On Saturday, Dr. Edwin Keeshan led Montauk’s inaugural Walk With a Doc, part of a national initiative to help people become more physically active while spending time in nature, building friendships, and learning a thing or two about wellness.
Tickets go on sale Thursday for what is sure to be a highlight of this summer’s live music offerings on the South Fork. The 10-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Norah Jones will perform at the Montauk Lighthouse on Aug. 2, with proceeds benefiting the Montauk Historical Society.
Canio’s Cultural Cafe will welcome Tony McGowan, a professor of English at West Point and a Herman Melville scholar, at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor next Thursday night at 6 as he discusses the modern relevance of “Moby-Dick” ahead of this year’s Moby-Dick Marathon of readings.
This prizewinning barnyard-themed float was part of East Hampton’s Fourth of July parade in 1915, adorned with hay, vegetation, live geese, a calf, and a scarecrow. Riding atop it were Judy Hamlin (1909-1991), dressed as a farmer, and her older sister, Dorothy Hamlin (1890-1919), costumed as a milkmaid.
