Admit it, it’s been on your list since May, but did you actually go see the Dennis Oppenheim exhibition at the Storm King Art Center? 

As if one needed an excuse to visit what is arguably one of America’s seven wonders of outdoor art (Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” and Walter de Maria’s “Lightning Field” immediately come to mind as other worthy peers), Storm King Art Center, in Mountainville, N.Y., has sweetened the pot with this season’s mini-survey. Along with its permanent collection of works by David Smith, Dorothy Dehner, Tony Smith, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Mark di Suvero, Alice Aycock, Richard Serra, Lynda Benglis, Isamu Noguchi, Joel Perlman, Adolph Gottlieb, etc., etc., it has a significant show by the late sculptor, who lived much of the year in Springs.

Viewing Oppenheim’s “Splash Buildings” in the more confined space of an interior Parrish Art Museum gallery thrills, because the space seems hardly able to contain the sculptures’ exuberance. So many of the works he designed in his later years are large-scale installations, yet it is both freeing and somewhat diminishing to see them out in the open on acres of rolling meadows. It’s as if the landscape’s vastness might swallow them up.

The exhibition has addressed this by including a significant installation in its museum as well. Preparatory sketches and records of previous and yet-to-be-realized projects line a wall or two in long galleries. There are also works in video, a sound installation, a re-creation of one of the body works, a silk tree arbor with tree houses, and much more. It’s a good primer on the major themes and strategies Oppenheim used throughout his career, ranging from the 1960s to his death in 2011.

Outside, seven sizable installations are placed throughout the property, allowing a pretty full experience of the entire sculpture park as well as the span of Oppenheim’s more monumental works. Except for a sketch and a gift from the Watermill Center, everything on view is from the artist’s estate. Some of these works may have been created with the intention of their becoming public art. Given the artist’s ambivalence about his public projects, however, this setting provides the best of both worlds, a chance to experience their monumentality, but under congenial terms.

In a 1997 interview at the time of his Venice Biennale installation, Oppenheim called public projects “a receptacle for bad art. What it offers an artist is an excruciating interaction with bureaucrats and overseers who invariably make a good work impossible.” Calling the context of public art “bittersweet and disappointing,” he said it had produced “some of the worst sculpture in the world.”

By these standards, a work called “Alternate Landscape Components,” while engaging in its bright perkiness, seems crass in its execution. That seems to be the point. The title and theme of the exhibition, “Terrestrial Studio,” emphasizes the sculptor’s interest in the interaction of the natural world with the man-made. The components are highly stylized trees, small bushes, and red rocks rendered from steel drums, plastic pipe, and acrylic. One of his late works, it was made, he said, in opposition to some of the original tenets of Earth Art: site specificity and references to Zen Buddhism. It was part of a larger project with other components, of which the museum displays multiple drawings.

Sometimes Oppenheim designed things to help people interact with landscapes, like his “Dead Furrow” viewing station, constructed of plywood but painted in such a way to resemble the solidity of concrete. Placed in the center of a meadow, it resembles a ziggurat or pyramid, with references to a fortress or a tomb. A path cut through the grasses makes an approach feel like a pilgrimage. The “dead furrows” of the title, which comes from a farming term for the trench left after a field has been plowed, are constructed of large plastic pipes and rocks. There is something both serious and offhanded about the piece, in a Pop Art kind of way.

Re-creating an early urban experience, his “Sound Enclosed Land Area” is a 1969 recording of footsteps taken while walking within a highlighted area on a map of Milan. Set near the entrance and the interior of the museum, the piece has a haunting quality that is enhanced by the precision and even a kind of music made by the uniformly spaced footfalls.

The gateway sculpture to “Entrance to a Garden” was commissioned for the Milwaukee Airport but scuttled after Scott Walker, now Governor of Wisconsin but then a county executive, protested that the blue color of the shirt was demeaning to blue-collar workers. In this version, the sculpture, of a suit jacket, tie, and shirt, is incorporated into an overall artist-designed landscape scheme that resembles a cuffed and collared dress shirt, which also provides seating.

“Electric Kiss” has the look of candy, but also an onion, if onions came in electric blue, green, and yellow. Another way to view the landscape, both semi-protected inside or as an ornament to it, the structure has one of the most pleasing and effortless interactions with its environment.

The “Architectural Cactus Grove” is agreeably goofy, reminiscent of a sculpture like Jeff Koons’s “Puppy.” The cacti even have visual qualities akin to baby chicks or other small birds, joyful and exuberant, a frothy delight uninterested in deeper meaning.

