ALEC BALDWIN! ONE NIGHT! NO YOU CAN’T GET A TICKET!

— Alec Baldwin has many homes. There is his family’s farm in Vermont. They still seem to have his old place in Greenwich Village, although it must be crowded with such a big family.

Akec Baldwin (photo credit Marco Vacchi)

And they still have the big house in Amagansett, which appears to be off the market for now. In fact, the Baldwins seem to be in residence, on a family beach vacation. Hilaria Baldwin was in East Hampton for Author’s Night last weekend for her book “Manual Not Included.” (See Katlean De Monchy’s story.) Alec was seen in the authors tent as well.

Hilaria Baldwin’s book, about her life with her husband and their seven children

Alec Baldwin will join Donna Karan’s Wings Over Haiti campaign with a benefit dinner at her waterfront home in East Hampton on Friday, August 15. Thirty people have bid as much as the recommended $15,000 (per couple) to sit at either of two tables. Thus each table, his or hers, will seat 16. (Tickets were sold online by auction, with a minimum bid of $4,500.)

Donna Karan, whose Wings over Haiti charity funds childhood education

The dinner is being prepared by a private chef. Liquor is included. The evening, which is expected to last three hours, will also have a musical performance, compliments of the Manhattan School of Music.

Melissa Errico (photo credit: Jenny Anderon)

More immediately, Alec Baldwin will join Melissa Errico, the Broadway star and singer, on Saturday night, August 16, at Guild Hall for a one night only to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of “The Great Gatsby.” The program, “The Fitzgeralds: A Reading with Music” will consist of the reading of letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda. The minute the program was announced, it sold out.

Even the waiting list is sold out. In other words, don’t even try.

Scott and Zelda, showing off the fashionable marcelled hair waves. He died at age 40. She died at 48.

When “The Great Gatsby” was published, to mediocre reviews, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda were fashionable members of young society in New York. He was barely 30, and she was 25. They moved to Paris that same year with their daughter, Scotty, then 4.

Zelda, considered a great wit and beauty, did not yet exhibit signs of the mental illness that within seven years would her find her committed to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where it was decided that she suffered from schizophrenia. While there she published a novel, “Save Me the Waltz.”

The young Zelda. She was a Southern belle, 20 years old when they married.

They were both talented writers. Fitgerald stole liberally from Zelda in creating characters and dialog in his books. Their letters, therefore, are vastly entertaining. Lucky those who snatched up tickets early. — Linda Lee