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Parrish's Second in Salon Series

The Israel Chamber Project will perform at the Parrish Art Museum on Saturday in Water Mill.

May 4, 2017
The Art Scene: 05.04.17

“Abstract Anarchy,” an exhibition of paintings by Barbara Bilotta, Jessica Singer, Melissa Hin, and June Kaplan, will open tomorrow at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton. A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. “Music Sheets,” a show of paintings by Haim Mizrahi, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Saturday and Sunday. A reception will be held Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., and a reading by local poets will take place Sunday afternoon at 3.

May 4, 2017
Vocal Trio in Bridgehampton

Duchess, a vocal trio in the tradition of the Boswell Sisters, will perform at the Bridgehampton Museum’s archive building as part of Parlor Jazz/Art of Song series on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The group consists of Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner, and Melissa Stylianou.

May 4, 2017
Yoonah Kim, who has been widely recognized and lauded for her musicianship, will perform at the Parrish Art Museum tomorrow. A Clarinetist Who Astounds Audiences at the Parrish

Yoonah Kim belongs to that class of musician, who through natural ability, the hard work of mastering their instrument, or, most likely, a combination of the two, is destined for greatness.

Apr 27, 2017
Andrew Lippa and Jules Feiffer celebrated at Bay Street Theater after the reading of Mr. Feiffer’s “The Man in the Ceiling” at last year’s New Works Festival. Mr. Lippa wrote the music and lyrics. 	Bay Street Theater A Weekend of New Plays at Bay Street

Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater will present its annual New Works Festival this weekend with free readings of four plays in development, starting tomorrow evening at 7 with “Molly Sweeney: A New Musical,” which is based on the play by Brian Friel.

Apr 27, 2017
Warren Strugatch, host and organizer of the series, “Out of the Question‚” with Amy Kirwin, the director of programs for the Southampton Arts Center. Conversations Lost. And Found.

After a 12-year hiatus, Warren Strugatch is back with his salon-style series, “Out of the Question” to address the lost art of conversation in the digital age.

Apr 27, 2017
Clare Hentschker’s “Stairway” is an example of one of her abstracted 360-degree photos on view at Ille Arts through Monday. Fresh Faces at Ille Arts

Like a breath of fresh air, 11 young artists ranging in age from 18 to 29 have taken over Ille Arts, bringing about a kind of spring renewal in Amagansett.

Apr 27, 2017
Inspired by ‘Ulysses’

“Sirens,” a new opera by the composer and conductor Victoria Bond, will have its world premiere on Monday at 7:30 p.m., at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, part of that venue’s Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival, which was founded by Ms. Bond 20 years ago. The program will also include operas by William Anderson and Frank Brickle.

Apr 27, 2017
Judith Kensley McKie utilitarian art objects or sculptural furniture pieces, depending on your view, will take up residence by the LongHouse pool this season. LongHouse Greets the Season

Leaves are budding. Daffodils are popping. Tulips are a-bloom. What would make this South Fork springtime scene more complete? “Rites of Spring,” the official opening event of LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton would.

Apr 27, 2017
The Art Scene: 04.27.17

The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs will reopen next Thursday with “East End Art World, August 1953: Photographs by Tony Vaccaro.” The exhibition will continue through July 29. Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor is presenting its annual Spring Flower Show from today through May 25, with a reception scheduled for Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The exhibition features a variety of styles ranging from realism to impressionism.

Apr 27, 2017
Verona Quartet

The Verona Quartet, a winner of the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition, will perform at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m.

Apr 27, 2017
Carrie Mae Weems enjoyed a light moment before the presentation of “Grace Notes: Reflections on Now” at the Watermill Center. ‘Grace Notes’ and More: Works in Process

The Watermill Center’s “In Process” series has a specific mission. As she introduced Saturday’s program of works-in-progress by three current resident artists — Carrie Mae Weems, Lexy Ho-Tai, and Lotte Nielsen — Elka Rivkin, the center’s director, said, “We try to do something in the middle of each residency that gives an audience an opportunity for a window into what the creative process is, or could be, for different artists.”

Apr 27, 2017
Classical Piano at the Southampton Cultural Center

The Southampton Cultural Center’s Rising Stars piano series, which creates performance opportunities primarily for participants and alumni of Pianofest of the Hamptons, will open its 14th season on Saturday at 7 p.m. with a concert by Leonid Nediak.

Apr 20, 2017
Standing, left to right: Walter Price, visual artist, Andrea Grover, Guild Hall’s executive director, Tanya Gabrielian, performing artist, Judson Merrill, literary artist, Michele Cohen, chairwoman of the Museum of Arts and Design, Lucia Davis, curatorial/critical studies, and Eric Fischl, president of the Guild Hall Academy of the Arts. Seated: Martin Cohen, chairman of Guild Hall, and Lydia Hicks, visual artist. Creatives Collaborate, and Everybody’s Happy

Guild Hall’s artist-in-residence program was launched in March 2016 because Ruth Appelhof, then the executive director, and the painter Eric Fischl felt that rising property values were making it difficult for young artists to live and work on the East End. Measured by any yardstick, the program has been a success.

