The hospital said in an announcement that the recent increased rate of transmission of Covid-19 has caused it to look at this matter with the safety of its patients and their loved ones, and employees, in mind. Since Aug. 9, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been an average of just over 363 new cases per day in Suffolk County.

While going on to write five novels, a book of short stories, and a memoir of his early life, Frederic Tuten never lost his passion for the visual arts. It wasn't until he was 60, though, that he picked up some colored pencils and began once more to draw.

How much you enjoy 'Camelot' will have a lot to do with your taste for classic Broadway-era nostalgia. If this solid, well-performed version seems weighed down, it may have to do with dragging a slightly fusty musical into contemporary relevance.      

After an absence of more than a decade, Bernard Goldberg is back in East Hampton with a new gallery just off Newtown Lane specializing in American fine and decorative arts from the first half of the 20th century.

HamptonsFilm's SummerDocs series concludes its 13th season on Saturday with a screening of “Lily Topples the World.” The film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers with HamptonsFilm's co-chairman Alec Baldwin and its artistic director David Nugent.

South Fork police are on alert after eight overdoses linked to the same batch of fentanyl-laced cocaine resulted in six deaths on Shelter Island and in Southold last week.

Eighty artists are contributing boxes for the 20th anniversary iteration of East End Hospice's Box Art Auction on Aug. 28.

A look back on one of Broadway's biggest box-office smashes, "The Producers," on its 20th anniversary will be the centerpiece of a weekend of theatrical events presented with Susan Stroman beginning Friday, Aug. 27, at Guild Hall. On Sunday "Tree Confessions" will be performed outside.

The Hamptons International Film Festival will return this year beginning on Oct. 7 with a fully in-person schedule of events and the opening night film "The First Wave" by Matthew Heineman.

New shows from Amagansett to Southampton include work by Hans Noe, Wayne Magrin, Spencer Finch, Peter Spacek, and many others, plus talks at Dia and Pollock-Krasner House, and more

Shakespeare, music and film, the tell-all as told by celebrities, an artists and writers showcase, a salute to Tony Walton, and a dance party are all in the mix this week.

The new and familiar mix it up in this week's live music schedules with jazz and rock, and the return of Dawes and Southern rock to the South Fork.

Pop ups popping up in Montauk at Cynthia Rowley and a dim sum experience at Main Street Tavern in Amagansett

As of Monday, all staff and visitors at East Hampton Town Hall and other town facilities will once again be asked to wear masks, whether vaccinated for Covid-19 or not. 

Ralph Lauren's East Hampton stores will donate 10 percent of all sales today and Saturday to the Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End.

Hamptons Adult Hardball, a new over-30 wood bat baseball league, has a playoff doubleheader set for Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park.

There seems to be a rush to move the seasons along more quickly than ever before, but I'm glad the fish in our local waters aren't following suit.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association had its highest finish ever at the United States Lifesaving Association's national tournament last week at South Padre Island in Texas.

This year's Travis Field coed softball tournament, a college scholarship fund-raiser, drew more teams than ever and strong attendance.

Domenic Papa, the owner of a Connecticut car dealership, has bought the Amagansett and Bellport I.G.A.s, also known as Cirillo's Markets, from Fran Cirillo.