Arts

Boots on the Ground Theater will send a valentine to the community with "Love Letters," A.R. Gurney’s oft-produced play, at the Southampton Cultural Center.

Amy and John Wickersham's scarf-designing project reflects each of their artistic inclinations, as well as their comfortable 42-year marriage.

Vintage maritime photos at Clinton Academy, Guild Hall on the road, Afrofuturism exhibit at Bay Street, Jeremy Dennis in Bridgehampton, Syn Martinez solo at Mark Borghi, a printmaking program at The Church, and much more.

Hector Leonardi continues to experiment with paint fragments on canvases, where the subject is the capacity of color itself.

Sag Harbor Cinema will raise money for a local filmmaker and gardening tips from the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons.

A local reggae band takes the stage at Bay Street, Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads in Riverhead, and jazz performances in Sag Harbor and at the Parrish.

Gerald Brann and Yellow Brick Road, an Elton John tribute band, and three female comedians "of a certain age" will be at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.

The multipart exhibition “Artists Choose Parrish,” for which 41 contemporary artists selected work from the museum’s collection to pair with their own, yielded a plethora of fascinating juxtapositions across styles, mediums, and decades.

Scott Bluedorn on Brooks and Park at Leiber Collection, window installation at Duck Creek, Ryan Wallace in Chelsea, group show at Kathryn Markel, talk on Dennis Oppenheim at the Parrish, Eric Firestone and Onna House in Florida.

Bay Street Theater will host a rockabilly dance party with Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks, and launch three new classes.

Hamptons Art Network presentation and jazz concert at The Church, comedy at the Southampton Cultural Center, roundtable gardening discussion in Bridgehampton.

South Fork cultural organizations are celebrating Black History Month with a variety of cultural programs, ranging from multimedia presentations about Black comedians and Sidney Poitier to a benefit performance by That Motown Band, jazz concerts, an Afrofuturism art exhibition, and more.

A freestyle street/club dance jam will happen at The Church, featuring hip-hop, funk, soul, popping, locking, breaking, and other dance styles, with dance party breaks between performances.

While managing a law office for more than 40 years, Joan Lyons has pursued a second career as an actor and director, leading up to her direction of a staged reading of “The Glass Menagerie” at the Southampton Arts Center.

“Can Music Heal?” discussion brings a composer-conductor to Sag Harbor, Guild Hall announces Academy of the Arts nominees, the Masonic Temple hosts the Roses Grove Band and the Jam Session, and R&B and rock are coming to Riverhead.

Printmaking programs at The Church, winter critiques at the D’Amico Studio, a multimedia workshop at Guild Hall, Donald Sultan talks at the Parrish, art initiatives at the Springs Library, a solo show for Elizabeth Hazan, and art talks in Chelsea.

A simulcast of Bizet’s “Carmen” is coming to Bay Street Theater from the Metropolitan Opera, and Mike Birbiglia will return with two shows this summer.

Sissy Sakvarlishvili, who left the country of Georgia after the Russian invasion and came to the U.S. in 2013, will host a program of Georgian national dances and culture at LTV Studios in conjunction with the Pesvebi Georgian Cultural Center.

A Florida cultural trip, Doyle Auctioneers looking for consignments, tales from the Mexican border, ghost hunting, standup comedy, and a virtual horticultural book group.

Adriana Barone’s life shuffles between helping others overcome trauma or psychological barriers through an array of energy healing techniques, and making art, a practice her self-healing made possible.

A commemorative exhibition of work by Paul Pavia brought the East End art community to Ashawagh Hall, where friends and fellow artists reflected on his work and his life.

Solo shows for Hector Leonardi at Drawing Room and Craig Anthony Miller at Stella Flame, a late-night open studio at The Church, and a closing reception for the holiday show at Kramoris.

A supper club with music by Marta Sanchez and a four-course dinner at the American Hotel, classic rock at the Masonic Temple, and a Zac Brown tribute band.

Group shows of East End artists are at Ellie Duke’s “Soft House,” Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, and 4 North Main Street in Southampton, while Grenning Gallery is featuring floral art and Eric Firestone is celebrating Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network, which was active from 1990 to 2001.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host “Kinetic Grace,” a musical dance performance, and a wellness program on “Visioning the Year Ahead.”

Heidi Lender, a widely traveled writer and photographer who once lived in Springs, eventually put down roots in Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, and established Campo Garzon, a creative institute offering art residencies, experiences, and events, including an annual art festival that brings thousands to the rural village.

Auditions announced for the Choral Society of the Hamptons and the Hampton Theatre Company, a violin virtuoso will play with Nancy Atlas at Bay Street, the horticultural alliance will focus on New Perennials, LongHouse is now open on winter weekends, and a film program at the Southampton Cultural Center.

The next exhibition at The Church in Sag Harbor will focus on printmaking by artists and printers of the South Fork from 1965 to 2010, with works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, and Elaine de Kooning, as well as such contemporary artists as Mary Heilmann, Dan Rizzie, and April Gornik.

Frazer Dougherty, who launched LTV out of his garage in 1984, will be celebrated at LTV’s vast studio complex in Wainscott, where the recently deceased co-founder’s vision has been fully realized.

Tripoli Gallery’s 19th annual "Thanksgiving Collective" features a diversity of work by more than 20 artists addressing existential angst and musings on death and other transitions, all of it worth seeing.