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This Week at Guild Hall

Tonight at 8, Guild Hall’s Rock Cinema series will present “Aerosmith Rocks Donington,” a documentary that captured the rock group’s concert at the 2014 Download Festival in Leicestershire, England.

Jul 30, 2015
Edward Burns was caught in a pensive moment on the set of “Public Morals,” the series he created that will premiere on TNT on Aug. 25. A Watershed Year for Edward Burns

The filmmaker has published a book, “Independent Ed: Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life,” and has a new series, “Public Morals,” to air on TNT.

Jul 28, 2015
An archival still of Marlon Brando and his daughter, Cheyenne, from “Listen to Me Marlon” 'Listening to Marlon Brando' Is Latest HIFF SummerDoc

The second film in the Hamptons International Film Festival’s SummerDocs series, “Listen to Me Marlon,” has no talking heads, no interviewees, no narrator. With the exception of a few television news clips, the voice on the soundtrack is Marlon Brando’s, and it affords access to the actor’s multidimensionality seldom available even to his friends.

Jul 23, 2015
A Varied Cultural Tasting Menu at Guild Hall This Week

Ballet, jazz, satire, film, and art will offer a cultural tasting menu at Guild Hall during the coming week. Ballet Hispanico, which sold out its performance last year, will return with “CARMEN.maquia,” a reimagining of Bizet’s tragic opera, on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Jul 23, 2015
Darrell Hammond to Return to Bay Street Theater on Saturday

The Comedy Club at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will present Darrell Hammond on Saturday at 8 p.m. Mr. Hammond was a “Saturday Night Live” regular from 1995 to 2009, the longest tenure of any cast member in the show’s history.

Jul 23, 2015
East Hampton's Cowgirls Bring 'Voyeur' to Berlin

The Neo-Political Cowgirls, a dance theater group based in East Hampton and led by Kate Mueth, an actor and director, will perform “Voyeur,” which premiered in Springs last summer, at the gallery Art Von Frei in Berlin from next Thursday through Aug. 2.

Jul 23, 2015
Montauk Library to Present Sinatra Tribute

Rhonda Denet and the Silver Fox Trio will appear at the Montauk Library in “A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Jul 23, 2015
The crowd at a previous year's lecture series Russian Dissident Leads Off Watermill Center Lecture Series

The Watermill Center’s annual Scaler Summer Lecture Series will launch on Monday at 7:30 p.m. with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a founding member of the Russian feminist art collective Pussy Riot. The series brings leading figures in the arts, sciences, and humanities to the center for free talks open to its summer resident artists and the public.

Jul 23, 2015
Southampton Arts Center Will Celebrate Richard Rodgers

Guild Hall’s Songbook and Salon series, which is held at the Southampton Arts Center, will present “My Heart Stood Still: The Love Songs of Richard Rodgers” on Saturday evening at 8.

Jul 23, 2015
Kaye Donachie's "Solitude Chases" is part of "Dearest . . ." at the Fireplace Project beginning Friday. The Art Scene: 07.23.15

Kate Donachie's exhibition of paintings at Fireplace Project are inspired by a letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Jul 23, 2015
Erricos, Melissa and Michael, Headline Pianofest Benefit in Southampton

“Me and Dad: Back for More,” a musical benefit party for Pianofest in the Hamptons, will take place July 26 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Southampton Historical Museum.

Jul 16, 2015
Marcia Ball, a longtime favorite at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, returns for an 8 p.m. set on Wednesday. Marcia Ball’s Musical Gumbo

“Oh, man, a whole long time,” is how many years Marcia Ball has brought her musical gumbo of East Texas blues, zydeco, and Gulf Coast R&B to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett.

Jul 16, 2015
Bernie Taupin, left, and Mark Borghi shared a moment together in the Borghi booth at Art Southampton during last Thursday night’s “platinum V.I.P. preview.” Mixed Sales at Art Fairs

South Fork art dealers reported mixed results during and after last week’s two art fairs, Art Southampton and Market Art + Design. As might be expected, those who reported sales were more willing to speak for the record than the disappointed participants.

Jul 16, 2015
Next Week at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present the next installment of its Architectural Sessions program, “Fix This Town!” tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Jul 16, 2015
Paul Reiser to Offer Comedy in Sag Harbor

Paul Reiser, a multitalented actor, comedian, and writer, will bring his national comedy tour to the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Monday at 8 p.m.

