There’s still something to be said for the value of a liberal arts education, with courses in history, literature, and languages, whose ultimate gift is to enrich our lives, to make us more knowledgeable citizens of the world.

A 2012 Columbia University study on addiction medicine found that only one in 10 drug or alcohol addicts gets medical treatment, leaving more than 20 million Americans untreated.

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New real estate transfers here.

The spotted lanternfly, a "planthopper" pest now common in New York City, has made its way to the East End, where it is a threat to wineries and native trees like the black walnut, silver maple, willow, and oak.

The first Hamptons Hispanic Parade on Saturday at 11 a.m., organized by the nonprofit Peru to the World Expo Foundation, will kick off a daylong celebration of Peruvian culture and food that will culminate with a culinary extravaganza at Herrick Park from 2 to 7 p.m.

The day after Labor Day, affectionately known in resort communities like ours as Tumbleweed Tuesday, can be bittersweet: Summer is unofficially over, school's back in session, and it no longer takes a half-hour to drive five miles.

Helen Schulman’s new novel is a #MeToo tale driven by one question: “How could one woman do this to another woman?”

Coogan’s, a late, lamented neighborhood bar in Washington Heights, is the subject of a new book whose author will be at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton to talk about it with the saloon’s former owner.

Thanks in part to an East Hampton family, Ann Lowe, an African-American high-end couturier who designed Jackie Kennedy’s wedding gown but died largely forgotten, is being recognized with an exhibition at the Winterthur Museum.

In the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision, Carol Steinberg, an expert in art law who will speak at the East Hampton Library, unpacks the implications of copyright law for practicing artists.

The next stop for the Parrish Art Museum’s Road Show series is the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, where Hiroyuki Hamada will show three large-scale site-specific sculptures.

The Church in Sag Harbor has announced two art-focused road trips, one to the North Fork and Shelter Island, and another to the Whitney Museum and Chelsea.

All Star Comedy will bring three comic talents to Bay Street, and Julie Andrews and Emma Hamilton will be there with a new children’s book.

Jazz and Latin music at Duck Creek, sustainable landscape tour in East Hampton, classical piano at Southampton Cultural Center, house tour in Southampton, Sag Cinema fund-raiser, gardening tips in Bridge.

The Art Barge to travel to Springs, a garden painting workshop in Bridge, solos for Michael Butler, Stephen Laub, Joan Semmel, Jane Wilson, and Stephen Loschen, a group show from Folioeast, two shows at Halsey McKay, an Artists Alliance tour, and more.

Hampton Eats, a new shop in East Hampton Village, is a kind of food court with stations offering different local brands, including the Montauk Bake Shoppe, Hampton Coffee, Villa Italian Specialties, and Stuart’s Fish Market, among others.

Duck Creek has two concerts this weekend to celebrate the beginning of the shoulder season here. Anna Webber and Shimmer Wince play on Saturday and Mambo Loco is on Sunday.

Wines for your charcuterie board, a harvest dinner, Rosh Hashana dinner options from L&W Market, knives out at the Water Mill Museum, and more.

Quail Hill Farm's Great Tomato Taste-Off returns on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon following a hiatus.