'Urban/Suburban' show at Islip Art Museum

WHAT It's been centuries since most Americans, let alone most Long Islanders, were classified as agrarian. We don't need a census to tell us that most of us live in either a city or a suburb. That's the demographic of artists whose interpretation of "Urban/Suburban" comprises the Islip Art Museum's latest exhibit. The show, curated by Karen Shaw, features work in a variety of media by New York area artists, including two from the Hamptons -- Darlene Charneco and Grant Hafner -- plus Kim Beck, William Carroll, Corydon Cowensage, Noah Klersfeld, Steven Millar, Cheryl Molnar, Antonio Petracca, Travis Shaffer, E.E. Smith and Susan Wides. There's an artists' reception Sunday-- Earth Day.

WHEN | WHERE Reception 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, through May 27, Islip Art Museum, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip

ADMISSION $3 suggested donation

INFO 631-224-5402, islipartmuseum.org

MUSIC: Andre Watts at Tilles

WHAT Get a jump on the summer classical music season with an indoor concert by one of the solo piano superstars of any season, Andre Watts. Perennially in demand at such prestigious summer events as the Tanglewood, Saratoga, Ravinia and Hollywood Bowl summer festivals, Watts will perform a meat-and-potatoes program of works by Beethoven, Haydn and Liszt. His appearance, preceded by an interview with Genevieve Chinn of LIU Post's music history department, is part of Tilles Center's Great Artists in Recital series.

WHEN | WHERE Saturday night at 8, preceded by Performance Plus! interview at 6:45, Tilles Center, LIU Post, Brookville

TICKETS $32-$77 (interview $5)

INFO 516-299-3100, tillescenter.org

PLUS: Verse and violin

String Poet and the Long Island Violin Shop present a recital and reading by violinist Janet Packer, who's played with the Boston Pops and a host of international orchestras, and poet Francine Sterle, author of "Nude in Winter," among other volumes. Words and music begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the violin shop, 8 Elm St., Huntington. Tickets: $8 ($7 advance), 631-427-3569, stringpoet.com.

THEATER: 'Damn Yankees' for a new season

WHAT Just in time for the new baseball season -- now only a week past opening day for you Yankee fans -- here comes the classic diamonds-and-devil musical "Damn Yankees." (It's a thought that occurs to many of you Met fans, we're sure, not to mention denizens of Red Sox Nation.) The show, set in the prehistoric days of the Washington Senators -- several franchises removed from the current Washington Nationals, "Damn Yankees" sings the story of a fan who literally sells his soul to lead his team to the pennant. Say it ain't so, Joe.

WHEN | WHERE Opens Saturday night at 8, Sunday at 2:30 p.m., through May 6 at BroadHollow's BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip (631-581-2700). Also May 12-27 at BroadHollow Theatre at Elmont, 700 Hempstead Tpke. (516-775-4420).

TICKETS $14-$25

INFO broadhollow.org