I am continually struck by how few attempts there have been at real-world data collection regarding the beaches here.

Has the zeitgeist ever felt so apocalyptic?

As if all its billions weren’t enough, the N.F.L. gets into bed with DraftKings.

The New Year’s Day plunges here were communal convocations as reassuring as any you’d find at a church or at any other gathering.

If you’ve ever shopped at Erewhon, you’re most likely aware that the luxury grocery store is the trendiest place in Los Angeles to see and be seen. The hype is real, the shopping experience far from ordinary.

Get your Hamptons real estate fix here, readers.

Montauk again took the brunt of the damage, with heavy flooding downtown and at Ditch Plain.

Calvary Baptist Church and St. Luke's Episcopal Church will join together in a celebration of the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. Luke's Church.

Céline Keating’s novel tells a story of Montauk vanishing before our eyes, with all the underlying social and economic tensions and environmental woes triggered by its booming popularity.

The East Hampton Fire Department's next free community dinner will take place on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the East Hampton High School cafeteria.

Parking will be in the main lot in front of the school; drop-off will be at the front door.

Additional community dinners will happen on Feb. 13 and March 6.

Heidi Lender, a widely traveled writer and photographer who once lived in Springs, eventually put down roots in Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, and established Campo Garzon, a creative institute offering art residencies, experiences, and events, including an annual art festival that brings thousands to the rural village.

Tripoli Gallery’s 19th annual "Thanksgiving Collective" features a diversity of work by more than 20 artists addressing existential angst and musings on death and other transitions, all of it worth seeing.

The next exhibition at The Church in Sag Harbor will focus on printmaking by artists and printers of the South Fork from 1965 to 2010, with works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, and Elaine de Kooning, as well as such contemporary artists as Mary Heilmann, Dan Rizzie, and April Gornik.

The Church in Sag Harbor will host “Kinetic Grace,” a musical dance performance, and a wellness program on “Visioning the Year Ahead.”

Frazer Dougherty, who launched LTV out of his garage in 1984, will be celebrated at LTV’s vast studio complex in Wainscott, where the recently deceased co-founder’s vision has been fully realized.

Auditions announced for the Choral Society of the Hamptons and the Hampton Theatre Company, a violin virtuoso will play with Nancy Atlas at Bay Street, the horticultural alliance will focus on New Perennials, LongHouse is now open on winter weekends, and a film program at the Southampton Cultural Center.

Group shows of East End artists are at Ellie Duke’s “Soft House,” Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, and 4 North Main Street in Southampton, while Grenning Gallery is featuring floral art and Eric Firestone is celebrating Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network, which was active from 1990 to 2001.

Ian Calder-Piedmonte, vice chairman of the East Hampton Town Planning Board, liaison to the town’s agricultural advisory committee, and a co-owner of Balsam Farms in East Hampton and Amagansett, has been appointed to fill the seat on the town board that was vacated by Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez when she became supervisor at the start of this year.

Noah Zingarelli and Alex Burst of Springs have published the “Healthy Consciousness Cookbook” online, which features “good-tasting food that is good for you.”

Fresno's winter specials, a wine dinner inspired by Corsica, Sicily, and the Canary Islands, East End Food’s farmers market is relocating temporarily, and more.