Light + Air at the Watermill Center will feature an afternoon of workshops, jazz, an art sale, and a gift shop, plus a special dinner in the evening.

A tribute to Jimmy Buffett at Bay Street from Sarah Conway and the Playful Souls and Joe Lauro and the HooDoo Loungers, plus a Christmas show at the Talkhouse with Ms. Conway and her band.

The artist Michael Butler will talk about his work at Guild Hall, Jeremy Dennis will be at the Leiber Collection to discuss his book “On This Site—Native Long Island,” and the Stella Flame Gallery will feature jewelry, art, and a film.

The Hamptons Doc Fest audience award went to “26.2 to Life,” a documentary about three incarcerated men who turned to a unique prison-yard marathon to better themselves.

Lambert Moss has created a holiday-infused cabaret show exclusively for The Church in Sag Harbor.

Jazz at the Parrish with Steve Salerno, Emily Weitz, a vocalist, and Robert Secrist, a guitarist, both solo at the Masonic Temple, culture and economic prosperity panel in Southampton, virtual horticulture book group.

Sleigh bells ring: Are you listening? Here’s our carefully curated selection of the holly-est, jolliest events between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.

A tree lighting, Santa at Long Wharf, Hanukkah at Temple Adas Israel and more.

Actual, real-life reindeer will be among the extremely jolly attractions at Saturday’s Magic of Montauk holiday fair, and on Sunday, Santa visits the firehouse.

The popular Deck the Farm celebration at Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett happens on Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. 

Proceeds raised by a 5K run and walk on Saturday at 9 a.m. starting from East Hampton's Main Beach will support the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter’s children’s programs and camp.

A holiday tea at the Presbyterian church, live music on the steps of London Jewelers, and two concerts at the library are on tap this weekend.

History was made in the United States House of Representatives on Friday when Representative George Santos of New York’s Third Congressional District, following the issuance of a damning Nov. 16 report by the House Committee on Ethics, was expelled by his colleagues less than halfway through his first term.

A $600,000 grant from the New York State Regional Economic Development Councils “to plan for the sustainable future” of Montauk’s downtown will help East Hampton Town develop strategies for dealing with the nuts and bolts of climate adaptation.

If the Anchor Society of East Hampton has its way, the current reality of wintertime East Hampton Village, plagued by 55 seasonally closed storefronts, will change by next year as its “winter shops” program gains traction. The idea is “to help fill empty storefronts in the off-season with affordable retail, much-needed services, and other popular pop-ups residents desire.”

East Hampton School District officials on Tuesday unveiled a plan to put up a bond referendum in 2025 for significant repairs and upgrades to its facilities. A priority, so far, is a top-to-bottom overhaul of the high school auditorium.

After breeding on the northern lakes, loons arrive on the East End in the autumn and increase in numbers through the winter as their breeding territories freeze. They can survive our winter water because they’re so well insulated.

Montauk’s Memory Motel was shuttered and silent on a recent Sunday, but on an adjacent island 116 miles west of Montauk’s downtown, the party was just getting started at another Memory Motel, an East Village pop-up where the D.J. Alexandra Richards, daughter of the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards, spun an exhilarating set of uptempo tunes for a throng of enthusiastic young Manhattanites. 

Voters in fire districts across the South Fork can head to the polls Tuesday to elect commissioners who will oversee budgets, provide equipment, maintain facilities and trucks, and support training for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians. The only contested race locally is in Bridgehampton.

Southampton Town police have arrested two alleged shoplifters and two alleged accomplices who they say ran off with about $1,500 in merchandise from T.J. Maxx in Bridgehampton on the afternoon of Nov. 30.