From where I sit with a view of Main Street, two things about this summer strike me: the numerous westbound traffic backups and the people peering in The Star’s front windows.

The addicting thing about Disney World is that it is as complex and elaborate an alternate reality as a video-game artificial universe like World of Warcraft or Legend of Zelda.

Happy happy joy joy! It’s hard to shake the Games of Paris.

A tricky procedure, but one that will undoubtedly take a weight off your shoulders.

The latest from the region’s dominant industry.

This annual festival of community pride will take place on Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

Murder most fun? It may have come out while the days were still cold, but A.J. Finn’s “End of Story” is the beach read to end all beach reads.

Liz Collins's expertise in textile media has earned her exhibitions and commissions around the world, including the current Venice Biennale, a midcareer retrospective in England, and her selection as LongHouse's first artist-in-residence.

The East Coast premiere of "Nightbitch," starring Amy Adams, will close this year's Hamptons Film Fest, and films with Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Andrew Garfield, and Florence Pugh have been announced.

Guild Hall will host Laurie Anderson for a preview of her new album, Susan Lacy with her documentary about Leonard Bernstein, and the New York band Michelle.

Pioneering artists in conversation at The Church, a commemorative print by Ross Bleckner for Guild Hall, Mercedes Matter at Mark Borghi, and more.

Betti Franceschi will be at LongHouse Reserve to talk about and sign copies of her book "Ageless Dancers," a photographic celebration of dancers in motion at ages 70 and up.

A Surrealist party game has inspired more than 100 artists to create collaborative drawings for the benefit of the Arts Center at Duck Creek.

A celebration of creatives of color in Sag Harbor, funny women in song at The Church, two violinists at LongHouse, a fashion maven on film, and more.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will host a sneak preview screening of "Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames," and Julie Andrews, Mr. Edwards's wife and collaborator, will be there.

The North Fork TV Festival will bring Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Kelsey Grammer, and more stars to Greenport for awards, panels, workshops, and screenings.

KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler celebrate the love story of Irving Berlin, Afro-Cuban Jazz piano, and blues from the Delta at LTV.

Call it a cult following? Thomas McGonigle is out with a new paperback edition of his metafictional “Going to Patchogue.”

Marcus Samuelsson and David Rockwell to Stir the Pot, Spring Close Market goes Raw, canned cocktails from Mostrador Marram, and happy hour at the Bistro.

In what possibly was the longest Artists and Writers Softball Game ever played, the Artists wound up prevailing 11-10 in the bottom of the 12th inning at East Hampton Village’s Herrick Park Saturday before a sizable crowd.