Hamptons Arts & Entertainment

Effective immediately: The Sara Nightingale Gallery is closed. That sounds like a hasty decision, but Ms. Nightingale knows what she is doing. Citing a variety of reasons — lease renegotiation, economic downturn, struggling art sales — she decided it was as good of a time as any to move on. So she did.

Every business is feeling the impact of the market’s volatility, but more significant in her decision was the way the business side of the art world is changing. She wants to reexamine her role and find new ways to sell art.

"I’d rather take the money I would have spent on rent and start traveling to see how other places are selling art, make new connections, and see what’s going on in the contemporary art scene. I could never do this if I was chained to the box."

Ms. Nightingale still plans on being involved with local artists and in the local art scene, just from the comfort of her Sag Harbor home.

“It’s an accomplishment to have a gallery for 10 years,” she said. “Now it’s time to move on and figure out the next best way to sell art and keep it going.”

Read more at 27east.com. Sara Nightingale can still be reached at saranightingale.com.

Hamptonites: Don’t even think of putting that popcorn away! The curtain my have fallen on the Hamptons International Film Festival, but the 3rd Annual East End Black Film Festival, hosted by The African-American Museum of the East End, is on the horizon.

On November 8th at the Parrish Art Museum, the lights will dim yet again. The schedule is as follows:

Children’s Selection
1 p.m. - “Garrett’s Gift”
Directed by Karyn Parsons

Family Selection
1:30 p.m. - “Finding Our Folks”
With a special guest appearance by Producer Omo Moses and Narrator Albert Sykes

Classic Selection
3:00 p.m. - “A Raisin In The Sun”
Directed by Daniel Petrie

Feature Presentations
5:30 p.m. – “Catch a Fire”
Directed by Phillip Noyce

8:00 p.m. – “Tangy’s Song”
Directed by Paul V. Grant

8:30 p.m. – “Cover”
Directed by Bill Duke

Get a jump start at the Southampton Cultural Center on November 7th for opening night. There will be spoken word and live jazz by Touche.

As a farmer you’re never really sure if your crop is going to be bountiful, or pitiful. And on the other end of the spectrum, a stock trader lives a life full of highs and lows at the hands of the global market. But in this crazy world of ours one role has remained consistently good: a Hamptons moviegoer. And that’s in part due to the impeccable tradition of the Hamptons International Film Festival.