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Inside View of Somali Piracy

Programs devoted to Somali piracy, songwriting, and the intersection of art and social justice will make for a busy weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor.

First Look at Four New Plays

Bay Street Theater's 2024 New Works Festival showcases works in development and cutting-edge theater with four staged readings.

Drag Queens at LTV? Bingo!

LTV Studios will pivot from drag bingo to performers inspired by the legendary Catskills resorts to a solo performance by a master of the Native American flute.

Virtual Reality in Shinnecock

The First Literature Project features the first VR media produced in the Shinnecock language and video works and interviews with members of the Shinnecock Nation.

The Art Scene 05.16.24

Paintings and fiber art at Guild Hall, Pop in the White Room, sculpture at the Lucore Art, two painters at Grenning, D'Amico Institute opens two new exhibits.

Bits and Pieces 05.16.24

California '60s country music, Costantino Nivola's secret Springs garden, classical concerts from BCF and the Parrish, garden fair in Bridgehampton.

The Music Scene 05.16.24

Four-day music festival in Montauk, Edna's Kin in Sag Harbor, Inda Eaton and others at the Talkhouse, the Smithereens with Marshall Crenshaw in Riverhead.

News for Foodies 05.16.24

Three waterfront restaurants reopen, Canvas & Cuisine at the Parrish, Dopo Buttero shifts to French-Asian cuisine, new spirit-based seltzers.

Now More Ways to Compost

There will be more opportunities for East Hampton Town residents to transform their food scraps into healthy soil this year, thanks to East Hampton Compost. The loose collaboration between ReWild Long Island and the town is in its second year.

Él es un 'puente para conectar a los estudiantes'

Durante la última década, Loren Bennett, quien enseña historia e inglés como nuevo idioma en la escuela secundaria East Hampton, ha sido responsable de reclutar candidatos de sus clases para el Instituto de Liderazgo Juvenil Puertorriqueño/Hispano Angelo Del Toro. El delegado de East Hampton en el programa este año es Adriano Rangel, un estudiante de tercer año que se ha ganado grandes elogios de educadores y compañeros por su excelencia académica y su capacidad para establecer conexiones.

East Hampton's No-Fling Spring Is Really in Swing

The coming week brings several opportunities to join in the East Hampton Litter Action Committee's No-Fling Spring initiative, with cleanups in Montauk and Amagansett, and a dance party to cap it all off in Springs. 

Seeking Participants for June Celebrations in East Hampton

Organizers of the Hamptons Pride Parade on June 1 have put out the call for marchers, while the committee overseeing a Juneteenth family festival are looking for vendors to set up in Herrick Park on June 19. 

Un misterio del día de la madre en East Hampton

La biblioteca de East Hampton tiene entre manos un misterio del Día de la Madre.

Zoning Code Redo Takes Aim at House Size

The maximum allowable size of a single-family residence in East Hampton Town should be sliced in half, from 20,000 square feet to 10,000, a working group looking at sweeping zoning code amendments told the town board. Another key proposal, which proved controversial, was to include finished basements and attached garages in calculating a house’s gross floor area.

Montauk Fairy Village Is No More

The man who created a fairy village in a Montauk nature preserve has removed the plastic figurines and tiny structures after a neighbor complained that the whimsical installation was junking up the preserve. “I didn’t know it would be such a polarizing thing,” he said.

Springs Budget Is ‘a Big, Big Ask’ for the Students

Small class sizes, extracurriculars, and sports are potentially in danger of being lost at Springs, the South Fork school district that stands out for shouldering an unusually heavy burden, as home to a large concentration of school-age kids while simultaneously having a pinched tax base and fewer taxable businesses. Its 2024-25 spending plan, carrying an over-the-tax-cap increase, needs at least 60 percent voter approval to pass — and there's a lot at stake.

East Hampton's Advanced Placement Program Shines

Test scores unveiled Tuesday by East Hampton School District administrators show that in 2023, students in the Advanced Placement program made up for, and even surpassed, the decline in performance that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic, posting results that on average also surpassed their peers across the U.S. and the world.

An East Hampton Mother's Day Mystery

On April 22, an East Hampton Library patron discovered a poem, neatly handwritten in Spanish and tucked into the pages of a children’s picture book, and took it over to the children’s librarians. The poem piqued their attention. Who is this mysterious mother-daughter duo, known only by their first names, Carmen and Samantha?

Montauk Skatepark Recognized

The town-owned Montauk Skatepark was recognized last month with a platinum Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York.

$1.4 Million for Half an Acre by Water

The East Hampton Town Board voted last Thursday to approve the purchase of a .46-acre property at 6 Oyster Shores Road near Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton using $1.4 million from the community preservation fund.