A much-needed new affordable housing venture in East Hampton should not go without comment.

Step outside of the East Hampton Star building on Main Street on a summer day and there is a very high probability that a private jet will be overhead.

We’re going to get petty this week, reader. Let’s get trifling. Let’s talk about signage.

The D.H. comes to the National League, and no one misses the old ways.

Where meanness, which surfaces every now and then, comes from I don’t know.

I got to know Simon Perchik — prolific poet, friend, disputator, World War II vet — when he was barechested and in boxer shorts.

New South Fork real estate transfers.

Forget the gold rush, in 1897 an East Hamptoner went north with hens to make money selling eggs in the Yukon. Fifty years later, T.W.A.’s Juan Trippe dressed up as Carmen Miranda at a Maidstone Club costume ball. And much more.

Tina Brown authoritatively picks apart the royal life of nightmare scrutiny, hangers-on, powerlessness, and love gone awry.

Phoenix House, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation organization, will hold an afternoon of events at its East Hampton outpost on Wednesday to mark International Overdose Awareness day.

The Shinnecock Nation has invited the community at large to its annual powwow, a celebration of Native American culture, Friday through Monday on its tribal grounds, 1 Church Street in Southampton. This year marks the tribe's 76th powwow.

The best-selling writer of 20 acclaimed crime novels talks about her lifelong obsession with crime, her background as a prosecutor, and East Hampton as a setting for crime fiction.

Christine Matthai and David Corigliano have created a circular, walkable labyrinth on their property with a dramatic sculpture taking flight at its center.

A new three-day classical music festival will feature Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, a recital by a world-renowned classical guitarist, and a program of music by Mozart, Beethoven, and Rodrigo.

In its exhibition "Threading the Needle," The Church presents an ambitious and eclectic mix of weaving and fiber arts that will leave viewers "enlivened, inspired, and even ecstatic."

Architecture panel considers the Parrish Art Museum, Adolph Gottlieb at Pace, mutual drawing workshop in Springs, artists talk at The Church, garden party at the Leiber Collection, multiple gallery shows

Opera outdoors at LongHouse, jazz at the Southampton Arts Center, the Parrish Art Museum, and The Church, classical recital on Shelter Island, opera and Broadway in Southampton, auditions at Hampton Theatre Company

With good pizzas, pastas, and salads, the new spruced-up Astro's is a delightful family-friendly addition to Amagansett's restaurant row.

Sommelier for hire for private customized wine tastings, end-of-summer party at Roberta's in Montauk, new I.P.A. from Springs Brewery, a fresh take on an old cocktail from North Fork Table

BookHampton and libraries in East Hampton, Montauk, and Sag Harbor have announced their September selections.