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Music of Tom Waits

Marissa Mulder, a cabaret singer from New York City, will showcase the music of the singer-songwriter Tom Waits on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Southampton Cultural Center’s Levitas Center for the Arts.

May 18, 2017
Aneta Panek Residents Reveal Their Process at Watermill Center

The Watermill Center will present works in progress by four recently arrived resident artists on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. as part of its ongoing “In Process” series. A tour of the building and grounds will take place Saturday from 1 to 2 and Wednesday from 2 to 4.

May 18, 2017
Few people know that Roy Lichtenstein designed a boat for one of the teams in the 1995 America’s Cup sailing competition. The spinnaker, on the boat above, was raised once before disappearing. The artist, below, nicknamed the mermaid he placed on the prow Dorothy. Roy Lichtenstein’s Mermaid Resurfaces in Film and Exhibition

The boat hull and spinnaker Roy Lichtenstein designed for the 1995 America's Cup races will be the subject of an exhibition opening at the Middlebury College Museum of Art on May 26.

May 18, 2017
The Art Scene: 05.18.17

“No Boundaries,” a group exhibition at RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, will open on Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through June 20. “Water+Color+Works,” an exhibition of work by nine South Fork artists who share a fondness for the watercolor medium, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs tomorrow through Sunday. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.

May 18, 2017
Nicholas King Will Play Classical Piano in Last of Salon Series

The Salon Series at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will conclude its current season tomorrow at 6 p.m. with a concert by the pianist Nicholas King, who has performed in concert halls throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Hungary, Austria, France, and Poland.

May 16, 2017
Amateur East End Singers Find Their Spotlight in Southampton

Valerie diLorenzo, a singer and actor who has performed frequently in New York City, on the East End, and throughout the United States, will host the East End Singers Showcase at the Southampton Arts Center on Saturday at 7 p.m.

May 11, 2017
Bay Street Theater Will Offer Comedy, Rock ’n’ Roll

Marion Grodin, a frequent headliner at New York City’s top comedy clubs, will host a new All Star Comedy Show at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor tomorrow at 8 p.m.

May 11, 2017
Classical Piano in Water Mill

The Salon Series at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will continue tomorrow at 6 p.m. with a performance by Tanya Bannister.

May 11, 2017
Spektrum Ensemble, performing tomorrow at the Southampton Cultural Center, wants to take the stuffiness out of classical music, said Trudy Craney, third from left. Ensemble Promises Classical Music Without the Stuffiness

Those of us who missed out on the debut of Bach’s secular cantatas at the Cafe Zimmermann in Leipzig or Edith Piaf at Parisian cabarets can capture that essence at a concert in Southampton.

May 11, 2017
Folk Opera With Local Roots in the Manhattan

“Giovanni the Fearless,” a new commedia dell’arte folk opera about actors, young lovers, and ghosts, with music by Mira J. Spektor and book and lyrics by Carolyn Balducci, will have its premiere at the Theater for the New City in Manhattan with an eight-performance run beginning tomorrow at 8 p.m.

May 11, 2017
Elina Garanca as Octavian and Renee Fleming as the Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier" Guild Hall Visits Vienna and Detroit in This Week's Events

Victoria Bond will speak before a broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's "Der Rosenkavalier" and the JDT Lab will present a reading of "Detroit" this week.

May 11, 2017
Mark Webber’s work in progress, seen here in his woodworking studio in Wainscott, is the largest of his signature “portals.” Mark Webber: Rectangles at His Roots

After a 30-year hiatus as a cabinetmaker, Mark Webber, a Sag Harbor resident, returned to sculpture.

May 11, 2017
Joanna Maurer and Annaliesa Place performing at an outdoor concert last year Music for Montauk’s Spring Fling Opens the Season

Milos Repicky, who, with his wife, Lilah Gosman, directs the Montauk Music Festival, promises “everything from the most intimate song to a Mozart symphony this season,” and, judging from the program of the festival’s Spring Prelude, he plans to make good on that promise. The prelude, a free concert on Saturday afternoon at 4 at the Montauk School auditorium, will launch the festival’s 2017 season.

May 11, 2017
New Choral Society Director

The Choral Society of the Hamptons has named a new administrative director, Elizabeth Zung, who has extensive experience recruiting and managing volunteer groups for fund-raising events for nonprofit organizations. She succeeds David Brandenburg, who has held the position for four years.

May 11, 2017
Rising Stars Piano Duo

The Rising Stars Piano Series at the Southampton Cultural Center, which features performances by participants and alumni of Pianofest of the Hamptons, will present a concert by the piano duo Arianna Korting and Robin Giesbrecht on Saturday evening at 7.

May 11, 2017
A quilt by Maxine Townsend-Broderick on view at the Eastville Community Historical Society through June 17. The Art Scene: 05.11.17

“On View,” a solo exhibition of work by Benjamin Keating, will be on view at the Tripoli Gallery in Southampton from tomorrow through June 11. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. The Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag Harbor is presenting “Maxine’s World,” a solo show of work by the artist Maxine Townsend-Broderick.

May 11, 2017
'Twelfth Night' and ‘Hidden Figures' Screenings at Guild Hall

An encore screening of the National Theatre Live production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures" will be screened at Guild Hall this week.

May 4, 2017
“The Impossibility of Now,” a play by Y York and read by Jenny Bacon, Daniel Abeles, and Karl Kenzler, was one of four presented as part of the Bay Street Theater’s New Works Festival last weekend. A Full-Immersion Weekend of New Plays at Bay Street Theater

One writer's endurance trial in witnessing the full program of new play readings at Bay Street Theater

May 4, 2017
From the piece "Singing in the Rain" An Evening of Tap and More in East Hampton

Our Fabulous Variety Show will present its first 2017 production, “Tap: An Evening of Rhythm,” starting next Thursday and continuing on Friday, May 12, and May 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Guild Hall.

May 4, 2017
The Bay Street Theater will honor Richard Kind on May 15 at the Public Theater Bay Street Will Showcase New Season in Manhattan

Bay Street Theater’s sixth annual Honors Benefit: Curtain Up! will take place on May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in Manhattan.

May 4, 2017
Charles Ly’s “Handle With Care,” razor blades mounted on wood Creative Catharsis at Crush Curatorial

"Alt-Egos," organized by Scott Bluedorn, is being shown in a potato barn studio in Amagansett through May 26.

May 4, 2017
John Graham’s “Abstract Composition‚” from 1941, preceded his rejection of abstraction. John Graham's ‘Modern Maverick’ Retrospective

On Sunday the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will open “John Graham: Maverick Modernist,” the first retrospective of his work in 30 years.

May 4, 2017
Music and Art on Shelter Island

The Perlman Music Program will present a violin recital by Kenneth Renshaw on Saturday afternoon followed by a reception for Virginia Khuri's photography show.

May 4, 2017
Parrish's Second in Salon Series

The Israel Chamber Project will perform at the Parrish Art Museum on Saturday in Water Mill.

May 4, 2017
The Art Scene: 05.04.17

“Abstract Anarchy,” an exhibition of paintings by Barbara Bilotta, Jessica Singer, Melissa Hin, and June Kaplan, will open tomorrow at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton. A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. “Music Sheets,” a show of paintings by Haim Mizrahi, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Saturday and Sunday. A reception will be held Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., and a reading by local poets will take place Sunday afternoon at 3.

May 4, 2017
Vocal Trio in Bridgehampton

Duchess, a vocal trio in the tradition of the Boswell Sisters, will perform at the Bridgehampton Museum’s archive building as part of Parlor Jazz/Art of Song series on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The group consists of Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner, and Melissa Stylianou.

May 4, 2017
Yoonah Kim, who has been widely recognized and lauded for her musicianship, will perform at the Parrish Art Museum tomorrow. A Clarinetist Who Astounds Audiences at the Parrish

Yoonah Kim belongs to that class of musician, who through natural ability, the hard work of mastering their instrument, or, most likely, a combination of the two, is destined for greatness.

Apr 27, 2017
Andrew Lippa and Jules Feiffer celebrated at Bay Street Theater after the reading of Mr. Feiffer’s “The Man in the Ceiling” at last year’s New Works Festival. Mr. Lippa wrote the music and lyrics. 	Bay Street Theater A Weekend of New Plays at Bay Street

Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater will present its annual New Works Festival this weekend with free readings of four plays in development, starting tomorrow evening at 7 with “Molly Sweeney: A New Musical,” which is based on the play by Brian Friel.

Apr 27, 2017
Warren Strugatch, host and organizer of the series, “Out of the Question‚” with Amy Kirwin, the director of programs for the Southampton Arts Center. Conversations Lost. And Found.

After a 12-year hiatus, Warren Strugatch is back with his salon-style series, “Out of the Question” to address the lost art of conversation in the digital age.

Apr 27, 2017
Clare Hentschker’s “Stairway” is an example of one of her abstracted 360-degree photos on view at Ille Arts through Monday. Fresh Faces at Ille Arts

Like a breath of fresh air, 11 young artists ranging in age from 18 to 29 have taken over Ille Arts, bringing about a kind of spring renewal in Amagansett.

Apr 27, 2017