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Feel Good Music of '50s and '60s Pop in Montauk

The Montauk Library will present “History of the 1950s and ’60s Through Popular Songs,” a free performance by Marc Black, a blues guitarist, on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Jun 14, 2018
Let There Be Shanties: Women and Whaling in Sag Harbor

Martha Pichey, a playwright and screenwriter, will present a free multimedia event at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum tomorrow evening at 6.

Jun 14, 2018
Francine Fleischer with some of her ARF subjects behind her in her studio Lively Weekend at Madoo

This year’s Much Ado About Madoo will celebrate Jane Iselin, who is retiring as Madoo’s board president after six years.

Jun 14, 2018
Peaks and Troughs,” above, and “The Divine Feminine,” below, are good examples of how Maryam Eisler uses light to dissolve figures into forms in her  photography. Maryam Eisler: Bathing the Form in Light

To enter the world of Maryam Eisler, as luxuriously displayed at Harper’s Books in East Hampton, is to experience a heightened sense of reality within a mythic view of the world.

Jun 14, 2018
Philippe Petit Onstage in East Hampton

Philippe Petit, a high-wire artist and gifted storyteller, will mine his experiences as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, carpenter, equestrian, and writer on June 22.

Jun 14, 2018
The Art Scene: 06.14.18

Hector Leonardi at Drawing Room; contemporary photography at MM Fine Art; "Hamptons Light" at Lehr; performance at White Room, and much more.

Jun 14, 2018
Max Bonbrest, a member of the LongHouse Reserve’s Junior Council, left, was joined by Zandy Reich and Lea Michele at this year’s Salon on the Lawn, the council’s annual party. Youth Movement at LongHouse

Amid concern that its board of trustees was going gray, the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton assembled a junior council of artists and curators that — now in its fifth year — is helping to inject new life into the institution.

Jun 14, 2018
Eva Salzman's Poetry and Song in Manhattan

“Muse of Blues,” a collaborative performance featuring Eva Salzman, a poet based in London, and the Irish singer-composer Christine Tobin, will take place at the Cell in Manhattan tomorrow at 8 p.m.

Jun 7, 2018
Feiffer's Comedy 'Bernard and Huey' Opens This Week

“Bernard and Huey,” a comedy written by Jules Feiffer of East Hampton and directed by Dan Mirvish, will open in theaters across the country and become available on digital platforms tomorrow.

Jun 7, 2018
Wayne Alan Wilcox and Rachel Spencer Hewitt play Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe in “Fellow Travelers” at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. Legends Made Human Onstage at Bay Street

A new summer season at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is off to a smashing start with “Fellow Travelers,” an engrossing and beautifully acted new drama by Jack Canfora that runs through June 17.

Jun 7, 2018
Iwan Baan’s “Torre David #2,” from 2011, is a portrait of an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela. Mutability and Distortion

“Image Building,” an exhibition of photographs that have architecture as their subject at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, has an erudite and compelling catalog and a great number of knockout images.

Jun 7, 2018
Perlman Concerts in East Hampton and Shelter Island

The Perlman Music Program will present two concerts this weekend, the first on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, and the second on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at the Clark Arts Center on Shelter Island.

Jun 7, 2018
"Liquid," a new series of photographs by Jonathan Clancy will open at Grain Surfboards in Amagansett on Saturday. The Art Scene: 06.07.18

Fireplace Project returns with "9999"; "Badges and Buttons" at Boo Hooray; Jonathan Clancy at Grain Surfboards, "Episode 2: One-Liners" at Rental

Jun 7, 2018
‘Mostly Motown’ Concert at East Hampton Library

The East Hampton Library will be the site of “Mostly Motown,” a concert by Rhonda Denet, a soul-jazz vocalist based in Jersey City, on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Jun 7, 2018
Bay Street Announces Cast for ‘Evita’

Bay Street Theater has announced the cast and creative team for "Evita," the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, which will open on July 31 with Arianna Rosario as Eva Peron, Omar Lopez-Cepero as her husband, Juan Peron, and Trent Saunders as Che. Ms. Rosario and Mr. Lopez-Cepero will be married in November.

