We’re sticking to our weekend plan of becoming the Hamptons’ greatest arts patrons, if only to slake our midsummer night’s boredom! (Isn’t this how all the great collectors got started?) Tonight, we’re celebrating the Parrish Art Museum at the Midsummer Party, alongside guests including the historian Barbara Goldsmith, the choreographer Paul Taylor and the artist and persistent life of the party Chuck Close. We’re employing our driver, as the evening begins with a cocktail hour and, with dessert and dancing, doesn’t wrap up until one!

Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane (Southampton), cocktails at 6:30pm, dinner at 7:30pm, with “After 10” party to follow; tickets and information can be found athttp://tinyurl.com/parrishart.

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