Andrea McCafferty will serve as curator for the 48th annual “Artists of the Springs Invitational Exhibit‚” opening tomorrow at Ashawagh Hall with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m.

The show traces its beginnings to 1967, when it was known as “Art on the Wall” at Ashawagh Hall. Since then, it typically has been tied to the annual Fisherman’s Fair, an even longer tradition that traces its origins back over eight decades. It will be held on Aug. 8 this year.

The more than 125 artists who participate vary every year with the taste and personality of the curator. With so many artists in the region, the show is a time of both celebration and disappointment. Ms. McCafferty is the director of the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton and ran the Crazy Monkey Gallery previously.

She has offered a hint as to what to expect this year with a partial roster that includes Abby Abrams, Elaine Grove, Paton Miller, Savio Mizzi, Jim Gingerich, Barbara Groot, Ellyn Dooley, Eric Ernst, Ken Robbins, and Amy Zerner. The rest will soon be revealed.

The exhibition will remain on view through Aug. 16. Half of all sales will benefit the Springs Improvement Society’s scholarship fund. The Fisherman’s Fair proceeds go to the maintenance of Ashawagh Hall.

The Clothesline Art Sale returns to Guild Hall on Saturday for its 69th incarnation. Both to promote the work of local artists and to attract buyers hoping to spend reasonably, the sale presents affordable pieces in a wide variety of mediums — oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings; prints, collages, photography, and small sculptures. The event, a showcase for relatively affordable works that can be not just admired but actually acquired, offers a respite from the lavish art fairs held in the Hamptons during the summer, said Barbara Jo Howard, Guild Hall’s director of marketing.

“This is actual art, real art, paintings, and photography, produced by local people at all different levels,” said Ms. Howard.

The pieces range from $50 to $2,000, with the bulk of works selling for $100 to $200. Proceeds are split 50-50 between the artist and Guild Hall. On average, the event raises $8,000 for the cultural center.

Some 500 artists are expected to participate, with about twice that many visitors stopping through. Several celebrities have dropped by in years past, among them Ethan Hawke and Sarah Jessica Parker, whose appearance “had everyone in a tizzy,” Ms. Howard recalled.

Artists bring in their works in the morning and return at the end of the day to collect unsold works and checks. Visitors with questions about the pieces can usually get the answers from one of the many volunteers staffing the event.

The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both in and out-of-doors. Inclement weather will only mean more works inside.

New at Fireplace Project

“Dearest . . .,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by the London-based artist Kaye Donachie, will open tomorrow at the Fireplace Project in Springs with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will run through Aug. 17.

Ms. Donachie, who was born in Glasgow, has been inspired by heroines and literature in much of her work, which has been called “more poetic than narrative.” The impetus for the “Dearest . . .” series was a letter written from Georgia O’Keeffe to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Other Criteria Pops Up at Horowitz

Glenn Horowitz Bookseller will host Other Criteria in an artists book and print sale that will also feature rare and unique books chosen by artists. Artists will include Harland Miller, Ashley Bickerton, Gary Hume, Richard Prince, John Isaacs, Damien Hirst, Polly Borland, Rachel Howard, Michael Joo, and Sue Webster. The prices range from $75 for a Miller book to $20,800 for Hirst's book of drawings with a unique drawing bound into the book. Mr. Joo has chosen a book by Chris Burden, "74-77" for $1,400. Oliver Garbay selected "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe, which is on sale for $300. The sale begins today and lasts through Monday.

Pushing Boundaries

Two solo shows at Halsey Mckay Gallery in East Hampton, on view through Aug. 3, feature artists whose work reflects on and expands the possibilities of mechanical reproduction.

Bryan Graft, whose show is titled “Moving Across the Interior,” uses a variety of photographic materials and processes to transform images taken from reality.

“Chamber,” Ethan Greenbaum’s exhibition, has two components: a series of vacuum-formed photographs and a selection of 3-D powder prints made from dimensional scans of construction supplies and architectural surfaces.

