Arts

Movement and sound-based performance at The Church, jazz and pop at the Temple, comedy at Bay Street and the Southampton Cultural Center, Manhattan fund-raiser for LTV.

The Shelter Island Friends of Music will present a free recital by Michael Stephen Brown, an award-winning pianist and composer who has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Louvre.

Guild Hall Museum will open for the season with "Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture" and "Wading Room," an environment created by Almond Zigmund.

LongHouse Reserve is heading into the high season with art, performances, special events, conversations, and a unique four-season garden named one of the most peaceful places in New York State.

New book and exhibition celebrate 50 Hamptons artists, living sculptures by Mamoun Nukumanu at Tripoli, photographs by Anthony Lombardo in Southampton.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek opens with a collaborative show of work by Louise Eastman and Janis Stemmermann, and "Commuter Drawings" by Ralph Stout.

"Gingy's Diaries," a new theater work created by Ilene Beckerman with Michael Disher, will premiere in workshop form at the Southampton Arts Center.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will show excerpts from various film versions of "Moby-Dick" before screening John Huston's 1956 epic starring Gregory Peck.

The Church in Sag Harbor is celebrating with a presentation on public spaces, open studios, a poetry read-in, and a lecture about images of the Fool from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

Public rehearsal at Guild Hall, Beatles tribute and comedy at Bay Street, open studios at Watermill Center, jazz at the cinema, choral society auditions, music at the Masonic Temple.

Hamptons Doc Fest will celebrate Earth Day week with three days of films, interviews, and information hubs whose theme is our connection to trees, woodlands, and forests.

Group show at Women's Art Center, rock 'n' roll photos at White Room, 81 artists at Lucore Art Gallery, monoprint workshop at the Parrish, Eric Haze and Elaine de Kooning at Pollock-Krasner.

The Fistys are a three-woman in-your-race punk-rock band whose "sound and fury are a manifestation of their convictions."

A new production of "God of Carnage," Yasmina Reza's award-winning play, will have a two-week run at LTV Studios.

In a new adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" from the National Theatre Live series, Andrew Scott plays all eight characters in a production that offers "a new way of seeing into the heart" of the play.

The Art Groove at Ashawagh Hall will feature two exhibitions of work by local artists, music, dancing, a book signing, and a short film.

The Parrish's new exhibition, "Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire," is a survey of groundbreaking work by the renowned Iranian-born artist, who illuminates what it means to exist between two cultures.

Blues concert at LTV, classical piano in Southampton, jazz night at the Masonic Temple, acting workshop from Boots on the Ground, "Bonackers" film on WLIW-TV.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host Laurie Anderson for its benefit, a beading workshop led by a Shinnecock artist, and a Native painter reflecting on his work.

Shari Goddard Shambaugh is a self-taught painter whose passion for nature is reflected in her landscapes and floral paintings.

Frederic Tuten at Harper's, Sean Kinney at Tripoli, three painters at Grenning. Cordy Ryman and a group show at Halsey McKay, Springs artist directory.

Prince tribute at Bay Street, jamming and magic at the Temple, Alafair Burke at Guild Hall, horticultural programs in Bridgehampton, submissions open for Doc Fest.

Next up in LTV Studio's film series are a short animated film about child refugees and a documentary feature about the illegal wildlife trade in Africa.

Guild Hall's summer standouts include Tiler Peck of the New York City Ballet, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Dance Theater of Harlem, Neil deGrasse Tyson, G.E. Smith, Candace Bushnell, and so much more.

The Masonic Temple will welcome walk-in musicians for a jam on Thursday and a magician from New York City on Friday.

Keyes Art will showcase a performance by Claude Lawrence, an artist and sax player, and an exhibition of paintings by Mark Heming.

Remembering Tim Tibus, changes at the Drawing Room, solo show at Tripoli, Keyes Art in TriBeCa, honor for Jeremy Dennis.

Guild Hall's Academy Dinner, comedy at Bay Street, librarians as spies, jazz at the Masonic Temple, classical concert on Shelter Island.

The weekend at LTV will feature an experimental short, a documentary feature, and a performance by Winston Irie and the Selective Security Band.

The Sag Harbor Church's Creativity Conference will bring five notable thinkers and artists there for a full day of individual presentations and a panel discussion.