Bill Frisell at Duck Creek
The Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will present a free concert by the Bill Frisell Trio on Saturday at 5 p.m. Mr. Frisell came to prominence as a jazz guitarist in the 1980s, when he also formed a partnership with the avant-garde musician and composer John Zorn.
Mr. Frisell’s music spans jazz, rock, country, and free improvisation. According to The New Yorker, “"Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: In the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals.” He will be accompanied Saturday by Thomas Morgan on bass and Rudy Royston on drums.
Jazz on the Terrace
The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will present Seth Weaver and his quartet, Friday at 6 p.m. on the building's terrace. Mr. Weaver has established his reputation on the New York City jazz scene with his trombone solos, baritone vocals, and original compositions.
He has performed at Birdland, Dizzy’s, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Bass Performance Hall, among others, and has shared the stage with Ben Folds, Larry Harlow, Luis Bonilla, and Manhattan transfer. His compositions “Frost” and “The Hudson” debuted at Carnegie Hall.
In-person tickets are $12, free for members and students; the museum will not provide seating. The live show will also be streamed online.
Classic Road Movie
In conjunction with the “Road Rage” exhibition at The Church, the Sag Harbor Cinema will launch an ongoing series highlighting the relationship between culture and cars Friday with “Two-Lane Blacktop,” a 1970s cult film directed by Monte Hellman.
Riding on the success of “Easy Rider,” Hellman convinced Universal Studios to finance his cross-country drag race movie, which starred the singer James Taylor as the driver of a customized 1955 Chevrolet, Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys as the mechanic, and the actress Laurie Bird as a hitchhiker they pick up on the road.
The New York Times called it “a remarkably engaging movie.” Tickets are $15, $7.50 for those 12 and under.
Concerts in the Park
The Southampton Cultural Center’s concerts in Agawam Park and at Cooper’s Beach will return on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. when the Electric Light Orchestra Tribute Band will perform in the park.
Subsequent shows will feature the Southbound Country Band, the John Fogerty Tribute Band, the Adlib Steel Orchestra, the Eagle River Band, the Lone Sharks, the Penny Lane Tribute Band, the Radio Flashback Band, Mambo Loco, and Mean Machine. Dates and locations are on the center’s website.
Films Alfresco
The Southampton Arts Center has announced a summertime slate of outdoor screenings that will launch Friday with “Grease.” A critical and box-office hit, the musical stars John Travolta as the greaser Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as the “good girl” Sandy Olsson. Tickets are $10, free for those 12 and under.
The pace will change next Thursday with “Fish and Men,” a documentary that exposes the high cost of cheap fish and the threats to local fishing communities and public health from forces that drive the global seafood trade. A panel discussion will precede the screening at 7.
Like “Fish and Men,” the film “My Octopus Teacher,” to be presented on Friday, July 9, is being shown in conjunction with the center’s current exhibition, “Earth: Artists as Activists.” Craig Foster’s Oscar-winning film documents a year he spent forging a relationship with a wild octopus. Both documentaries are free.
Continuing through August, the center will screen narrative features on Fridays and documentaries on Sundays. All films will begin at dusk.
