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Danny Simmons, who has characterized his work as “neo-African Abstract Expressionism,” will show his painting “Note” as part of the Art Aids benefit. Art for Aid to Launch at Ross

Art for Aid is the brainchild of Wendy Wachtel, who opened Walk Tall Gallery in East Hampton in 2007 while at the same time working in international high-end real estate.

Apr 23, 2015
Baroque to Modern

The Parrish Art Museum’s Salon Series will continue tomorrow at 6 p.m. with a concert by Kimball Gallagher, an American pianist whose repertoire ranges from Baroque to modern.

Apr 23, 2015
Iris Apfel and Albert Maysles Maysles to Be Honored

The Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival will present “Iris,” the last film by Albert Maysles, who died in March at the age of 88, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Bay Street Theater.

Apr 15, 2015
Matthew King's "Utah VII" from 2014, a work in enamel, lacquer, acrylic on oriented strand board will be on view at Harper's Books beginning Saturday. The Art Scene: 04.16.15

Working with shaped panels of pressed wood and squares or rectangles of aluminum, Mr. King creates objects that straddle painting and sculpture, abstraction and representation, the industrial and the handmade.

Apr 15, 2015
Tim Fain Salon Series Returns with Tim Fain at Parrish

The Salon Series, a program of concerts by award-winning young classical musicians, will return to the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill tomorrow evening at 6 with Tim Fain, a violinist who has not only performed with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad but has also appeared on screen in “Black Swan” and as a violin double for Richard Gere and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Mr. Fain, who plays an instrument made by Francesco Gobetti in Venice in 1717, will be accompanied on piano by Tanya Gabrielian, who was featured in the Salon Series last spring.

Apr 14, 2015
Darcey, a vocalist, will be the guest artist at this week's Art of Song Parlor Jazz Series at the Bridgehampton Museum. Darcey Is Guest Artist at Parlor Jazz in Bridge

The Art of Song Parlor Jazz Series will resume Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Museum’s archive build­ing with “Journeys,” a concert by Darcey, a North Fork-based singer, composer, arranger, and educator who has been performing for 35 years.

The programs are hosted by Jane Hastay, a pianist, and Peter Martin Weiss, a bassist, both of whom will accompany Darcey along with John Cataletto on drums and Morris Goldberg on saxophone. Tickets are $25, $15 for members. More information can be found at artofsong.org.

 

Apr 14, 2015
The band Hopefully Forgiven will play with Black and Sparrow in a double bill at Bay Street Theater on Saturday night. Double Band Bill At Bay Street

“The two bands complement each other. I really dig what they do, and love the fact that they sing, their vocals are big. I asked Gary if we could do a double bill, and he went for it. I called Telly, they were psyched to do it, and here we are.”

Apr 14, 2015
Daffodil Fest

The Garden Club of Shelter Island will hold its 14th juried daffodil show and afternoon tea on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Ram’s Head Inn. Accredited by the American Daffodil Society, the event will include assorted sweets and savories, design, horticulture, and youth exhibits, and vendors. Entries in horticulture can be submitted tomorrow from 2 to 6 p.m. at the inn. Admission to the show is $25. More information is available from Dianne at 749-7849.

 

Apr 14, 2015
Film School Open House

Aspiring writers, directors, and producers have been invited to attend an open classroom-open house by the directors of the new M.F.A. program established by Stony Brook University and Killer Films, on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Stony Brook Manhattan campus, 387 Park Avenue South.

Apr 14, 2015
Changes for Bay Street’s Season

In the wake of Jason Alexander’s departure from Bay Street Theater’s “Other People’s Money” to replace Larry David in his Broadway show “Fish in the Dark,” the theater has had to do some tweaking of its summer season.

Apr 14, 2015
Coss Play in N.Y.C.

“Emmett, Down in My Heart,” a play by Clare Coss, who lives in Springs, will be performed at the Castillo Theatre in Manhattan from tomorrow through May 17.

The play interweaves text, music, and immersive staging to tell the story of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta. Performances will take place Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at castillo.org.

 

Apr 14, 2015
Guild Hall Trustees

Guild Hall has announced the election of three new trustees to its board. Florence Fabricant, Alan Levin, and John Shea were elected on Feb. 25.

