When a campus visit becomes an urban tasting tour that smacks the complacency out of your mouth.

It says “Forever” on our stamps, and we say we live in the UNITED States, but I wonder. East Hamptoners, though, give me hope.

As we’re now safely into the fall, we can dig in to the Hamptons’ favorite pastime: kvetching about restaurants.

What’s new in Hamptons real estate buys.

What has been described as "a dark chapter in Long Island's labor history," the operation of migrant labor camps, will be the topic of discussion on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Wainscott Chapel at 65 Main Street.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital will offer free influenza vaccine shots Friday on a walk-in basis from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Parrish Hall at 235 Herrick Road in Southampton Village.

The South Fork's Jewish congregations will come together Wednesday night to rally in solidarity with Israel, mourn the victims of the terrorist attacks, and pray for the safety of those caught up in the violent conflict.

Alice Carriere, daughter of famous artist-and-actor parents, blows away the standard memoir fare with graphic accounts of self-abuse and a blitz of pharmaceuticals.

"We're ecstatic that in the three days we've been open the community has shown us more support than we could have ever imagined," said Geary Gubbins, who has run the shop at 53 Park Place since 2013. "It's just been a real shot in the arm to get ourselves back in gear." The shop had been closed since a water line break in February flooded several businesses in the village.

In a film festival double play, Alex Gibney’s epic documentary on Paul Simon and his new album, “Seven Psalms,” was followed by a conversation between Mr. Simon and Rolling Stone’s Dave Fear in which the singer-songwriter elaborated on his creative process and the arc of his career.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music’s “Autumn Series” will feature “Heroic Beethoven” in October and a “Fall Fantasy” of chamber music classics in November, followed in December by a holiday concert with Baroque selections.

Will Ryan, an East Hampton artist with a house on Maui, has organized two fund-raisers for the fire-ravaged community of Lahaina, a music concert at Stephen Talkhouse and an art auction at AB NY Gallery.

Opera is coming to Bay Street with Divaria Productions’ live multidisciplinary “Joan of Arc: The Opera,” and the return of The Met: Live in HD, starting with its premiere of a new production of “Dead Man Walking.”

Gabriele Raacke solo at Ashawagh, a retrospective for Sue Gussow at Cooper Union, Dennis Lawrence and Stephen Loschen at Lucore, Carl Bretzke and Viktor Butko at Grenning, and a documentary on three artists at Southampton Arts Center.

The Church will present music, writings and more from Taylor Barton and G.E. Smith, as well as a live podcast with Alexis McGill Johnson, the president of Planned Parenthood.

Parrish talk on the future of museums, glam jam, blues, and jazz at the Masonic Temple, auditions at Southampton Arts Center, nature’s sounds revealed at Guild Hall, Dylan tribute band at Bay Street, plant sale and talk in Bridgehampton, and more.

When a recovering breast cancer patient was in need of a healthy snack, her husband devised an organic, vegan, gluten-free protein ball, now in some 100 stores.

A new fall menu and Halloween party at Sole East, wood-fired pizzas in Sagg, a raclette party and harvest celebration at Bedell, Maidstone is open weekends, and more.

A federal jury convicted a Montauk fisherman on Wednesday of falsifying records in order to sell fluke and black sea bass in quantities that vastly exceeded legal limits. 

The long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation project, a coastal restoration and protection effort covering 83 miles of shoreline between Fire Island and Montauk Point, is set to begin this fall, with downtown Montauk to see the bolstering of its Atlantic Ocean beach with 450,000 cubic yards of sand dredged and pumped from an offshore site on Napeague during the winter or early spring.