“Selected Shorts,” the radio and stage show from Symphony Space, is coming to the Avram Theater at Stony Brook Southampton on Saturday to honor one of the college’s own, the late comic essayist David Rakoff.

Among the many other reasons a wine dinner at the Halyard piqued my interest was the fact that it began at 4:30. The restaurant is located at the groovily refurbished Sound View in Greenport, a motel so close to the Long Island Sound that you feel like you are on a boat, not on Route 48.

LI Restaurant Week continues, a four-course vegan dinner at Almond, a Beaujolais wine dinner at Fresno, and more

The Parrish Art Museum’s “Artists Choose Artists” exhibition is returning this weekend for its fourth go-round, with several triads of artists coming together to show how their work aligns (or not, as the case may be) across the greater creative community of the East End.

Although Courtney Sale Ross is now known primarily for the school that bears her name, there was a time when she was a producer and director of documentary films, including one on her neighbor Willem de Kooning.

The week in culture includes Shakespeare and Puccini screenings at Guild Hall, a salute to Julie Andrews, and short films at the Parrish Art Museum.

New shows at Ille Arts, Ashawagh Hall, RJD Gallery, the Amagansett Library, and elsewhere.

The rumors of a lousy scallop season appear likely to be true, according to The Star's fishing columnist, whose early-season reconnaissance mission turned up almost nothing in all of his usual haunts.

The event had not been rescheduled as of Monday. 

A drug dealer was arrested after a teenager "ingested an unknown type of drug" in East Hampton Village on Halloween, village police said.

Family and friends of John James Usma-Quintero, who was killed when he was hit by an alleged drunken driver on Wednesday night, will gather on Sunday at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. 

Halloween is over, but the fun doesn't have to be, with a costume parade and a few parties to attend. There's also a Brewathlon and a pancake breakfast on tap this weekend. Just don’t forget to set the clocks back on Sunday, or you could miss out. 

There are nine trustees, each elected every two years to a two-year term. Seven of the nine incumbents are seeking re-election this year. Including those seven, there are 16 candidates on the ballot.

A massive drug ring operation that each year distributed more than $1 million worth of heroin cut with fentanyl near the Shinnecock Indian Reservation was taken down last week. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the deadly opioid cocktail was linked to at least five fatal overdoses.

Harry Macklowe, a billionaire real estate developer, admitted to the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday that he had built several structures at his Georgica Pond-front property at 64 West End Road without a permit, and cleared wetland vegetation there as well.

The four candidates vying for two seats on the East Hampton Town Board faced off for the last time on Oct. 16 at the East Hampton Library, the two incumbents defending their tenure and setting goals for the next term, the two challengers criticizing the same while offering their own vision for town government.

The cost for electricity from the proposed 130-megawatt South Fork Wind Farm will average 14.1 cents per kilowatt-hour, the Long Island Power Authority’s chief executive officer said on Monday.

Susan Vorpahl is looking for a second term as a trustee to ensure the board remembers its true purpose, she said.

Bill Taylor was elected to the trustee board in 2013 and is one of its two deputy clerks.

Having served two terms in the late 1980s into the early 1990s, and holding the roles of clerk and assistant clerk, David Talmage hopes to be elected once again.