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The Lineup, Oct. 16-24, 2025

The sporting week ahead, including Saturday’s Shelter Island 5K and the Montauk Brewathlon.

Item of the Week: Like a Bridge Over Marshy Waters

You never know what you’ll find at a yard sale. Like the architectural plans for the redone Pussy’s Pond bridge in Springs.

The Way It Was for October 16, 2025

In 1975, pilots complained to the town about the cost of fuel and tie-downs at the airport. In 2000, the public acquisition of Shadmoor on the Montauk bluffs was celebrated. And more ripped from our pages.

Letters to the Editor for October 16, 2025

From film fest comment to candidate testimonials.

Hold Fast, Professor

The greatness and power of the United States in the postwar years was in large measure built on the scientific outpouring of ideas and inventions that flowed from America’s universities.

Buy-In Needed

Now that the plan for a new senior citizens center in Amagansett is to be reassessed, greater community buy-in should be among the town’s key objectives, preferably involving some creativity.

The Mast-Head: Fake New World

Sora 2 is a so-called artificial intelligence that can make lifelike videos with a few brief instructions, and it is ominous indeed.

The Shipwreck Rose: Goldenrod and Time

My pretentious existential crisis this week was brought about by the demise of my dishwasher.

Gristmill: The Truth Teller

The charming, devastating accuracy of the Peacock comedy “The Paper.”

Guestwords: Saving Grace

An artist on her working-class upbringing in Minnesota, the Beatles, and a life through the prism of magical realism.

Recorded Deeds 10.16.25

Once more unto the buys. Montauk to Southampton.

Brewathlon Returns to Montauk

Brewathlon, in which teams of four will face off in a run, row, and bike race for the Old Montauk Athletic Club, will take place on Saturday beginning at the Montauk Brewing Company on South Erie Avenue. Start time is noon. 

Chamber Music’s Autumn Series

Bridgehampton Chamber Music's autumn series will feature the Brooklyn Rider string quartet with music from Haydn to Dylan, Gilles Vonsattel in an all-Beethoven piano recital, and a "Festive Baroque" concert.

The Church as Campus for Artists

"The First Churchennial" features work by over 40 artists from different disciplines who have participated in The Church's unique residency program between 2021 and 2024.

A Master of the Wood Studio

David Ebner, an artist, craftsman, and studio furniture-maker, is showing five decades of work that reflects the wide range of styles, motifs, and materials he has explored.

The Undead, Live in Southampton

"Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Radio Play" promises to bring fog, haze, lightning, even fangs and blood to the Southampton Arts Center.

The Art Scene 10.16.25

Mary Ellen Bartley at The Church, Folioeast celebrates color, abstraction from Gerson Leiber, Michael McDowell at Ashawagh Hall, group show at Grenning.

Bits and Pieces 10.16.25

Bellini opera at Guild Hall, Joni Mitchell tribute at Bay Street, jazz at the Masonic Temple, Montauk Library, and the Tractor Barn, new film from Lana Jokel.

HTC: Skewering Hypocrisy

"The Thanksgiving Play" at Hampton Theatre Company takes comic aim at well-meaning but culturally insensitive educators trying to create a holiday pageant.

Ionesco Comes to Wainscott

Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" is an absurdly comical allegory about the rise of fascism that's as appropriate today as when it was written in 1959.