Apr 20, 2017
Disney Favorites

Josh and Hannah Faye Huizing will present a free concert of Disney songs and anecdotes about the media giant on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church.

Apr 20, 2017
Wynton Marsalis is one of the Pulitzer Prize winners featured in "The Pulitzer at 100," a film to be screened Sunday at Bay Street Theater. Hamptons Take 2 Spring Doc Days Are Here

The Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a showing of two important documentaries this spring.

Apr 20, 2017
Hunnewell Moves On

Sarah Hunnewell, who has served as the executive director of the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue for more than 20 years, has announced that she is stepping down to turn the company over to new leadership and new ideas.

Apr 20, 2017
Jim Wright and Ashley Bell enjoyed a carefree moment in Central Park. Mozart's ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ Live at Bay Street

Divaria Productions will present Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at the Bay Street Theater on Saturday evening at 8.

Apr 20, 2017
Ramblin’ Bluegrass

The Slocan Ramblers, a young bluegrass band from Canada, will perform two shows on Saturday at 6 and 8 p.m. at the Sylvester Manor Living Room on Shelter Island.

Apr 20, 2017
Hector Martignon will join Randy Brecker on the Southampton Art Center’s stage on Saturday. Stars Align for Latin and Jazz Show in Southampton

Two musicians who should be familiar to music fans far and wide will meet on the Southampton Arts Center's stage on Saturday.

Apr 20, 2017
The Sara Nightingale Gallery’s “Open Garden” exhibition will feature its first showing of work by Judy Mannarino, whose painting “Daisy Noose,” above, will be on view. The Art Scene: 04.20.17

“Open Garden,” a group exhibition of flower paintings and other mediums with floral motifs, will open at the Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor with a reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through May 22. “EarthHamptons 2017,” a celebration of Earth Day featuring artworks, panel discussions, and talks, will take place Saturday and Sunday at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Apr 20, 2017
Artworks with South Fork ties in the “Making Space” exhibition include, above, Lynda Benglis’s “Embryo II‚” from 1967, below, Joan Mit­chell’s “Ladybug‚” from 1957. Through a Feminine Gaze

A permanent collection show that opened at the Museum of Modern Art last week reveals the result of several decades of commitment to acquiring art objects created by women. “Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction” spans the years following World War II through the late 1960s and underlines the primacy of those early female abstract painters who found their way to the South Fork in those decades.

Apr 20, 2017
‘Eugene Onegin’ at Guild Hall

The Met Live in HD will present Tchaikovsky’s 1881 opera “Eugene Onegin” on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Adapted from Pushkin’s verse novel, the opera is a meditation on love, betrayal, art, and the pitfalls of society.

Apr 20, 2017
‘Process’ at Watermill

“In Process,” the Watermill Center’s ongoing series of programs designed to connect its artist residents with the community, will feature performative works by Carrie Mae Weems, Lexy Ho-Tai, and Lotte Nielsen on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4. The center will also offer a tour of its building, collection, and grounds from 1 to 2 p.m.

Apr 20, 2017
Iris Smyles introduced the East Hampton simulcast of “La Traviata” from the Met last month. Behind Verdi’s ‘Fallen Woman’

Iris Smyles, the fiction editor of The Star's East magazine introduced The Met: Live in HD simulcast of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” last month at Guild Hall.

Apr 13, 2017
Williams Cole, far left, and Rossa Cole with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein political party, during a visit to Ireland. Brothers Explore Their Family’s Past

Williams and Rossa Cole, who grew up in East Hampton and are descended from one of the Irish rebellion's folk heroes, have made a film about their ancestor and what their family's legacy means to them. The East Hampton Library will screen the film on

Apr 13, 2017
Terri Gold’s “Gujarati Water Carrier” is one of the works on view in “East End Collected 3” at the Southampton Arts Center. Celebrating East End Artists and Collectors

First conceived as“a one and done thing,” Paton Miller's "East End Collected" exhibition is back for a third year at the Southampton Arts Center.

Apr 13, 2017
Clash of Cultures

The Hamptons International Film Festival’s “25 Films in 25 Years” series will continue tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill with a screening of “Embrace of the Serpent,” a 2015 entry that went on to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

Apr 13, 2017
Classical Concert

La Compagnia Amarilli, a vocal duo formed in New York City in 2013, will perform “Rosa Mystica,” a concert featuring music by Pergolesi, Monteverdi, Schutz, and Telemann, at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Bridgehampton on Saturday at 5 p.m.

Apr 13, 2017
Dark Comedy

A staged reading of “Venus in Fur,” David Ives’s darkly funny adaptation of Sacher-Masoch’s erotic novel “Venus in Furs,” will take place Tuesday night at 7:30 at Guild Hall as part of the JDTLab series.

Apr 13, 2017