Arts

Groundbreaking film at Sag Cinema, open studios at Watermill Center, classical music in Southampton and on Shelter Island, prize-winning play at Montauk Library

The Hampton Theatre Company's current production of "Over the River" is "unremittingly funny and genuinely moving," with perfect casting and sharp dialogue.

The Church in Sag Harbor hosts a master guitar maker, the American Artists' Hand Archive, a 1940s-style dance class, and the artist Steve Miller.

When the sculptor Rudolph Serra could not get clay during the pandemic, he turned to surfboard foam and aqua resin to create elegant, gestural, three-dimensional sculptural forms.

Pastels and decorative objects at the Drawing Room, handmade illustrated books at Colm Rowan Fine Art, Dan Welden workshop at Southampton Arts Center, Parrish talk on Shinnecock history, benefit for Brooks-Park, and an eclectic group show at Mark Borghi

Guild Hall grant will support indigenous stories, culture, and language, LongHouse welcomes dogs, tree lovers, and kids, classical piano at the Parrish, Grateful Dead tribute band in Sag, Halloween silent disco in Southampton

HIFF announced its full slate of prize winners for this year, including the audience award-winning narrative film, "Return to Seoul," and the winning documentary, "Bobi Wine: The People's President."

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.