Arts

"We greet the new season with what we do best…screening a new crop of docs," Jacqui Lofaro, founder/executive director of Hamptons Doc Fest, relayed. "Our 3- film series pays homage to our planet, print journalism and the primo music of Miles Davis."

"The concert will showcase two of the greatest musical masterpieces of the late 19th century: Brahms exquisite First-String Sextet and Schoenberg's monumental Transfigured Night," Paolo Bartolani, Founder and Artistic Director of the Festival remarked.

"Knock Down the House is a film about hope that challenges the narratives that create cynicism and despair. The film is ultimately about power and how to build it in yourself and in the world, and what it takes to make the politically impossible possible," said the film's director Rachel Lears.

Schwartz stressed he finds it most important to give playwrights, "The opportunity to see their works in front of a live audience. So they can see what works and where they might have to revise and tinker."

"I've been really wanting these comics on the show for a while, so I'm happy they are finally there and I know Sag Harbor will enjoy them," comedian Joseph Vecsey noted.

"Including this year's East End Collected5, over 150 artists have participated in the EEC series. Artists whose careers range from working in their basements to those who have had long international careers," Patton Miller noted.

"I'm pleased to show this stunning thriller that will leave the audience feeling as if a Van Gogh painting has come to life to tell a provocative story about the artist's death," said Corinne Erni.

"I'm so honored to be a part of this benefit series again this year," Mazzetti reflected. "The proceeds go towards supporting education and feeding those who are hungry - two very important local causes."

"When you continue to have the hope that with earnest intention, and effort, we can change things that need attention in the world, for the betterment of all. That there is a better life for those that become aware, and elect or grasp, that they deserve and can have a better life," said Richard Demato, owner of RJD...

"This will be the biggest artGroove yet with 21 participating artists including distinguished sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp, David Geiser, American painter and underground comix creator and former New York Times illustrator, Charles Waller," Geralyne Lewandowski, Art Groove Founder, relayed.