Arts

"Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play" turns Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic novella into a silly, campy, and hilarious farce thanks to a cast that hams it up in a rollicking way.

Ashawagh Hall exhibit highlights Springs art and history, "Swept Away" returns to Main Beach, printmaking workshops at The Church, Mary Ellen Bartley in Chelsea, Eric Firestone opens two shows in Manhattan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and trials, both public and private, are captured by Michelle Azar in "All Things Equal," a new one-woman play by Rupert Holmes coming to Bay Street Theater.

Winka Dubbeldam, a Dutch-born architect, writer, and professor, talks about technology, innovation, modern architecture, social housing, breaking rules, and the need for better building standards and stricter regulations in the U.S.

Vija Celmins will receive an award for printmaking excellence and participate in a talk as part of the annual fair of the International Fine Print Dealers Association.

The esteemed writers Jill Bialosky and A.M. Homes, both with new books, will be at The Church in Sag Harbor to talk about their own work, each other's work, and the new books, which will be for sale and signing.

"St. Kilda," a tale of supernatural horror steeped in Scottish folklore, will be presented by the Neo-Political Cowgirls and LTV. Studios at the Wainscott venue next Thursday evening.

Guild Hall will keep the circus tent motif and balloon chandelier in its John Drew Theater, but other changes are afoot, inside and out.

For her new tapestries, now at the Drawing Room, Laurie Lambrecht prints photographs of iconic paintings on linen, cuts the images into strips, and weaves them into colorful abstractions that may or may not hint at their sources.

A documentary at the Parrish features art created behind prison walls, new paintings by Ted Hartley, JoAnne Carson, and Suzanne Unrein, and solo shows for Hiroyuki Hamada in Korea and Renate Aller in Vermont.

Julia Scotti will headline Comedy Club at Bay Street Theater, with a comedic assist from Anita Wise

Foxy Grandpa will bring country energy to the Masonic Temple, and the Jam Session returns as well.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music's fall series will launch with a concert by the Calidore String Quartet and continue with Schubert in November and a Holiday concert in December.

Classical piano at Montauk and Rogers Memorial Libraries, musical 'Rebirth' at Old Whalers Church, tea ceremony at LongHouse, J. Smith-Cameron to be honored by North Fork TV Fest

Guitars are front and center at The Church, with Carlos Barrios, a guitar maker, speaking on Friday, and the guitarist G.E. Smith on Saturday

The Hampton Theatre Company's next production, "Over the River and Through the Woods," is an inter-generational comedy that had a long Broadway run.

After screening an episode of "Gutsy," her series about courageous women, Chelsea Clinton sat down for a conversation with Donna Karan about parenting and growing up in the public eye at the Hamptons Film Festival.

On Saturday, the Hamptons International Film Festival announced its awards for the films in competition.

Doomsday paintings in Montauk, Jose Luis Vargas at Tripoli, a new duo at Nightingale, Phyllis Baker Hammond at J. Mackey, Guy Pene du Bois at Goldberg, Harper's in Paris, and other news and exhibitions in this week's Art Scene.

The documentary "Groucho & Cavett" looks back at the erudite talk shows of the late '60s and '70s through the lens of Dick Cavett's long-running program and his association and friendship with Groucho Marx.

Alicia Longwell's 38-year career at the Parrish Art Museum was distinguished by dozens of notable exhibitions, her thoughtful stewardship of the collection, and her enduring relationships with artists.

Ghost hunt in Southampton, opera in East Hampton, Motown in Sag Harbor, Liszt and Chopin in Water Mill, garden workshop at Madoo, and more ghosts in Montauk

The short documentary “Rocco Up” tells the inspiring story of Rocco, a 9-year-old Montauk boy with autism, whose father taught him to surf, much to the joy of his family and the Ditch Plain surf community.

The Parrish Road Show, offsite in Hampton Bays, will feature a site-specific mural by the Shinnecock artist Denise Silva-Dennis depicting the history of the tribe's ancestral places.

The Southampton Cultural Center's new production, Boots on the Ground Theater's "Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll & Hyde Play," reimagines the classic horror tale with madcap comedy and a little drag.

Volker Schlöndorff's new documentary "The Forest Maker" follows an Australian agronomist to Africa, where for several decades he has implemented reforestation methods for farmers in arid areas.

Judy Carmichael, the jazz pianist, vocalist, writer, and radio host, will celebrate the publication of her new book with a reception at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor.

"Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of 'Midnight Cowboy,' " which will have its East Coast premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, places the Oscar-winning film in the larger social, political, and cultural contexts of its time.

Peter Hedges's pandemic-inspired new film "The Same Storm," which was shot entirely on personal computers, phones, and in the homes of the 24 actors, spans the emotions from sorrow to hilarity.

Irina Alimanestianu and Brian O'Leary at MM Fine Art, group shows at the Gardiner Mill Cottage and White Room, eight East Enders in the Long Island Biennial at the Heckscher, Nicole Corbett at Colm Rowan Fine Art