At the very outskirts of the property, but in one of its loveliest parts, sits an installation of blue, pink, and white-painted wooden stars. They make up the piece “Wishing the Mountains Madness,” a work initially installed in Montana in 1977. It is best viewed from above; images of the work both from aerial photographs and taken from a nearby hill are more satisfying than trying to see it up close. 

For those who like to take their fall leaf-peeping off-island, the 500-acre sculpture park, set in the lower Hudson Valley, offers a destination that can easily be incorporated into a weekend excursion along with Dia Beacon, West Point, kayaking, fine dining, and even shopping. But be warned, Storm King could easily be a day in itself if the goal is not to rush through it.

A park employee emphasized that fall weekends are extremely busy and the best time to go is during the week. Barring that, aim to arrive early, when parking spaces, bike rentals, and peace and quiet are still plentiful. Storm King is closed Tuesdays through Oct. 31, and Mondays and Tuesdays in November. The Oppenheim exhibition will be on view through Nov. 13. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; to 4:30 in November. Admission is $15.

The Hamptons International Film Festival announced some of its key films for this year’s event last week. On Oct. 6, it will open the festival in East Hampton with “Loving,” the story of the couple whose Supreme Court case did away with laws against interracial marriage in 1967. Directed and written by Jeff Nichols, it stars Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, and Michael Shannon. 

“Strange Weather” will be Southampton’s opening night attraction on Oct. 7. Katherine Dieckmann wrote and directed the film, which stars Holly Hunter as a mother who processes her grief over losing her son by settling a score. Ms. Hunter will be in attendance.

This year’s centerpiece films, to be shown at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, are “Manchester by the Sea” and “20th Century Women.” Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” is the story of a janitor who returns home to his fishing village upon the death of his brother to become the sole guardian of his nephew. Casey Affleck stars, along with Kyle Chandler and Michelle Williams. 

Written and directed by Mike Mills,  “20th Century Women” is about three women living in Southern California in the late 1970s, with Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, and Billy Crudup in the starring roles. Mr. Mills will attend the festival.

The closing-night film is “American Pastoral.” Based on Philip Roth’s 1997 novel, it stars Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, David Strathairn, Rupert Evans, and Valorie Curry. Mr. McGregor also directed. It will be shown on Oct. 10 in East Hampton.

Passes and ticket packages are for sale now on the festival’s website. Individual tickets will go on sale Monday.

Columbus Day weekend on the South Fork has come to mean much more than changing leaves and pumpkin picking. It is also a weekend of film, lots and lots of film. The Hamptons International Film Festival will begin on Oct. 6, and by the time it ends on Oct. 10, it will have screened 126 films, both features and shorts, narrative and documentary.

On Tuesday, the festival announced the bulk of its lineup. It includes some of the most anticipated releases of the Academy Awards season as well as smaller, independent films and a selection from 32 countries. They include 8 world premieres, 9 North American premieres, and 20 United States premieres. The full guide is on the festival website.

The festival has already announced that it will open with "Loving," Jeff Nichols's film about a couple whose Supreme Court case did away with laws against interracial marriage in 1967. It will close with Ewan McGregor's interpretation of "American Pastoral," Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a charmed family whose world falls apart after a violent crime.

In between, it will screen films such as the much-praised "Manchester by the Sea," Kenneth Lonergan's film about a working-class family in a Massachusetts fishing village; "Strange Weather," starring Holly Hunter as a grieving woman in the Deep South trying to find answers so she can move on with her life, and Mike Mills's "20th Century Women," a drama set in Southern California in the late 1970s. These five films, already generating awards buzz from previous festival screenings, will cost the most at $35 per ticket. 

This year's Spotlight Films will include "Bleed for This," "Burn Your Maps," "Christine," "Julieta," "La La Land," "Lion," "Moonlight," "The Ticket," "Una," and "Wakefield." Tickets for Spotlight films, which have or are likely to have distribution, cost $28. The remaining films are $15 per ticket.

The festival's World Cinema selections represent smaller films from both domestic and foreign sources. The documentary titles are "Davi's Way," "Score: A Musical Documentary," "Supergirl," "Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing," "Franca: Chaos and Creation," "Santoalla," "Bunker77," "Sour Grapes," "Into the Inferno," "God Knows Where I Am," "Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent," and "Southwest in Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four."