Group Show at RJD

Richard Demato Fine Arts in Sag Harbor will open “Looking Forward Into the Past,” a group exhibition, with a reception Saturday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The show will remain on view through Aug. 25.

According to the gallery, “Many of our contemporary artists possess techniques reminiscent of classical historic painters and offer nostalgic timeless narratives capturing the simplicity and passions of another time.” Exhibiting artists are Kadir Nelson, Teresa Elliot, Adam Miller, Pamela Wilson, Frank Oriti, and Pam Hawkes.

Birdhouse Auction

An exhibition and auction of birdhouses created by local artists, conservationists, and celebrities will be held at Galerie Mallory on Shelter Island from Sunday through Aug. 9. Among the numerous participants are Scott Chaskey, James DeMartis, Bonnie Grice, John v.H. Halsey, Gabrielle Raacke, and Robert Waife.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Peconic Land Trust, whose website can provide more information about when and where to bid. Bids will be accepted through the show’s final reception, on Aug. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Jack Ceglic at Ille  Arts

“Aura,” a solo exhibition of drawings by Jack Ceglic, will open at Ille Arts in Amagansett on Saturday and remain on view through July 26. A reception will be held Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.

The works in the show, all of which are line drawings on paper measuring 38 by 25 inches, invite the viewer to observe and connect with the subjects and provide a glimpse into their lives at a particular moment. A designer as well as a painter, Mr. Ceglic lives and works in the home and studio he designed and built in East Hampton.

Leiber Sculpture Garden

The Leiber Collection in Springs is well known as a repository for the paintings of Gerson Leiber and the handbags of Judith Leiber, as well as for its seven acres of gardens designed by Mr. Leiber over the past 45 years.

Not to be overlooked, however, are sculptures by William King, Hans Van de Bovenkamp, Costantino Nivola, Ronnie Chalif, Calvin Albert, Jun Kaneka, and Mr. Leiber, all sited in the landscape of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. The collection and grounds are open every Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. through Labor Day weekend. Admission is free.

Handmade Furniture At Ashawagh

Ashawagh Hall in Springs is up to something a little different this weekend. “Combined Elements,” an exhibition of one-of-a-kind handmade furniture from traditional to eclectic, will be on view Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 to 4. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8.

Participating artists are Michael Antonelle, Cian Costello, James DeMartis, Philip Dobler, Nancy and Nick Groudas, Marcie Honerkamp, and Norman Stavin.

Scott Bluedorn in Gansett

“Maritime Cosmology,” an exhibition of recent and older work by Scott Bluedorn, will open today at his pop-up gallery space at the Jackson Carriage House in Amagansett and remain up through Aug. 2. An opening reception with music and projections will take place this evening from 6 to 9.

Mr. Bluedorn works with a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, print process, design, and found-object assemblage inspired by “marine cosmology,” his term for all things touched by the sea and its detritus of civilization.

Engel at Kramoris

“Trinity,” a selection of recent works by Christopher Engel, will be on view at Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor from today through Aug. 13. A reception will happen Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Mr. Engel’s newest paintings are inspired by the teachings and writings of C.G. Jung, whose book “Man and His Symbols” set him on his path as an artist and art therapist. Archetypal symbols of humanity resonate throughout his work.

The Watermill Center’s annual Scaler Summer Lecture Series will launch on Monday at 7:30 p.m. with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a founding member of the Russian feminist art collective Pussy Riot. The series brings leading figures in the arts, sciences, and humanities to the center for free talks open to its summer resident artists and the public.

Subsequent guests will be Philip Glass, the composer (July 30), Jeffrey Hoffman, a former astronaut and aerospace engineer (Aug. 4), Fern Mallis, a writer and fashion consultant (Aug. 7), the opera singer Jessye Norman (Aug. 11), and Tom Hennes, an exhibition designer (Aug. 13).

