The Art Scene 10.17.24
A grant for the D'Amico Studio, a printing workshop at The Church, an artist talk at Guild Hall, and new shows at the White Room and Ashawagh Hall.
Exit Aurora Borealis, Enter Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
If weather forecasts are to be trusted, the next few nights will be clear, making the brightest comet of the year visible due west, shortly after sunset. The comet is in an Oort cloud on an 80,000-year orbit of the sun.
How Much Is That Heirloom Worth? Find Out Friday
Have a family heirloom, a special estate sale find, or another treasure that seems valuable? Specialists from Doyle, a New York auction house, will be at the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran House on Friday to offer auction estimates for watches and silver, paintings and prints, and jewelry.
Appointments can be made between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at 212-427-4141, extension 256, or [email protected], with the $20 donation supporting the East Hampton Historical Society. Estimates will be made of the actual items or large photographs of them.
Spicing Things Up in Bridgehampton
The doctors behind Hamptons Boutique Medicine have launched Dune Spice, a source for spices, pastries, desserts, and Turkish coffee on Main Street in Bridgehampton.
News for Foodies 10.17.24
Wine classes at Park Place, special menus from 1770 House and Elaia Estiatorio, and Thanksgiving options from the Cookery and Amber Waves.
McNally's Showbiz Send-Up
Terrence McNally's comedy "It's Only a Play" takes dead-aim at Broadway reviews, critics, actors, celebrities, and wannabes.
'The Sea We Wade': Local Women Reflect on Film
A long-running oral history-photography/film project elicits the views of East End women on two historic elections.
A Death at Sagaponack Beach
A Swiss man was pronounced dead at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after going missing in the water near Gibson Lane Beach in Sagaponack on Oct. 4 around 3:30 p.m.
Met Opera, London Theater
Guild Hall will screen a military-centered contemporary opera from the Met, and Benedict Cumberbatch as "Hamlet" from London's National Theater.
Bits and Pieces 10.17.24
Sundance prize-winner at the Parrish, sneak preview screening at Bay Street, book talk at The Church, classical piano in Montauk, jazz and rock at the temple.