Apr 14, 2015
Comedy, Too

Comedy will take over the Bay Street stage on Saturday at 8 p.m. when Joseph Vecsey will host the All-Star Comedy Show, a recurring program that features up-and-coming comedians.

Saturday’s program will include Mike Brown, Nore Davis, and Yannis Pappas, in addition to Mr. Vecsey. Mr. Brown, a comedian and writer from Harlem, has performed at such comedy venues as Caroline’s Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, and Laugh Lounge.

Apr 7, 2015
Saskia Friedrich's "123Solar" from last year is featured in the "Ubiquity" exhibition at Ille Arts in Amagansett. The Art Scene: 04.09.15

Group Show at Ille Arts

Ille Arts in Amagansett will present “Ubiquity,” a group exhibition organized by Saskia Friedrich, from Saturday through April 27, with an opening reception set for Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Participating artists, who work in a variety of mediums, are Maeve D’Arcy, Jim Drain, Sabra Moon Elliot, Bill Saylor, and Ms. Friedrich.

According to Ms. Friedrich, “The show reflects the cultural, philosophical, and existential pluralism that exists today and invokes a simulacrum of the sublime within our consumerist society.”

Apr 7, 2015
Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin to Star In ‘All My Sons’ at John Drew

“All My Sons,” the 1947 play by Arthur Miller that launched the playwright’s career, will be presented at Guild Hall from June 9 through June 28 with Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf in the leading roles. Stephen Hamilton, co-founder of Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, will direct.

“This was a role that Alec was always looking for,” according to Barbara Jo Howard, Guild Hall’s director of marketing and communications. “Steve and Alec were batting that idea around for several years until the timing finally clicked into place.”

Apr 7, 2015
Rock at Bay Street

Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will present “A Night to Rock” with G.E. Smith, a guitar master and former “Saturday Night Live” bandleader, and David Broza, an acclaimed Israeli singer-songwriter, tomorrow at 8 p.m.

Mr. Smith, who lives in Amagansett, was the lead guitarist for Hall and Oates from 1979 to 1985 and for Bob Dylan’s touring band from 1988 to 1990. The roster of musicians who performed with the band on “Saturday Night Live” during his tenure includes Eddie Van Halen, Keith Richards, Rickie Lee Jones, Dave Edmunds, Johnny Winter, and many more.

Apr 7, 2015
News From Bay Street

Bay Street Theater has announced that Jason Alexander, who had been set to star in “Other People’s Money,” the second play of the 2015 Mainstage summer season, has had to withdraw from the role because he is taking over for Larry David in “Fish in the Dark” on Broadway.

The theater will announce Mr. Alexander’s replacement in the near future.

Mar 31, 2015
"Misty Morning" by Jerry Schwabe, left, and "Low Tide Pool, Wainscott" by Kirsten Benfield will be on view at Ashawagh Hall this weekend as  part of "Duo Tuo." The Art Scene: 04.02.15

Talk at Parrish

The next installment of “Brain Food,” the Parrish Art Museum’s lunchtime series of illustrated talks, will feature Scott Howe, the Parrish’s deputy director, who will discuss the museum’s landscape design and its connection to the geology and history of Long Island and to the artists inspired by the natural beauty of the East End. Tickets cost $10, free for members, students, and children.

Free Admission

Mar 31, 2015
Kat O'Neill Shorts at John Drew

The John Drew Theater Lab will present a free staged reading of “Life Is Shorts,” an evening of short plays by Kat O’Neill, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The program will weave together 18 brief plays written and directed by Ms. O’Neill.

Mar 31, 2015
Drama at Drew

The John Drew Theater Lab will present a free staged reading of “In a Roundabout Way,” a play by Kim Sykes, an actress, writer, and artist from New York City, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

The play is set at a time of political partisanship, financial chaos, and the struggles of women and African-Americans for a place in the American dream. Two women, Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who became a civil activist and confidante of the president’s widow, try to rekindle their friendship amid the upheavals of late-19th-century America.

Mar 24, 2015
On Herbs

Madoo Talks, the Sagaponack conservancy’s program of spring garden talks, will conclude Sunday at noon with a talk by Stephen Orr, author of “The New American Herbal,” published last fall by Clarkson Potter.

