Arts

"Right Before I Go," conceived by Stan Zimmerman, directed by Valerie diLorenzo, and starring a host of well-known local actors, will be staged at LTV Studios in Wainscott on Saturday and May 21. The production, which aims to "break the silence and create discussion," is also a fund-raiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Innovative works in Bay Street's "Title Wave" festival feature the quest for DNA, the Titanic, grieving parents, and a nosy widow.

The painter Brian O'Leary talks about his own work, the nature of painting, and his friendships with Rauschenberg and Lichtenstein.

Topiary workshops at Madoo, Music for Montauk, concerts at the Parrish and the Southampton Cultural Center, Public Gardens Day in Bridge

The effort to preserve the Springs house and studios of the late Abstract Expressionist artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park had another boost yesterday with the announcement that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has included the site on its annual list of the 11 most endangered historic places in the United States.

Bleckner and Fischl in conversation, Pollock-Krasner House reopens, artworks inspired by nature and inkblots, 17 women artists at Ashawagh Hall

Concerns continue to be raised about what changes proposed for Guild Hall mean for its historical legacy. The most significant critique to have emerged comes from Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the firm that conducted the first major renovations and restorations to Guild Hall, completed in 2009.

The Salon Series returns to the Parrish Art Museum with Pegasus: The Orchestra, and the Moondogs salute Paul McCartney at Bay Street.

The Pushcart Press, started by Bill Henderson in a studio apartment in Yonkers and in Springs since 1981, is now 50 years old.

John Steinbeck Waterfront Park has been in the news lately, and now comes a chance to look back at the Nobel Prize winner's legacy in Sag Harbor.

New exhibitions opening at Duck Creek, Mark Borghi in Sag Harbor, AB NY, the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery, the Southampton History Museum, Southampton Cultural Center, and New York City, plus talks and other art news.

"Empire of Water" at The Church takes the theme of water broadly with historically styled seascapes and the most contemporary of conceptual explorations, and many things in between.