Arts

Outdoor installation at Watermill Center responds to global loss with sculptures that resemble sleeping bags, sarcophagi, and alien pods.

Two-part Black Film Festival will present the political sci-fi punk feature "Neptune Frost" and a documentary on the transition of Black women to natural hair.

What is "The Birdsong Project?" A 20-album boxed set of more than 150 songs inspired by birds, plus artwork, poems, and original songs, with 12 albums already released for streaming and eight more on the way.

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 Box Art Auction to benefit East End Hospice will return with imaginative constructions by more than 80 artists.

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 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.

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

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