My brave friend Randy Hoffman, who I met in 2017 in the back of an ambulance when I joined the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, has died.

Anthony Lane envy in a fellow crime fiction fan.

Through rainy weather, no wind, uncooperative currents, heavy seas, and thunderstorms, three friends and sailors keep it together — and keep talking.

South Fork land sales continue apace.

Jeff Miller, the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town clerk, will hold a campaign fund-raiser at LTV Studios in Wainscott on July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

James Patterson and Mike Lupica hit it off so well when they met four years ago that they have collaborated on six novels since then, most recently on "The Hamptons Lawyer."

G.E. Smith, the guitarist and former bandleader on "Saturday Night Live," will be joined at Guild Hall by two other late-night bandleaders, Louis Cato and Paul Shaffer.

LongHouse will host an evening of conversations about humanity's capacity for growth and healing, a bonsai workshop, and an exhibition of innovative garden containers.

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival's summer series will feature celebrated works of the classical canon, two premieres, and a commission, all linked in some way with words.

Santi Debriano, an acclaimed jazz bassist, will bring his ensemble to The Church in Sag Harbor for a program rooted in global jazz traditions.

Lauren Shooster has opened Shooster Arts & Literature in Sag Harbor, a gallery of fine art, antiques, and rare books from her own collection of artifacts.

Taking up a paddle on a long-ago July Fourth weekend.

Music for Montauk has invited four musicians from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music to perform a recital at East Hampton's Presbyterian Church.

LTV Studios will host performances by Liz Callaway, an award-winning singer and actress, and a jazz piano recital by Phil Markowitz.

Artists on film, marionette workshop, concerts on Shelter Island, at Duck Creek, and the Sag Harbor Masonic Temple, benefits at BHCCRC, the Parrish, and Folly Tree.

Solo shows for Claire Watson, Darius Yektai, Fitzhugh Karol, and Haim Mizrahi, Bryan Hunt talk at The Church, Ikebana workshop at WACH, a plethora of group shows.

Paella nights at the fish farm, Best in Show wine class at Park Place, pop-ups at EECO Farm, new dishes at 1770 House, pizza by the slice at Cluckman's.

A few fun (and perhaps frightening) facts and figures about democracy — politics, patriotism, and civic participation — on the South Fork.

Julian Zelizer, the commentator and professor, will be in conversation with David Alpern, radio man and once of Newsweek, on Monday at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.

Free movies have returned to Amagansett Square on Wednesday nights at sundown. Next week’s selection is “Surf’s Up.” Moviegoers have been advised to take their own seating and blankets.