Arts

A writer who teaches inmates will speak at The Church, All Star Comedy at Bay Street, an Easter concert in Montauk, and "Garden CPR!" at the horticultural alliance.

This year as part of Hamptons Whodunit, journalists, filmmakers, and writers will have an opportunity to pitch true-crime story ideas to a team of studio executives.

Drive — the Cars Tribute will bring to Stephen Talkhouse such hits as "My Best Friend's Girl," "Just What I Needed," and "You Might Think," with Mary Beth Cronin as Ric Ocasek.

Next at The Church is "A Thousand Words: Photography at the New Yorker," an exhibition of more than 30 years of work by 10 staff photographers.

LongHouse Reserve will open for 2026 with new sculptures by Sean Scully and Renee Cox, furniture and objects by Wharton Esherick and Cheryl R. Riley, and a diverse slate of public programs.

A group show at the Drawing Room reflects the lasting influence of Matisse, Tim Tibus solo at Lucore, and Kristy Gordon and Hunt Slonem will be at Grenning.

Will Ryman’s monumental rose installation will travel from Shanghai to the Parrish Art Museum’s south meadow.

Conversation about injustice at Guantanamo Bay, a Journey tribute band at Bay Street, the legacy of a pioneering architect, and music at the Masonic Temple.

The Choral Society of East Hampton will celebrate its 80th anniversary with an all-jazz program drawing from Count Basie, Cole Porter, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk, and others.

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music spring series will feature a performance by a cello quartet, an evening of George Gershwin, and a program with music by Haydn and Brahms.

Philip Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will read from his new new book of poems at The Church in Sag Harbor.

Two painters at Southampton Cultural Center, ceramic workshop at Bridgehampton Museum, Harper's to open a new gallery in Bangkok, and artists converse at Dan Welden's studio.

"Tristan und Isolde" from the Met, lectures at Madoo, movement workshop at The Church, piano recital in Southampton, rocker at the East Hampton Library.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will show two films by Werner Herzog, "Grizzly Man" and "Ghost Elephants," which explore the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.

A solo show for Adam Baranello, paintings and collages at LTV, and artist talks at Dan Welden's studio.

Mark Obenhaus, a co-director of "Cover-Up," has enjoyed an award-winning and remarkably diverse career as a documentary filmmaker, pivoting between political films and cultural subjects.

Bay Street Theater will host a performance by 2U, a U2 tribute band, and a Hamptons Pride Film Series screening of "Carol."

In Process, the Watermill Center's series of studio visits and open rehearsals, will feature presentations by five current artists in residence.

Nick Corredor, a 23-year-old bandleader and pianist from Hampton Bays, is already a seasoned salsa performer and leader of La Herencia, a nine-piece band with an enthusiastic following.

The Bridgehampton Museum is hosting a survey of the ambitious landscape paintings of Water Mill's Bruce Lieberman.

Antiwar film classic from HamptonsFilm, standup at Bay Street, book launch at Guild Hall, open call from Hampton Theatre Company, Gilbert and Sullivan at Montauk Library, and a solo comedy show in Southampton are all on tap this week.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will host a five-week tribute to Luchino Visconti with films ranging from "Obsession," which launched the Italian neorealist movement, to his epic masterpiece, "The Leopard."

Charles Chemin, a French-American director, has been named artistic director of the Watermill Center, and Lara Sweeney is leaving the Children's Museum of the East End to take the helm of LongHouse Reserve.

Martha Graham will be celebrated at The Church with performances by marionettes and a discussion about Ken Browar and Deborah Ory's new book of photographs of the dance company.

There's a talk and reception for the Ellsworth Kelly show at the Parrish, and artists will hold forth at Dan Welden's studio.

Next from the Hampton Theatre Company is “I Do! I Do!”—a poignant and funny ode to enduring affection from the creators of “The Fantasticks.”

National Theatre Live at Guild Hall, Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks at Bay Street, Austrian art collective at the Watermill Center, Roma jazz at the Masonic Temple, comedy in Southampton.

The Parrish Art Museum and the FLAG Art Foundation have teamed up to present “Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades,” which features 20 works by the acclaimed artist.

At a time of threats to press freedom and rampant misinformation, the Sag Harbor Cinema is showing two films that pay tribute to independent journalism.

Brendan Johnston, a new trustee of the Southampton Arts Center, is doing double duty as the venue’s new artist in residence, painting and interacting with the public in the galleries.