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‘Between Utility and Symbolism’
"True Value," Alice Hope's ambitious new site-specific installation at LongHouse, is the most recent of her projects using commonplace materials, among them magnets and can tabs, assembled in repetitive but resonant configurations.
| Hampton Chutney to NoHoHampton Chutney, a culinary fixture on the South Fork since 1997, has begun construction on a new location at Astor Place in NoHo. |
| From Rock to BroadwayComing to LTV are Montauk's Joe Delia with his blues piano and clips from films he has scored, and the cabaret stars Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock in "Hirschfeld's Broadway." |
| Celebrating a Collector’s PassionNext up at the Southampton Arts Center is "Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future," an exhibition drawn from the distinctive art collection of Christine Mack. |
| Celebrity Memoirs DivulgedFor "Celebrity Autobiography" at Guild Hall, celebs such as Christie Brinkley, Richard Kind, and Carson Kressley will read unintentionally amusing passages from other stars' memoirs. |
| Artist Talk at LongHouseLongHouse's InsiderOutsider conversation series will feature a discussion between Ella Mahoney, an Indigenous artist and illustrator, and Mago, an artist and curator. |
| Facing Architecture’s ChallengesThe architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi will be at LongHouse to discuss with Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, some of the problems faced by architects today. |
| Christopher Engel SoloChristopher Engel's artworks integrate collaged materials and references from India, China, the Renaissance, Buddhist deities, and alchemical symbols. |
| Motown in MontaukRhonda Denet and the Silver Fox Strings Trio will bring the music of the female vocalists of Motown to the Montauk Library. |
| Focus on Sagaponack at MadooThe new exhibition at the Madoo Conservancy examines Sagaponack as a uniquely American village in which artists, writers, and farmers live side by side. |
| Paula Poundstone at Bay StreetWith three HBO comedy specials, five comic albums, and multiple television roles, Paula Poundstone's spontaneous wit will have the Bay Street Theater audience in stitches. |
| Duck Creek BenefitThe summer benefit at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will feature food and drink, a live auction of artworks, and a performance by Kaoru Watanabe. |
| Bits and PiecesBrazilian jazz at The Church in Sag Harbor, comedy about a deadbeat dad, a new executive director of HamptonsFilm, "Much Ado About Nothing" outdoors on Shelter Island. |
| The Art SceneNews from the Fireplace Project, Sean Scully talk at the Parrish, new installations at Watermill Center, East End Photographers at Water Mill Museum, open studio in Springs. |
| News for FoodiesMarc Murphy, a noted chef and restaurateur, will stir the conversational pot at Guild Hall with Florence Fabricant, and the Grill at Ruschmeyers on Montauk has a new executive chef. |
| At the GalleriesLate-breaking and standing gallery and arts center listings that last beyond the opening receptions announced in "The Art Scene," updated frequently. |
