Events, programs, and online activities for children and families on the South Fork.

The East Hampton Town Board has named the Wainscott Green — the newly created passive park on Montauk Highway, on property bought by the town in 2018 — after the late Rick Del Mastro, a civic activist and philanthropist who called Wainscott home.

Thursday is the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabees' triumph over their oppressors in the second century B.C., only to find that the oil to light the candles needed to rededicate the temple had been tainted. Just one night's worth of pure oil remained, but, miraculously, it lasted for eight nights.

The creation of a geographic entity — a village in this case — out of opposition to offshore wind power would seem the stuff of some far fringe of society. Only it isn’t.

No one wants their loved ones to die of Covid-19 in a hospital hallway. But many places in the United States are at that point right now, or near to it, as virus cases soar.

A revealing trip through an old Dominy weather diary.

We, the Rattray family, have a tendency to get lost in time, to misplace ourselves in its flow.

A brief snowfall triggers memories of Vermont and an uncle’s life there as a potter.

Presumably I have returned to work now, and am thus to some extent re-engaged in East Hampton’s life, and am feeling once again at least somewhat useful.

Offer me coffee and I feel special. A chance to shine, to be heard. Inevitably, all eyes turn to me when I announce, “No thanks, never had a cup in my life.”

The week's real estate transfers.

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In Holiday Baking Part Deux, students will learn how to build on the basics to make more elaborate holiday desserts and pastries. The first rule is "learn the basics." The next rule is "practice, practice, practice."

Delicious holiday dinners to go, new chicken "Coop" in Southampton, Instacart is revving up on the South Fork, and much more

During the closing of cultural institutions last spring and after, Warren Neidich has emerged as a cultural force of his own. In May, he organized "Drive-By-Art," an outdoor public art exhibition where 62 South Fork artists exhibited their work on their properties, near roads, or on sidewalks.

It's fitting that South Etna gallery. has given over its two rooms to Karen Kilimnik, whose works are best experienced in the aggregate as part of a thematic experience. They build on themselves in a way that makes each part more meaningful and act as a mini survey as well.

James Croak's cast dirt sculptures in Southampton, Paul Davis's prints in Sag Harbor, and more

Classical piano, a holiday cabaret streamed live from New York, and a zoom lecture about breaking into the arts field

Best Pizza and Dive Bar on Napeague is among the latest round of 36 restaurants in New York State that have had their liquor licenses suspended for alleged violations of public health laws instituted under Covid-19.

Eric Casale, the longtime principal of the Springs School, formally resigned from his position on Monday after being on a leave of absence since late August.