Tickets
General Ticket: $25
Members: $20
International Women’s Day Shout Out & Dance Party returns for a second year of saluting inspiring women from our community with a soul-stirring, sole-lifting community celebration. Come one and all for a dance-filled evening of jubilation while raising a glass to some of your favorite friends, family, and neighbors.
This year we’re giving a shout out to: Bonnie Cannon - Executive Director of Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center, Cindy Capalbo- Founder and Organizer of Sag Harbor Helpers, Elizabeth Cataletto – Art Teacher at Pierson Highschool, Pamela Greinke - Founder and Executive Director of Hope & Resilience Long Island, Meghan McGinley Arnone, PhD – Director of Education & Grants Management at Sag Harbor Cinema, Elka Rifkin – Co-Founder of ACCESSforALL.
The good vibes continue as the salutees pay it forward by shouting out their own celebrant. Respect. The gift that keeps on giving.
All of this amidst a fun community social featuring DJ Henry Eau who spins genre-fluid tunes of old and new dance favorites, in addition to a specialty cocktails (cash bar) and snacks. Come for the shout outs, stay for the party.
The 2026 International Women’s Day theme is #GivetoGain and emphasizes the power of reciprocity and support. Whether giving donations, knowledge, resources, visibility, advocacy, or all the other countless ways we can offer support, opportunities increase. “When women thrive, we all rise.”
Rise with us as we spotlight and celebrate women in our community who give their time, hearts, and dedication so that others may benefit. Salute their achievements with movement, celebration, and the joy of community. Let’s dance!
ABOUT OUR CELEBRANTS
BONNIE CANNON
Executive Director of Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center
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Bonnie serves as the Executive Director of the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, a long-standing community-based organization dedicated to supporting underserved children and families of the East End. A proud Howard University alum, she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Information Systems, blending her expertise in leadership and technology to advance the Center’s mission.
Bonnie is a trailblazer in civic engagement, becoming the first African American woman elected to the Southampton Village Board of Trustees. She currently serves as Commissioner of the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission and is the Co-Founder of SAAM (formerly the East End African Center for Excellence), an initiative that fosters dialogue, cultural awareness, and unity across diverse communities.
Bonnie is also the Chairwoman for the Town of Southampton Housing Authority whose mission is to enhance the community by creating and sustaining decent, safe, and affordable housing opportunities for low to moderate-income residents. It works to increase affordable options for both rental and homeownership, preserve existing affordable housing, and provide programs that promote stability and self-sufficiency, including homeownership education. The authority aims to align these efforts with the rural character of the town.
Through her leadership, Bonnie continues to build bridges between individuals, institutions, and opportunities—ensuring that every child and family has access to resources, education, and a supportive community network.
CINDY CAPALBO
Founder and Organizer of Sag Harbor Helpers
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Cindy Ward Capalbo, a Sag Harbor native, has spent her life caring for the community that raised her — showing up in ways both visible and quiet, always guided by the belief that community is something we nurture together.
In 2020, during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cindy founded Sag Harbor Helpers after recognizing how vulnerable many elderly residents were during a time of uncertainty and isolation. What began as a simple Facebook group quickly grew into a trusted community initiative rooted in compassion and consistency. Today, Sag Harbor Helpers supports approximately 15 residents each week and more than 50 individuals and families during the holiday season throughout the Sag Harbor community. This work continues alongside four dedicated board members whose commitment helps guide the organization and sustain its impact. In recognition of the care she helped mobilize across Sag Harbor, Cindy was named Person of the Year by the Express News Group in 2020.
Her commitment to Sag Harbor extends across many parts of community life. As a member of the Executive Board of the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, she helps support local businesses and the vitality of the village. For 27 years, Cindy and her husband Chris have owned and operated C’s Home & Office Management, building a business grounded in trust, care, and reliability — the same values that guide her community work.
At the heart of everything Cindy does is family. She is a proud mother to twins, Haley and Chris, and continues to invest her time, energy, and compassion into the Sag Harbor community she has always called home.
ELIZABETH CATALETTO
Art Teacher at Pierson High School
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Elizabeth Cataletto is an artist and educator born and raised in Sag Harbor, where her lifelong connection to the East End continues to shape her creative practice and teaching philosophy. For the past 16 years, she has taught IB Visual Arts and photography at Pierson High School, inspiring students to think critically, take creative risks, and develop a strong sense of artistic voice.
