Staller Center for the Arts

People make fashion statements every day. But some artists make a living on statements about clothing or those who design and market what we wear. "Fashion has often been linked to art," says Karen Shaw, curator of "Fashion Forward," the new exhibit at...

LAST CHANCE "Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical" closes this weekend at the CM Performing Arts Center, 931 Montauk Hwy., Oak- dale, 631-218-2810. $22 PLAN AHEAD Pianists Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman perform Nov. 22 at Staller Center for the Arts, Stony...

"Mongol," an epic drama in Mongolian with subtitles, about the boy who rises up and becomes Genghis Kahn, Friday at 9 p.m., Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, Nicolls Road, $6-$8, 631-632-2787, stallercenter.com

FREE! Food Network star Jamie Oliver, "The Naked Chef," will be at Barnes & Noble at Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove, tonight at 7, to discuss and sign "Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life." Free, 631-724-0341. HELP HOMELESS The Interfaith...

The art gallery at Stony Brook University's Staller Center for the Arts will feature a faculty exhibit until Oct. 11. The exhibit features a variety of works by 18 current and former professors and staff of the Art Department, including sculptures,...

WHAT "Angraag: Songs of the Body," reinterpretations of classical stories in Hindu culture performed by the Odissi dance ensemble. WHEN|WHERE 6 p.m. Sunday at the Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University. INFO $15-$25, $10 students and seniors;...

And keep in mind... SEPT. 17. New York Philharmonic: Lorin Maazel - A Grand Finale. Season-opening gala. Works by Berlioz, Ibert and Tchaikovsky, with conductor Lorin Maazel and flutist James Galway. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. nyphil.org, 212-...

POP OCT. 26-27. Coldplay. With Duffy. At 8 p.m., Izod Center, $49.50, $77.50, $97.50. izodcenter.com, 201-935-3900. OCT. 27. k.d. lang. At 8 p.m., Apollo Theater, $55.50, $69.50. $79.50, $99.50. apollotheater.org, 212-531-5305. Also Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.,...

The crowd-pleasing Stony Brook Film Festival returns for its 13th year with 21 features, 14 shorts and a scheduled visit from Mary Stuart Masterson, who will be showing her directorial debut, "The Cake Eaters." Running from tomorrow through July26 at...

For an artist who's spent half a century painting pictures of people without any clothes on, Philip Pearlstein doesn't show much interest in their desires -- or in their personalities, thoughts or feelings. "I don't care about their inner lives," says...

Last Sunday, Newsday's editorial page opined that to keep young people on Long Island we need to ensure that there's a thriving cultural scene here. So how are we doing? In many respects, rather well. Arts centers and theaters are popping up all over the...

These days, when he's not booking eclectic acts ranging from the Emerson String Quartet to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to guerrilla comic Sandra Bernhard to appear at Stony Brook University's Staller Center, Alan Inkles, the center's director, gets...