Arts

The life and photography of Elliott Erwitt, who died last month, are chronicled by a writer who briefly met Erwitt in Amagansett as a boy and went on to follow his work, including a recent retrospective in Paris.

At the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead this weekend the Long Island Concert Orchestra will perform a program of holiday classics, and the Lords of 52nd Street will celebrate Billy Joel.

“Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine” is a massive compendium of text, photographs, lyric sheets, and other artifacts, published by Nicholas Callaway of East Hampton, who reflects on the book and on his own career as a publisher who aims to “make the printed page sing.”

Lambert Moss has created a holiday-infused cabaret show exclusively for The Church in Sag Harbor.

A tribute to Jimmy Buffett at Bay Street from Sarah Conway and the Playful Souls and Joe Lauro and the HooDoo Loungers, plus a Christmas show at the Talkhouse with Ms. Conway and her band.

The Hamptons Doc Fest audience award went to “26.2 to Life,” a documentary about three incarcerated men who turned to a unique prison-yard marathon to better themselves.

Light + Air at the Watermill Center will feature an afternoon of workshops, jazz, an art sale, and a gift shop, plus a special dinner in the evening.

Jazz at the Parrish with Steve Salerno, Emily Weitz, a vocalist, and Robert Secrist, a guitarist, both solo at the Masonic Temple, culture and economic prosperity panel in Southampton, virtual horticulture book group.

The artist Michael Butler will talk about his work at Guild Hall, Jeremy Dennis will be at the Leiber Collection to discuss his book “On This Site—Native Long Island,” and the Stella Flame Gallery will feature jewelry, art, and a film.

Taking her leave after more than 30 years at the helm of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, Helen Harrison reflects on its history, its growth, and the filming there of the movie “Pollock” by Ed Harris, while sharing a few anecdotes and debunking a popular myth.

Susan Meiselas and Lindsay Morris at The Church, Mary Boochever at Guild Hall, Helen Harrison at the Leiber Collection, works on paper in Springs, Stephen Antonakos in Manhattan, and images of New York State from East End photographers.

"The Big Christmas Show: A Musical Radio Play," conceived and written by Joe Landry and Michael Disher, will celebrate the holidays and radio variety shows with four performances this weekend at the Southampton Arts Center, starting Friday.