Arts

Sal Salandra's erotic textile art not only inspired the film "Drunken Noodles," which recently played at Cannes, but a friendship with Dr. Ezriel Kornel, a neurosurgeon and actor who played the artist in the film.

Writers and Artists hold forth in Amagansett, global music through a jazz lens, Laurie Anderson at The Church, lecture on Southern Plants for Northern Gardens.

A new exhibition at the Clinton Academy illuminates the seven South Fork historic artists homes and studios so designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

LongHouse Reserve will host a talk on the architecture of Central Park South and a conversation with a multidisciplinary Indigenous artist from Canada.

John Cameron Mitchell, who wrote the book for and starred in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" Off Broadway and on film, will take the stage at Guild Hall for an evening of songs and stories.

A young couple's letters from World War II inspired "Bob & Jean: A Love Story," a play written by their son, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, now at Bay Street Theater.

Suzanne Vega, whose new album, "Flying With Angels," feels "of the moment," will perform at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett.

Rosalyn Drexler show at the Pollock-Krasner House, two outdoor sculpture exhibitions, stoneware sculpture at the Parrish, group shows at the Springs Library, the Depot Gallery, Keyes Art, and Lucore Art.

"I Say Potato," a new show at the Bridgehampton Museum, takes a deep dive into the history and cultural manifestations of the tuber, including artworks, ephemera, and farming implements.

Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" from the Met, Seth Rudetsky and Ana Gasteyer together for an evening of music and stories, Lisa Perry and Almond Zigmund in conversation.

Since taking over the reins of the Bridgehampton Museum, Connor Flanagan, with his collections manager, Tim Malyk, has brought the energy and ideas to create a vibrant "cultural hub" for that hamlet.

The Hampton Theatre Company's production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" features four actors up to the challenge of a bruising evening of emotional turmoil.

Non-equity auditions for "The Thanksgiving Play" at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue, Anita Guarino will sing at the Sag Harbor Masonic Club.

The eighth Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands will bring a record 10 bands to the Stephen Talkhouse in a rousing benefit for the Neo-Political Cowgirls.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host an evening of classical music and a dialogue between two Native American artists and activists.

Bay Street Theater's Title Wave Festival will feature staged readings of four new plays in development, each followed by conversations between the playwright and the audience.

The Art Barge is set to reopen with four months of art classes ranging from painting to ceramics to weaving to hand-made books to encaustic, and that's just a sample.

Group show at Eric Firestone, John Torreano solo at the Drawing Room, the Leiber Collection is reopening, celebrating Gene Samuelson, outdoor painting classes.

Dialogue on art colonies at LongHouse, recital and master class in Southampton, Nancy Atlas at the Masonic Temple, chamber music on Shelter Island.

The Sag Harbor Church will host the Gil Gutierrez Trio for a concert of classical guitar and jazz, Jaime T. Herrell, a curator from the Cherokee Nation, who will discuss the venue's current exhibition, and an artwork parlor game.

Conga Cartel is a tight-knit multigenerational unit whose repertoire spans more than 50 years of popular music, including salsa, funk, Latin, and other genres.

Guild Hall has Broadway stars Jason Robert Brown and Betsy Wolfe in concert, Robert Wilson in conversation about his new book, and a silent disco dance party.

Bay Street will open its summer season with "Bob & Jean: A Love Story," the playwright Robert Schenkkan's intimate portrait of his parents inspired by their letters written while separated during World War II.

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In conjunction with a screening of Fellini's "The White Sheik," the Sag Harbor Cinema will open an exhibition of paintings by Sabina Streeter inspired by Italian cinema of the '50s.

New galleries in East Hampton and on Shelter Island, a bounty of group shows from Bridgehampton to Montauk, plein-air painting at LongHouse.

The Hamptons Festival of Music's Sunset Serenades will bring the music of Vivaldi, Bellini, Dvorak, and Mozart to churches in Springs, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Bridgehampton.

Jake Ruehl, the son of the artist David Geiser, will be at LongHouse Reserve to unveil a compilation he made of 25 journals made by his father before his death in 2020.

"Fuenteovejuna: East End," an adaptation of a 17th-century Spanish play, features a cast of community members in what will be the first full theatrical production performed entirely in Spanish on the East End.

Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" will have a three-week run at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue.