The Leiber Collection will open with three new exhibitions: “Judith and Gerson Leiber: A Passion for Fashion,” “Gerson Leiber: An Inexplicable Light,” and “Garden of Friends: Ode to the Sea.”
Art and Fashion at the Leiber Collection The Leiber Collection will open with three new exhibitions: “Judith and Gerson Leiber: A Passion for Fashion,” “Gerson Leiber: An Inexplicable Light,” and “Garden of Friends: Ode to the Sea.”
Artists Reflect on MigrationThe Bridgehampton Museum will open two exhibitions, “What We Carry: Memory and Migration,” an installation of artworks, photographs, and artifacts, and “Uncharted Waters,” paintings by Mark Seidenfeld.
Bits and Pieces 05.28.26Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Met Opera, composers’ first works in concert at The Church, Bay Street opens “Mister Halston,” and a drag brunch at Frankie’s Fabulous.
Launch of the Art BargeThe Art Barge on Napeague will open with four months of classes, including watercolor, ceramics, weaving, painting on location, stained glass, paper collage, and many more.
Long Island Modern ReturnsLongHouse’s Long Island Modern series will feature Alastair Gordon discussing the just-released, revised, and expanded edition of his “Weekend Utopia: Modern Living in the Hamptons.”
The Art Scene 05.28.26“Summer of 69” at Harper’s, book launch at Guild Hall, group shows at Eric Firestone, Springs Library, and Ashawagh Hall, four painters at Grenning, and drone photos at the Hampton Library.
‘A Meditation on Home’After 14 years in her closet, Nicole A. Vanasse’s “Goldi,” a stunning series of 16 batik panels that reimagines the story of Goldilocks, can be seen at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton.
American Democracy, an Object Lesson“The Story of America: 1776-2026” at the Southampton Arts Center features 250 years of American political campaign material from the Museum of Democracy that illuminates this country’s history.
Bits and Pieces 05.21.26Classical piano in Southampton, English melodies from the Hamptons Festival of Music, Taylor Barton and G.E. Smith at the Talkhouse, an honor for Susan Wood, and a silent disco at Guild Hall.
Chamberlain on the LawnA monumental foil sculpture by the renowned artist John Chamberlain will be installed on the front lawn of the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House.
Diverse Shows Open at MarinoThe Peter Marino Art Foundation reopens with exhibitions of artworks by Y.Z. Kami, Betty Parsons and Carla Accardi, and Robert Nava, and a display of Tiffany silver.
Film Noir and a Dash of ‘Gatsby’The Sag Harbor Cinema will launch a summerlong series featuring classic film noir from the 1940s and ’50s, and neo-noir works by such auteurs as Robert Altman, Roman Polanski, and the Coen brothers.
Keeping the Disco Party GoingA new book by Christian John Wikane and Alice Harris celebrates the dance music of the 1970s with photographs of more than 100 artists and interviews with such icons as Donna Summer and Barry Gibb.
Postmodern Dance Performance at Guild HallThe Gibney Dance Company and Lucinda Childs will present a newly commissioned work in process by Childs at Guild Hall.
Random House: Publishing as It Once WasGayle Feldman will be at The Church in Sag Harbor to talk about her biography of Bennett Cerf, and Francine Fleischer will present her photographs of an underground swimming hole in Mexico.
Talk and Panel at the ParrishThe Parrish Art Museum hosts two exhibiting artists and the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers.
The Art Scene 05.21.26Weaving workshop at LongHouse, Connie Fox solo at Tripoli, Abstract Expressionists and Black figurative artists at BlackBook, three at HaubrichArt, and group shows at White Room and Kramoris.
Bits and Pieces 05.14.26Jake Lear and the Kings at Guild Hall, Gilbert & Sullivan light opera at the East Hampton Library, classic and contemporary music at LTV, drag cabaret from OFVS, and a garden fair in Bridgehampton.
Busy Weekend at The ChurchThe Church in Sag Harbor will host a documentary about The New Yorker’s female cartoonists, a lumen printing workshop, and a talk about the Washington National Opera’s departure from the Kennedy Center.
Interactive Series Introduces Kids to JazzEast End Jazz will launch Tiny Toes and the Jazz Crew, an interactive concert series designed to bridge the gap between childhood playtime and the professional performing arts.
Keith Mayerson’s American DreamThe current exhibition at the Pollock-Krasner House in Springs features a remarkable collection of paintings by Keith Mayerson, who immersed himself in the lives and work of Elaine and Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
Montauk Music Fest Turns 15The Montauk Music Festival will bring nonstop music to the hamlet with four days of mostly free shows by a hundred acts.
The Art Scene 05.14.26An exhibition tour with Claire Watson at Guild Hall, 16 East End women at Clinton Academy, Leslee Stradford at Keyes Art, and an intergenerational show of female artists at Firestone in NoHo.
Watrous Plays Mostly MonkPeter Watrous, a jazz guitarist who curates music at the Arts Center at Duck Creek, will perform two sets of mostly Thelonious Monk tunes at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery.
‘Drift’ Invites Reverie at the ParrishSanford Biggers’s solo show at the Parrish Art Museum features illuminated cloud sculptures, paintings and sculptures made from repurposed quilts, and a site-specific sand installation.
‘The 39 Steps’ as Comic Play"The 39 Steps," a comic adaptation of the man-on-the-run thriller, will feature four actors playing multiple roles at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue.
A Home Run for Bay Street’s AnniversaryBay Street Theater will celebrate its 35th anniversary this summer with two world premieres, "Mister Halston" and "Bonkers in the Boroughs," and two musicals, "Cagney" and "Dear Evan Hansen."
A Punk-Rock Oeuvre ReissuedPeter Dayton, an acclaimed Springs artist and designer, talks about his former life in a popular Boston punk band, 23 of whose songs from the late 1970s have been reissued by Wharf Cat Records.
Bits and Pieces 05.07.26This week: a documentary and comedy at Bay Street, "All My Sons" from London at Guild Hall, a book talk at the Parrish Art Museum, and Hopefully Forgiven will play at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor.
New Music Video From No SailorNo Sailor, an indie-folk band, will premiere its new music video at the Sag Harbor Cinema.
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