It’s abstraction vs. representation and artist vs. canvas in the exhibition “Showdown” at Sara Nightingale Gallery.

The Church is hitting the books this weekend with a talk by the art critic Jerry Saltz, a sale and signing of artists' books, a book binding workshop, and a reading by the venue's writer-in-residence, Drew Zeiba.

Ken Dorph, a Middle Eastern scholar, will discuss Arab diversity in two lectures at Bay Street Theater.

Tickets remain for Guild Hall’s Awards Dinner, musical offerings across the East End include West African songs, jazz, classical, rock, and reggae, Choral Society announces auditions, Montauk Library to host talk on film and television adaptations.