Arts

Center Stage at the Southampton Arts Center is holding open auditions for “War of the Worlds,” a live radio play based on the 1938 broadcast that caused mass panic.

Keith Sonnier’s artful interpretations in neon and on paper of herd animals, inspired by his travels abroad and visits to the Museum of Natural History in New York, are at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack for two more days.

Contemporary artists and local history come together at Ashawagh Hall, deadline looms for Guild Hall’s members show, solo shows for Julian Schnabel and Sanford Biggers, two group shows at MM Fine Art.

It’s all about memoirs this weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor, with a four-hour memoir-writing workshop on Saturday and a panel discussion with four accomplished writers on Sunday.

Dan Koontz, an East Hampton musician and composer, has written “The Free Life,” a rock opera about the ill-fated hot- air balloon that took off from Springs 53 years ago in hopes of making the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight.

Staged readings at LTV and Montauk Library, black comedy thriller at Sag Harbor Cinema, theater workshops at Bay Street, Black Film Fest continues in Bridgehampton, string quartet at Perlman Music Program.

OLA’s Latino Film Festival will include four features and one animated short, with two U.S. premieres, at the Sag Harbor Cinema, the Parrish Art Museum, and the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.

Bill Akin is a writer and raconteur whose life has been intimately entwined with the culture of Montauk as a fisherman, environmental activist, writer, surfer, and founder of Music for Montauk.

The Art Barge to travel to Springs, a garden painting workshop in Bridge, solos for Michael Butler, Stephen Laub, Joan Semmel, Jane Wilson, and Stephen Loschen, a group show from Folioeast, two shows at Halsey McKay, an Artists Alliance tour, and more.

The Church in Sag Harbor has announced two art-focused road trips, one to the North Fork and Shelter Island, and another to the Whitney Museum and Chelsea.

Thanks in part to an East Hampton family, Ann Lowe, an African-American high-end couturier who designed Jackie Kennedy’s wedding gown but died largely forgotten, is being recognized with an exhibition at the Winterthur Museum.

Jazz and Latin music at Duck Creek, sustainable landscape tour in East Hampton, classical piano at Southampton Cultural Center, house tour in Southampton, Sag Cinema fund-raiser, gardening tips in Bridge.