Jun 5, 2018
Photographs from “Bonac: Letters From Home,” Tara Israel’s ongoing series documenting the people and landscapes of East Hampton, will be on view at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in July. Art Exhibitions in the Spirit of John Little

The Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs opens for the season on Saturday with an exhibition of paintings by Cile Downs and a grouping of sculpture on the grounds.

May 30, 2018
An installation view of Laurie Anderson’s “Chalkroom,” one of two virtual reality pieces that will open Saturday at Guild Hall Laurie Anderson’s New Reality

Laurie Anderson's body of work includes performance, film, music, video, writing, drawings, prints, often in various combinations, and, most recently, virtual reality.

May 30, 2018
Perlman Music Program Offers Classical Concerts

Two free concerts of classical music will take place on Shelter Island on Friday and Saturday.

May 30, 2018
“Bathtubs Over Broadway” focuses on a once common but forgotten art form, the industrial musical. SummerDocs’ Infinite Variety

A portrait of an iconic comedian, the quirky history of the corporate musical, and the meteoric rise of a very young chef are the focus of this year’s SummerDocs series, recently announced by the Hamptons International Film Festival.

May 30, 2018
The Art Scene: 05.31.18

Saarinen film at the Parrish; The East End Photographers Group at Ashawagh for two weeks, and more

May 30, 2018
The Barnes Show: Art, Poetry, and a Singalong

It’s time again — the 17th time — for the Barnes Landing Association’s Artists and Writers Showcase, featuring poetry, prose, artwork, and a sing-along.

May 30, 2018
The Twins Return to the East End

Peter and Will Anderson will return to the Southampton Arts Center for its final indoor concert of the season on Saturday evening at 7.

May 30, 2018
‘Women’s Voices’

The Montauk Library will host “Women’s Voices,” a free concert by Sheri Miller, a singer-songwriter, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30.

May 30, 2018
Jeffrey Bean, Mark Blum, and Vince Nappo rehearsed scenes in New York City for “Fellow Travelers,” which opens on Tuesday at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. A Tangled ’50s Love Triangle Onstage in Sag Harbor

Tracing the relationships between Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, and Marilyn Monroe against the backdrop of the Red Scare at Bay Street Theater

May 22, 2018
Alessandro Nivola has top billing and rave reviews for his performance in “Disobedience,” above. He spent much of his childhood in Springs (and is seen below at Louse Point). Alessandro Nivola’s Cinematic Orthodox Adventure

Alessandro Nivola reveals the back story of his recent film successes, two of which involve conservative Judaism.

May 22, 2018
Art Supporting Conservation

“Light on Shadow,” an exhibition of work by Shawn Heinrichs will open at the Southampton Arts Center on Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

May 22, 2018
The designers of this year’s Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons showhouse posed with dogs and items from their rooms on the stairs of ARF’s Thrift and Treasure Shop in Sagaponack on Friday, above. Charlie, Jack Deamer’s poodle, below, presided over her master’s Toile Hall space, still in progress. From Toile Hall to Paris Flea Market

On Friday, the designers for this year’s showhouse sale at the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Thrift and Treasure Shop were mostly getting started in their rooms and spaces, but the frisson of creativity was already palpable, as was their love of their dogs.

May 22, 2018
Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns, and Brittany Pollack in Jerome Robbins’s “Dances at a Gathering” Guild Hall Brings the Noise to Summer 2018

There seems to be an element of sound in almost everything to be presented at Guild Hall this summer, including the artwork. With talks, films, theater, dance, and music, the multitasking institution will offer plenty to keep us busy through Labor Day.

May 22, 2018
Gil Gutierrez Guitar Virtuoso

Gil Gutierrez, a guitar virtuoso, will perform a program of jazz, Latin, and cinema music on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church’s Session House.

May 22, 2018
Salon Blends Art and Music for a Younger Crowd

The LongHouse Reserve will hold its second annual Salon on the Lawn on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

May 22, 2018