Arts

Gordon Stevenson's first solo show this month at Tripoli Gallery in Southampton will mark a change of artistic vision.

Bay Street Theatre is set to come alive this weekend as Stages, A Children's Theatre Workshop, Inc. debuts the fairy tale musical "Once Upon A Mattress."

"The Hayground School Student Film Festival is very much a product of the Hayground model of education evolving organically from student inquiries to developing programs to address them," said Hayground teacher, Liz Bertsch.

East End Arts Council is holding an open call for artist participation in the 18th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival.

"Five years ago, I started this event to showcase the East End's amazingly talented musicians along with talent from all over the country," says Ken Giustino, a Montauk native and founder of the Montauk Music Festival.

With an abundance of new exhibits opening and the weather not quite warm enough for a day at the beach, May is a great month to explore new shows at North Fork and Hamptons galleries.

"New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and every member of the band comes from a musical family," says Preservation Hall Jazz Band director Ben Jaffe. "Either their father, their grandfather, even their great grandfather were musicians in New Orleans."

April marked the premiere of a new reality series airing on the Esquire Network called "Lucky Bastards." Hamptons.com chatted with castmember Charles Ferri, long time Hamptons resident and owner of Star Vodka, about balancing a reality show and a relationship and his new best friends.

Spring brings family focused performances to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (WHBPAC) with classics tales, teen theater, and moving musicals.

Over Spring Vacation keep the creative juices flowing by signing your children up for Parrish Art Museum's Spring Vacation Art Workshops.