Theater and Film
A directed reading of "Dancing at Lughnasa," Brian Friel's Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning 1990 play, will take place Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Montauk Library. Set in a small town in the north of Ireland in the summer of 1936, the play centers around five sisters and the return home of their older brother, Jack, from missionary work in Africa.
Produced and directed by Josh Gladstone, the production stars Carly J. Cooper, Gerald Doyle, Diane Ferraro, Dan Kelly, Kelley Lord, Sevrin Anne Mason, Kate Mueth, and Mr. Gladstone.
Also at the library, on Sunday afternoon at 3, will be a screening of "Seat 20D," a documentary by Jill Campbell that tells the story of "Dark Elegy," a sculpture created by Suse Lowenstein of Montauk after her son died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The sculpture represents her emotional reaction to the tragedy and that of 75 other mothers of the victims.
"Seat 20D" tells the story of the Lowensteins and the other families grappling with the reality of their losses. "Dark Elegy" is situated in Ms. Lowenstein's Montauk garden, which is open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to noon.
Whimsy and Fashion
Whimsy in the Garden, the Southampton Arts Center's benefit garden party, will happen on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. with live music, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres. Tickets start at $350.
On Sunday afternoon, from 4 to 5:30, Fern Mallis, the creator of New York Fashion Week, will be at the center for a conversation with two notable fashion designers, Stan Herman and Jeffrey Banks. Ms. Mallis will provide insights into the industry she has helped for decades to shape, and will illuminate the iconic designs of Mr. Herman and Mr. Banks. Autographed copies of Ms. Mallis's book "Fashion Icons 2" will be for sale after the talk.
The event is free, but registration is required on the center's website.
Parkinson's and Dance
"Capturing Grace," a documentary by David Iverson that follows the Brooklyn Parkinson Group as they attend classes at the Mark Morris Dance Center, will be shown at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill on Friday at 6 p.m. The film reveals how, through the power of choreography, performers regain what they thought they had lost to Parkinson's disease.
The program will be introduced by Sarah Cohen, a physical therapist at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Center for Parkinson's Disease, and Martha Stotsky, the museum's director of art education.
After the screening, a conversation will take place via Zoom between Mr. Iverson and David Leventhal, who is the program director and founding teacher of Mark Morris Dance for PD.
Tickets are $16, $10 for members and students, $5 for children.
Pianofest is Back
The 35th season of Pianofest in the Hamptons, six weeks of intimate piano recitals, will launch on Monday at 5 p.m. at the Southampton Cultural Center. This year's season features 18 young artists from around the globe.
Directed by Paul Schenly, the festival offers concentrated study to a small group of pianists, each of whom receives a full scholarship, room and board, and a $400 stipend.
Three Wednesday-evening concerts will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, starting Wednesday at 6. The Avram Theater in Southampton will host six Monday programs, beginning July 3 at 5 p.m., and the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will present one program, on July 27 at 7 p.m.
Tickets to individual concerts are $30, cash only at the door. Subscriptions to the entire series, at $180, are available on the Pianofest website.
Mag Man in Southampton
For more than 50 years, the graphic designers Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser revolutionized the look of magazine journalism. Their 2019 book "Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines" illuminated their careers in the magazine industry, including the founding of New York magazine in 1968.
Mr. Bernard will be at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton on Wednesday at 1 p.m. to talk about their adventures at New York magazine, Time, and Fortune, among others. In all, they designed over 100 magazines and newspapers, and they received, in 2013, the Design Excellence Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
