"Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of 'Midnight Cowboy,' " which will have its East Coast premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, places the Oscar-winning film in the larger social, political, and cultural contexts of its time.

Next up at The Church is an exhibition of rare and classic guitars selected by G.E. Smith and a display of bronze sculptures of the hands of 31 American visual artists.

Blending excerpts from Verdi's opera "Macbeth" with a story based on the 1849 Astor Place Riot, "The Shakespeare Riots" will come to the Bay Street stage as a world premiere operatic dramatization.

Judy Carmichael, the jazz pianist, vocalist, writer, and radio host, will celebrate the publication of her new book with a reception at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor.