Partisanship may have unleashed the current political chaos, but Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor, looks back at party loyalty that was and ahead to how partisanship might be beneficial in the future.

Boots on the Ground Theater's new production is "The Railway Children," adapted from Edith Nesbit's 1905 children's book and starring three young local actors.

LTV will host a solo show about Shirley Chisholm, three local performers in concert, and Isle of Klezbos, an all-female klezmer group.

Eric Dever and Joel Perlman in Bridgehampton, monotype workshop at The Church, group shows at Lucore, the White Room, and Grenning, "Erotic City" at Firestone.

Beethoven's "Fidelio" from The Met, comedy at Bay Street, classical recital on Shelter Island, Shinnecock storytelling, saving Penn Station, music at the Masonic Temple.

St. Patrick's Day specials at Rowdy Hall, a prix fixe menu at Il Buco al Mare, and summer C.S.A. sign-ups for Quail Hill Farm.

Brush fires in the Pine Barrens around Westhampton Beach that burned more than 600 acres were likely sparked by a fire that spread from a house in Manorville where people were making s'mores on Saturday afternoon, Suffolk County police said. Some 90 agencies responded, including fire departments from the South Fork.

Donnelly McGovern, the boys varsity soccer coach, and Tom Lambert and Chris Schneider, school security guards, stepped up to help when a high school student experienced a medical emergency in the gym in January. “They are simply heroes,” Adam Fine, superintendent of the East Hampton School District, said.

In the early days of Donald Trump’s second term as president, local Republican leaders and those who are serving in elected positions now or did in the past reflected on the administration’s first months, calling for patience amid the upheaval.