Now in its 12th year, Hamptons Doc Fest continues to grow with a new venue, the Southampton Arts Center, new awards and a first-class line up of films.

Kathryn Szoka and Maryann Calendrille, who own Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor, are on a first-name basis with one of their favorite poets, Emily Dickinson.

There is something loose and special about the Sag Harbor art gallery community, which can treat its art shows as intuitive and impromptu affairs. Often an open forum, it is not unusual for artists and curators to join the spaces in a last-minute collaboration.

The Choral Society of the Hamptons has assembled a variety of joyful music drawn from the 19th century to the present for its holiday concert, “ ’Tis the Season: Offerings of Celebration and Renewal Old and New,” which will have two performances on Sunday at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church.

Seven South Fork galleries and scores of East End artists will be in the mix at Miami art week this year.

Galleries showing small works for holiday shoppers include Grenning and Romany Kramoris, and a Long Island artists show further west.

Holiday happening around the South Fork include a seasonal concert by Caroline Doctorow, Merry Madoo! and more

Ted Hartley has lived such a full life that he could be excused for spending his days on the deck of his oceanfront house listening to the waves roll in.

“Abstract Expressionism Revisited: Selections From the Guild Hall Permanent Collection,” is notable for reminding us about the people behind the pictures and sculptures now on view.

Bruce Wolosoff, a Shelter Island composer, has recently written a cello concerto that has been recorded by a Grammy Award-winning artist and one of the world’s top orchestras, and the album rose to the top 10 in a leading classical music chart.

The onset of winter might leave its gardens less hospitable, but the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack has other year-round enticements, including a painting exhibition and a book signing, both of which will take place this weekend in its summer studio.

Caplan Rose, a Sag Harbor company that organizes small, private tours of gardens, art, and architecture in the English countryside, has announced two spring excursions.