Calendar of Events

There’s always something happening at Peconic Landing. We invite you to explore our calendar featuring events open to the community.

Monday, February 1 at 4:00 pm
Outsider Art Presentation and Discussion
Art expert Joyce Beckenstein will present a slide-illustrated overview of Outsider Art, from Art Brut to Folk Art and Intuitive Art. Artist Candyce Brokaw will also discuss her life and work as an artist-survivor and establishing the Survivors Art Foundation to help those who suffer from physical and mental trauma.

Friday, February 12 at 8:00 pm
YOU: The Citizen Scientist
Do you watch birds? Then you’re an important resource for the researchers at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The North Fork Audubon Society presents a program where you can learn about the many Citizen Science initiatives sponsored by the lab for “everyday birders” and find out how you can participate.

Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 pm
East End Arts Council and Peconic Landing present "Chill Out Day" at Brecknock Hall
10:30 am - 8:30 pm
The community is invited to four, fun intergenerational programs including Word Play, Inside the Artists’ Studio, Community Drum Circle and Cool Jazz. Families and groups of friends of all ages are encouraged to attend. Classes are just $5 each. For more information, visit www.eastendarts.org or call 631-369-2171.

Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 pm
Lifetime Learning Speakers Committee Lecture Series presents “The United States and China: Friends or Enemies?”
The relationship of China and the United States has altered between warm and warlike. Is China a potential ally or the next superpower rival? John Speyer hosts a lecture by Professor A. Tom Grunfeld from Empire State College, an historian who specializes in the teaching of modern East Asian history, will explore the history of this relationship, the debates and the future. Speakers in the Humanities Council lectures are free and open to the general public and are sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state-affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Saturday, February 20 at 4:00 pm
Oysterponds Historical Society presents “John Holzapfel: The Many Histories of Menhaden”
Whether you call them menhaden, bunker or porgies this remarkable fish has had a transformative effect on the marine industry and the North Fork. Professor Holzapfel will explore the biological, ecological, economic and social history of the “world’s most important fish.”

Thursday, February 25 at 4:00 pm
Black History Month Celebration: “Portrait of a People”
Daryl Jordan, one of Long Island’s leading sopranos, will perform a live concert of poetry, music and song. This inspirational concert will feature traditional spirituals by Ellington, Joplin and arrangements by Odetta, Burleigh and others. Poetry will be by Ntosake Shange and June Jordan.

Friday, February 26 at 4:00 pm
Hemingway: The Man, the Writer and the Myth
Professor Carroll Grimes, a Hemingway scholar, will lecture and lead a discussion about Hemingway’s life, several of his major works (including short stories) and the myths that have emerged over the years.