Jennifer Esposito’s film “Fresh Kills” dramatizes the lives of the often-silenced women who married or were born into the world of organized crime in the 1980s and '90s on Staten Island, where the filmmaker was born and raised.
Boss Ladies of Staten IslandJennifer Esposito’s film “Fresh Kills” dramatizes the lives of the often-silenced women who married or were born into the world of organized crime in the 1980s and '90s on Staten Island, where the filmmaker was born and raised.
From Boxing to Bicycles “RE:CYCLE — The Ubiquitous Bicycle” will bring 19 vintage bicycles to The Church in Sag Harbor, along with a selection of fine-art photographs and video art devoted to that mode of transportation.
In Matthiessen's FootstepsJack Evans’s talk at The Church in Sag Harbor about his adaptation-in-progress of Peter Matthiessen’s novel “Far Tortuga” will also include a theatrical performance based on the script and a screening of the trailer.
Music for Montauk Chamber RecitalA chamber music trio will perform works by Haydn, Ravel, and Martinu at the Carl Fisher House in Montauk.
Rock and Doc at Bay StreetBay Street will host a rock ’n’ roll concert with Nancy Atlas and her band and a documentary on Jewish resistance fighters in World War II.
Self-Taught Artist's Life ReimaginedHIFF film “This World Is Not My Own” is a creative documentary that illuminates the life and work of a self-taught Black artist with 3D animation and motion-capture technology, as well as archival materials and interviews.
The Art Scene 10.05.23Women from the New York School in new exhibit, author’s talk about an art world landmark, two painters at the Drawing Room, award for Lindsay Morris, a lecture and workshop at the Leiber Collection, an artist’s journey on film.
The Nine-Year All-Night Movie“Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, and Hallucinations” is a deep dive into the art and life of Ms. Heilmann that eschews talking heads in favor of the artist’s forthright voice and her artwork.
Two More 'Hometown' FilmsTwo HIFF features with local connections are “Ron Delsener Presents,” a documentary about the influential concert promoter who has a home in East Hampton, and “Rule of Two Walls,” a film about artists in Ukraine, exec-produced by the actor Liev Schreiber, a part-time East Ender.
Bits and Pieces 09.28.23Celebrating Bonac history and art at Duck Creek, Long Island Modernism talk at LongHouse, open calls from Bay Street and Center Stage, Alec Baldwin's live podcast, fund-raiser for Our Fabulous Variety Show, rock and jazz at the Masonic Temple.
Eclectic Music Returns to Sag HarborThe Sag Harbor American Music Festival is back, with four days of music, much of it free, scattered throughout the village in restaurants, shops, Steinbeck Park, Bay Street Theater, and just about everywhere else.
Immigration, in Music and FilmImmigration in New York State is the theme of three eclectic music programs and a film series at the Montauk Library.
Krasner's Green Year“Lee Krasner: Portrait in Green” at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center focuses on an important year for the artist, when she created one monumental painting and a series of gouaches.
She Found Her True Path in GlassWell into a career in television production, and without an art background, Isabella Rupp decided to try her hand at glass art, a leap that turned into a 20-year deep dive yielding exhibitions, prizes, and a wide-ranging body of work.
Spacek's Scrimshaw in SagEstia’s Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor is featuring an exhibition of Peter Spacek’s scrimshawed drawings on fiberglass, surfboards repurposed as sea creatures, cartoons for The Star, and more.
The Art Scene 09.28.23Lauren West solo at Tripoli, seven watercolorists at Ashawagh Hall, Hiroyuki Hamada at the Parrish to discuss his Road Show, two painters at Keyes, mixed-media works at Lucore Gallery.
Wilson Honored With Praemium Imperiale PrizeRobert Wilson, the Watermill Center’s founder and artistic director, was honored with four other prominent artists by Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton at the White House.
Indigenous music and Shinnecock celebration at Duck Creek, classical pianist and Joe Delia at the Montauk Library, auditions for the Choral Society of the Hamptons, dance-cinema in Southampton, four-hands piano recital.
Comedy and Drama at Bay StreetBay Street Theater will host the Hamptons Comedy Festival, featuring four master comics, and present “Speak to Me,” the next entry in the ongoing Black Film Festival.
Multiplicity UnboundThe current exhibition at the Southampton Arts Center, "Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World," is a many layered thing. If ever an exhibition shared a multiplicity of viewpoints, backgrounds, and ideas, this would be it, even if its curators' focus is narrowed to artwork procured solely by women.
Opera Stars Coming to The ChurchThe Sag Harbor Song Festival will bring six young opera stars to The Church in Sag Harbor for three programs of opera, operetta, musical theater, and more, with music ranging from Mozart and Verdi to Sondheim and Sonny Bono.
The Art Scene 09.21.23A “bird happening” at the Leiber Collection, Indigenous weaving workshop in Bridgehampton, Amy Wickersham solo, group shows at Ashawagh and the Ranch, artist talk at Guild Hall.
The Tree Man of AmagansettThe wood sculptures of Jonathan Shlafer range from tall and sinewy to squat and abstract, tribalistic totems to biomorphic forms, all raw and unfinished, allowed to carry on a dialogue with nature’s weathering forces.
Art and Screenings in MontaukOffshore Art & Film will bring three days of screenings, artworks, and panel discussions to Montauk.
Film Fest's Full RevealThe Hamptons International Film Festival's full schedule has interviews of Paul Simon and Todd Haynes, Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro," and much more.
'The Free Life'—a Rock OperaDan 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.
'War of the Worlds' AuditionsCenter 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.
Bill Akin, Rooting for the Wild WorldBill 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.
Bits and Pieces 09.14.23Staged 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.
Culled From the HerdKeith 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.
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