The staff and new artists in residence at Guild Hall were busy this week keeping up with receptions, cocktails, and dinners in East Hampton and New York City.

Julie Andrews will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Hamptons International Film Festival in October.

On Wednesday, the Hamptons International Film Festival announced several films with ties to the East End, including its opening night film on Oct. 5, the world premiere of Alison Chernick’s “Itzhak,” a documentary about Itzhak Perlman, who has a house in East Hampton and a music school on Shelter Island.

The auction of Edward Albee's art collection at Sotheby's in New York City raised $12.5 million for his writers' and artists' retreat in Montauk and broke some auction records in the process.