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Recorded Deeds: 10.10.19

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‘Waterproof’: An Ode to Bonac’s Guards

It took Mae Mougin 10 years to give birth to “Waterproof,” a 40-minute lifeguard-centered documentary film that celebrates the core of East Hampton, a community that she and the film’s Academy Award-winning director, Ross Kauffman, find to be exemplary in the way it pulls together.

Jayvee Football Sailing High at 3-and-0

The latest win, a 29-0 shutout, came Saturday on East Hampton High’s turf field before homecoming spectators, including parents of the visiting William Floyd players, a team as good as any jayvee around.

Homecoming Results Were by and Large Pleasing

Bonac’s homecoming week saw wins by the girls volleyball, swim, and tennis teams, and good showings by boys soccer and both cross-country squads.

Sports Briefs: 10.10.19

A rundown of the high school action from Monday, from girls tennis and volleyball to field hockey, plus the results of the inaugural Run Down the Runway 5K, and OMAC names who will be honored at its holiday dinner.

25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports

Revisiting William Hartwell’s advice to the young about togetherness through sports, and the day Steve Graham rolled a perfect game at the late lamented East Hampton Bowl.

The Lineup: 10.10.19

Bonac's Field hockey team welcomes Greenport-Southold Friday, boys soccer hosts West Babylon Saturday, and both cross-country teams hit the tough Sunken Meadow course Tuesday.

Nature Notes: Sweet Mysteries

How many of you know what the megagroups Pangaea, Gondwanaland, and Laurasia represent? Very few I’ll bet. In fact, I have only lately begun to study them.

Back on the Water

Coming off the new moon, the incoming tide was screaming as we approached the rip. Combined with an east wind, it was running at over four knots, and according to the tide chart slack water was only 45 minutes away.

Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show Coming Up

The annual Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show happens on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Amagansett Firehouse.

Jane Rosenthal: A Triumphant ‘Irishman’ and More

The producing partnership of Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro is as storied as it is long. Brought in to co-found and lead Tribeca Productions in 1989, Ms. Rosenthal has been key to expanding their empire to Tribeca Enterprises, Tribeca Institute, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

3 Days, 2 Nights, and Decades in the Making

The story of the Godfrey family explored in “3 Days, 2 Nights” is a natural for film or print. A tragic plane accident leaves two brothers — Andy, 8, and Mark, 11 — parentless and fighting for their lives on a stormy mountainside in Colorado. They survived to tell the tale, and yet, for decades, they didn't.

Tom Dolby's Return to the Hamptons

It was easy to walk into a film called “The Artist’s Wife” with a number of assumptions and delightful to come out with each one of them negated. Tom Dolby's sensitivity to his characters and setting positions it well above even the typical independent offering.

Festival Previews: On Love and Loss, Cinema, Scandal Mongering, and a Warming Planet

The Hamptons International Film Festival, which happens today through Monday, offers scores of films in every category — narrative and documentary, features and shorts, foreign and domestic, and now even virtual reality. Each year The Star’s writers and editors preview a handful of selections for the curious who may want a bit more information before committing to a ticket or a rush line.

Cross-Examining Capote

Gary McAvoy’s ironically titled new book accuses Truman Capote of guilt by omission in the writing of “In Cold Blood,” and says the recently discovered notebooks of Harold Nye of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation contain smoking-gun evidence.

East End Eats: Carissa's Is a Winner

Is it Carissa’s the Bakery or Carissa’s the restaurant or just Carissa’s? I am talking about the newish establishment on Pantigo Road in East Hampton. No matter the name, it is an exquisite place, serving delicious food.

Pasta With Turkey Sausage and Peas

Pasta With Turkey Sausage and Peas

By Sandra Vorpahl

Serves 14 to 16 people.

 

4 tbs. olive oil

Specialty of the House: A Volunteer's Crowd-Pleaser

Firemen may have a reputation for being excellent cooks, but members of the East Hampton Volunteer Ambulance Association think their culinary skills are unrivaled.

News for Foodies: 10.10.19

Oyster Fest at Gurney's Star Island, new dinner and happy hour specials, and more