Mr. Orr will examine the long tradition of herbals, while adding layers of new information about the herbs used today in homes and gardens. His book covers the entire spectrum of herbaceous plants, from culinary to ornamental to aromatic and medicinal, presenting them in an alphabetical format.

Mar 24, 2015
Colin Ambrose, above, the owner and chef of Estia’s Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor, has a longstanding relationship with the region’s artists. Barbara Thomas, below, will exhibit paintings of vegetables from her garden, including a variety of carrots, at the restaurant during April and May. A Casual Venue for Contemporary Art

Slow food, sustainable agriculture, organic farming, and farm-to-table are terms that are so ubiquitous in the ever-expanding culinary world that hardly a restaurant opens today that doesn’t tout its use of locally sourced organic ingredients.

Several chefs on the East End were early proponents of those practices before they became commonplace, among them Colin Ambrose, who purchased Estia in Amagansett in 1991 and planted a two-acre organic garden close by, on the property of Lorne Michaels, the producer of “Saturday Night Live,” which provided produce for the restaurant.

Mar 24, 2015
Rose Zelenetz will show mixed-media work among pieces by Tracy Jamar, Sara Coe, Pam Collins Foccarino, and Ruby Jackson in the “Under the Influence” exhibition at Ashawagh Hall in Springs this weekend. The Art Scene: 03.26.15

Inspired at Ashawagh

“Under the Influence,” an exhibition of work by five artists who have been involved with the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 to 4. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 7:30.

Mar 24, 2015
Doc Fest Call

The Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, which will take place in December at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, will begin accepting submissions on Wednesday. Now in its eighth year, the festival celebrates the rich world of documentary films, with a particular emphasis on filmmakers from New York City and Long Island. Details about how to submit work can be found on ht2ff.com.

Mar 24, 2015
‘Bach to Broadway’

“Bach to Broadway,” a free concert by Barbara Fusco-Spera, a mezzo-soprano, and Walter Klauss, a pianist and conductor, will take place at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor on Sunday at 4 p.m.

The program includes music by Bach, Barber, and selections from Bizet’s “Carmen,” as well as the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Sondheim, Bernstein, and others. Several familiar spirituals will conclude the concert.

Mar 24, 2015
High Line Architects on Screen

“Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line,” a 54-minute documentary produced by the Checkerboard Film Foundation, will be screened tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill.

Mar 24, 2015
Dawnette Darden Dawnette’s Variety Show

Bay Street Theater will present “Get Down With Dawnette: A Classic Variety Show” on Saturday at 8 p.m. Dawnette Darden, who has performed for 10 years with her own band, New Dawn, and more recently with the HooDoo Loungers, will host the program, which will be modeled after such classic television fare as “Laugh-In” and “The Carol Burnett Show.”

Ms. Darden will sing with her two bands as well as with special guests — Inda Eaton, Mama Lee and Rose Lawler, Marvin Joshua, Julia Minerva, a comedian, and Danny Ximo.

Mar 24, 2015
Andy Aledort will be the first performer in the Tiny Room Show at Crossroads Music. Welcome to the Tiny Room

Crossroads Music, the Amagansett shop offering musical instrument sales and repairs as well as lessons, has once again expanded its event offerings with the introduction of the Tiny Room Show, an intimate concert in which an audience of 30 can see and hear a celebrated musician up close and extremely personal.

Mar 24, 2015
Michael Weiskopf, center, will lead his group, the Complete Unknowns, in a tribute to Bob Dylan and the Band. A Bob Dylan and the Band Tribute at Bay Street

The intertwined musical history of Bob Dylan and the Band will be explored on Saturday when the Complete Unknowns, a group that performs the music of Mr. Dylan, and the HooDoo Loungers, a group known for its funky, New Orleans style, pay tribute to the legendary artists at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

Mar 17, 2015
Local Film Released

“The Sea Is All I Know,” a 29-minute film directed by Jordan Bayne and starring the Oscar winner Melissa Leo, has signed an international distribution deal with IndieFlix and is available for viewing on indieflix.com and Amazon Fire TV.

Mar 17, 2015