East Hampton was something of a backwater until nearly the dawn of the 20th century as compared to Sag Harbor, which the Long Island Rail Road linked to the rest of the world starting in 1870.

No one in my house likes change, and I am the Empress of Retrograde.

Obsessive online analysis shows just how bad Stan Lee’s Marvel Comics writing was. Jack Kirby, though, remains “the King.”

The best thing about growing up in the same house in Queens with my grandparents was how Grandpa revealed himself to be a storyteller like no other.

It’s the return of the college’s arts journal, The Southampton Review, and a story of the Dutch Resistance during World War II gets a nod from Kirkus.

Esly Escobar is a Guatemala-born, East End-based multimedia artist, D.J., music producer, fashion designer, and technician at LTV Studios.

Christopher Cox’s exploration of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency is simultaneously enlightening and unflattering, with a focus on his lengthy stonewalling of the suffragist movement.

Works & Process, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting performing artists, is bringing a weekend of dance performances to The Church in Sag Harbor, Guild Hall, and the Watermill Center.

Nadia Ernestus is leading an eight-week workshop at Stony Brook Southampton's Food Lab devoted to boosting immune systems through healthy eating.

Whit Stillman will be at the Sag Harbor Cinema with his 1990 comedy of manners "Metropolitan," which earned him an Oscar nod for best original screenplay.

The Southampton Playhouse, formerly the Southampton Cinema, has announced its inaugural executive director and artistic director in advance of its 2025 opening.

Christine Sampson is moving from The East Hampton Star to LTV Studios, where she has been named director of community engagement.

The next round-table discussion of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will focus on deriving pleasure from gardens during the winter.

The Artists and Writers dinner series at Almond restaurant in Bridgehampton will host Isla Hansen, a multidisciplinary artist, Il Buco al Mare in Amagansett has a new prix fixe, and Goldberg's is open in Water Mill.

A 38-foot adult female humpback whale washed up on the shore at Napeague State Park in Amagansett on Dec. 17, but according to Joanne Biegert, a representative of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, because of the whale's advanced state of decomposition the organization cannot determine a cause of death. 

Now that Christmas is in the rear-view mirror of 2024, what can be done with all those fir trees that are no longer needed to hold up the tinsel and lights in the living room? The Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack announced this week that it is accepting Christmas trees to chip down into compost that will sustain its gardens throughout the coming year.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed a bill that would have reinstated the Montaukett Indian Nation's official state recognition, of which the tribe was stripped some 115 years ago by a court ruling that's widely regarded today as a grossly racist land grab.

With the beginning of Hanukkah on Wednesday night, local houses of worship have public menorah lightings planned over the course of the next several days.

Officials from East Hampton Town, Georgica Green Ventures, and the East Hampton Housing Authority celebrated the official opening of the Green at Gardiner’s Point, a new affordable housing project here, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 18.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation will host a free workshop for nonprofit organizations interested in learning about its grantmaking process on Jan. 14 at the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport.