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A Three-Minute Ticket to Cannes
Tom Van Scoyoc, an East Hampton native with 10 years in the film industry, took a flyer on the Straight 8 competition with a 3-minute Super 8 film and wound up one of eight finalists chosen to show their work at Cannes.
| When the Music Factory Was King"Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios" is an engrossing history of some of the most influential and legendary recording studios and the men who founded and guided them. |
| Hamptons Jazz Fest Kicks It OffHamptons JazzFest will launch its fifth season on Sunday with a sold-out party (but there is a waitlist) at the Southampton Arts Center. |
| Animals, From the Ark to The ChurchFor "The Ark," coming to The Church in Sag Harbor, Eric Fischl, a modern-day Noah, has organized an exhibition of animal sculptures by over 40 international artists. |
| Contemporary Global Music, With an OudGuild Hall will host Whitney White's song cycle "The Case of the Stranger," whose theme of tolerance was inspired in part by a text from William Shakespeare. |
| Comedy Coming to Bay StreetOphira Eisenberg, a standup comedian, writer, and longtime host of NPR's comedy trivia show "Ask Me Another," will bring her "wicked funny" act to Bay Street. |
| Music Series at Duck CreekThe New Music Series at the Arts Center at Duck Creek will kick off with Little Black Egg (Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan) and 75 Dollar Bill (Che Chen and Rick Brown). |
| Bits and PiecesHamptons Pride outdoor party at LongHouse, Alastair Gordon on aviation and airports, benefit for East End scholarship fund. |
| The Art SceneThe impact of John Chamberlain, David Geiser at Ashawagh, group show at Depot Gallery, exhibition tour at the Parrish, Hunt Slonem solo in Sag, a feminist history on wood. |
| News for FoodiesMexican prix fixe at Fresno, new director for South Fork Bakery, health food workshops at the Food Lab, Taco Tuesdays at Navy Beach, catering options from Art of Eating. |
| At the Galleries CalendarLate-breaking and standing gallery and arts center listings that last beyond the opening receptions announced in "The Art Scene," updated frequently. |
