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Point of View: ‘All We Played for Was Love’

Autumn has its music too, Keats said, though it’s not all that melancholic at the moment to my mind because, with 11 high school teams to cover, I must be nimble.

Guestwords: The Queue for the Queen

I hereby pay my respects to this woman who so impressively embodied Britain’s history and spirit.

Letters to the Editor for September 22, 2022

Star readers have much to discuss.

The Way It Was for September 22, 2022

One hundred years ago, Thomas Moran, eminent painter, prepared to leave East Hampton. Seventy-five years ago, deep-sea fishing enthusiasts hailed the Shinnecock Inlet, “that priceless gift of the hurricane of 1938 to Long Island.” And more.

On the Water: Bringing in the Traps

For those lovers of crab, it’s not too late to catch some. Good quantities can still be had over the next few weeks in various creeks, coves, and harbors, before they burrow in the mud and sand for their winter slumber.

Bonac Boys Teams Are Looking Sharp

The East Hampton High School boys soccer team looked good in its League IV opener versus Shoreham-Wading River and in its homecoming game with Stony Brook, and boys volleyball and boys cross-country each won their homecoming matchups.

Girls Fared Well at Homecoming

East Hampton High’s female swimming, cross-country, field hockey, tennis, and volleyball squads did well in homecoming contests.

A Good First Half, and Then Things Went South

The homecoming football game was all you’d want it to be, at least for a while, before Rocky Point proved to be the better team.

A Visionary Backs Visionaries

Chris Byrne is a co-founder of the Dallas Art Fair and has served on various museum boards, but his obsession is visionary artists, self-taught and otherwise, to whom he has devoted exhibitions, publications, even residencies at the Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton.

Hamptons Film Fest Comes Alive

The 30th Hamptons International Film Festival will feature talks with the directors Chris Columbus and Martin McDonagh, and more than 100 films from 34 countries, including East Coast premieres and some never before shown publicly.

Song Fest at The Church

The first annual Sag Harbor Song Festival will feature four concerts by rising opera stars of music ranging from Handel and Wagner to Sondheim and Bernstein.

Sag Harbor Pops With Music

The Sag Harbor American Music Festival will bring four days of free concerts by more than 30 bands to the village.

Bay Street's Busy Autumn

Bay Street sprints into fall with Robin Leacock's documentary about philanthropy, the Long Island Comedy Festival, and workshops in improv, ballroom dancing, and on-camera acting.

Jazz Wraps Up at Duck Creek

The Thumbscrew Trio will bring its original compositions and tight jazz harmonics to the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs.

The Art Scene 09.22.22

Solo shows at Pace Gallery and Mark Borghi, watercolors at Ashawagh Hall, resident artists' presentations at Watermill Center, painting exhibitions at Grenning, Colm Rowan, and Lucore Art

Bits and Pieces 09.22.22

Landscape awards lunch at Longhouse, award-winning drama in Montauk, PechaKucha returns to Parrish, benefits for Sag Cinema and Variety Show, Jamie Foxx in "Django Unchained"

Food Startups Reel in Wake of Oven Explosion

More than a month after an oven explosion closed the Stony Brook Food Business Incubator for repairs, food producers are scrambling to keep operating by other means, but often with reduced output.

News for Foodies 09.22.22

Holiday menus at Rowdy Hall and Nick and Toni's, Rosh Hashana meals to go from L&W Market, Carissa's Bakery, and Harbor Market, Lil' Birdie on the move

East Hampton Library Budget Passes

Voters in the East Hampton Library District, which consists of the East Hampton, Springs, and Wainscott School Districts, handily approved the library's over-the-tax-cap budget plan for the 2023 fiscal year.

Water Quality Impacted by Rain, Tides, Hurricane Swell

The recent rain, full-moon tide, and Atlantic Ocean hurricane swell were cited by Concerned Citizens of Montauk as the likely causes of spiking enterococcus bacteria levels detailed in the organization's weekly water-quality report on Monday.