This is a story about the spiritual inhabitants of places where you might expect them — the Rogers Mansion and the Thomas Halsey Homestead, which are part of the Southampton History Museum — and a place you would not: the East Hampton Library.
East Hampton Village is considering laws that would vastly restrict the use of gas-powered leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment in the summer months and require landscapers to obtain licenses.
The New York State Liquor Authority and East Hampton Town have prohibited the Surf Lodge in Montauk from holding live outdoor musical performances after citing the establishment for numerous code violations including overcrowding, most recently for an event held there last September.
The Hamptons International Film Festival has selected screenplays by Barbara Cigarroa, Sontenish Myers, and Kirsten Tan for its 19th annual Screenwriters Lab. The lab, in which veteran screenwriters, directors, and producers mentor up-and-coming screenwriters over a weekend, will take place in East Hampton from April 5 to 7.
Although the mentoring sessions are private, the festival offers a screenwriting master class that is open to the public on April 6 that weekend.