“The roster involves soliciting suggestions from everyone on the staff who might have an idea,” according to William Wagner, the center’s managing director. “All of these ideas are then crystallized and added to by one person. Kate Eberstadt was instrumental this year in pulling together not only others’ input, including Robert Wilson’s suggestions, but adding her own very special influence on what I believe will be the best series ever.”

Pussy Riot, the feminist punk rock protest group based in Moscow, became an international cause célèbre in 2012 after a protest performance at a Moscow cathedral led to the arrest and imprisonment of Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Ms. Tolokonnikova for “hooliganism.” Since her release after 21 months in prison, Ms. Tolokonnikova has continued to fight against unjust imprisonment, state corruption, and authoritarianism.

In the aftermath of the arrests, human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch criticized the treatment of the women, as did the majority of the American and European press, some Russian human rights activists, and artists such as Madonna, Yoko Ono, Bjork, and Paul McCartney.

“We’re flattered, of course, that Madonna and Bjork have offered to perform with us,” said one of the group’s members. “But the only performances we’ll participate in are illegal ones. We refuse to perform as part of the capitalist system, at concerts where they sell tickets.”

Mr. Glass is widely known for his innovative instrumental, vocal, and operatic music, including the opera “Einstein on the Beach,” for which he collaborated with Mr. Wilson.

Dr. Hoffman, who made five space shuttle flights between 1985 and 1995, is now professor of the practice of aerospace engineering at M.I.T.

Ms. Mallis has been instrumental in transforming New York Fashion Week into one of the most important fashion events on the international circuit and hosts a conversation series, “Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis,” at the 92nd Street Y.

After moving to Europe in 1969, Ms. Norman established herself in Europe’s leading opera houses before returning to the United States, where she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1983 and subsequently performed at two presidential inaugurations.

Mr. Hennes is the founder and creative director of Thinc, which has designed exhibitions for museums, zoos, aquariums, and a variety of corporate clients.

Past lecturers have included Marina Abramovic, Hilton Als, Marianne Faithfull, Daniel Libeskind, Ishmael Reed, George Soros, and DK Spooky, among many others.

Ballet, jazz, satire, film, and art will offer a cultural tasting menu at Guild Hall during the coming week. Ballet Hispanico, which sold out its performance last year, will return with “CARMEN.maquia,” a reimagining of Bizet’s tragic opera, on Saturday at 8 p.m. The performance, whose costumes and set designs evoke the paintings of Picasso, fuses contemporary dance with Spanish paso doble and flamenco. Tickets range in price from $20, $18 for members, to $60 and $58.

Guild Hall’s summer fashion series, On and Off the Runway, will take a new turn on Sunday morning at 11 with a screening of “Iris,” Albert Maysles’s film about Iris Apfel, for decades the flamboyant 93-year-old doyenne of the New York fashion world. After the screening, Pamela Fiori, former editor in chief of Town & Country, will interview Jennifer Ash Rudick, one of the film’s producers, and David Nugent, artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival. Tickets are $15 and $13; $75 and $50 with a V.I.P. reception.

Carrie Mae Weems, whose work over the past 25 years has investigated, in various mediums, family relationships, gender roles, the histories of racism, sexism, class, and political systems, will present a free lecture with video clips on Sunday at 3 p.m. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” in 2013, her work has been shown and collected worldwide.

The Pollock-Krasner House’s annual John H. Marburger III Memorial Lecture will take place at Guild Hall later that afternoon, at 5, when Lisa Immordino Vreeland will present her film “Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict,” based on the biography of the Guggenheim heiress who was a central figure in the modern art world. A conversation with the filmmaker will follow the screening. Tickets are $10, $8 for members of Guild Hall and/or the Pollock-Krasner House.

David Sedaris, a humorist, writer, and radio contributor, will bring his sardonic wit and incisive social commentary to Guild Hall on Monday evening at 8. His books include “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” and “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.” A book signing will follow the talk. Tickets range from $50, $48 for members, or $150 and $145 for premium seating.

