Arts

A real-life drowning inspired Sam Wagner's screenplay about a haunted house on East Hampton's Middle Lane.

An award-winning Indian epic will be screened at the Sag Harbor Cinema, followed by a talk with the director and an Indian buffet from Saaz restaurant to follow.

Alastair Gordon, in conversation with April Gornik, Eric Fischl, and Lee Skolnick, focuses on the genesis, design, programming, and mission of The Church in Sag Harbor.

Four Doc Fest films make Oscars Shortlist, Martha Stotsky named Parrish education director, rock and jazz at the Masonic Temple

With the mainstreaming of tattoos, microblading, and piercing, a Noyac couple finds a lively market for their artistry at Hamptons, Ink.

The Elaine de Kooning House, LongHouse Reserve, and the Arts Center at Duck Creek have been selected for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program.

Nancy Atlas returns to Bay Street Theater with four new Fireside Sessions concerts.

Barbara Kruger's immersive, dizzying installation at the Museum of Modern Art is an explosion of black-and-white text about truth, power, belief, doubt, and desire.

The writer Susan Scarf Merrell talks about her "secret" desire to write fiction, and her breakthrough novel, "Shirley: A Novel," a thriller that drew upon the life of Shirley Jackson, a writer known for her works of mystery and horror.

Grenning Gallery is selling prints to benefit a teaching facility for underserved communities, printmaking workshops are coming to The Church in Sag Harbor, and a new group show is at Sara Nightingale.

"Sr." is an offbeat and fascinating portrait of Robert Downey, who emerged as an iconoclastic underground filmmaker in the 1960s, and his complex relationship with his son, the actor Robert Downey Jr.

"The Thief Collector" is a documentary about a de Kooning painting stolen in 1985, its discovery and restoration more than 30 years later, and the apparently unassuming thieves, a married couple who lived in a small New Mexico town.

A short film brings new friends to The Church, filmed drama at East Hampton Library, saxophone virtuoso at the Parrish, "It's a Wonderful Life" radio plays on both forks, and the Watermill Center now accepting residency applications.

After concerns were raised by the community and preservationists, East Hampton's Guild Hall has scaled back the ambitious plans for renovating its theater. Instead, it will preserve many of the space's historical architectural elements and keep them visible in the final design, while upgrading the overall experience of productions there.

Judy Carmichael and her trio will bring a concert of swing music to Bay Street Theater.

A documentary about the writer Robert Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, won the Hamptons Doc Fest Audience Award.

Kiki Smith print to benefit Pollock-Krasner House, new art in the Leiber Sculpture Garden, closing reception for "A Celebration of Trees," solo shows in Southampton, and Conceptual Art revisited in TriBeCa

A new book of stunning underwater photographs by the Montauk scientist and explorer Gaelin Rosenwaks is a fascinating portrait of sperm whales, nature's largest predator and the inspiration for "Moby-Dick."

Bridgehampton Chamber Music's first holiday concert will feature Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and selections from Bach cantatas.

A hand surgeon, a maker's market featuring a unique doll house and other artisanal goods, and a couple of guitar legends will be coming to The Church in Sag Harbor.

PechaKucha at the Parrish, open studios at Watermill Center, holiday cabaret at the Rogers Library, Christmas revelry at the Talkhouse, holiday chamber concert from Music for Montauk

Dreamlike pastels and watercolors are paired with decorative objects and jewelry in an enchanting exhibition at the Drawing Room.

Stephen Scanniello, one of the foremost authorities on roses, will speak in Bridgehampton as a guest of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons.

Bay Street Theater will host the 2022-23 season of The Met: Live in HD," starting with the world premiere of "The Hours."

Josh Gladstone and Kate Mueth will bring their interpretation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" to the Montauk Library.

A quiet week for openings, but a new show of paintings by Robert Dash is at Madoo, and the Lucore Art Gallery will have 50 works by 50 artists.

Pamela Willoughby's soon-to-open Southold art gallery is the latest stage in her career as a restaurant chef turned freelance art curator.

Bay Street Theater's 2023 season will feature the world premiere of "Double Helix," which puts scientific discovery to music, the thriller "Dial M for Murder," a musical biography of Sammy Davis Jr., and Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning "Master Class."

Walter Klauss, a frequent choral society guest director and music director at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor, will lead the holiday concert of the Choral Society of the Hamptons on Sunday.

Lady Blue Sax Quartet and all about Mel Brooks at the Rogers Memorial Library, holiday market at the Madoo Conservancy