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Town Airport Closing Should Proceed

The F.A.A. doesn’t like it one bit, but East Hampton Town should stay the course on a long-sought change to the way its airport operates.

The Mast-Head: East Hampton’s Enslaved

Four years ago when a few of us began looking into early East Hampton’s relationship with slavery, we were met with a cocked head and some variation of “We don’t have anything about slavery.”

A vintage typewriter-cleaning kit from the midcentury office The Shipwreck Rose: Desk Set

The news keeps reporting studies that conclude remote work is more productive work, but those studies are clearly incorrect.

Gristmill: Talking to Coltrane

Two essential graphic novels on the occasion of Black History Month.

Point of View: Encore! Encore!

Continuing in the same vein as last week, more excerpts from “Five Characters in Search of an Editor,” read 50 years ago at Guild Hall.

Guestwords: A Living National Treasure

Japan’s tradition of designating artists and performers as Living National Treasures could be adapted here, and my first nominee would be Alan Alda.

Recorded Deeds for February 17, 2022

Two $6 million transactions in Amagansett lead off the week in South Fork real estate.

The Way It Was for February 17, 2022

The Star was “well spoken of everywhere” 125 years ago, 50 people were injured in a L.I.R.R. derailment 75 years ago, and one Orrin Pilkey sounded the alarm on beach erosion and the folly of hard structures to prevent it back in 1997.

Letters to the Editor for February 17, 2022

Readers on Kevin Somers, East Hampton’s enslavers, and Duck Creek history.

Hospital Allows Visitors Again

As of Tuesday, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is allowing patients to receive visitors once again, though there are several Covid-19 prevention measures still in place.

The Horror of Their Company

In “Too Famous,” Michael Wolff’s compendium and rogues’ gallery, is it the sleaze of his subjects or his smug knowingness that’s grating?

Free Covid Test Kits in East Hampton and Southampton

East Hampton and Southampton Towns are offering free Covid-19 rapid antigen home test kits to residents this week and next. 

Presenting . . . a New Guild Hall

Guild Hall has revealed plans for yearlong renovations to create an optimal experience for artists and audiences.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow

"Snow Day" at the Drawing Room features mesmerizing 19th-century snowflake photographs plus paintings by Freilicher, Bartlett, Porter, Burchfield, and more.

Broderick, Parker Back Onstage

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker return to the stage together for the first time since 1995 in Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite."

New Music Festival Coming This Fall

A renowned orchestral conductor will bring the Hamptons Festival of Music with Bach, Beethoven, and more to LTV in September.

Bits and Pieces 02.17.22

Coppola's "The Conversation" in new 35mm print, All Star Comedy at Bay Street, Native American filmmaker in Southampton, virtual jazz from Brooklyn

The Art Scene 02.17.22

A tour of the Brooks-Park site in Springs, "The End" in Brooklyn, talks at The Church, Eric Dever via Zoom, and mixed-media abstraction in East Hampton

Hurricane of ’38 Book Talk and Film

Genie Chipps Henderson talk about her historical novel “A Day Like Any Other” and screen a film about the 1938 Hurricane on Wednesday night at Ashawagh Hall.

New Outpost, All the Old Hits

The Southampton branch of Lobster Roll (a.k.a. "Lunch") has old and new favorites plus a few vegan options.