Reviving Thomas Moran and Main Street
By Jennifer Landes 
It might seem curious to link a practicing contemporary artist to a 19th-century giant such as Thomas Moran, but the landscapes by Jacob Collins hanging at Hirschl and Adler Modern are both inheritors and reinvigorations of that traditional genre for which Moran is best known.

Jacqueline Myers, Artist of Adornment
A penchant for collecting gives way to versatile artistry
By Elizabeth Fasolino 
It would be an understatement to call Jacqueline Myers a mere collector. Adding a few modifiers, along the lines of obsessive, would come closer to the mark. Ms. Myers collects, among other things, beads, buttons, dice, textiles, paper dolls, religious icons, and pottery. “If it holds still, I collect it,” Ms. Myers said at her house in Brooklyn recently. “It doesn’t have to be valuable.” 

Opinion
Handbells Seem to Say, Throw Cares Away
By Isabel Carmichael 
At the handbell festival on Saturday night, handbell choirs from the South­ampton, Bridgehampton, and East Hamp­ton Presbyterian Churches, occasionally joined by a violinist, a pianist, or an organist, rang their hearts out in perfect harmony. The festival, the first of what the ringers hope will be an annual event, drew at least 120 people, young and not so young, who appeared rapt during the concert.

LONG ISLAND BOOKS
“52 Ways to Cheat at Poker”
Allan Zola Kronzek
Review by Frank Fedi
There’s a fascinatingly fun primer newly published to join the prolific pantheon of printed palaver known as the poker bandwagon. Written by Allan Zola Kronzek, a magician and educator, it’s titled “52 Ways to Cheat at Poker: How to Spot Them, Foil Them, and Defend Yourself Against Them.” Which begs the question, Why did the author omit the other 51,948 ways possible?