It is hardly surprising that Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a man staunchly on the side of polluters. This is fealty over expertise.

Donald Trump views journalists as the “enemy of the people.” It is urgent that the PRESS Act pass the Senate.

Recalling then-Representative Lee Zeldin’s strange town hall in Amagansett.

The movies are my lexicon.

It was as welcome as it was toothsome when Brian Collins, pitmaster, served up a colonial meal, history lesson on the side, at the Nathaniel Rogers House.

There are people in my Protestant church tradition who will say you shouldn’t mix politics and religion. But that’s impossible. The teachings in Scripture in any of our religious traditions call for responsible action based on central affirmations of faith.

News on the South Fork real estate front.

She's only 20, but Nora Conlon, a Springs singer-songwriter, has released her first single, while drawing raves for her East End gigs.

East Hampton and Amagansett Fire Departments were among 10 Suffolk County departments that offered support to fight the wildfires in Orange County, N.Y., as a heightened wildfire risk persists statewide.

Doc Fest to honor Michael Moore and open with a documentary about James Ivory and Ismail Merchant.

Staged readings of three holiday stories by Truman Capote will have their first Long Island productions at the Southampton Arts Center.

A busy weekend at Guild Hall with the 85th Artists Members Exhibition and a solo show for a former prizewinner.

Screenwriters Lab calls for applicants, National Theatre Live at Guild Hall, HooDoo Loungers at LTV, Jake Lear at the Masonic Temple, and more.

Ralph Gibson will be at The Church in Sag Harbor to talk about "Italia," his forthcoming photography book.

The New York Marine Rescue Center and the South Fork Natural History Museum are teaming up to host a training course on how to identify and rescue cold-stunned sea turtles.

Ellen T. White is out with a love letter to the hedonistic, freewheeling bottom of the continent, Key West, amply photographed by Missy Janes.

Philip Schultz airs out new poetry Saturday at The Church in Sag Harbor, while another poet, Wainscott’s Will Schutt, brings in a top prize for Italian translation. In New York, Francis Levy talks Einstein and Kafka with Ken Krimstein.

The Watermill Center's In Process series will present works-in-progress by three of its resident artists.

A pizza and pasta prix fixe and Thanksgiving to go from Nick and Toni's, a new three-course prix fixe from Fresno, and homemade chips from Art of Eating.

Group show at Keyes Art, Scott Bluedorn at the Sag Distillery, weavings by Carol Hunt, Derrick Adams talk at the Parrish.