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From tears shed over catastrophic traffic to the day Governor Pataki visited Havens Beach, it happened here.

Newly reported real estate doings on the South Fork.

The East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Amagansett Fire Departments responded Tuesday night to a structure fire at 171 Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton Village.

If ever there was a time to spend money at high-end retailers and local businesses in East Hampton Village, this Thursday afternoon might be it.

The filmmaker Rachel Fleit's longstanding interest in stories of struggle, difference, and resilience led to her award-winning documentary "Introducing, Selma Blair," which illuminates the actress's life with multiple sclerosis.

A five-day, multi-venue festival will celebrate Montauk's past and present with a bounty of film and art.

The Hampton Classic Horse Show, now in its 46th year, unveiled its official poster art on Tuesday. "Dream Gait," an oil painting by Cara Van Leuven of Highland, Ill., features a horse with extremely long legs that "reflect both their beauty and fragility," the Hampton Classic said in a release.

Scott Chaskey, a poet, farmer, and educator, reflects on the wit, empathy, and emotional range of the sculpture of William King, who was also Mr. Chaskey's stepfather-in-law.

A sale exhibition to benefit the Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor features artworks by 21 BIPOC artists.

A new documentary offers surprises and insights into Leonard Cohen, his music, and especially his iconic, oft-covered anthem "Hallelujah."

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair will host 100 galleries from 11 countries, including the Lysenko Gallery from Kyiv, which had to flee the city with its artwork and transport it to Southampton.

Vintage decorative items and artworks from more than 50 dealers will be on offer at the East Hampton Historical Society's Antiques and Design Show, which will launch with a preview cocktail party.

The Hamptons International Film Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a summer-long series of dinners, cocktail parties, screenings, and talks.

For decades, East Enders feeling the pinch from out-of-control real estate prices have felt the pull of Riverhead’s affordability, but declined to go west: “It’s a great price,” they’d say, “but it’s in Riverhead.” Now, however, people who have spent decades on the South Fork are increasingly finding shelter in Riverhead and loving it so much that the narrative is starting to change.

Most would agree that Dora Frost, unmarried and unburdened by children, is a true 21st-century woman. At 71, Frost still paints daily in her West Palm Beach studio and posts an artistic offering a day on Instagram, to the delight of her followers. 

The bobwhite makes both a song and question with its name. This is appropriate, since questions abound about this bird. Long Island is at the northern edge of the bobwhite range, but they have disappeared. Where did they go? Will they come back? Locals haven’t heard their familiar song for decades. Even its name —  northern bobwhite, bobwhite, common bobwhite, quail, or partridge — is tensile and open to interpretation.

Samantha French's subjects are clearly not lounging poolside, but on a beach. It’s a moment that we recognize, here in our beach town: We know they know one-another intimately;  a pair of sisters, perhaps, lifting their eyes from their books as they talk, while the boyfriend’s attention is elsewhere?

The Garden Conversancy's Open Days program will feature self-guided tours of six private East End gardens.

A Frank Stella sculpture show in Montauk, collage and assemblage at Firestone, talks at LongHouse, modern masters at Christie's, architecture and design tour in Southampton, folk art in Sag Harbor, and much more