The Spanierman Gallery
The Spanierman Gallery in East Hampton is presenting Danny Simmons: 'From There to Here,' exhibition through November 23. This is Simmons's first exhibition at Spanierman Gallery, LLC at East Hampton, and the volume of work is both intriguing and interesting from this obviously talented and skilled artist. For more information contact Helen Spanierman (helen@spanierman.com); or Terry Ross at (tross@spanierman.com). In New York City: Alice Hammond (alicehammond@spanierman.com),or 212-832-0208,or go to www.spanierman-at-easthampton.com

"Blue Ball" by David Geiser on view at Sylvester & Co. All images courtesy of artists and galleries

The Drawing Room
The Drawing Room is presenting a group exhibition including Robert Thomas, Laurie Lambrecht, Diane Mayo, Pat Pickett, Timothy Woodman, Almond Zigmund, from October 23 through January 11, 2010. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, October 24, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 16R Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 631-324-5016, www.drawingroom-gallery.com. Gallery hours are Monday an Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Studio East Gallery
Studio East Gallery is having an open call for artists, Contemporary Art & Sculpture Show, to run from November 13 to December 4. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, November 14, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will also be a Gallery Walk on November 21, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is a mixed media show from emerging to established artists to display work. Receiving for show will be on Friday, November 6, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, November 7, Saturday, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Refreshments and food will be served at reception and gallery walk. For more information contact Terry Falquero, Studio East Gallery Director, Terry@studioeastgallery.com, www. studioeastgallery.com, 631-697-0735 or 631-477-2676.

Tulla Booth Gallery Presents "Landscapes + East End"
There will be an opening reception on October 24, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the show will run through November 30, and will feature the works of Richard Calvo, Christine Matthai, Jonathan Morse, Bastienne Schmidt, and Blair Seagram.

Canio's Books Upcoming Events
On Saturday, November 7 at 6 p.m.Poetry reading with Maria Terrone, and Suffolk County Poet Laureate Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan. On Saturday. November 14 at 6 p.m. author Emma Walton and illustrator Jim McMullan present Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies. On Saturday, November 21 at 6 p.m. novelist Zachary Lazar reads from his memoir "Evenings Empire: the Story of My Father's Murder."

In December, Canio's will offer on Saturday, December 5 at 6 p.m. former Random House editor and distinguished writer Jason Epstein reads from "Eating: A Memoir." On Saturday, December 12 at 6 p.m. writer Simon Van Booy reads from his new short story collection, "Love Begins in Winter." Winner of Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize 2009. On Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m. - How to serve a Holiday tea with Margaret M. Johnson author of "Tea & Crumpets."

Suffolk County Community College
The Lyceum Gallery, located in the Orient Building on the Eastern Campus of Suffolk County Community College in Riverhead, will present the SCCC Eastern Campus Student Art Exhibit from November 9 through December 14. The general public is cordially invited to attend an opening reception on Thursday, November 19 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Historically, the fall SCCC Student Art Exhibit has been a lively salon-style show highlighting exceptional artwork created by students on the College's Eastern Campus in the following disciplines: Photography, Graphic Design, Computer Art and Interior Design. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information, call 631-548-2559.

Amanda Gallo receives scholarship.

Turtle Crossing
Turtle Crossing (221 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, 631-324-7166, www.turtlecrossing.com) is hosting a CD release party for Mama Lee & Friends on Friday, October 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is the first CD for Mama Lee & Friends, titled Mama Lee & Friends, and will be available for purchase for $12. There will be a special of $4 bottled beers during the performance. This will also be the closing party for Turtle Crossing as they will be closed for the season as of Sunday, October 25.

