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Joan Brill, 92

Joan Brill, a keyboardist who ran Brill’s Store on North Main Street in East Hampton for many years, died at home here on March 15 of respiratory failure and Alzheimer’s disease.

Recorded Deeds 03.23.23

The latest in South Fork real estate moves.

Housing Committee Formed

The East Hampton Town Board has appointed an advisory committee to review potential affordable housing initiatives and make recommendations to the town board, following the town’s recently adopted Community Housing Opportunity Fund Project Plan.

Springs School Still Seeking Candidates for Principal Job

Twenty-two people have applied for the position of principal at the Springs School, its superintendent, Debra Winter, told the school board on Tuesday. However, when she crosschecked their qualifications with a key part of the school board's employment criteria — that candidates live somewhere on the East End — that pool of applicants shrank to just four.

Calling School Board Candidates

Petitions for candidates interested in serving on public school boards of education are officially available from district clerks across the state. Paperwork is due to be handed in directly to the clerks by 5 p.m. on April 17; the vote is on May 16.

Where the Wild Things Were

In a new biography, Bill Janovitz shows that Leon Russell was way more than just a capable keyboardist and bandleader. 

South Fork Poetry: ‘Working Papers’

Commemorating those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire on March 25, 1911.

Library Celebrates Women's History Month

In recognition of Women's History Month, the East Hampton Library has mounted a new exhibit in the display cases in the front lobby "focusing on how women shaped and changed the character and reputation of the East Hampton community through social and volunteer organizations and activities."

Adman in a Coma, Artist in a Calling

For former marketing executive Patrick J. Peters III, the silver lining of a traumatic struggle with long Covid was his life-changing discovery of salvation through painting.

New York Philharmonic Brings the Spring

Bridgehampton Chamber Music's spring concerts will feature the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, a program of piano for four hands, and a concert highlighting two violas.

Seeds, Soil, and Seaweed

There are lots of things going on — growing on — at the FoodLab at Stony Brook Southampton.

Truth or Dare

A new play at Hampton Theatre Company dramatizes a real-life conflict between accuracy in journalism and literary license.

A Talk and Studio Tours at The Church

Nanette Carter will discuss her artwork at The Church, and two painters-in-residence will open their studios there.

Choral Whimsy in Sag Harbor

The Choral Society of the Hamptons will welcome spring with a program of whimsical music.

Bits and Pieces 03.23.23

Classical piano and a dance party at The Church, Hamptons Jazz Fest in Southampton, stand-up comedy at Bay Street, actors’ monologues in Montauk, garden talks at Marders, and musical variety in Riverhead.

The Art Scene 03.23.23

Miriam Schapiro in NoHo, paintings and ceramics at Harper’s, nature and migration at Halsey McKay, abstraction vs. figuration at White Room, Dan Welden as inspiration, Linda Stein far and near.

A Melange From Near and Far at L'Epicuriste

L’Epicuriste in Bridgehampton offers carefully selected speciality food items as well as tableware, kitchen items, flowers, vegetables, local honey, even artwork.

News for Foodies 03.23.23

The Parrish celebrates Art of the Brew, Loaves and Fishes has fresh sausage, Mediterranean cooking demo at Rogers Library, chili chowdown in Springs, C.S.A. programs at local farms, and more.

A Fight for the Soul of the East Hampton Ambulance

A boisterous group of 40-plus ambulance volunteers, many from the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association but some "mutually aided" from nearby departments, showed up at the East Hampton Village Board meeting on Friday to speak out against a plan that would have the ambulance association come under village control.

Charitable Happenings This Weekend

In Sag Harbor and Amagansett this weekend, a bake sale and a spaghetti dinner, respectively, will raise money for charitable endeavors.