In lyrical prose, a Pulitzer winner explores the wages of modernity by way of a small island off Maine.

In a move expected to accelerate the installation of innovative/alternative septic systems in critical South Fork areas, the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook University and the Peconic Land Trust have partnered to bring in a new watershed manager focusing on the areas surrounding Georgica Pond and Sagg Pond in Sagaponack.

An artist, award-winning chef, and longtime curator at LongHouse Reserve, Wendy Van Deusen has launched the Women's Art Center of the Hamptons to support women "thinkers and makers."

A mini-retrospective of films by Douglas Sirk, whose 1950s Hollywood melodramas have influenced many important filmmakers, will be at the Sag Harbor Cinema, along with paintings by Sabina Streeter that have been inspired by his films.