Immersive Storytelling, Virtual Reality at HIFF
The Hamptons International Film Festival is doubling down on immersive storytelling this year, with two dramatically different approaches to the medium, each of which involves travel.
Five Pro Tips for Navigating the Hamptons Film Festival
The Hamptons International Film Festival is off and running with its first full day of programs. Each year festival insiders and veterans offer some tips for those who are here for the first time as well as seasoned alumni. Here we share a few of the best of them.
'Flint' Film and Panel Raises Question of Water Supply Safety
Today’s world premiere of “Flint,” a new documentary about that city’s water crisis and the broader issues of infrastructure failure, partisan politics, and governmental accountability, was followed by a panel discussion on water quality.
Film Festival Raises Curtain With 'Just Mercy'
On Thursday's wet and windy fall evening, the Hamptons International Film Festival raised the curtain on its 27th edition. "Just Mercy," the opening night film, was screened at Guild Hall and the East Hampton Cinema with a party following at Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack.
Students Take a Stand Against Vaping
Teen vaping addiction extends beyond the South Fork to school hallways, bathrooms, and buses across the nation, but a group of students and administrators here decided that East Hampton and Southampton would be good places to start tackling the issue.
Full Steam Ahead on Trestles
The Long Island Rail Road will shut down train service between Southampton and Montauk from Tuesday through Nov. 10 to install new railroad trestles across North Main Street and Accabonac Road in East Hampton Village.
Longer Recess Pays Big Dividends
The research spoke so loudly that Beth Doyle and Russell Morgan heard it as a mandate: More recess time is better for students, even if it means sacrificing a bit of classroom time to make it happen.
Candidates Face Off
The first debate between candidates for East Hampton Town supervisor and town board — at the East Hampton Library on Saturday — was a mostly civil discussion, the three incumbent Democrats fending off criticism from their challengers while making a case for their own re-election.
Kids Put Forgotten Fruits and Veggies to Good Use
Last year while working for his parents’ pool company, Egan Barzilay noticed that there were vegetables and fruit hanging from branches in the gardens at the houses where he worked, seemingly abandoned or forgotten by homeowners who had left for the season.
Ground Zero in Toxic Algae Fight
Calling Long Island “the test case for the greatest environmental challenges in the state,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, along with a host of New York State and Suffolk County officials, visited Southampton last Thursday to announce a pilot project aimed at extracting harmful algal blooms from water bodies.