Arts

Bill Evans, WLNG’s Emmy-winning meteorologist, is up next in The Church’s Knowledge Friday series, a Tom Petty tribute band will rock the Suffolk in Riverhead, the Cherry Bombs will bring '80s music to Manhattan, and winter gardens are the subject at the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons.

"It's such a small town, but the history is so vast," the East Hampton Historical Society director said. And he's looking for a place to store it all.

The Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas are back at Bay Street on Saturday, along with Verdi’s “Nabucco” from The Met: Live in HD.

Paul Pavia remembered at Ashawagh Hall, East End artists featured in the city, and Leiber's outside artists come in at Markel.

“The Glass Show” at Halsey McKay Gallery features an impressive variety of treatments and uses of the medium by 25 artists.

New Year’s Eve options include Nancy Atlas and Hello Brooklyn at the Stephen Talkhouse, blackjack, roulette, and a mentalist at Gurney’s, disco with a D.J. at the Clubhouse, and That 70s Band at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.

The positive impact of art and culture on the economy was examined in a recent presentation by the Long Island Arts at the Southampton Arts Center.

LTV Studios in Wainscott is showing paintings by Josh Dayton, Stephen Loschen, and Haim Mizrahi, with a reception set for Jan. 6.

Patricia Garcia-Gomez's winter swims, whether in Long Island Sound or on a Greek island, stimulate not only her art but her well-being and mental clarity.

The Sticks and Stones Comedy Club will bring Rob White, a comedian (and tattoo artist), to the Southampton Cultural Center.

Unique and affordable holiday gifts can be found in gallery exhibitions, on South Fork art and cultural organizations' websites, and at the Parrish Art Museum shop.

Among the hundreds of international art galleries drawn to Miami’s December art fairs, reports from South Fork venues Eric Firestone, Harper’s, Halsey McKay, and Keyes Art confirm that the fairs were buzzing and the energy was high.