Arts

Solo shows for Lynda Benglis, Joe Zucker, and Todd Gray, Zoom lecture about W.P.A. murals, open studios on Shelter Island, book event at Hauser & Wirth, artist talks, and more

The actress Julie Andrews, who wrote the children's book “The Great American Mousical" with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, will direct a staged reading of the book on Monday evening at 7 at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

"Sounds of the Sea for Chamber Orchestra," part of Music for Montauk's summer concert series, will take place Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Montauk Lighthouse.

The ensemble of string and brass musicians will include Joanna Maurer, first violinist, and Demian Austin, principal trombone, both from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, as well as Caleb van der Swaagh, a cellist. The program will feature orchestral and chamber works inspired by the sea from Bernstein, Poulenc, and others.

While fall is still a glimmer in the eye of those in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Montauk Highway, a few harbingers are beginning to make themselves known. Some of the most reliable indicators that a change of season is not far off are the late-summer teasers provided by the Hamptons International Film Festival for its October program.

The Star checked out Hamptons Fashion Week, which aimed to resuscitate haute couture post-pandemic with runway shows by designers new and established.

Broadway comes to Calissa, jazz at Duck Creek, a Holocaust documentary at Jewish Center, stand-up, Grateful Dead tribute band, and a new designer showhouse in Southampton.

The Tony Award-winning actress and singer Ali Stroker, known for her roles in "Oklahoma" and "Spring Awakening," is coming to Bay Street Theater on Monday night.

HamptonsFilm's SummerDocs will screen "Nothing Lasts Forever," a deep dive into the international diamond industry that raises questions about the gemstone's rarity and cultural meaning.

The singer-songwriter, musician, and composer Joe Delia will perform at the Montauk Library.

The trombonist Conrad Herwig, a longtime member of the Mingus Big Band, will perform the "Latin Side of Charles Mingus" in Southampton.

The Hamptons Dance Project will bring professional ballet dancers and choreographers to a bayside property in Springs for three evening performances.

A Meet-and-greet with the new executive director of The Church in Sag Harbor, plus three talks on the current show, "Threading the Needle."

“Trees at Sunset,” a 1931 painting by Renwick Taylor, has returned to Long Island after many years and will be temporarily exhibited at the Amagansett Library. The painting is a decorative landscape created during Taylor’s residence at Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s estate near Oyster Bay.

Kiki Smith, Francesco Clemente, Mel Kendrick, Richard Mayhew, Anne Raymond in solo shows, Pollock-Krasner lecture, easels up at LTV, pop-ups in Gansett and Springs, and more

Bay Street's revival of "Ragtime" hits the jackpot with a "smashing" cast, rousing music, and a story whose themes are more relevant than ever.

The Peter Marino Art Foundation houses a world-class collection ranging from antiquity to contemporary all housed in a stylish exhibition space in Southampton.

The Wallflowers and Jessica Lynn will play a benefit concert for the Montauk Lighthouse.

Hamptons Jazz Fest to bring Bill O'Connell, Billy Hart, and Santi Debriano to LTV Studios for a concert and interview by Mark Ruffin of SiriusXM Radio's Real Jazz channel.

A new Parrish exhibition features a bounty of garden paintings by two Spanish masters, plus garden views by 23 other modern and contemporary artists.

Jazz, folk, and rock concerts are in the mix, plus a Melville-inspired play and a Watermill Center talk on attention.

Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner will be at LongHouse Reserve on Friday to lead a morning workshop and perform an evening concert.

In "The Soap Myth," a drama set for a three-week run in Southampton, a Holocaust victim, a journalist, and two Holocaust scholars seek to determine if an accusation of Nazi atrocity is fact or myth.

Art Market Hamptons moves to Nova's Ark in Bridgehampton with work from 90 galleries, including a handful of local venues.

Connie Fox and Robert Dash at Tripoli, Futura at Firestone, outdoor sculpture at Duck Creek, art in Herrick Park, Matthew Satz at Elizabeth Dow, and interiors, beaches, cityscapes, ceramics, and more at the galleries

Peter Honerkamp, one of the owners of the Stephen Talkhouse, reflects on its storied history as an intimate venue that has featured world-class artists as he marks 35 years of ownership on Saturday.

Robert Harms's landscape paintings, which capture his view of Little Fresh Pond in North Sea, form a powerful statement about the East End landscape.

New York City's Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre will perform "Green Afternoon IX," an excerpt from "Threads," on Saturday afternoon at 5 in the gardens of Marcia Previti and Peter Gumpel, 230 Old Stone Highway in Springs. The event, in the property's various outdoor "rooms," will feature movement installations as well as a seated performance on the lawn. 

Lillias White, a Tony Award-winning actress, will perform at Bay Street on Monday. The concert will feature music by Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, and others.

The Moondogs, an East End Beatles tribute band, will rock the Clubhouse in East Hampton with "Paul McCartney: The Early Years," on Friday, in celebration of Sir Paul's recent 80th birthday.

Captain Phillips, the movie and the man, in Southampton, musical love potions, music fest on Shelter Island, Chase Allardice in Sag, cabaret at LTV, Watermill Center benefit, and more