East End Arts Council Announces Scholarship Winners
The East End Arts Council is pleased to name Amanda Gallo, a sophomore attending Riverhead High School as the 2009 music scholarship recipient of the Paul Sisson Memorial Fund. The Paul Sisson Memorial Fund was created by the Friends of the Riverhead Free Library in memory of Paul Sisson, a lover of classical music and driving force in the development of the Library's Piano Plus Concert Series. This is the eighth year an East End Arts Council School of the Arts music student has been awarded a scholarship through the generous support of the Friends of Riverhead Free Library. Gallo began studying piano at the School of the Arts in 2001 with Ellis Pelham and feels that he helped pave the way for her to learn other instruments. Gallo says, "Music seems to come naturally to me." She has consistently received perfect or near perfect scores on her NYSSMA solos. In the fifth grade, Gallo began studying violin at school and then privately at the School of the Arts with James Lewin. As a member of her school orchestra, in 2007 she was honored with the Directors Award Medal. In 2008, Gallo began teaching herself the basics of guitar before starting private lessons at the School of the Arts with instructor Erik Blydenburgh. In addition to her musical studies, Gallo has attended EEAC visual arts and theatre classes, Chamber Ensemble, Youth Choir and Renaissance Kid Camp to which she returned as a junior camp counselor. This past summer, Gallo was a member of the pit orchestra for North Fork Community Theatre's production of "Guys & Dolls." In addition, Gallo is a member of Riverhead High School's theatre club, Blue Masques, Science Club and NJROTC. Gallo is currently taking music theory classes at high school, has enjoyed teaching music to some of her friends, and plans to pursue a career in Music Education and/or Jazz Studies, but would also enjoy becoming a professional pit musician. "Whatever I end up doing," says Gallo, "it will involve music, because it's been with me since I was a child and my love for it will never fade." The Paul Sisson scholarship will allow her to continue her piano studies with her teacher, Julia Den Boer at the EEAC School of the Arts.

Rus Halsey plays with the EEAC Chamber Ensemble.

Nazrus "Rus" Halsey was selected as East End Arts Council's Frances Ligon Memorial Scholarship winner. Halsey is from Flanders, and this scholarship was inaugurated in 2007 by the East End Arts Council in honor of the memory of Frances Ligon, who served on the Board of Directors for the Arts Council from 2005-2007 and was a well-known advocate for the arts and education of youth throughout the East End community, as well as an active gospel vocalist in several local choirs. Halsey is a ninth grade student at Riverhead High School who first began playing the upright bass in the fifth grade. He has already achieved a NYSSMA level five with a score of "Excellent." Halsey began studying bass at the School of the Arts in July of 2007. His passion for music led him to add electric bass, drums and piano to his music studies. Halsey says that coming to the School of the Arts has been an encouragement to him because he has "learned a lot from his wonderful teacher Stan Wright!" Halsey also participates in the School of the Arts Chamber Ensemble under the direction of James Lewin, and most recently participated in the School of the Arts RYTHM Program where he worked with a group of music students to write, perform and record an original piece of music under the guidance of EEAC recording engineer, Clifton Torres. In addition to his music, Halsey is active in his church youth group where does volunteer community service work and with whom he enjoys playing flag football on Saturdays.

Jean-Michel Correia, "Message," 48" x 48", mixed media on canvas at RVS Gallery.

