It can be hard to muster much enthusiasm for N.B.A. players today, when you were weaned on the likes of Larry Bird, Robert Parish, and Kevin McHale.

Did those who died in this country’s wars, who defended an egalitarian, optimistic, forward-looking society, die so that its lawmaking bodies would simply sit on their hands doing nothing, stymied when confronted with issues demanding action?

If you’re like me, a fishing greenhorn after you’ve already gone gray, I’ve got a few tips.

From the John Drew Theater plans to the goings-on at Village Hall, readers have much to discuss.

The week’s real estate report, with an awful lot of L.L.C.s in the mix.

You might consider the phase “the Hamptons” a tad pretentious and semi-newly coined. But check out its use in The Star from back in 1897. And then in 1947, quick thinking saved a man overboard.

Zachary Lazar’s new novel is a meditation on life in Trump’s America — and how to escape it.

Another mass shooting has claimed the lives of school children, with at least 19 students and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Tex., after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. The deadly attack has police and schools on the South Fork on high alert, though no specific threats have been identified.

In the aftermath of the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo on May 14, the New York State Education Department announced this week that it is canceling this year's Regents exam in United States history because of concerns that some of the test's content "has the potential to compound student trauma caused by the violence in Buffalo, which created an unexpected and unintended context for the planned assessment."

After East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen filed an objection to Arthur Graham's nominating petition for village trustee, a bipartisan team at the Suffolk County Board of Elections on Tuesday ruled that Mr. Graham's petition could stand and made a motion to invalidate Mr. Larsen's challenge. But it's not over yet.

One of the first of many charitable events to come our way this summer, a barbecue party is to take place on Saturday at a private residence in Southampton as a benefit for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Edie Windsor Healthcare Center.

Click, a new venture from Shelter Island's Alexandra Fairweather, will preserve artists' archives and issue NFTs of the archival material to reach newer generations.

Bay Street returns to a full, in-person summer season with a dark comedy directed by Jason Alexander, plus a tropical drama, "Ragtime: The Musical," and a lineup of popular comedians and musicians.

HamptonsFilm will return to Herrick Park with weekly classic summer film screenings and to theaters with SummerDocs.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will celebrate its first birthday with "Top Gun," Altman's "Popeye," Tarantino's "Jackie Brown," Schnabel's "At Eternity's Gate," and a racy 1933 Hollywood comedy.

Firestone expands, Harper's celebrates, Pace and Hauser & Wirth reopen, artist talks, a new studio in Springs, new shows at Madoo, Tripoli, ARC Fine Art, Colm Rowan, and Kramoris.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons will once again have its annual cocktail party in the thrift store, but this time for a different event.

Guitar virtuoso in two concerts, jazz for families in Springs, Feiffer and Popeye in Sag, classical piano in Southampton, new music under the stars in Southold

Main Prospect in Southampton has a sophisticated atmosphere, a familiar menu with little twists, and appealing cocktails.

New menu items at O by Kissaki, Rita Cantina, and Elaia Estiatorio, new restaurants in Bridge and Montauk, T Bar reopens in Southampton, omakase comes to Montauk, and catering options from Highway.