythe of S O U N D L O V E, and very special guest Karina Melvin flown in from Dublin. The trio invites participants to an immersive inner journey through inspired breath, sound and mediation ritual, an exploration of the significance of Samhain, and a closer look at seasonal botanical magic.

Learn the origin and rituals of Samhain, a special time of year on the ancient pagan and Celtic calendars, and one of the root cultural traditions associated with our modern annual celebration of Halloween. Traditionally celebrated October 31 – November 1, the holiday marks a time in which the veil between worlds thins, where communication with ancestors and the spirit world is possible and it prepares us internally for the coming darkness of winter. In addition to the reading, local historian HUGH KING will share with us the true story of the East End woman, Elizabeth Garlick, who stood accused of witchcraft, being marked responsible for a string of mysterious occurrences and a death in the then English settlement.  

As the final resting place for more than 4,000 souls, Oakland Cemetery holds inside its gates the unique and special history of this seaside village. Join April Gornik, The Church’s co-founder, for a guided tour of the historic landmark. Founded in 1840, the cemetery includes more 18^th and 19^th-century sea captains than any other Long Island cemetery as well as the remains of incredible people in Sag Harbor’s Legacy and of great historical influence. This includes many of The Church’s own Sag Harbor Saints such as Nelson Algren, George Balanchine, Gordon Matta Clark, Spalding Grey, Daisy Tapley, James Salter and Lanford Wilson.  

Halloween is a Sag Harbor beloved tradition, and we invite you to get into the spooky spirit and join us for the first-ever Spooky-Palooza!  This collaborative movement between Sag Harbor Cinema, The Church, and Bay Street Theater, presents a fall family fun day for all ages. Enjoy a classic film, spark your creativity, express your costume prowess at an all-out party, and experience the joy of community while enjoying the holiday spirit. After all the fun enjoy a dinner at one of the participating restaurants in the village like SEN and others to be announced and receive a Fangtastic 10% discount off your bill*. We’re kooky, mysterious, and spooky, The Sag Harbor Family. Snap Snap

Query: What is Charisma?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Query: How do you make your pain powerful?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Yes, No, and WOW: the Push Pin Studios Revolution presents a like-minded group of six graphic artists who came together in the mid-20th century to form a graphic design firm that had a profound and lasting cultural impact. Three of the six artists have deep ties to Sag Harbor, and this exhibition continues The Church’s series of exhibitions that seek to illuminate the cultural, creative, and artistic history of our community.

This exhibition will include actual materials from the Push Pin archive, including chapbooks, almanacks, posters, books, vinyl record covers, and objects from the six aforementioned artists: Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Milton Glaser, James McMullan, Reynold Ruffins and Ed Sorel, spanning the 50s into the 21st Century. We will be hosting talks by surviving members of this group as part of our exhibition-related activities throughout its run.

With humor, humanity, and optimism, Push Pin Studios inspired a revolutionary design environment whose impact can still be seen and felt today.

“Hold fast to dreams / for if dreams die / life is a broken-winged bird / that cannot fly.” - Langston Hughes

Join us for the worldwide celebration of National Poetry Day with a local focus and help us usher in a new block of poetry-specific programming. The Power of Poetry, invites us to come together and celebrate poetry, the beauty of words, and the ability to capture the human experience with a community-driven poetry read-in. Each read-in will present a curated selection of poems, stitched together by a common thematic thread. For our first iteration, “Verse 1,” we will read from a curated collection of poems inspired by the Saints of Sag Harbor, a semi-permanent window installation depicting creative visionaries from Sag Harbor’s past. The reading will include poems by Nelson Algren, Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, Langston Hughes, Herman Melville, and E.L. Doctorow.

Query: How do you read the world?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Join The Church’s first excursion: Creativity in the wild! Venture out from our beloved Long Island South Fork to discover the beauty of our neighboring North Fork community across the sound. Take a joyous morning boat or bus ride from Sag Harbor to Catapano Dairy Farm in Southold, a small goat farm and home to award-winning goat cheese. Guests are welcome to explore the property and set up alongside Eric Let’s meet up and explore the cultural wilderness! Tom Cugliani, curator of the inaugural Sculpture @ Sylvester Manor exhibition, leads a specially reserved 90-minute tour for The Church participants. Meet us at the Shelter Island side of the Ferry Terminal at 10 AM or at Sylvester Manor at 10:15 AM and join us for a final look at the exhibition before it closes the following day. Transportation and ferry tickets are not included in the ticket price and must be purchased separately. If you are unable to secure transportation and are still interested in attending, get in contact! Please reach out to info@thechurchsagharbor.org.

The ambitious project, which spans a small portion of the woodlands and gardens of the former plantation, features 25 esteemed local artists. While some of the works included address the former slaveholding plantation’s past, others address the context of the natural landscape and the changes it has undergone. For more information about the exhibition and for a full list of artists please visit the Sylvester Manor exhibition page.

Query: How has capitalism shaped who you are?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Join ERASE Racism for an engaging book discussion and fundraising event with MSNBC political analyst and host of “The ReidOut,” Joy-Ann (Joy) Reid and Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. As authors, they will be discussing their most recent work and exploring the current political landscape and the future of democracy in America. This event supports ERASE Racism's goal of eradicating racial disparities and will feature insightful conversations on race, politics, and the future of leadership in America. Guests will get a signed copy of Ms. Reid's book during the event and receive Ms. Wiley's upcoming book via mail.

We like to move it move it! Grab your dancing shoes JUST DANCE returns with the incredible and incomparable DJ MISTER LAMA. Join us for the straight-up good times and great dance party. Get into the grooves of your favorite tunes, make requests, and join the fun! Our Dance parties are a casual, cool, inclusive atmosphere for all ages looking to let loose and shake it off. Grab a snack or a beverage from our concession stand, dance the night away, and end the summer right!

