Arts

Nobody knows more about guitars than G.E. Smith, Matt Umanov, and John Monteleone, and the three experts will talk about the instrument's past, present, and future at The Church in Sag Harbor.

The Southampton Arts Center's "A Celebration of Trees" features numerous interpretations of the subject matter and theme by a vast roster of artists ranging from international art stars to the less well-known but no less ambitious.

Miami Art Week is in full swing, with South Fork artists' work represented there by Eric Firestone, Pace, Harper's, 303 Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, DC Moore, Halsey McKay, Mark Borghi, and Keyes Art.

Mel Kendrick will discuss his work at the Parrish Art Museum, and group shows are at ArtSprings Studio in Springs and AB NY in East Hampton.

Hamptons Doc Fest will feature 25 documentaries whose subjects range from Black voter registration in 1960 Alabama to an ethical and sustainable fashion collection to reflections on the movies "Midnight Cowboy" and "9 to 5" to a stolen de Kooning painting, and much more.

The many buildings at Campo Cuttica, the artist Eugenio Cuttica’s 40-acre property in Flanders, serve not only as his spacious home and studio but as a bustling gathering place for family, friends, pets, and visiting artists.

Native American concert at The Church, panel on artist residency programs at the Watermill Center, holiday silent auction for Bay Street, nighttime garden walks at LongHouse

The East Hampton Historical Society’s House and Garden tour features five houses from five different centuries, including the iconic White House across from Town Pond, and Greycroft, a classic Shingle Style house steeped in local history.

“Hamptons Modern,” a new book by the architecture writer David Sokol, looks at 17 East End houses to show how the modernist impulse remains strong in the region.

Harris Yulin and Mercedes Ruehl will star in a benefit performance of A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer-nominated play “Love Letters” at the Stephen Talkhouse.

Talks at Southampton Arts Center will focus on Shinnecock Nation history and old-growth forests.

Group shows at Tripoli, Canio’s Books, and White Room, quartets in Sagaponack and at LTV, solo shows at Halsey McKay, Mark Borghi, Fireplace Project, and Sydney Albertini in Europe

Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks will headline a Rockabilly Christmas show at Riverhead’s Suffolk Theater, while the Jam Session is bringing a Winter Jazz Series to the Southampton Arts Center and the Parrish Art Museum.

Ted Hartley’s abstract paintings at Keyes Art, many inspired by Ukraine’s battle for survival, are vibrant and powerful —and proceeds from sales will benefit groups that support that country's struggle.

Audition workshop at Bay Street, piano recital at Southampton Cultural Center, wellness workshop at Watermill Center, news about water from Cornell, Dead tribute band in Sag Harbor

A new Parrish Art Museum show of photographs, images, letters, and other ephemera provided by the artist's family focuses on Frida Kahlo's dramatic medical history and its impact on her life, work, and relationships.

Sag Harbor Cinema's Festival of Preservation will feature an eclectic roster of films by notable directors, dating from 1923 to the present, and featuring conversations with filmmakers and curators and a live salute to vaudeville.

Shot in the Hamptons with a Sag Harbor-based director, "Love . . . Reconsidered" is a truly independent film about a young woman trying to find her footing in an angst-ridden farce.

MM Fine Art in Southampton will mount a benefit show for Heart of the Hamptons, with work by more than 20 local artists.

After 29 years at Guild Hall, including 20 as its museum director and chief curator, Christina Strassfield will become executive director of the Southampton Arts Center.

Solo shows for Scott Bluedorn and Paton Miller, holiday exhibitions at Grenning and Romany Kramoris, 26 East End artists at Ashawagh Hall, benefit for African children at Keyes Art

Sparked by music at the age of 2, Christian John Wikane followed his passion, becoming a music journalist and essayist who has interviewed over 500 recording artists, songwriters, and producers in print and on video.

Classical Latin guitar at the Rogers Library, HamptonsFilm's Screenwriters Lab is open for submissions, Wine and Roses benefit tries again at the Southampton Cultural Center, and a Mega Raffle for Our Fabulous Variety Show.

The Parrish Art Museum will hold an "Architecture Trivia Night" with questions from professional architects and prizes for the winning contestants.

A concert and dance party celebrating the music of Duke Ellington will be held at The Church in Sag Harbor.

Sanda Weigl, who will perform two concerts of Roma music at The Church, has led an extraordinary life, buffeted by politics and antisemitism, that took her from Romania to East Berlin to West Berlin, and finally to New York and Sag Harbor.

Among the arts organizations receiving money from recently announced New York State Council on the Arts grants were several East End institutions. The dozen recipients account for a total of $180,000 of the $32 million allotted among more than a thousand cultural organizations in the state.

Jeremy Dennis at Bay Street Theater, Christopher Knowles at Watermill Center, contemporary crafts at Make Hauser & Wirth, Mary Heilmann honored, Robert Longo in L.A., political cartoons, trees, and vertical geometry

Opinion: Bay Street Theater's "All Things Equal" celebrates the many achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but the playwright's portrait of the late Supreme Court justice is at times one-dimensional.

The Parrish Art Museum will present the first major retrospective of work by Mel Kendrick, whose sculpture highlights the inherent possibilities of materials, and the myriad ways of configuring them.