California is afire. I’m writing this in one of the few safe spots, but for how long? In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada the statuesque ponderosa pines are browning off, and a single spark will light up the outside in an instant.
Rowers hit Riverhead’s Peconic River for a regatta Sunday. The East Hampton boys soccer team loses in the first round to Elwood-John Glenn. And don’t forget OMAC’s Brewathlon Saturday.
A former town board member’s reminiscences on the joy of sports fandom.
The week ahead in local sports action.
It was quiet. Almost too quiet. A recent late afternoon stroll through my local boatyard brought to me the realization that the boating and fishing season for many has come to an end. Watercraft that once gleamed in the summer sunshine with a fresh coat of wax, were now entombed in nondescript, heavy-gauge white plastic. They have been put to rest.
After unveiling its new quarters, boasting 40,000 more square feet of exhibition space, in previews and an official opening on Oct. 21, the Museum of Modern Art has proven that it can be a site for multicultural and interdisciplinary art to come together in a way that recasts the canon of the last century and beyond.
Eric Meola is a storm chaser. For the past several years, he has loaded his camera equipment and traveled west from Sagaponack to the Great Plains and “Tornado Alley” to follow and capture the dramatic spring and early summer storms.
“The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a strict detective story. “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery," the 35th season opener of Quogue’s Hampton Theatre Company," ventures into broad comedy, brought to a frenzied pitch as directed by Diana Marbury.
Carlos Soto, a director, designer, and performer, has organized the menu and overall environment for Icaros, the Watermill Center’s Artists’ Table Dinner, a celebration of the community with a performance directed by Lynsey Peisinger, a center artist-in-residence.
