Art & Music

Car Culture: Art and the Automobile, currently installed at the Heckscher Museum of Art through mid-August, chronicles our fascination with all the scenery and wreckage that constitute our love affair with cars. Read Full Article

A roundup of books published by people who live, play and apparently, work here. Website Exclusive! Read Full Article

Are you tired of raking leaves? Does it seem like they're out to get you sometimes? Read Full Article

Sequels are generally inspired by greed. Hollywood producers think “We made a lot of money with that movie. Let's give them more of the same.” Rare is the sequel that deepens and expands the meaning of the original. With Before Midnight, filmmaker Richard Linklater and actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy have completed a trilogy that has grown more powerful with each subsequent movie. Read Full Article

Claudia Jacobs, who started writing songs around the time she was making out with her Cat Stevens album cover in junior high, has a lot going on these days. In addition to handling all-things Woodlands Folk Festival, Jacobs fronts the Claudia Jacobs Band. But she earned her chops flying strictly solo early on. Read Full Article

Jeff Beck is regarded by most critics and guitar-gods as the greatest living guitarist. When asked a few years ago who he thought is the best guitarist he said, without hesitation, “John McLaughlin.” Read Full Article

Workweek Playlist: Five new albums capture the eccentric, soulful and familiar. Take one a day to keep the office doldrums away. Read Full Article

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words by nadA
photograph by lynn spinnato
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While the winds of change blow strong and fast over the art world, especially in the Hamptons, Vered has planted real roots. Her eponymous gallery in East Hampton has been leading the way in artistic good taste and good deed for 35 years. Read Full Article

What are little summer theaters made of? Musical n’ farces n’ kiddie shows, that’s what little summer theaters are made of. Especially along our summer theater loving sandbar. This season there is also a little spice to go with the sugar and a bit of variety and risk-taking to offset the obvious… Read Full Article