Watermill Center Upcoming Events
In a Watermill Center fall residency taking place a collective of artists from various fields Charles Chemin, the architect Christian Wassman and the producer Luisa Gui Futurism's complex relationship to the modern body. They will present a work-in-progress showing of the work on Monday, October 26 at 6 p.m. This presentation offers a preview of a PERFORMA09 performance of the work at the Teatro of The Italian Academy on November 11, which will inaugurate the symposium Beyond Futurism: F.T. Marinetti, Writer, organized by Paolo Valesio and the Department of Italian at Columbia University. In its free exploration of Futurism¹s ambiguous vitality, Girlmachine focuses on notions of masculine identity and mechanized erotics. The performance unfolds an associative journey through various texts ranging from Futurist poetry and manifestos to contemporary sources, through the neo-Renaissance-style, Teatro. Taking as its main focus certain conceits of Futurist masculinity as hyperbole, the work is an adaptation of Una Parentesi Luminosa, by Marella Caracciolo Chia. Fragments, vibrant tableaux, still and moving images, silence and orchestrated words, repeated and sudden actions, bodies, voices, decor, lights, and texts all create layers that could erect or destroy in an antagonistic escalation. Girlmachine is being created by a collective of highly accomplished and eclectic artists who met and first conceived the work as participants in the Watermill Summer Program, under the artistic leadership of Robert Wilson. They are continuing their collaboration as Watermill fall artists-in-residence. Soto was recently an artist-in-residence residence at Kampnagel and served as costume designer for Robert Wilson's KOOL co-produced and co-commissioned by the Guggenheim¹s Works & Process and Guild Hall in East Hampton. Chemin is a French performer and director who is currently working as Assistant Director to Robert Wilson on Samuel Beckett's Krapp¹s Last Tape. Wassman is a Swiss architect and designer of artistic installations, NYC interiors and new homes in the Hamptons and Miami. Gui, who was born in Rome, is a curator and producer of visual art, performance and film projects based in NYC, including work with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

In a Watermill Center fall residency taking place October 15 through October 28, the Danish artist Birgitte Moos is undertaking a study of theatrical set design that will ultimately become a book about the effects of abstract imagery on her art form. She will give a talk on Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. From challenging gravity to creating a language through non-realistic imagery, Revolutionary Spaces will explore the interaction of the audience and the stage. Moos questions how and where the viewer experiences recognition and intuitive understanding of the content of a performance as it relates to the environment of the action on the stage. Moos is a Danish artist, based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles. A conceptual painter and set designer, she holds an MFA from the National Design School of Denmark. Her work has been shown in various venues and exhibited internationally at numerous galleries. Recently, she designed the set and costumes for Theatre Cantabile2 in Copenhagen and had a solo exhibition at Edgar Varela Fine Arts in Los Angeles. For more information go to www.birgittemoos.com.

Cherry Blossom Tree, Kyoto, Japan 2008 by Arye Carmon.

Max Lane Gallery
The Max Lane Gallery presents "Connecting Disparate Worlds" by Arye Carmon. Israeli photographer Carmon's color photographs of people and places around the world create connections between seemingly different cultures. Carmon heads the Israel Democracy Institute, a 'think tank' that fosters strategies and solutions to critical policy issues. A photographer for more than 40 years. The exhibition begins on Thursday, November 19 and runs through Saturday, December 18. Gallery Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m to 6 p.m. The gallery is located at 229 10th Avenue, (between 23rd and 24th Streets) in New York City, www.maxlanggallery.com.

Lana Santorelli Gallery
The Lana Santorelli Gallery will present "Gastronomy" - Artwork Inspired By What We Eat from October 24 through November 24, featuring works from Mikhail Dontsov, Kristin Gambell, Adam D. Handler, Amy Miller, Mary Parisi, Brendan Regan, Aubrey Sagat, Lana Santorelli, Doug Schwab, Richard Silver, Lindsay Stern, Louise Weinberg, and Rachel Yoakum. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, October 24, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 110 West 26th Street, New York City, 212-229-2111, www.lanasantorelligallery.com.

Vered Gallery
The Vered Gallery's newest exhibition, "Masters on Paper," will feature over 40 drawings, paintings and collages on paper by renowned Contemporary and Modern masters. The special exhibition will include works by Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Sam Francis, Damien Hirst, Wolf Kahn, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollack, Larry Rivers and more. This exhibition will continue through Sunday, November 1. For more information contact Damien Roman at damienaroman@veredart.com or 631-324-3303.

"Montauk Train Station 11:30 P.M." by photographer Michael Ruggiero.

Montauk Library
Photographer Michael Ruggiero will be on exhibit at the Montauk Library Gallery, through November 2. Although he makes his living as a local chef in Montauk, Ruggiero has been an accomplished photographer for over 20 years with exhibitions from Paris, France to Denver, Colorado. His newest exhibition "Montauk At Night" will include images of a twilight world with neon signs and unseen presences when day turns to night on Long Island's most eastern hamlet. The Montauk Library is located at 871 Montauk Highway, in Montauk. For more information go to www.suffolk.lib.ny.us, or call 631-668-3377, or 631-907-4238, rugg007@optonline.net.

Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery
The Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery (90 Main Street, Sag Harbor, next to movie theater) is featuring a collection from Robert Reynolds, "A World Well Traveled." which chronicles his travels through the South of France, Turkey, Denmark, and Spain. Also showing are local artists Michael Viera and Harriet Sawyer, west coast artists Jeff Aeling and Leslie Belleweg, and works from Philadelphia artist Jack Gerber. The exhibition will be on view through November 5, gallery hours are daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Also open by appointment, call 917-678-2292.

Frank Mundus photographs on display at East End Seaport.

East End Seaport
An exhibition of Frank Mundus, the legendary shark hunter of Montauk most notably referenced as the model for "Jaw's" Captain Quint will be on display at the East End Seaport through October 31. "Frank Mundus: The Man and The Monsters," a collection of photographs, memorabilia and anecdotes is curated by his daughter, Pat Mundus.

The Parrish Art Museum
"American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum" will run through November 20 at The Parrish, 25 Jobs Lane Southampton.

RVS Fine Art Celebrates 30 Years In Southampton
RVS Fine Art is celebrating 30 years in Southampton. The gallery is located at 20 Jobs Lane in Southampton. For more information call 631-283-8546. The gallery is pleased to announce their exhibition "Division." This exhibition will feature color field photographs by Tapp Francke and mixed media paintings by Jean-Michel Correia. The show will be on view through November 10. The gallery is open Friday through Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment.

"Chasing Flames" At Eli Klein Fine Art
The exhibition will be divided into two parts on two floors: paintings will be showcased on the first gallery level and a collection of the artists' new print productions will be on display in the lower level. This exhibition will be on view at Eli Klein Fine Art (462 West Broadway, New York, 212-255-4388) through November 15.

Jeff Muhs, "Plastic Rubber Wood Construction," plastic, rubber, wood, enamel, 60" x 42" x 4" 2009 on view at McNeill Art Group.

Salomon Contemporary Presents
Salomon Contemporary is proud to exhibit sculptures by Hiroyuki Hamada, and a site-specific installation by Alice Hope, using magnetic energy to bond and pattern thousands of metal BBs. Both Artists live and work in East Hampton. The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, November 15. Warehouse hours are Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m., and by appointment. Salomon Contemporary Warehouse is located at 6 Plank Road, Unit 3, in East Hampton. For more information contact 917-617-0828, or go to www.salomoncontemporary.com.

Sylvester & Co. At Home
Sylvester & Co. at Home will hold an artist reception with David Geiser on Saturday, October 10 from 5 p.m. to 7 pm in the gallery space at 154 Main Street in Amagansett. Geiser's work, entitled "The Work of David Geiser," is currently showing through November 4. The reception is open to the public. Geiser is a resident of East Hampton with his family, Mercedes Ruehl and their son Jake. For more information call Sylvester & Co. At Home at 631-267-9777 or www.sylvesterathome.com.

The McNeill Art Group
The McNeill Art Group of Southampton is proud to announce the opening of the Tribeca Project Space in New York City. The inaugural exhibition "Plastic, Rubber + Wood," curated by Beth McNeill. Exhibiting artists include American artists Tapp Francke, Mike Solomon, Bob Schwarz, Rob Fischer, Jeff Muhs, Soraida Bedoya, Tyrome Tripoli, Edward Lightner, Samantha Thomas, Korean artist Ji Yong-Ho and Turkish artist Esma Pacal Turam. The exhibition runs through January 25, 2010. The McNeill Art Group project space is located at 143 Reade Street in Tribeca, New York. The space is open by appointment only. For appointments call 631-838-4843. For more information call 631-838-4843 or email mcneillartgroup@mac.com.