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Laurie Lambrecht's "Lightning," a cyanotype on rag paper from 2014 The Art Scene 03.03.16

See some modern Cyanotype photographs by Laurie Lambrecht at the Drawing Room in East Hampton. Cyanotype is a photographic process discovered in the mid-19th century that produces a Prussian-blue print. The show will remain on view through April 10. Barbara Groot, an artist who lives and works in East Hampton, will show her paintings at the art gallery of the Quogue Library through March 30.

Mar 3, 2016
'South Pacific’ Concert

Center Stage of the Southampton Cultural Center will present a concert adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” from next Thursday through March 20.

Feb 25, 2016
Lindsay Morris opened a copy of “You Are You” to “I Am,” an image of a camper posing for a portrait before a fashion show. The enlargement at right will be included in a Parrish Art Museum exhibition. An Eye on Gender, Family, Courage

Lindsay Morris became obsessed with both photography and travel at the age of 10, when her grandfather gave her a subscription to National Geographic magazine. “My parents didn’t have the means to take us on any big trips, so that was how I found my adventure,” she said during a recent conversation in the Sag Harbor house she shares with her husband, Stephen Munshin, and their sons Milo, 15, and Cecil, 11.

Feb 25, 2016
Bay Street Sets Summer Lineup

The Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor has announced its full slate of 2016 Mainstage summer productions. The season will begin with the world premiere of “The Forgotten Woman,” a new play by Jonathan Tolins that will be directed by Noah Himmelstein and run from May 31 through June 19.

Feb 25, 2016
Cabaret Tribute

“Listen to My Heart,” a free musical tribute to the cabaret legend Nancy LaMott, will take place at the Montauk Library on Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Rusty Kransky and Dee Martin, actor-singers who live on the North Fork, will be accompanied on piano by Jeff Wentz, minister of music at the First Congregational Church in Riverhead.

Feb 25, 2016
For “The Ultimate Classic Rock Experience” at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, the drummers Corky Laing, above and below, and Kofi Baker will play the music of Mountain and Cream “the way it was.” Classic Rock, Exactly as It Was

Thanks to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, residents of the South Fork have had plenty of remedies for a long winter’s inevitable cabin fever. This off-season has seen a multitude of musical events that have warmed the cold nights, many of them paying tribute to rock ’n’ roll’s classic era and the artists who made it so.

Feb 25, 2016
New Musical at Drew

The John Drew Theater Lab will present a free concert staging of “Eco,” a new musical by Jenna Mate and Bethie Fowler, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Feb 25, 2016
Kenneth Weiss, a harpsichordist with roots in Montauk Spring Chamber Series Adds Third Concert

Since its founding 32 seasons ago, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival has continually found ways to expand and vary its summertime programs, including different venues, themes, and formats. Last year, Long Island’s longest-running classical music series added BCMF Spring, with two concerts. The new venture had such a strong audience response that a third concert is on tap for 2016.

Feb 25, 2016
The Art Scene 02.25.16

The vanishing East End landscape will be the theme of "Scenes and Structures: Here and Gone,” an exhibition of paintings by Eileen Dawn Skretch and photographs by Anthony Lombardo at the Southampton Cultural Center. The show will open on Tuesday and remain on view through April 10. A reception will be held March 12 from 4 to 6 p.m..

Feb 25, 2016
Calling Vocalists

The Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will hold auditions for upcoming concerts on Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., by appointment. The theater is looking for female and male vocalists to sing “in the style of Grace Slick and Marty Balin,” for a 30-minute set of Jefferson Airplane’s greatest hits, to be backed by a full band. Vocalists have been asked to prepare to sing “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.”

Feb 18, 2016
Spice containers and salt and pepper shakers, above left, from “Black Memorabilia: Images and Icons,” Golliwogs and Gravestones Tell the Story

The Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor will commemorate Black History Month this weekend with a two-part exploration of African-American artifacts and memorials. On Saturday, an ongoing exhibition will open at the society’s home on Hampton Street, and on Sunday, a symposium and pop-up exhibition, presented in partnership with the Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, will take place at the Bay Street Theater.

Feb 18, 2016
Anthony, host of “The Morning Show” on WEHM, is wide awake and serving up music and laughter at 6 a.m. daily. Music in the Morning, and Much More

Those of us on the South Fork who are decidedly not “morning” people can awaken to music and high spirits at 92.9 and 96.9 on the FM dial, where Anthony, host of “The Morning Show” on WEHM, reliably serves up an abundance of both.

Feb 18, 2016
7 Daughters of Eve Performances and Tours Saturday at Watermill Center

The Watermill Center will offer a tour of its building and grounds on Saturday afternoon from 4 to 5:30, followed by open rehearsals by Sahra Motalebi from 6 to 7 and, from 7:30 to 8:30, by 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co.

Feb 18, 2016
The Art Scene 02.18.16

The Guild Hall Artists Members Exhibition will open on April 23. The museum is now accepting entries and the judge will be Jia Jia Fei, who was recently named director of digital, the first to hold the title, at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. The Southampton Artists Association is holding its annual winter art show at the Southampton Cultural Center from today through Feb. 28, with an opening reception on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.

Feb 18, 2016
The History of Jazz

The East Hampton Library will present “Jazz: The First American Art Form,” a free lecture by Craig Boyd, on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4. Mr. Boyd, a professor of music at Suffolk Community College and recipient of the New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, will examine the history of jazz from its conception to the present.

