Viewers of Noah Baumbach's latest film, "White Noise," may know of the director's connection to the area (a house on the North Fork), but might be surprised to find another East End connection. It's of a more recent vintage, but with long and illustrious roots.

Hank Willis Thomas's acclaimed sculpture "The Embrace" was unveiled last week in Boston, but last year the artist and his work were all over the South Fork.

Mary Ellen Bartley at the Drawing Room, Knowles exhibition tour at Watermill Center, plywood and ceramics at Halsey McKay, and Amy Zerner in L.A.

Meditative music at The Church, John Gladstone joins LTV, Choral Society to hold auditions, Jake Lear brings blues to Sag Harbor.