Paul Pavia remembered at Ashawagh Hall, East End artists featured in the city, and Leiber's outside artists come in at Markel.

Brave souls will descend en masse on Main Beach on New Year's Day for the annual Polar Bear Plunge, a bracing event the $40 entry fee of which benefits the East Hampton Food Pantry. There's another plunge, too, off Beach Lane in Wainscott.

Bedell Cellars will host a four-course prix fixe dinner with wine pairings, the Cookery is expanding its GrubHub offerings, and L&W Market trades coffee for used coats.

Best-read man picks 10 best books, for the best year-end list you’ll find.