For In Process @ the Watermill Center, three new artists in residence will discuss their projects and how they develop new work.

A melodious weekend at The Church in Sag Harbor will feature jazz, a Schubert song cycle, and a percussionist.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will present "Go West," a weeklong festival of seven classic westerns from the 1950s.

A.R. Gurney's play "Love Letters" will arrive at the Southampton Cultural Center just in time for Valentine's Day weekend.

A benefit for the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will bring Alec Baldwin and Bill McCuddy to Almond restaurant for dinner and conversation.

Elaine de Kooning and Eric Haze at the Pollock-Krasner House, prints by Linda Stein donated to Georgetown University, a sculptural Valentine for Southampton, Haim Mizrahi at LTV.

A concert celebrating Eastern and Western music, an honor for Ma's House, audition update, jamming at the Masonic Temple, comedic thriller at LTV, virtual book group.

Valentine's Day specials from Fresno, Highway, Loaves and Fishes, and Il Buco al Mare, wine classes at Park Place Wines and Liquors, and the Harvest on Fort Pond takes a break.

After news last week from the East Hampton Town Board that the Lake Montauk Inlet could undergo emergency dredging by the end of the month, Representative Nick LaLota confirmed Friday that "he has secured a commitment" from the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the work "as early as February 14." 

At the top of the ticket, Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez got the uncontested nod, along with both Councilwoman Cate Rogers, first elected in 2021, and Councilman Ian Calder-Piedmonte, fresh off his first year on the job. And Michael Hansen was nominated to run for town clerk, following Carole Brennan's announcement that she will retire after more than a decade in the post.

Paid Notice: Howard E. Faulkner of Riverhead, NY, formerly of Northport, and East Hampton, peacefully passed away on February 1, 2025. He leaves behind a legacy of faith, love and dedication which touched many people throughout his remarkable life.

To mitigate coastal erosion, Southampton Town has contracted the largest dredging company in the United States to place 1.2 million cubic yards of sand along a stretch of coastline between Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, following a referendum within the beach erosion control districts.

A new application for a house in the dunes on Beach Lane in Wainscott seeks to stand the test of time, and will be built to “velocity flood standards,” with a raised first floor over “breakaway walls” that will allow water to flow underneath it “if we ever hit that 100-year storm.” That aspect pleased town planners but upset neighbors.

The East Hampton Town Board has agreed unanimously to a proposal from Scott Wilson, the town’s director of land acquisition and management, to clear invasive plants, chiefly the autumn olive, from only an acre of the 40-acre Springs Park.

“The area is kind of like a tinder box, to a degree, and it wouldn’t take much to set off a fire,” East Hampton Fire Chief Duane Forrester said after a recent meeting with several town officials at the Northwest Woods Trail to discuss a plan for fire safety in the area.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation will hold a public meeting next Thursday at 6 p.m. at Montauk Downs State Park to discuss emergency work being completed at Napeague and Hither Hills State Parks in response to the southern pine beetle infestation.

Springs School performers have had a busy month. Middle schoolers have been rehearsing for the musical “Moana,” which they will perform for the community tonight at Guild Hall, and student musicians had a chance in January to perform at the Hamptons Music Educators Association Music Festival at Southold High School.

For the school break coming up in less than two weeks, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will have kids 7 to 13 creating their own stage production in My Life: the Musical, a weeklong winter vacation camp.  

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s annual HarborFrost returns Friday and Saturday, bringing fireworks and winter activities like ice carving and fire dancing to Main Street and beyond.