On Tuesday evening at 7:30, Peter and Will Anderson, saxophone virtuosos and identical twins, will be joined by Alex Wintz, a guitarist, in a concert of American songbook hits, New Orleans jazz, classical adaptations, and their own original compositions. Premium seats are $40 and general orchestra tickets cost $25. Students get in for $15.

The Comedy Club at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will present Darrell Hammond on Saturday at 8 p.m. Mr. Hammond was a “Saturday Night Live” regular from 1995 to 2009, the longest tenure of any cast member in the show’s history.

Over the years his impressions brought to life politicians, media figures, and other celebrities, including Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Mr. Hammond tours comedy clubs and theaters and has a number of feature film and television appearances to his credit. Tickets range from $69 to $129.

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present the next installment of its Architectural Sessions program, “Fix This Town!” tomorrow at 6 p.m. The panel will include Felipe Correa, director of the urban design degree program at Harvard University, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, and Maziar Behrooz, an architect, who will moderate the discussion.

Mr. Correa has worked on numerous planning initiatives around the world, including a retrofitting of the historic core of Quito, Ecuador. Mr. Schneiderman will bring to the conversation his 24 years in public service on the East End.

Mr. Behrooz established an office of his firm, MB Architects, in East Hampton in 1996. Since then he has been involved in civic, community, and art projects as well as innovative housing. A short question-and-answer session will follow the discussion.

Also at the Parrish, an outdoor screening of the classic globetrotting surf movie “The Endless Summer,” which was released 50 years ago, will happen on Friday, July 24, at sunset. It will be preceded at 7 p.m. by a performance of classic surfing tunes by Gent Treadly, a New York City rock band.

The Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center, the Montauk Surf Museum, and Pilgrim Surf and Supply are co-presenting the program, which will take place on the museum’s lawn. Food and beverages will be available, and guests can bring blankets and lawn chairs. In the event of rain, the screening will be held on the covered terrace.

Tickets to each program are $10, free for members, students, and children.

Paul Reiser, a multitalented actor, comedian, and writer, will bring his national comedy tour to the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Monday at 8 p.m. The program will highlight the funny and poignant aspects of love, life, and relationships.

Perhaps best known for his starring role in the long-running NBC series “Mad About You,” which he also co-created, Mr. Reiser has enjoyed a busy career on the big screen. He had a supporting role in “Whiplash,” the 2014 Oscar-nominated film about a young drummer and his demanding teacher. He plays opposite Kevin Bacon and Lucy Fry in “6 Miranda Drive,” an independent thriller to be released later this year, and will be paired with Will Smith and Alec Baldwin in the 2016 feature “Concussion.”

A limited number of $69.50 tickets were still available on Monday.

Harriet Slaughter, a poet and artist, and Mira J. Spektor, a poet and composer, will bring their talents to the Montauk Library on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. as part of its Women Celebrating Women series.

A former actress and arts administrator, Ms. Slaughter will read from her book “Arts Poetica.” Ms. Spektor will read her more recent poems as well as selections from her earlier volume, “The Road to November,” and will introduce a screening of her 10-minute opera, “The Passion of Lizzie Borden,” set to poetry by Ruth Whitman.

The library will present “The Kid From Paris: An Evening With Yves Montand” on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Jean Brassard, an actor and singer, will combine songs from the French icon’s 50-year career with a narrative about his life, loves, and politics. He will be accompanied on piano by John Bowen, a musical director and keyboard player.

Both programs are free.

“Summer Roses V: An Evening in Paris,” a program that will draw from the late-19th-century musical salons of the City of Lights, will be presented Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Southampton Cultural Center.

Junko Ohtsu, a violinist; Sarah Moulton Faux, a soprano, and Wei-En Hsu, a pianist, will perform works by Chopin, Vieuxtemps, Massenet, Gluck, Alabieff, and Pauline Viardot. A reception with the artists will follow the concert.

Tickets are $40, which includes a $10 tax-deductible donation to the center. Children under 14 will be admitted free.