Williams by Walt
Tennessee Walt, a New York country singer, will return to the East Hampton Library with "The Hank Williams Century" on Saturday afternoon at 2.
The free show includes such classics as "I Saw the Light" and "Your Cheating Heart," as well as lesser-known Williams songs, including some that have survived only as posthumously released demo tapes.
"There are a lot of things that people don't know about Hank Williams," who died at 29, said Tennessee Walt, a.k.a. Gayden Wren. He will fill in those gaps not only with songs, but also with the stories behind them and the man who wrote them.
Judy Jazz
Sag Harbor's Judy Carmichael, a pianist and vocalist who is one of the world's leading interpreters of stride piano and swing, will be at the American Hotel in that village for a Champagne luncheon and recital on May 7 at noon.
The event is a benefit for Jazz Inspired, Inc., a nonprofit foundation whose goal is to bring to the public, especially school-age children, more awareness of jazz, and to promote better understanding of the arts and the creative process.
Tickets are $150 and can be purchased online at Ms. Carmichael's website or by mailing a check to Judy Carmichael, Jazz Inspired, Inc., Box 360, Sag Harbor 11963. The event is predicted to be a sell-out, and no tickets will be sold at the door.
Weaving Recyclables
Suzanne Tick, an artist, weaver, and the creative director of Luum Textiles, will be at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton with her studio designers to conduct two weaving workshops, using recycled materials, on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
Participants have been asked to bring discarded clothing, images, uniforms, feathers, cassettes, jewelry, plastic bags, Mylar balloons, fallen plant materials, and other discarded belongings, which they can weave into their looms to give those materials new life. The looms will be provided by LongHouse.
Open to ages 5 and up, the workshop costs $65.
Four in Residence
A dancer-choreographer, a writer-filmmaker, and two unconventional visual artists now in residence at the Watermill Center will open their studios there on Friday at 6 p.m.
Katerina Andreou creates her own music for her dance performances, and considers sound to be a performative and dramaturgical tool. The work of Brianna L. Hernandez, an artist, educator, and curator, focuses on end-of-life care, grieving processes, and mourning rituals.
Aref Montazeri is a sculptor who pursues a novel approach to mirror art that involves large numbers of mirror cuts and meticulous attention to detail. Robert Taylor's writing and filmmaking leans toward literary horror and the speculative, and is inspired by unusual aspects of race and sexuality.
Reservations are free, and can be made on the center's website.
Blues and Jazz
Jake Lear is up next in the Masonic Music Series at the Sag Harbor Masonic Temple. Raised on the music of John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, and Howlin' Wolf, Mr. Lear and his band will bring the blues to the temple's Inner Sanctum on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.
The Masonic Club also hosts the Jam Session every Tuesday evening at 7. Jazz fans unable to make the show can hear it on Sundays at 8 p.m. on WLIW-FM 88.3. Tickets to the in-person shows are $15.
Rock Potpourri
The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead will rock this weekend with celebrations of Motown, Queen, and early '60s harmonies. The Sensational Soul Cruisers will perform music by the Four Tops, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding, and many more on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 to $65.
Yvan Pedneault earned raves from both Brian May and Roger Taylor, founding members of Queen, who offered him the leading role in the Toronto production of "We Will Rock You." Mr. Pedneault will bring Queen's greatest hits to Riverhead on Saturday at 8 p.m. The tariff ranges from $45 to $69.
The harmonies of doo-wop and a cappella will come from three groups, the Del Satins, who recorded hit records with Dion in the early '60s; the Tribunes, and Stiletto and the Saxman, on Sunday afternoon at 4. $45 to $65 will bring you back to that decade.
