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Where should you celebrate your holiday weekend? Learn what's going in the Hamptons here.

"There's no argument any longer that the no kill ethos has carried the day," Battista told the room. "Who wants to have killing animals in their job description?"

"One of her emails begins with 'Read every damn word of this email,'" Laurie recounted. "Who wouldn't read that?"

"When I found out the number of children impacted by physical abuse, it got to me as a mother and grandmother and I wanted to use whatever influence I had to support The Retreat," said Behar.

"It is because of the creativity and unrelenting dedication of individuals like Simone that Southampton Arts Center is thriving today for all of us to enjoy," said J. Whitney Stevens.

With summer winding down, it's time to get serious about your Hamptons happenings.

An exclusive Hamptons advanced screening of the Hallie Meyers-Schyer film brought out an A-list crowd.

"We're on track to adopt 200 more animals this year, a 15 percent increase from the last," Scott Howe noted.

"I'm very honored to be hosting tonight," Katie Cleary of World Animal News told Hamptons.com.

Toast to summer with The Barefoot Contessa, throw it back to the 80's, and catch Matisyahu's only Hamptons performance.