The narrative films include "All the Beauty," "The Teacher," "Blue Jay," "Goldstone," "Original Bliss," "The Red Turtle," "Don't Call Me Son," "Frantz," "Halal Love (and Sex)," "The Handmaiden," "Lost in Paris," "The Salesman," "Lovesong," "Donald Cried," "I, Daniel Blake," "Paterson," "Toni Erdmann," and "Under the Shadow."

The festival's View From Long Island section will feature "Legs: A Big Issue in a Small Town," which is also a World Cinema selection. It follows the battle between Sag Harbor Village and two homeowners, Ruth Vered and Janet Lehr, after they install a massive Larry Rivers sculpture on the exterior of their house. "The Killing Season," a documentary that will run on the A&E channel, will follow the investigation of the deaths of 10 sex workers whose bodies were found UpIsland on Gilgo Beach. Two short films will be included in this section: "Black Swell" by Jacob Honig stars Richard Kind, and "Prophet of Plas-teek" by Joshua Cohen takes place in Montauk. "God Knows Where I Am," is a documentary produced and directed by two brothers, Todd and Jedd Wider, with Long Island connections.

There will be eight programs of short films in addition to those running before features. They are the Narrative and Documentary Short Film Competitions, New York Women in Film and Television: Women Calling the Shots, Away We Go! Shorts for All Ages, Student Short Films Showcase, Get Off My Cloud, Runs in the Family, and Tilt & Shift. 

This year's Films of Conflict and Resolution section will feature titles such as "Disturbing the Peace," about former soldiers from Israel and Palestine becoming peace activists. Other films include "Fire at Sea," about the European migrant crisis; "I Am Not Your Negro," based on a James Baldwin manuscript, and "Sonita," about an Afghan refugee who dreams of becoming a rapper.

The Compassion, Justice, and Animal Rights section will include "The Ivory Game," about attempts to save African elephants from extinction, and "Unlocking the Cage," a film by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker of Sag Harbor. It looks at the efforts of an animal rights lawyer trying to establish case law to ensure animals have legal protection.

New this year is a Focus on Norwegian Film showcase for films tied to Norway. They will include "All the Beauty," "Late Summer," "Magnus," and "It's Alright."

"Betting on Zero," the audience favorite from the festival's SummerDocs series, will have an encore screening. Another special screening will take place on Oct. 9 at the Southampton Arts Center, which will show "The Addams Family," the 1991 film, based on the Sagaponack resident Charles Addam's cartoons.

The festival box offices, at Obligato on Main Street in East Hampton and the Southampton Arts Center on Job's Lane, open on Monday, when individual tickets will go on sale. Ticket packages and passes are on sale now at hamptonsfilmfest.org. The official festival guide will be published by The Star and distributed with this Thursday's issue of the paper. 

Tito Batista and the Black Rose Orchestra will perform at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Saturday at 8 p.m. Featuring contemporary favorites and “modern vintage with class,” Mr. Batista will sing his popular version of “Besame Mucho,” “Volare,” “Ojos Verdes,” “Dos Gardenias” and songs from his CD “Hey Now!,” including “Hey Now, I Think I’m in Love,” “The Love I Need,” and “Wanna Be Free.” The Black Rose Orchestra will accompany him with its Las Vegas-style big band sound.

Bay Street will hold open auditions for its fall production of “The Scarlet Letter” on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a lunch break between 1 and 2. The theater is seeking Equity actors for nine roles. Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds have been encouraged to attend, as have actors with local housing.

No appointments are necessary, and actors will be seen on a first-come-first-served basis. Readings will be from sides that will be provided at the audition. The contract dates are Oct. 17 through Nov. 26. More information can be obtained by calling the administrative office at 631-725-0818.

Samantha Hankey, a rising mezzo-soprano, will join a new chamber singing group from the Choral Society of the Hamptons at a benefit for the society on Sept. 24, to be held at the storied Woodhouse Playhouse in East Hampton.

Ms. Hankey, a student at the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for the Vocal Arts at the Juilliard School, has been described by Opera News as a “beauty with a maple-flavored mezzo,” and The New York Times has called her work “serious” and “penetrating.” She has performed at the Aspen Music Festival, in operas at Juilliard, and on HBO and NPR.

She will perform pieces ranging from an aria from Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” to Kurt Weill’s “Speak Low.” The chamber singers, led by the society’s music director, Mark Mancini, will perform a variety of madrigals.

Members of the event’s 56-person benefit committee include the composer Victoria Bond, the television producer Susan Lacy, and Molly Channing of Channing Daughters Winery.

