How did Bernie Madoff get away with it for so long? And who knew? These questions and others are what Richard Behar’s new book, “Madoff: The Final Word,” addresses.

East Hampton Library’s Authors Night will bring 100 writers to Herrick Park to sign and sell copies of their books, all in support of the library’s programs.

Two houses in East Hampton were damaged by a lightning strike late Tuesday afternoon that sent an occupant of one to the hospital. The clap of thunder that quickly followed was so loud that it shook houses miles away. 

A multi-agency police task force made two nearly simultaneous arrests around noon on Friday, resulting in multiple felony charges for two men accused of selling narcotics.

Over the past 12 years, Tucker Marder has created, either alone or with collaborators, a dizzying variety of multimedia works that in the end defy categorization.

Every moment of Bay Street Theater’s production of Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein the Musical” is “joyous and strange and weird,” says The Star’s critic.

In its first reveal, the Hamptons International Film Festival has announced documentaries on Martha Stewart, Kenneth Cole, and John and Yoko hosting “The Mike Douglas Show.”

LTV’s East End Underground concert series will feature rock from Simon Kirke and Joe Delia, cabaret from Joanna Feuer, and jazz piano from Helen Sung.

Next up in G.E. Smith’s Portraits series are Lola Kirke, a singer whose focus is country music, and Valerie June, a Grammy nominee who leans toward folk and blues.

"Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story," next up in HamptonsFilm's SummerDocs series, charts both the actor's rise from obscurity to stardom and his post-accident activism.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host a panel discussion on comedy, two resident writers reading from their work, and a post-fusion music concert.

“Lee Krasner and Jazz” concert, “Ishtar” reappraised, Erich Bergen in concert, “Bach & Django” from BCM, writers’ panel, comedy club, and more.

Optimism in group show at Firestone, artist talks in East Hampton and Southampton, watercolor classes in Bridgehampton, and more.

Giada De Laurentiis, a chef, writer, and Food Network host, was at il Buco Vita on Aug. 3 to sign copies of her book "Giada's Italy" and launch a pop-up that will be at the Amagansett store for the month of August. 

The weather may have something different in mind, but the Sag Harbor Fire Department carnival is set to return to Havens Beach for a five-night run starting on Tuesday.

Village Justice Carl Irace instructed the pop star, appearing in court virtually from Belgium, to turn his camera on for his arraignment redo.

The Grammy Award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey will perform at the Montauk Lighthouse on Saturday at 7 p.m. in a concert to benefit the Montauk Historical Society. Looking ahead to next weekend, John Mulaney, a three-time Emmy-winning writer, actor, and comedian, will perform.

According to the Concerned Citizens of Montauk, which tests water bodies in Montauk, Amagansett, Springs, and East Hampton for the enterococcus bacteria, bacteria levels this week were abnormally high both in the Montauk area and in Napeague Harbor. 

Alice McDermott, a top novelist, will visit Fridays at Five at the Hampton Library tomorrow with her latest, “Absolution,” about expat American women in Vietnam during the war.

In her new novel of World War I Britain, Helen Simonson brings well-turned prose, well-drawn characters, a well-developed setting, and romance, romance, romance.