Bridgehampton School's fifth-grade book club battled a dragon over the past year and three months, though this particular creature wasn't the scaly, fire-breathing type from fantasy lore. It was worse. Their dragon went by the name Covid-19, and the battles played out in letters the students wrote that are on display at the Hampton Library.

Gabrielle Bluestone’s “Hype” is about would-be internet entrepreneurs who set out to defraud as many people as they can with the promise of “the next big thing,” which of course turns out not to exist. It’s awfully timely.

First up, Don Lemon, the CNN anchor, and Georgette Grier-Key, the executive director of the Eastville Community Historical Society, will discuss Mr. Lemon's new book, "This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism."

The Alliance for Community Media Foundation on Monday awarded LTV a 2021 Hometown Media Award in honor of all the station does for community media, community radio, and local cable programs on its government and education public access channels.

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn has announced her intention to seek the Democratic Party's nomination to represent New York's First Congressional District. She joins a fellow Democratic legislator, Bridget Fleming, who announced a bid for the seat last month, and already has the endorsement of last year's nominee.

Did Terrie Sultan consider retirement after she stepped down as director of the Parrish Art Museum? Not a chance.

"Becoming Dr. Ruth" is a one-woman show, and a tour de force for Tovah Feldshuh. Ms. Feldshuh has the voice and the mannerisms of her subject down cold, and she also inhabits Dr. Ruth as a living, breathing person. 

"Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks" examines the world's waterways as the network all of history has traveled.

A group of Chris Kelly's "Interiors" painted over the last 18 months and some of his sculptures, all based on the golden ratio, but deconstructed, are on view at Colm Rowan Fine Art in East Hampton.

"John Little: Home Again" opens at the Art Center at Duck Creek on Saturday. The micro survey of paintings dates from 1948, the year Little purchased the farm.

LongHouse Reserve's container-design competition, "Planters: On and Off the Ground," will return for its 10th iteration on June 19.

Surf, summer, and swimming pools figure in gallery shows, Pollock-Krasner Foundation winners exhibit online, and Crush Curatorial is now Hesse Flatow.

Old East Hampton captured and restored on film, an online playwriting seminar, and a garden talk

Live music in the clubs and elsewhere from all over the East End

The primary ingredient of the Carroll brothers' four varieties of pasta is stone-milled whole grain wheat from Amber Waves, which Carissa's Bakery has used for years. Sean Carroll was one of Carissa Waechter's first bakery employees.

Celebrity chefs are cooking at Old Stove this summer, Montauk gets a new sushi and Thai spot, Citarella's seafood meal kits, and more

The South Fork Islanders boys lacrosse team, featuring a half-dozen East Hamptoners, has received the 10th seed among Division 1's top 11 teams, and is to play at seventh-seeded Connetquot on Tuesday, June 8, at 3 p.m.

Graduation season is upon us, which means not only lots of pomp and circumstance but also a chance to formally congratulate high school seniors on their accomplishments in a special issue of The Star on June 17.

Following new recommendations and a clarification from the Centers for Disease Control, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York would modify its mask guidance to allow schools to opt out of requiring masks outside. And in general, virtually all Covid-19 restrictions can be lifted once 70 percent of adult New Yorkers have received at least one dose of the vaccine

Fitting for the occasion, it was Smoochie the dog who officially broke ground Friday on the new home of the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons. No shovel was needed — Smoochie was specially trained to dig the first hole herself.