The Woodhouse Playhouse, at 64 Huntting Lane in East Hampton, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. It is seldom open to the public, making the benefit a rare opportunity to see the building, an iconic reflection of early “summer colony” culture. Richard Brockman and Mirra Bank Brockman, its owners, are the honorary chairs of the event, which will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $300, $250 of which is tax-deductible. Reservations can be made at the society’s website or by calling 631-904-0402. 

The benefit, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., culminates celebrations of the choral society’s 70th year. An auditioned chorus that performs with professional conductors, soloists, orchestra, and accompanists, the society has presented high-quality choral music on the East End since its founding by the late Charlotte Rogers Smith in 1946.

The Southampton Arts Center will host Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour, a festival of nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, adventure, and political issues, with programs tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4 and 7:30. The themes are “Spirit of Adventure,” “Insights on the Refugee Experience,” and “The Human Indomitable Spirit.”

Tomorrow’s films, which come from the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Iceland, include a portrait of a 90-year-old ice-skater who spent decades performing in the Ice Capades; an indigenous female wrestler in Bolivia, and surfers in Iceland.

Saturday afternoon’s program includes a film from the Central African Republic in which a Christian boy and a Muslim girl discuss growing up in that poor and divided country; a portrait of a Syrian-American doctor who leaves the U.S. to work in a Turkish hospital on the Syrian border, and the story of several people in Afghanistan struggling with whether or not to leave their homeland.

A kidney donor and recipient, an eccentric Los Angeles marathoner who once ran the race backward, a female Bangladeshi mountain climber, and a “trail angel” who gives snacks and peace of mind to hikers on the Appalachian Trail are the subjects of Saturday evening’s films, which come from the U.S., Nepal, and France. A filmmakers’ reception will be held that evening at 6, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. 

Tickets for the reception and both Saturday programs are $100. Tickets to individual film programs are $15 at the door, $12 in advance, and $10 for students and senior citizens.

Paula Poundstone, whose many honors include a place on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (“They ran out of people to give it to,” she explained), will bring her act to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor next Thursday at 8 p.m.

Ms. Poundstone is a regular panelist on “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me,” National Public Radio’s popular weekly news quiz show. In addition to performing stand-up across the country, earlier this year she voiced the character “Forgetter Paula” in Disney/Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature “Inside Out,” and released her first double live CD, “North By Northwest: Paula Poundstone Live.”

Her more than three decades of performance include several HBO specials and a 1992 appearance as the first woman to share the stage with the president as host of the White House Correspondents dinner.

Tickets range in price from $69.25 to $125. Only a handful of premium seats remain available.

The Southampton Cultural Center’s Rising Stars Piano Series will open its fall 2016 season with a concert by Jacopo Giacopuzzi on Saturday at 7 p.m. Born in Italy, he is now living in Los Angeles, where he is working toward a master’s degree in piano performance at the U.S.C. Thornton School of Music.

Mr. Giacopuzzi has performed at important festivals and venues in the United States and Europe and has won some 15 competitions, including a special jury prize at the Ibiza International Competition in 2013 and the International Liszt Competition in Los Angeles in 2014. 

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, free for students under 21.

Francisco Roldan, a classical guitarist, and Elisabet Torras Aguilera, a dancer, will perform “Flamenco!” a free program of dance combined with the music of composers from Italy, Spain, and Central and South America, at the Montauk Library on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Ms. Aguilera, who studied flamenco at the Conservatory of Dance and Theatre of Barcelona, has toured internationally as a member of flamenco dance troupes, and now teaches in New York City. As a soloist, Mr. Roldan has appeared throughout the U.S. at festivals and major venues, including Lincoln Center, and has performed with ensembles such as the ZigZag Quartet and Compass Trio.

The Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue has announced its 2016-2017 schedule, which will launch in timely fashion on Oct. 20, less than three weeks before Election Day, with David Mamet’s 2008 Oval Office satire, ”November,” a peek at one day in the life of an egomaniacal and beleaguered president seeing reelection.

Subsequent productions will include “4,000 Miles,” Amy Herzog’s play about the unlikely relationship between a 91-year-old leftist and her questing grandson; Bernard Slade’s whodunit “An Act of the Imagination,” a brew of cunning, duplicity, and deceit, and Michael Frayn’s “Alarms and Excursions,” a collection of comedies of embarrassment.

For the first time, the theater is adding Saturday matinees to its performance schedule and offering discount tickets to theatergoers under 35, for $15. More information is available at hamptontheatre.org.