Known for her enthusiasm, curiosity, and deep commitment to art education, Elizabeth believes in the power of visual storytelling as a tool for self-expression and connection. Her classroom practice emphasizes experimentation, observation, and reflection, encouraging students to engage with both their personal experiences and the world around them. Through her work, she has nurtured generations of young artists build confidence and discover the role art can play in their lives beyond the classroom.
She lives in East Hampton with her husband, David, and their two children, Theo and Vivien. As a family, they spend much of their time outdoors, sailing, hiking, and making art, drawing inspiration from the natural landscape. Elizabeth’s work reflects her belief that art, education, family, and community are deeply intertwined.
Elizabeth is honored to collaborate with The Church, a space she deeply values for its role in supporting artists and students and fostering creative dialogue. She believes institutions like The Church are essential to nurturing community, collaboration, and cultural exchange.
PAMELA GREINKE
Founder and Executive Director of Hope & Resilience Long Island
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Pamela Greinke is the founder and executive director of Hope and Resilience Long Island, an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking on the East End of Long Island. Recognizing a critical gap in services four years ago, Pamela established HARLI in response to the area’s rapid population growth and alarming increases in reported incidents of violence and exploitation.
With over 17 years of experience in victim advocacy and support services, Pamela brings both expertise and compassion to her work. She guides clients through the complex journey toward justice and healing during the most challenging moments of their lives, helping them navigate legal systems, access resources, and reclaim their sense of safety and autonomy.
Under Pamela's leadership, HARLI has become a vital resource for the East End community, providing comprehensive services that address the unique needs of survivors. Her commitment to trauma-informed care and her deep understanding of the barriers survivors face have shaped HARLI's holistic approach to support and recovery.
Pamela's vision extends beyond immediate crisis intervention as she strives to build long-term resilience in the individuals and families HARLI serves. Her dedication to creating a community where survivors can find hope, healing, and justice has established her as a powerful advocate for those who need it most.
MEGHAN McGINLEY ARNONE, PhD
Director of Education & Grants Management at Sag Harbor Cinema
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Dr. Meghan McGinley Arnon (PhD, Vanderbilt) is the Director of Education and Grants Management at Sag Harbor Cinema. She is an award-winning educator and former Mellon Foundation fellow with nearly a decade of teaching experience, having worked with students in higher education as well as primary and secondary school. Her specialization in film is informed by her background in literature, art history, and second-language acquisition. She prizes a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and curriculum design that is student centered and community driven.
Dr. McGinley Arnone managed the Forgetting to Remember Project, a $200,000 grant that brought together Sag Harbor Cinema and the Plain Sight Project, which was sponsored by U.S. Senator Hon. Charles E. Schumer’s Congressionally Directed Community Project Funding through the United States Department of Education. In her dual role at Sag Harbor Cinema, she continues to lead grant management, securing and overseeing critical funding from private foundations as well as country, state, and federal sources.
ELKA RIFKIN
Co-Founder of ACCESSforALL
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Elka Rifkin has spent her career working in the areas of integrated education and the arts. The bulk of her career has been in the arts and administration, working first as an arts educator and facilitator of interdisciplinary education, then heading schools, as well as creating and facilitating innovative international educational programs. As an art teacher for ten years in Fort Collins, Colorado, she worked with children in the district’s Deaf Education Program, communicating through sign language and with an interpreter. As a school administrator, she worked closely with families, who had children with visible and invisible disabilities, to help them access the support they required.
Elka brings deep connections to the local arts, education, and cultural community through her administrative work in area schools, and as a founding member of the Hampton Arts Network, as well as the Southampton Arts & Culture Committee. She was the Director of The Watermill Center in Water Mill, New York for nine years.
In 2024, she and two former colleagues – Ava Locks and Brian O’Mahnoney – formed ACCESSforALL, a team of experienced disability professionals offering business development insights and staff training solutions that generate and refine new approaches to accessible and inclusive services. AfA specializes in working with visitor service industries to craft custom approaches to accessible and inclusive services. AfA specializes in working with visitor service industries to craft custom approaches to accessibility remediation aimed at expanding and enriching the guest experience. Elka is a founding member of the East End Disabilities Network, a consortium of 18 organizations that enrich and support the needs of the disability community on the north and south fork of Long Island.