Ted Chiang, in his new collection of science-fiction stories, clearly enjoys imagining technological advances taken to the extreme, “Black Mirror” style, but you sense his ambivalence as he wonders what we're really doing to ourselves.

A portion of Montauk Highway between Snake Hollow Road and Newlight Lane has been shut down while Southampton Town police investigate the two-car crash, and traffic is being diverted down Newlight Lane and Snake Hollow Road.

The Perlman Music Program is observing its 25th anniversary this year, a celebration of outstanding musical achievement and the development of a year-round educational, nurturing, supportive community of musicians.

Reviving a timeless musical is not as simple as it might seem. In the case of “Annie Get Your Gun,” which will open next week, Sarna Lapine, the production’s director, consulted four different versions of the script.