Arts

It isn’t every day that one of the biggest bands in the world performs in Amagansett. Fittingly, Thursday’s annual SiriusXM concert at the Talkhouse drew a massive crowd.

A new book by the artist Tony Bechara, who died in April, will have a posthumous launch at LongHouse Reserve.

One hundred remarkable artworks from the collection of Lana Jokel, a documentary filmmaker and friend of contemporary artists, are on public view for the first time at the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House.

Melissa Errico, a Broadway actress and singer, to perform at the Southampton Arts Center, classical, jazz, and klezmer concert coming to Shelter Island.

The 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival has announced its opening film, "Eternity," with Elizabeth Olsen, as well as new films from Richard Linklater, Bill Condon, and Eva Victor.

In collaboration with Hamptons JazzFest, the Jane Ira Bloom Quartet, featuring Ms. Bloom on soprano saxophone, will perform at The Church.

"Middletown," next up in the HamptonsFilm SummerDocs series, tells the story of how in the 1990s a high school English teacher and his students exposed toxic dumping in New York's Orange County.

Gabriele Raacke at Ashawagh Hall, John Haubrich and Steven Corsano in Springs, floral art at the Depot Gallery, landscapes at Lucore in Montauk.

LTV Studios will host Real East End Brass, a New Orleans-style band, and MOIPEI, identical triplets from Nairobi, Kenya, who will sing Broadway, jazz, swing, and more.

Two music writers and fans ponder why, at the current moment of political divisiveness, protest songs have yet to penetrate the mainstream.

“Echoes and Nostalgia” at the Bridgehampton Museum features works from the unique collection of Lana Jokel, a renowned documentary filmmaker.

Music and comedy from Jackie Hoffman at Bay Street, Latin vibe from Los Hacheros on Shelter Island, free Shakespeare at Agawam Park.

Up next at The Church are Inda Eaton, a celebration of artists and writers of color, and a dance performance created in response to its exhibition “The Ark.”

Coming up at LTV Studios are Craig Rubano, a star of Broadway and cabaret, and a couple of jazz virtuosos, Bill McConnell and Mike Rodriguez.

Up next in the New Music Series at Duck Creek is Akili Bradley, a trumpeter and composer, and her quartet.

Fundamental to John Torreano’s art is the interaction between the viewer and the object, and over six decades he has found innumerable ways to express that commitment in his work.

Guild Hall will host tap dance and world music from Music From the Sole, surreal comedy from Julio Torres, and conversation between Daryl Roth and Anna Deavere Smith.

Sources of inspiration for Elisabeth Kley’s vessels and sculpture range from ancient civilizations to Wiener Werkstätte designs, and costumes created by Léon Bakst for the Ballets Russes.

For the summer’s final Portraits program, G.E. Smith will share the stage with rock luminaries: Jimmy Vivino, Chad Smith, Simon Kirke, and Joan Osborne.

Marionette performance at Leiber Collection, pop culture icons at White Room, Bill Claps and Oscar Molina at Keyes, women in art panel in Southampton.

After 20 groundbreaking years, Edsel Williams of the Fireplace Project in Springs has mounted his final show, featuring work by 95 of the more than 320 artists who have exhibited there.

A musical week at LTV will include cabaret with four stars, rock with Corky Laing of Mountain, and two jazz performances.

Music festival benefit, John Turturro in Southampton, Tony Yazbeck at Bay Street, jazz in Southampton and Montauk, Bow Wow Meow Ball for ARF.

Programs at the Church will unpack the history of "Saturday Night Live," reveal how to cultivate healthy ecosystems at home, and feature the artist Monica Banks discussing her work in "The Ark."

The annual Box Art Auction for East End Hospice will feature imaginative yet portable art by 80 professional artists.

The Yvonne Rogers Quartet will perform a free concert at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs.

New shows at Duck Creek feature limestone works that respond to the venue's barn and ceramic pieces inspired by bonsai and Japanese spirit rocks.

Robert Wilson died at home in Water Mill on July 31 after a brief illness. He was 83 and left behind not only a remarkable body of work as a theater director, playwright, and visual artist, but also the Watermill Center, a monument to his far-reaching vision. 

Ugo Rondinone at Madoo, gestural abstraction at Harper's, James Katsipis in SoHo, plein-air painting workshops, Abby Abrams solo in Springs, two shows in Montauk.

Two documentaries celebrate an unsung hero of the Holocaust and a vibrant group of senior citizens.