Feb 18, 2016
Elaine de Kooning at her 1984 Vered Gallery exhibition The Many Faces Of Walter Weissman

For the past few months, Guild Hall has displayed an array of photographic portraits in the intimate space of its Wasserstein Gallery. The set of 15 predominantly black-and-white prints, the work of Walter Weissman, befit the room, and the room enhances them.

Feb 18, 2016
A scene from the film "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" ‘Anti-Western’ at Guild Hall

For those who think the Hamptons International Film Festival hibernates during February, think again. The festival that never sleeps will present, in partnership with Guild Hall, a screening of Robert Altman’s 1971 classic “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the John Drew Theater. Alec Baldwin, the festival’s co-chairman, and David Nugent, its artistic director, will host a discussion after the screening.

Feb 18, 2016
Performance Trifecta at Guild Hall

Guild Hall will present an encore screening of the Donmar Warehouse’s London production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” as part of its National Theater Live series, on Saturday evening at 7. The play was adapted by Christopher Hampton from Choderlos de Laclos’s 1782 novel of sex, intrigue, and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France that scandalized the world.

Feb 11, 2016
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Feb 11, 2016
Butch Trucks, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, performed with Great Caesar’s Ghost at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. ‘A Really Good Gig’

The band Great Caesar’s Ghost has released “Live at the Stephen Talkhouse,” documenting its Aug. 13, 2015, performance there with Butch Trucks, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.

Feb 11, 2016
Carlos Lama, right, will mix it up on the usual Almond Artists and Writers Dinner Tuesday. Artists and Writers’ ‘Cabaret’ Twist at Bridgehampton's Almond

Carlos Lama, a D.J., vinyl enthusiast, and audio engineer from Sag Harbor who has been a fixture on the East End music scene since moving here from Texas in 2010, will host the next Artists and Writers Night at Almond restaurant in Bridgehampton, on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Feb 4, 2016
Beatles and Stones

The Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will rock this weekend with “All the Hits: The Beatles and the Rolling Stones,” two tribute concerts set for tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tomorrow’s concert will focus on the bands’ early years, 1960 to 1966; Saturday’s will highlight their music from 1967 and after.

Feb 4, 2016
Clifford Ross in N.Y.C.

Clifford Ross has a busy week ahead. On Saturday at 8 p.m., imagery from the multimedia artist’s abstract video “Harmonium Mountain” will accompany a performance by Julian Rachlin of Beethoven’s violin sonatas 1, 6, 9, and 10 in the Kaufmann Concert Hall at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y. Tickets are $35 and up, $25 for patrons under 35.

Feb 4, 2016
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" starred Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and was directed by Mike Nichols. Films at Jermain Library Celebrate 1966

Sag Harbor’s John Jermain Memorial Library will present “1966: Cinema Breaks Free,” a series of three influential films from that pivotal year, and a related lecture.

Feb 4, 2016
Sarah Jessica Parker will be one of three honorees at Guild Hall's Academy of Arts dinner on March 8 in New York City. Parker, Heilmann, and Homes are Guild Hall Academy Honorees

Guild Hall’s 31st Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award dinner will take place on March 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan. Each year the academy honors notable figures in the performing, visual, and literary arts who are either part-time or full-time residents of the East End.

Feb 4, 2016
The Art Scene 02.04.16

The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton will open “Love and Passion,” a group exhibition of work by more than 50 artists, on Saturday, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. “Michelle Stuart, Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works” is on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts through June 26. A reception for the artist, who has a house in Amagansett, will take place Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Feb 4, 2016
‘Jane Eyre’ at Drew

An encore screening of the National Theatre’s London production of “Jane Eyre,” adapted from Charlotte Bronte’s novel, will take place Saturday at 7 p.m. at Guild Hall. Sally Cookson’s production, hailed by The Financial Times as “witty, impassioned, and bold,” was first staged by the Bristol Old Vic last year before moving to the National.

Feb 4, 2016
Gypsy Jazz in Bridgehampton

The Art of Song’s Parlor Jazz series will return to the Bridgehampton Museum’s archives building on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with “From Django to Piazzolla,” a performance by Dallas Vietty, an American jazz accordionist who specializes in the Parisian swing-waltz style of Musette and Gypsy jazz.

Jan 28, 2016
Doc Pomus, left, a celebrated songwriter of the early rock ’n’ roll era, posed with the singer-songwriter Dr. John, with whom he collaborated for almost 20 years. Music Docs, Through East Enders’ Lenses

Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will open its East End Music Film Series on Sunday at 2 p.m. with a screening of Sharyn Felder’s “A.K.A. Doc Pomus.” Hosted by Suzy Elmiger, an accomplished film editor, the series will also feature D.A. Pennebaker’s “Company” and his first film, “Daybreak Express,” on Feb. 7 and “Voices of Sarafina!” by Nigel Nobel on Feb. 28, both at 2 p.m. All three filmmakers will be present for the screenings.

Jan 28, 2016
Scott Bluedorn at his booth in the Market Art + Design fair this summer Neoteric-Networking Moves From Amagansett to Water Mill

The Parrish Art Museum’s wildly popular PechaKucha programs, each of which features rapid-fire presentations by creative East End residents, has spawned an offspring of sorts. Neoteric Night, which will happen tomorrow at 6, is a networking event focused on, but not limited to, visual artists, writers, dancers, designers, craftsmen, and anybody interested in meeting and perhaps collaborating with other creative people.

Jan 28, 2016