Skip to main content

Open Studio Time in Water Mill

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 12:04
From left, K Abram, A.J. Bermudez, and RUPTURE, a collective, will show their works-in-progress at the Watermill Center.
Courtesy of the Watermill Center

The Watermill Center’s In Process series of open studios and rehearsals by its resident artists will resume tomorrow at 5:30 p.m., when K Abram, A.J. Bermudez, and RUPTURE, a collective, will present their works in progress.

K Abram is a poet and essayist based in Brooklyn whose work was named a finalist in the BOMB Magazine Poetry Contest, the Meridian Short Prose Prize, and the Wabash Prize for Poetry. They hold an M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University. While in residence, K Abram is working on a manuscript that explores themes of body, illness, gender, violence, and religion.

Ms. Bermudez is a writer and filmmaker who works in New York and Los Angeles. Her first book, “Stories Nobody Hopes Are About Them,” won the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a 2023 Lambda Award finalist. Her screenwriting has won awards at Sundance, SXSW, the LGBTQ+ Film Festival, and elsewhere. At the center, she is developing her newest book, “How to Escape From a Coffin: A Memoir,” which incorporates elements of literary essay, narrative memoir, and screenwriting, drawn from her experiences of orphanhood and work in the film industry.

RUPTURE is a bicoastal collective of queer performance artists, including jose e. abad, Styles Alexander, Gabriele Christian, Clarissa Rivera Dyas, and Stephanie Hewett. Sourcing work from Harlem, the Bronx, Oakland, Los Angeles, and the Deep South, the collective uses somatic, theatrical, ritual, and experimental sound practices.

Their work-in-progress is “Diasporadica,” a three-hour choreographic experiment that integrates contemporary dance, community engagement, sound production, installation, and ritual.

Free reservations can be made on the center’s website.

News for Foodies 04.24.25

Long Island Restaurant Week, wine dinner at 1770 House, menu changes at Village Bistro, Navy Beach and Mavericks to reopen, pizza and pasta on the move, news from Golden Pear and Art of Eating.

Apr 24, 2025

The Sweet Smell of Nostalgia at Sagaponack General

Stepping into the new Sagaponack General Store, which reopened yesterday after being closed since 2020, is a sweet experience, and not just because there’s a soft-serve ice cream station on the left and what promises to be the biggest penny candy selection on the South Fork on your right, but because it’s like seeing an old friend who, after some struggle, made it big. Really, really big.

Apr 17, 2025

News for Foodies 04.17.25

Easter specials from 1770 House, Fresno, Highway, Bell and Anchor, Il Buco al Mare, Elaia Estiatorio, Calissa, and Wolffer, plus a tasting of Peruvian cuisine at Baker House 1650.

Apr 17, 2025

 

Your support for The East Hampton Star helps us deliver the news, arts, and community information you need. Whether you are an online subscriber, get the paper in the mail, delivered to your door in Manhattan, or are just passing through, every reader counts. We value you for being part of The Star family.

Your subscription to The Star does more than get you great arts, news, sports, and outdoors stories. It makes everything we do possible.