The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.

The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.

The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.

Jewel, the four-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and mental health pioneer, is coming to The Church! We invite you to an evening of dialogue and exploration, insight and discovery, as the well-known musician, poet, and visual artist enters conversation with Sheri Pasquarella, Executive Director of The Church. Earlier this spring, the award-winning musician made her debut and mark in the visual arts world presenting The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The exhibition explored the intersection of music, mental health, technology, and art. Join us as we welcome her to our community and learn how her visual arts disciplines helped her in crafting melodic structure in songs, how it became essential in her healing and mental health advocacy, what it was like to create and present the immersive art experience at Crystal Bridges, what her creative practice is like when writing poetry, what were challenges she faced penning her autobiography, and more.

What is humor? Who gets to determine what is funny? Where do women comics find themselves in the comedy world? Is it harder to be a comedian these days? Join us as three brilliant women, writers, and comedians come together in conversation to talk about these questions and more.

We will hear from Kestrin Pantera, an award-winning film writer/director, Nancy Parker, comedy legend, and Caroline Waxler, acclaimed writer and producer. These ladies will be joined by Moderator Abby Russell, of our local Sticks and Stones Comedy Club, here in Southampton.

Query: How weird are you?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Query: How can we become good ancestors?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

In his “Fast Foreward” to his book with Ram Das, Polishing the Mirror, coauthor Rameshwar Das says, “May we treat ourselves with a degree of compassion and patience equal to [Ram Dass], and not take ourselves too seriously. There is, after all, nothing to be accomplished. We are just allowing ourselves to be.”

Join us for our first Knowledge Friday of the summer with one of our esteemed local members of the community as he shares his practice of integrating spirituality and life, and reflections of his time spent with his friend and teacher, Ram Dass, of the 70’s classic, BE HERE NOW.

Following the discussion there will be a Q&A with the speaker. What will you ask?

Query: How is technology changing you?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

The Church’s Late Night Open Studio is back! LNOS is a casual and no-pressure environment for artists of all types to gather and make art together. The Church is passionate about welcoming artists to its space and establishing an oasis for creative inspiration and connection. Join us for the evening where artists of all mediums are invited to join, socialize, listen to music, and work on any projects, whether past or current. It’s a hang-out! Come break out of your solitary studio and make art at The Church!

The opening of Are You Joking? Women and Humor from 6-7:30 PM is free to the public, no RSVP is required.

Feel like a laugh? The Church’s summer 2024 exhibition considers humor and contemporary art, focusing solely on the work of female-identifying artists. Conceived and organized by Chief Curator Sara Cochran, it features the work of 40 artists across all media installed across The Church’s Main Floor and the Mezzanine.

The goals are two-fold. The first is to counter the tired stereotypes and clichés about women not being funny or able to take a joke. The second is to illustrate the different forms and topics of humor in contemporary art from artistic jokes, political outrages, bodily functions and appearances, cultural stereotypes, and sex and death, to the absurd and surreal, puns and slapstick as well as poking fun at sacred cows of art and its institutions.

Join The Church’s first excursion: Creativity in the wild! Venture out from our beloved Long Island South Fork to discover the beauty of our neighboring North Fork community across the sound. Take a joyous morning boat or bus ride from Sag Harbor to Catapano Dairy Farm in Southold, a small goat farm and home to award-winning goat cheese. Guests are welcome to explore the property and set up alongside Eric Fischl and April Gornik to sketch animals, plants, flowers, or whatever inspires them, using the farm and its surroundings as a catalyst for creativity! All skill levels of drawing are welcome, from complete novices to total professionals. All supplies, including sketchbooks, pencils, and chairs, will be provided. Please bring the necessary clothing/accessories for sun protection. Before departing for lunch, our guests have the opportunity to make new four-legged friends as they are invited to participate in Catapano’s Goat Cuddling!

Next, the group will enjoy lunch at Noah’s in Greenport, consisting of three courses that incorporate the bounty of the East End. After lunch, we’ll venture to the Land Craft Garden Foundation in Mattituck, where guests will be given a private tour of the foundation’s current sculpture exhibition, Sculpture in the Garden 2024: Jose Pardo. Following the sculpture tour, the group will be given an exclusive tour of Ugo Rondinone’s private garden and artist studio.

The guests will then visit Mattituck Mushrooms where guests will be led on a brief tour, welcomed to find inspiration for sketching, and able to peruse the shop’s inventory for any and all their mushroom needs! The group will then depart for home by bus, concluding their trip at The Church.

Our Summer Dinner Theater benefit returns with yet another outstanding evening that will inspire, delight, and entertain you: a unique performance by multi-award-winning comedian, actor, and entertainer Martin Short.

Martin Short currently stars alongside Steve Martin and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building. Over a forty-plus-year career, he has been nominated for more than 78 International Awards and has won two primetime Emmys.A truly rare opportunity for an intimate experience - only 160 seats available!

New this year: the evening will conclude with an after-party featuring dessert and a DJ'd disco.

After-party tickets are included with all dinner theater tickets and will be available as a stand-alone ticket. Release date TBD.

Query: How should a tolerant person, or society, engage intolerant people?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

It is time to rethink everything you thought you knew about pirates. Join Thymaya Payne, as he presents a screening of his documentary film, “Stolen Seas,” which follows pirate translator and negotiator Ishmael Ali, tells the story of 13 powerless men trapped on a ship, and explores why their captors feel justified in their tyranny. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with the acclaimed writer and filmmaker.

Query: What is your relationship with awe?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

Calling all Children and Parents! The Spring Jubilee returns to The Church with a full day of sound, fun, and playfulness. Join us as The Church is transformed into a festival ground of playful activity celebrating creativity!