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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

New Brand, Logo, and Films

The Hamptons International Film Festival has announced it has a new parent company and logo and some additional films to round out its screening schedule for its main event beginning today.

The Art Scene: 10.10.19

Matthew King at Harper's, abstract group show at Ashawagh, Folioeast back at Malia Mills with painting show, and more

Mermaid Spied in Southampton

“The Little Mermaid” will swim ashore at the Southampton Cultural Center tomorrow for the first of 11 performances of the Disney classic musical.

Bits and Pieces: 10.10.19

An immersive theatrical experience devoted to "Hysteria," a concert with a clarinet and piano and one with four cellos, and more

Organ Donor Enrollment Day Is Thursday

The Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter is joining an initiative called Organ Donor Enrollment Day, which is Thursday, Oct. 10.

Shuttle Buses to Run for Commuters

When the Long Island Rail Road shuts down train service between Southampton and Montauk from Oct. 15 to Nov. 10 to replace two trestles in East Hampton, East Hampton Town will provide bus service for commuters, Town Supervisor Peter Von Scoyoc announced on Thursday. 

Wind Farm Stakeholders Can Have Say in Southampton

Those wishing to participate in Tuesday's settlement negotiations between the developers of the proposed South Fork Wind Farm and the New York State Public Service Commission will be able to do so without traveling to the meeting site in Albany, thanks to an administrative law judge's ruling on Wednesday. 

East Hampton's Class of '89, Friends Plan Reunion Next Weekend

"Field of Dreams" gave us the enduring phrase "If you build it they will come," Madonna's "Like a Prayer" was on the charts, and everyone was watching "The Wonder Years" on TV.

Orsted Wind Plans Montauk Operations Site

An operations and maintenance facility for the proposed South Fork Wind Farm will be sited adjacent to Inlet Seafood, just inside Montauk Harbor, the wind farm’s developers announced last week. But whether the facility represents a meeting of the minds or merely a business arrangement depends on whom you ask.

Sailor’s Dreams Sink

Ten minutes after he walked through the door of Ed’s Lobster Bar in Sag Harbor, Matthew Hunt had a job as a server. Next on his to-do list is finding a new place to live — which may or may not turn out to be a new sailboat. It’s a little up in the air right now.