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Updated: August 26, 2009, 10:24 pm	Share    Print    Email

Bethenny Frankel and Michael Katz at the cocktail party Katz hosted for the LongHouse Reserve. Photo courtesy of LHR

East Hampton - Michael Katz held a cocktail party for the benefit of the LongHouse Reserve on Aug. 15. The evening included a special performance by Escola de Samba BOOM, locally famed drummers who met to explore Brazilian rhythms.

BOOM is a tight and swinging Bateria (percussion section) of 30 members who have filled their souls with music from the heart. Specialty cocktails were provided by Double Cross Vodka & Xante Liqueur.

LongHouse Reserve's gallery, arboretum, sculpture gardens and programs, bring together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, with a strong conviction that the arts are central to living wholly and creatively. Dedicated to quality and integrity, LongHouse programs encourage a broad concept of learning. LongHouse Reserve is a not-for-profit museum that encompasses nearly 16 beautiful acres in East Hampton. Each year the LongHouse Reserve presents major exhibitions in both the pavilion and the gardens. Currently, there are more than 60 sculptures for the gardens including works of glass by Dale Chihuly, ceramics by Takaezu, and bronzes by Barcelo, Voulkos, Benglis and de Kooning. Works by Ossorio, Claus Bury, Yoko Ono, Opocensky, and Takashi Soga are also on view, while the installation of a Fly's Eye Dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and a site-specific Sol Lewitt add interesting scale and dimension.

LongHouse Reserve is open to members and to the public from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, from April 25 through Oct. 10 (Columbus Day Weekend).