Bits and Pieces 07.23.20
More drive-in films courtesy of Sag Cinema and a drive-in concert, live onsite programs at the Parrish, more classes at Bay Street, and much more
More drive-in films courtesy of Sag Cinema and a drive-in concert, live onsite programs at the Parrish, more classes at Bay Street, and much more
New shows at Pace, Drawing Room, and Eastville, a book signing in Sag and a new gallery for art and design.
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has unveiled its latest design for a proposed $35 million emergency room annex in East Hampton. The hospital hopes to begin construction next year on the facility, whose major purpose will be to assess, diagnose, and stabilize patients.
An article described the discovery of a "forgotten trove" of artworks with values estimated at $100,000 to $1 million at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, the sale of which was destined to "bring them lifesaving cash" and help save them from millions of dollars of debt. It sounded like a fairy tale, and, according to the hospital, it is.
The Hayground School in Bridgehampton on Monday announced its plans for resuming in-person teaching and learning "in anticipation of a final decision the first week in August" expected to come from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo regarding school attendance in general, school officials said this week.
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works announced Wednesday that it will treat sections of East Hampton and Fire Island in an effort to control mosquitos.
On Wednesday, the streets and boardwalks will be sprayed in Ocean Bay Park, Ocean Beach, and Seaview on Fire Island between 5 and 10 p.m. On Thursday, the county will be doing ground spraying in the Fire Island Pines, Water Island, Summer Club, and Atlantique on Fire Island between 5 and 10 p.m.
Covid-19 has struck out the 2020 East Hampton Artists and Writers Softball Game, originally scheduled for Aug. 15 at Herrick Park. The charity game's organizers have decided it is not yet safe enough to play, but will continue to raise money for the four nonprofits the game supports.
Main Street Tavern, a new restaurant in the space previously occupied by Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett, will open for outdoor dining and takeout starting Thursday.
A 40-foot commercial fishing boat sank on Saturday morning after a yacht of about the same size crashed into it in dense fog not far from the mouth of Montauk Inlet, about a quarter-mile from land.
The body of a boater who went missing off a rowboat in Fort Pond in Montauk on Sunday evening was recovered by East Hampton Town Police Dive Team members on Monday shortly after 5 p.m.
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