Jul 16, 2015
Sue Costello Performances Live and On Screen at Guild Hall

Guild Hall will present “I Wasn’t Trying to Be Funny,” a one-woman show by Sue Costello, a comedian and actress, tomorrow at 8 p.m. The performance follows Ms. Costello’s life from her childhood through teenage adventures to a career in stand-up, on television, and in films.

Jul 16, 2015
Slaughter and Spektor to Offer Poetry and Music

Harriet Slaughter, a poet and artist, and Mira J. Spektor, a poet and composer, will bring their talents to the Montauk Library on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. as part of its Women Celebrating Women series.

Jul 16, 2015
Southampton Imports Music From Paris

“Summer Roses V: An Evening in Paris,” a program that will draw from the late-19th-century musical salons of the City of Lights, will be presented Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Southampton Cultural Center.

Jul 16, 2015
The Art Scene: 07.16.15

Dalton Portella will show his digital prints at Sylvester & Co. at Home in Amagansett. See the swirling, colorful surfaces of Andy Moses at The Peter Marcelle Project in Southampton. “Summer Waters,” an exhibition of water-themed photographs by members of the East End Photographers Group, is now on view at the Water Mill Museum.

Jul 16, 2015
A Rabbi-Comedian

Bob Alper, an ordained rabbi who left the pulpit almost 30 years ago and has been performing as a stand-up comedian ever since, will perform at Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor today at 8 p.m.

Jul 9, 2015
Al Madrigal Onstage

Al Madrigal, who has been the “senior Latino correspondent” for “The Daily Show” since 2011, will bring his unique and fast-paced storytelling to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Monday at 8 p.m.

Jul 9, 2015
Dance and Poetry

Ian Spencer Bell, a dancer, choreographer, and poet, will perform a short program of new works, including “Holler,” which premiered in March at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Ille Arts in Amagansett.

Jul 9, 2015
Gimme Shelter To-Do

The fourth annual summer benefit for Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Southampton home of Ellen and Chuck Scarborough.

Jul 9, 2015
This more-than-life-size painting by Orlando Bears of Ephraim Byram will be shown at Market Art + Design this weekend. Historic Painting at Fair

Orlando Hand Bears’s painting of Ephraim Byram, from 1834, is a life-size portrait of an important figure in Sag Harbor history. Martin Cohen, who once had a gallery on Madison Avenue and shops in Water Mill and Wainscott many years ago, will have it for sale at his booth at Market Art + Design beginning today.

Jul 9, 2015
Kiki Smith’s “Woman and Sheep,” a maquette-sized bronze cast from her larger series in LongHouse Reserve’s gardens, is available for bidding online at Paddle8 in LongHouse’s benefit auction. LongHouse Auction Online

LongHouse Reserve’s “On Gossamer Wings” benefit will be held on July 18, but the art auction tied to it is already online at the Paddle8 website. This year’s auction features unusual and exceptional works by Ross Bleckner, Kiki Smith, Cindy Sherman, Richard Meier, Christo, Donald Lipski, Takashi Soga, Ross Watts, Jack Youngerman, and many more.

Jul 9, 2015
Parrish Party

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will hold its Midsummer Party on Saturday. The festivities will begin with cocktails at 6:30, followed by dinner on the museum’s terrace at 7:30.

Jul 9, 2015
Rockin’ and Swingin’ Down at Old Guild Hall

A busy week kicks off at Guild Hall tomorrow with performances by Reserved for Rondee and 2/3 Goat. Both groups incorporate elements of classic rock in their music: the former blending it with contemporary rock to create an indie rock sound, and the latter fusing it with bluegrass and alternative country.

Jul 9, 2015
SoFo Benefit

SoFo Celebrates the East End, a fund-raiser for the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, will take place Saturday from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Jul 9, 2015
The Art Scene: 07.09.15

Dan Rizzie takes an inventive approach to printmaking in his new show at the Drawing Room in East Hampton.The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is presenting “Shark! The Misunderstood Fish,” followed by an outdoor screening of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws.” The Art Barge will be docking with new classes on the weekends this summer.

Jul 9, 2015
“Johnny Cash‚” a mixed-media work by Bernie Taupin, will be shown at the Mark Borghi Gallery in Bridgehampton beginning July 12. Bernie Taupin at the Borghi Gallery

The Mark Borghi Gallery is planning a weekend of art events around the showing of selected works by Bernie Taupin, famously known for his long songwriting collaboration with Elton John.

Jul 3, 2015