Arts

At 31, Lucien Smith's story has taken him from "wunderkind" to blowback, a break from New York and the gallery system, a move to Montauk in 2015, and the creation of STP (Serving the People), a nonprofit commission-free platform for artists to show and sell their work.

Edward Burns's "Bridge and Tunnel" is a real time traveler that will seem both familiar and alien to anyone who lived through the cusp of the 1970s and 1980s. For those born much later, it serves as a period piece that recreates those days faithfully and lovingly.

On Saturday, A.I.A. Peconic, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, announced its annual awards during an evening Zoom presentation.

Stephen Hamilton is back at Bay Street as the director of external affairs for the Friends of Bay Street, Music for Montauk releases a filmed concert, and more

A discussion of affordable housing for artists and the youth flight in the area at the Parrish and more

James Croak's career has been marked by his experimental use of materials in sculpture. This has continued with his successful efforts to cast forms out of dirt, a process he began exploring in 1985.

Through Jan. 17, the Saul Steinberg show at Pace Gallery celebrates one of East Hampton's pre-eminent artists, and one who defied labels and the norms of his contemporaries. Consequently, his art remains particularly fresh on first and subsequent viewings. Those who first saw the show when it opened are likely to be rewarded on a second, third, or even fourth look.

The Sag Harbor Cinema has launched "Minutes," an online series of short clips from cinema classics introduced and contextualized by Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan, the theater's artistic director.

Lois Dodd and Alex Katz downstairs at the Drawing Room, a discussion of the friendship between Fairfield Porter and Jane Freilicher at the Parrish, and more.

Eric Firestone, whose eponymous gallery opened on Newtown Lane in East Hampton 10 years ago, has always followed his own path. While most gallery owners learn their trade by working for other dealers, Mr. Firestone opened his first gallery, in Tucson, Ariz., in 1994, when he was 21. Just last month he launched a ground-floor space on Great Jones Street in NoHo.

The Watermill Center's annual series Viewpoints: Nights @ the Roundtable, which features conversations with artists working across a range of disciplines, will take place online via Zoom on four consecutive Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., starting on Jan. 6 with the Daxophone Consort.

Joe Brainard's collages are on view downtown in East Hampton, while a pop-up show lands at Union Steak and Sushi in Southampton.