From an 1897 sidewalk outrage to a 1997 conflict between beachgoers and beach drivers, the news of yore rivets.

Real estate transfers from May through mid-July

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney has secured a guilty plea from the first of five people accused of stealing $94,000 worth of handbags from the luxury retailer Balenciaga in East Hampton Village in March.

Visiting hours for David P. Hummel, who died at home in Springs on Thursday, will be held Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. Masonic and Veterans of Foreign Wars services will immediately follow.

East Hampton Village’s Tuesday night music series at Main Beach rock and rolls closer to the end of the season with the Hoodoo Loungers and Bayside Tigers tonight at 6, weather permitting. Parking is free, but arriving early has been recommended.

Visiting hours for Robin Schiavoni, a popular teaching assistant at Sag Harbor Elementary School who died on Friday, will be Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. A memorial service will take place at 7 p.m.

Jennifer Bartlett, an innovative, unique, and protean artist who died on July 25 and had a long relationship with the East End, is remembered by those who knew and worked with her in an appreciation of her achievement.

What is "The Birdsong Project?" A 20-album boxed set of more than 150 songs inspired by birds, plus artwork, poems, and original songs, with 12 albums already released for streaming and eight more on the way.

Cimafunk, the charismatic Cuban singer-composer who mixes funk with Cuban music and African rhythms, will be at the Stephen Talkhouse with his nine-piece band.

The Box Art Auction to benefit East End Hospice will return with imaginative constructions by more than 80 artists.

Two-part Black Film Festival will present the political sci-fi punk feature "Neptune Frost" and a documentary on the transition of Black women to natural hair.

Works by Roy Lichtenstein and David Hockney are now on view at Phillips in Southampton, with a weekend of watch appraisals coming up.

Solo shows for Lynda Benglis, Joe Zucker, and Todd Gray, Zoom lecture about W.P.A. murals, open studios on Shelter Island, book event at Hauser & Wirth, artist talks, and more

Outdoor installation at Watermill Center responds to global loss with sculptures that resemble sleeping bags, sarcophagi, and alien pods.

"Celebrity Autobiography" to bring Christie Brinkley, Susan Lucci, Richard Kind, and other stars to Southampton for laugh fest.

"Sounds of the Sea for Chamber Orchestra," part of Music for Montauk's summer concert series, will take place Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Montauk Lighthouse.

Hayley Silvers, Ava Litman, Mischa Abend, and Abey Fuks are teenagers who are standing up to cancer.

The actress Julie Andrews, who wrote the children's book “The Great American Mousical" with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, will direct a staged reading of the book on Monday evening at 7 at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

Book party in Leiber Collection Garden, oceanic concert at Montauk Lighthouse, Shakespeare in Agawam Park, late summer benefits, Billy Joel concert film, and Montauk Project at the Talkhouse

Kidd Squid Brewing Company opens in Sag Harbor with a variety of locally made brews plus New York State wines and spirits, groceries, and prepared foods.