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Bits and Pieces 07.11.24

Branford Marsalis and G.E. Smith at Guild Hall, new one-woman play premiering at Bay Street, world music at The Church in Sag Harbor, jazz at Duck Creek.

Modern Dance in the Garden

The Amanda Selwyn Dance Company will give a two-part modern dance performance full of expressive gestures and precise repetition in a Springs garden.

Poetry, Music, and Memoir

LongHouse will welcome two local talents for an evening of music and poetry, and Rue Matthiessen for a conversation about recently published memoir.

Celebrity Schadenfreude

"Celebrity Autobiography," a comic romp in which stars act out hilarious passages from other stars' memoirs, is coming to the Southampton Arts Center.

Tovah Feldshuh Times Two

LTV Studios will play host to a performance by the multiple award-winning Tovah Feldshuh, and its East End Underground series will feature Inda Eaton, Sarah Conway, and Axel Quincke.

At Mulford Farm, Vintage Is In

Fifty dealers of antiques and fine art will descend on Mulford Farm for the East Hampton Historical Society's annual Antiques and Design Show.

Back in the Shack

Hidden among hostas and ferns in the corner of a private garden — tucked behind an old house, away from the world — you find them: humble but magical backyard sheds. Nick Sambides Jr. talks to a lucky few East Enders who use their shacks for writing, for work, for art, for chickens, for contemplation, or for hardly anything at all.

Back in the Shack

Hidden among hostas and ferns in the corner of a private garden — tucked behind an old house, away from the world — you find them: humble but magical backyard sheds. Nick Sambides Jr. talks to a lucky few East Enders who use their shacks for writing, for work, for art, for chickens, for contemplation, or for hardly anything at all.

When Craig Met Pierre

The long, mischievous friendship of a pair of culinary legends, Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey, lives on in the lore and legend of East Hampton. Irene Silverman recalls their escapades, recipes, and dinner-party glory.

Gray and Baker Wed on the Beach

Andrew Gray and R. Layne Baker were married on the beach at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club on June 22.

Toddler Hospitalized After Being Pulled From North Haven Pool

A 2-year-old boy was pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool at a North Haven house on Sunday afternoon, Southampton Town police said on Monday. The North Haven incident on Sunday is the fifth near-drowning or drowning in a swimming pool reported at a Suffolk County house since June 28.

Busy East Hampton Intersection at a Crossroads

Gov. Kathy Hochul has authorized East Hampton Town to remove, or "alienate," two acres of nature preserve from its parkland holdings with the hope that Suffolk County will further explore placing a roundabout at the East Hampton intersection where North Main Street meets Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads. 

The Cosmic Bandito

Remembering Allan Weisbecker: longboard surfer, author, drug smuggler, Montauk legend.

RECIPE: Vegetarian Crab Cakes

This is based on Andrew Zimmerman’s recipe for Baltimore-style crab cakes, originally published in Food and Wine.

BOUNTY: Don't Fear the Fungi

Intimidated by the specialty mushrooms you see at the grocery or farmers market? Sarah Alford shares your curiosity and hesitation. Here's how to overcome your fears and get cooking.

Small-Town Nonsense

The word, technically, means language without meaning or ideas that are unintelligible. Around here, nonsense is the very Hamptons collision of small-town sensibilities and V.I.P. egotism. J Brooke has been taking notes on Hamptons pettiness — the everyday absurdity of life on the South Fork — and lived to tell the tale.

Hidden Gardens Benefit for Springs Food Pantry

E.A.T. in the Hidden Gardens, a benefit for the Springs Food Pantry, is set for Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Corbett Estate at 464 Old Stone Highway. 

Water Report: High Bacteria at Fort Pond

Concerned Citizens of Montauk on Tuesday warned people to avoid recreational activity in Montauk's Fort Pond this week. 

DIVERSIONS: I Tried It

What's an "inversion table"? What's the deal with that "sound bath" business? Carissa Katz, Jason Nower, and Christine Sampson tried out some trendy wellness treatments to give you, the reader, an honest opinion.

DIVERSIONS: South Fork Film School

The indie film scene here has become a vibrant playground for emerging talents pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.