“The Elephant Man,” the Tony Award-winning drama about a deformed young man in Victorian England and the surgeon who took him in, will be at LTV Studios in Wainscott.
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Bits and Pieces 10.22.26Of note: Film Festival awards, music and “Frankenstein” at the Masonic Temple, the Cherry Bombs release their first original single, more comedy at Bay Street, and spookiness from the Cowgirls.
From Tbilisi to East HamptonNutsa Gogaladze, an artist and illustrator from Tbilisi, Georgia, is in residence in East Hampton to engage with the work of Elaine de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the community.
Miro Quartet to Open BCM’s Fall SeriesBridgehampton Chamber Music’s fall series will kick off with music by Franz Schubert and Caroline Shaw and continue with Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, and Gershwin.
Swamp Fiction and Pinch PotsThe Church will host Betsy Sussler with her “visionary gumbo” of a novel and Tony Valderrama with a zoomorphic pinch pot workshop.
The Art Scene 10.22.26Among the arts highlights this week, the Tripoli Gallery has Lucien Smith’s “Rain Paintings,” a group show hits Ashawagh Hall, a presentation on A.I. and creativity comes to Bridgehampton, and the Parrish offers an AbEx tour.
The Twenties Roar Into SouthamptonSouthampton Arts Center audiences will be transported to Long Island in the Roaring Twenties with a new production of “The Great Gatsby.”
‘Frankenstein’ From London’s National Theatre At Guild Hall: “Frankenstein” from London’s National Theatre Live and “The Living Ancestors,” an innovative multimedia dance-theater performance.
A Restoration in Miniature at L.V.I.S.Jonathan Steadman, a miniaturist, is restoring the Octagon House dollhouse at the L.V.I.S. with tiny handmade figures and such components as a downspout, roof shingles, and a tiny Christmas tree.
Artists, an Auction, and AbEx at Ashawagh“Arts and Archives 6” at Ashawagh Hall will celebrate Springs artists, past and present, and the hamlet’s founding and history.
Bits and Pieces 10.15.26Blues by Joe Delia, an Eagles Tribute band, and a horticultural talk on seeding for the future.
Comedy Opens New Hampton Theatre Company SeasonThe Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue opens its 42nd season with “Finishing School,” a comedy set in a retirement community.
From Scotland to the Borscht Belt Guild Hall’s weekend will open with a new production of “Macbeth” from the Metropolitan Opera and conclude on a lighter note with the film “We Met at Grossinger’s.”
In Process at the Watermill CenterThe next session of open studios at the Watermill Center will feature work by seven resident artists in a variety of disciplines.
In the Studio With Ross BlecknerRoss Bleckner is one of the most celebrated painters of his time, but during a visit to his studio it became clear that what matters to him is not his reputation but “new ways to make paintings.”
The Art Scene 10.15.26LongHouse lecture in Manhattan on Frederic Church, three painters at Grenning, Stephanie Brody-Lederman at Sara Nightingale, and a Parrish exhibition tour.
An Actor’s Rise, Fall, and Return“The Old Marlin and the Sea,” a play by John McCaffrey about William Farnum, a North Haven resident whose film career spanned 1914 to 1952, will premiere at LTV.
Art Is the Mission for Melanie CraderMelanie Crader, Guild Hall’s museum director and curator of visual art, has had both a successful run as a visual artist as well as museum posts at the Menil Collection and the Hammer Art Museum.
Behind Pete Townshend’s ArtistryComing to the film festival is “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” a documentary that traverses the highs and lows of the rock icon’s career and his personal life.
Bits and Pieces 10.08.26Judy Carmichael at Bay Street, an oral history of Sag Harbor’s Black communities at The Church, comedy in Montauk, music in the Leiber garden, a pop-up shop at Madoo, and lots of music on Shelter Island.
Poetry and Prose From a New Pushcart CollectionPhilip Schultz and Bill Henderson, co-editors of “The Pushcart Book of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose,” will read and talk literature at BookHampton on Friday.
The Art Scene 10.08.26Group shows at Ashawagh Hall and the Depot Gallery, a lecture on Leonardo and Michelangelo in Bridgehampton, and sumo-inspired artwork at the Stella Flame Gallery.
‘Love Letter to the Cinema Experience’“Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean” is a documentary that illuminates his groundbreaking film career while at the same time exploring his complex personal life.
Bits and Pieces 10.01.26Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at Guild Hall, poetry at the Leiber Collection, a Fleetwood Mac tribute at Bay Street, blues at the Masonic Temple, and a horticultural round table.
Celebrating a Visionary Architect“Dear Mazie” at The Church in Sag Harbor celebrates the first known Black queer architect to practice in the United States, and work by other artists, architects, and designers who reflect her influence.
Coffee and Colonialism“Fresh Paint,” the Parrish’s single-artwork series, features a new work by Chase Hall, whose medium, hot coffee on canvas, has technical challenges and political resonance.
Darkness in the Pine BarrensCaitlin Mullen will read from “Heather,” one of the better received thrillers of late, at a Stony Brook Southampton M.F.A. program open house Monday night.
Figurative Art Reigns in ‘EEC9’“East End Collected” will return for its ninth iteration at the Southampton Arts Center with work by 29 local artists.
From Piano Recital to Indigenous Film The Southampton Cultural Center will host a classical piano recital, an interactive sing-along with East End Jazz, and a new film by Ginew Benton.
Sag Harbor Music Fest This WeekendThe Sag Harbor American Music Festival is now set for Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 6 on three stages at Mashashimuet Park.