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Arts 10-08
Matthew Charron
October 08, 2026
See Monster | Arts, Culture, and Living
Behind Pete Townshend’s Artistry
Coming to the film festival is “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” a documentary that traverses the highs and lows of the rock icon’s career and his personal life.
 | ‘Love Letter to the Cinema Experience’“Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean” is a documentary that illuminates his groundbreaking film career while at the same time exploring his complex personal life. |
 | Art Is the Mission for Melanie CraderMelanie Crader, Guild Hall’s museum director and curator of visual art, has had both a successful run as a visual artist as well as museum posts at the Menil Collection and the Hammer Art Museum. |
 | Poetry and Prose From a New Pushcart CollectionPhilip Schultz and Bill Henderson, co-editors of “The Pushcart Book of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose,” will read and talk literature at BookHampton on Friday. |
 | An Actor’s Rise, Fall, and Return“The Old Marlin and the Sea,” a play by John McCaffrey about William Farnum, a North Haven resident whose film career spanned 1914 to 1952, will premiere at LTV. |
 | Bits and PiecesJudy Carmichael at Bay Street, an oral history of Sag Harbor’s Black communities at The Church, comedy in Montauk, music in the Leiber garden, a pop-up shop at Madoo, and lots of music on Shelter Island. |
 | The Art SceneGroup shows at Ashawagh Hall and the Depot Gallery, a lecture on Leonardo and Michelangelo in Bridgehampton, and sumo-inspired artwork at the Stella Flame Gallery. |
 | News for FoodiesChowders by more than 20 local chefs will benefit the Springs Food Pantry, chillable reds are to be featured at Park Place Wines, and an Oktoberfest celebration in Montauk. |
 | At the GalleriesLate-breaking and standing gallery and arts center listings that last beyond the opening receptions announced in "The Art Scene," updated frequently. |
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