Arts

Meet Mary Ellen Matthews, the "Saturday Night Live" photographer behind the show's eye-catching "bumpers" (the photos of the hosts and musical guests that are placed before or after commercials), opening credits, and quite a lot more.

The renovations at Guild Hall continue apace, with upgraded galleries, gardens, and lobby ready to welcome visitors for the first time in over a year, and improvements to every system in the building.

The history and contributions of the enslaved, indentured, and free people of color on the East End will be celebrated in an exhibition and talk at the Eastville Community Historical Society and a film program at the Sag Harbor Cinema.

The Parrish looks at its history, an artist talk at The Church, overlapping shows at Keyes Art, disease as metaphor in East Hampton, 13 East End artists at Canio’s, witty compositions in Montauk, collages at John Jermain, Pop in Bridgehampton.

Adam O’Farrill and his quartet at Duck Creek, dance party at LTV Studios, folk, funk, and bluegrass in Southampton.

Rufus Wainwright, along with his friends Jimmy Fallon, Laurie Anderson, Jenni Muldaur, and various Wainwright family members, will celebrate his 50th birthday with a concert at the Montauk Lighthouse on July 13.

A new adaptation of “Dial M for Murder” coming to Bay Street Theater keeps the thrills and suspense but adds wit, freshness, and some intriguing plot twists.

Guild Hall’s Garden as Art program will feature a talk by the noted horticulturalist Vincent Simeone and tours of four private gardens in East Hampton.

As director and curator of the Leiber Collection, Ann Fristoe Stewart organizes changing exhibitions in the museum and garden while continuing to track down handbags by Judith that are missing from the holdings.

An award-winning play and documentary film at Montauk Library, Fern Mallis of New York Fashion Week in Southampton, a film on Parkinson’s and dance at Parrish, Pianofest turns 35, and Walter Bernard's influential graphic designs will be discussed at Rogers Library.

The Tribeca Film Festival included films with strong ties to the East End, including “Maggie Moore(s)” by John Slattery, a longtime Springs resident, a documentary on Ron Delsener of East Hampton, and two films with Ukrainian themes produced by Liev Schreiber, a South Fork part-timer.

Hamptons Jazz Fest’s third season will incorporate musical traditions from around the world, including Middle Eastern, Jewish, Indian, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and Argentinean music and musicians.

David Netto, a designer and writer, will judge LongHouse Reserve’s Planters On and Off competition, which will feature contributions by artists, gardeners, and landscape designers.

The local gallery scene is catching its breath, with just a group show opening at Ashawagh Hall in Springs, and the reveal of the 2023 Hampton Classic Horse Show poster. In Herrick Park, a new art fair introduced by the Rotary Club of East Hampton will take place on Saturday and Sunday.

The Church in Sag Harbor and the Sag Harbor Cinema are focusing on boxing, with an exhibition at The Church of artwork that explores the subject, and movies ranging from “Raging Bull” to Buster Keaton’s “Battling Butler” at the cinema.

Tony Cokes’s video installation at Dia Bridgehampton uses text, music, and images to reflect the history of the building’s site as well as Dan Flavin’s light sculptures on the second floor.

“Footprints of an Angel,” a feature film about a beloved matriarch and her family, was adapted from a play by Tramar Pettaway, a Southampton native who also served as the film’s associate producer.

Offshore Art & Film will bring three fashion events to Montauk this summer, starting with designs from Glam Mom New York, Coast Hampton, and the Montauk Group.

Frankie Gavin, a fiddler and one of Ireland's most renowned musicians, will bring traditional Irish music to the Southampton History Museum.

Open Garden Day on the South Fork, jazz at Duck Creek, Hungarian folk music, multimedia performance, Perlman Music Program recitals, Birbiglia redux at Bay Street.

After years behind the bar at venues such as Gurney's in Montauk and Sag Harbor's Le Bilboquet, Jarhn Blutstein has taken the elevated cocktail experience on the road with East End Mixology.

The Madoo Conservancy’s two-part summer benefit will feature a garden market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a cocktail party from 5 to 8.

The Southampton African American Museum, the Eastville Community Historical Society, and LTV Studios will celebrate Juneteenth with performances, panel discussions, films, a barbecue, and more.

Yesenia Montilla, a poet nominated for an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award, will read from her new book at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

The Church in Sag Harbor was awash in cosmopolitans during its recent benefit that featured Candace Bushnell and her solo show, “Is There Still Sex in the City?”

HamptonsFilm’s SummerDocs opener, “The Eternal Memory,” is a portrait of a loving marriage between a Chilean actress and a journalist who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

An artists’ panel at the Parrish, Darius Yektai at Grenning, open houses for historic artists' homes, Jamie de Pasquale and Paton Miller at MM Fine Art, sustainable design at Todd Merrill Studio, new shows in Sag, Montauk, and Water Mill.

The 1876 wreck of the cargo ship Circassian off the coast of Mecox Bay is the subject of a live reading-performance in Southampton.

The Watermill Center’s 10-acre campus will be enlivened with art installations and performances on its Community Day.

Horticultural Alliance lecture to focus on year-round gardens, classical piano in Southampton, video installation in Montauk, and master classes at Perlman Music Program.