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A New Date for Joan Baez Documentary

The final HamptonsFilm’s SummerDoc for this year is “Joan Baez I Am a Noise,” which covers the folk singer and activist’s early years, her impending fame, her relationship with Bob Dylan, and life in the spotlight.

Benefits Large and Small

LongHouse Reserve’s summer benefit is inspired by Shakespeare, Duck Creek’s will feature figure drawings for sale, the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons will auction blue-chip artwork, the Folly Tree Arboretum will hold a clam party.

Everything Old Is New Again

The East Hampton Antiques and Design Show, benefiting the East Hampton Historical Society, will have some 50 dealers setting up tents this weekend.

The Last Art Fair Standing

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair is back in Southampton and bigger than ever, with 130 galleries and a roster of special programs.

Bits and Pieces 07.13.23

Bobbi Brown live at The Church, Jazz and cabaret at LTV, Broadway star at Bay Street, honoring a jazz legend at the Southampton Arts Center, comedy at the Southampton Cultural Center, musical drama at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

The Art Scene 07.13.23

Another busy week at the galleries, with group shows at Tripoli, Halsey McKay, Grenning, and Jack Hanley, solos at the White Room, Harper’s, and Ashawagh Hall, plus an artist’s talk at The Church.

Warm Welcome for Bonfire Coffeehouse

Three local sisters and a cousin have opened Bonfire Coffeehouse in Amagansett, offering not only high-quality java, but also salads, egg sandwiches, croissants, cookies and brownies, and much more.

News for Foodies 07.13.23

Shippy’s reopens, specials from Bird on the Roof, workshops at Amber Waves, and Tomato Girl Summer comes to the Pridwin Hotel in the form of a cocktail.

Scathing Charges in Police Officer's Discrimination Case

An East Hampton Town police officer has filed a complaint with New York State's Division of Human Rights asserting that she has been a victim of sexual harassment and retaliatory working conditions, and has been denied promotions based on her gender.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation Awards 'High-Impact' Grants

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, located in Bridgehampton, announced Friday that it has granted eight organizations $5,000 each, a total of $40,000 donated through its High Impact Community Outreach program.

Bonac’s 11-12 Boys to Play for Little League Title

East Hampton’s 11-and-12-year-old Little League all-star team shut out the North Shore Nationals 4-0 in Rocky Point Thursday evening to advance to the District 36 final at Riverhead’s Stotzky Park on Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Champions of Briar Patch

Priscilla Rattazzi, photographer, bids farewell to life on Georgica Pond.

BOUNTY: Picnics in Paradise

The best table in the Hamptons isn’t a table, it’s your lap. Make a reservation with friends for bare feet in the sand, sunset over the bay, and drinks in a jelly jar. Nina Dohanos shares a few picnic-paradise memories and tips.

BOUNTY: Raw Power

You say ceviche, I say crudo . . . but what about aguachile, poke, and tartare? Bountiful are the ways to prepare uncooked fish from the briny depths of Long Island waters. Laura Donnelly takes it beyond tuna and offers a few gorgeously simple summer recipes.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ain’t Misbehaving

July feels like the right moment for a little disorderly conduct, maybe a few improprieties. Rowdy summers, dontcha know, are an East End tradition.

OUT HERE: Steezy Rider

Skaters these days, they’re spoiled for choice. It wasn’t so in 1977, when skateboarding — like other youth subcultures, from punk on the Bowery to DJ Kool Herc in the Bronx — was still very much D.I.Y. As The Star reported on August 11 of that year, boarders on the East End really only had two destinations when they wanted to ride: “unused swimming pools” and “smooth, paved hills” like that at Mako Lane, down which the blond-haired boys of summer would bomb on their Santa Cruzes, scaring the bejeezus out of the grownups.

ON THE COVER: Kym Fulmer, "Look at That"

Kym Fulmer intentionally blurs the line between hands-on and digital manipulation, which is how she went about creating this month’s magazine cover. “I like to do work that is figurative and recognizable but also stylish and fun,” she says when asked to describe her style. “Whimsical is overused — but maybe a little childlike? Technically good, neat and clean and simple.”

Wainscott Must Make Some Very Tough Choices

From cutting extracurricular activities to limiting busing to removing prekindergarten and kindergarten programs — all ideas tossed around at a school board meeting last week — the Wainscott School District is figuring out how it will reopen in September with essentially the same budget that it had last year but with more students to accommodate.

Nearing the End on West End Road

How to say goodbye to a family house that has seen almost eight decades’ worth of life and love? Some might spend this melancholy time wandering through empty rooms, lost in thoughts. Ellie Duke had another idea, inviting the world to Tough Porch, her brainchild of a weekend held as a last hurrah at her family’s grand old summer “cottage” on Georgica Beach.

South Fork Is in Moderate Drought

Despite the constant threat of rain and some brief sprinkles, the United States Drought Monitor confirmed last week that “moderate drought” has hit the South Fork, a step up in classification from “abnormally dry.” The next step is “severe drought.”