A special showing of the award-winning film "The Brutalist" will bring its co-writer and production designer to the Sag Harbor Cinema.

John Pinderhughes talk at The Church, Art and Politics at Ashawagh, Keyes Art opens in Tribeca, group shows at White Room and Grenning.

Marshall Watson on "The Art of Elegance," jazz at the Masonic Temple, drag bingo at LTV, auditions in Quogue, virtual garden book group.

Long Island Restaurant Week is coming, lunch specials from Bostwick's Seafood Market, and a takeout menu from Art of Eating.

The Rev. Benjamin (Chaps) Shambaugh, who serves in the Coast Guard’s Auxiliary Chaplain Support program, became the branch chief of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area East on Jan. 1. In that role, he will oversee chaplains who care for Coast Guard members and their families from Canada to the Caribbean and in Europe and other areas abroad. 

Esly Escobar of Westhampton Beach, an artist recently profiled in The Star, is looking for donations of children’s art supplies for a teaching trip to his home country of Guatemala in March.

Stevie Ruiz of Montauk said he first hit his stride on “Jeopardy!” in early December, an experience that netted him $38,987 over three days, when the category Artists by Album popped up on the board.

A water main break that occurred on Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton on Saturday may be the culprit behind the discolored water coming out of taps in Bridgehampton, according to the Suffolk County Water Authority. But residents seeking answers have been frustrated with a lack of them.

On Dec. 31, the Brookhaven Town landfill stopped accepting construction and demolition waste, which means that trash generated in East Hampton now needs to be hauled much farther away — off Long Island, in fact. Chiefly because of the new hauling fees, Stephen Lynch, superintendent of the Highway Department and Sanitation Department supervisor, asked the town board to increase the budget for most categories of trash disposal.

The New York State Clean Slate Act, which establishes a framework for sealing records related to certain offenses and addresses “some of the collateral consequences that follow a criminal conviction,” took effect last month, and while some local attorneys view it as a tool for better rehabilitation, others think it is too broad in scope.