Arts

Fred Goldring’s life as a leading entertainment lawyer evolved into a successful career as a musician, a move with his family to East Hampton, and an upcoming performance at East Hampton’s Main Beach.

Rutkowski at Slattery, art and the automobile in Amagansett, Guild Hall Members Show, and the Art Barge comes to Ashawagh.

August is over. Everyone is exhausted. And yet nobody can seem to stop partying.

A documentary about Anne Spencer, a Harlem Renaissance poet and notable gardener, and a conversation with one of the artists in its current exhibition will happen at The Church.

The illustrious cast of "The Big Chill," a staged reading benefitting the Center at West Park, will include Marisa Tomei, Matthew Broderick, Ayo Edebiri, Amy Brenneman, and others to be announced.

The Hamptons Festival of Music's MainStage concert series will highlight the work of Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Mozart, Gerald Finzi, Mendelssohn, Hummel, and Schubert.

Up this week: a mountaineering documentary in the SummerDocs series, Venezuelan jazz at Duck Creek, musical double play at LTV, and comedy in Southampton.

Seven of Noname Artist’s male dancers will perform “The Grave’s Tears” on Friday night at Guild Hall, and on Sunday, George Civeris, whose debut special was cited by The New York Times as one of the best comedies of 2025, will host an evening of stand-up comedy.

For the first time in 15 years, Florence Fabricant, the prominent food and wine writer, will be the guest, not the host, of Guild Hall's Stirring the Pot series of culinary conversations.

ACA Galleries in Chelsea will bring “Vignettes: Where Two Roads Meet,” a show of paintings and drawings from the 19th century to the present, to Ashawagh Hall in Springs Friday through Monday from 10 to 6. A reception will be held Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.

A jazz concert, a biopic starring Patricia Clarkson as a courageous factory worker, and documentary about our connection to nature are coming to the Southampton Arts Center.

"Bonkers in the Boroughs," five short comedies written by and starring Joy Behar, will open a five-day run with an all-star cast at Bay Street Theater.

Lez Zeppelin, which channels the music of Led Zeppelin, is coming to Stephen Talkhouse and releasing a memoir about its 22 years of "taking on the world most powerful band."

The seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist carried on a conversation with the densely packed audience throughout a 14-song set for SiriusXM’s 10th concert at the Talkhouse.

The Tony Award-winning Donna McKechnie, a Broadway and cabaret star, will perform "A Musical Memoir" at LTV Studios.

An exhibition exploring the practices of five artists who lived and worked in a tiny Fire Island enclave from 1964 to 2022 will open at the Watermill Center.

A print show at the Depot Gallery, photography and painting at HaubrichArt, a call for submissions to juried art show, and an architect opens his studio.

A rainy forecast didn't dampen a raucous night at Guild Hall with G.E. Smith, Patty Smyth — and John McEnroe on guitar.

LTV’s Cabaret Jubilee will feature KT Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Christine Pedi, and Stephanie Pope for an evening of songs, storytelling, and comedy.

Jazz and bluegrass at Duck Creek, Alastair Gordon on Andrew Geller, Nancy Atlas and Inda Eaton together in Montauk, dance performance at Madoo, jazz double play.

"Second Nature," a group show focused on the natural world, and "Bound by Wire and Time," a solo show of sculpture by Pam Brown, will open at the Arts Center at Duck Creek.

The Leiber Collection in Springs will host a concert by Juliet Garrett, a singer-songwriter, and a marionette performance inspired by Judith Leiber's handbags.

Films by the Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen, Stanley Kubrick, and James Cameron will be shown at the Sag Harbor Cinema.

Coming to Guild Hall are six plays created and performed within 24 hours, G.E. Smith with Patty Smyth and John McEnroe, and Andrew Sean Greer with his new novel.

Paper works at the Women's Art Center, hanging light sculptures at Halsey McKay, Brian O'Leary in conversation, Ben Fenske at Grenning, two outliers at Keyes Art.

East’s party columnist celebrated his birthday every morning, noon, and night last week with friends, family, lovers, and puppies — all the way from Montauk to East Quogue.

Since opening in 2009, Tripoli Gallery has hosted more than 80 exhibitions and shown more than 150 artists, but what’s most remarkable is the range and diversity of the artwork, a reflection of Tripoli Patterson’s ecumenical taste.

A performance by the athletic Parsons Dance company, Julian Schnabel’s latest film, a lecture on Pollock and Krasner, and a talk with Ross Bleckner and David Salle are coming to Guild Hall.

Landscape design talk at LongHouse, Max Blagg reading in Sag Harbor, jazz and drama at the Masonic Temple, brass quartet on Shelter Island, Gershwin in the park, screenwriting seminar.

The Church will host a virtual talk with a curator and a sculptor, a performance by a jazz trio, and a presentation by a visual artist whose work is on view there.