Sarah Conway will sing at the Montauk Community Church’s coffee house on Sunday at 7 p.m. The show is open to the public, and admission is free.

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There will be hikes to the seal haul-out site at Montauk State Park on Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at noon, organized by the Montauk State Park. Both will begin at the lighthouse concession stand. There is no cost for the three-mile excursion, but reservations are required at 631-668-5000. Participants should arrive 10 minutes before the hikes begin. The cost is $4 for adults and children under 3 are free.

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Montauk residents can purchase tickets at the Montauk Library’s circulation desk to the Met: Live in HD broadcast of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Guild Hall. Tickets cost $15 and will be distributed at Guild Hall 30 minutes before show time.

“Loving Vincent,” an animated film about the life and death of Vincent Van Gogh, done in the style of his paintings, will be the Wednesday night movie at the library. Showtime is 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Frank Masterson, a Suffolk County senior citizens advocate, will be on hand at the library on Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. to offer advice about a range of programs available to older residents, from Medicare and Medicaid, home health services, home heating oil assistance, and other services. Appointments are not necessary.

On Friday, Feb. 2, there will be free AARP tax return assistance with one-hour appointments between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Registration is required, and people have been asked to take last year’s tax returns.

At this week’s Tech Tuesday session, the subject will be accessing Live-Brary online services. The session begins at 10:15 a.m. Space is limited, and registration is required.

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The Montauk Chamber of Commerce will be at booth 958 at the 15th annual New York Times Travel Show at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and again on Sunday. The chamber will promote Montauk as a top getaway destination for travelers from the New York City area.

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Mark your calendars: On Saturday, Feb. 10, Camp SoulGrow will hold its fourth annual Mardi Gras fund-raiser at the Shagwong Tavern from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and include unlimited Cajun food, beer from the Montauk Brewing Company, live music by Revel in Dimes, and other Mardi Gras loot.

A bitter-cold blast last week, combined with a snowstorm, created havoc in East Hampton. The arctic weather resulted in burst water pipes, slips and spills, and cars stranded in snowdrifts across the East End. 

On Friday, a New York man who owns a residence in the Hither Hills section of Montauk drove his 1998 Range Rover into the snow at the South Edison beach access near the Sloppy Tuna. His rear tires sank, spinning into the frozen sand. Unable to get the vehicle out, he eventually gave up and left it, returning the next day with shovels and a female companion. While he declined to give his name, he said that his companion had asked the day before, “Can’t we get closer to the water?” which, unfortunately, he did. 

Eventually, a MER Service truck, based at the Marshall and Sons service station in downtown Montauk, was called in to pull the Range Rover off the beach. According to Peter Rucano, a mechanic, the transmission on the Range Rover was in bad shape. “It is not shifting,” he said on Monday. “The tranny is done. The drive shaft has blown up.”

At a time of year when there is usually space in the service station’s parking lot, it has been filled to capacity in recent days with cars rescued from various icy predicaments. “We’ve been getting 30 to 40 calls a day. We rescued more than 25 cars,” Mr. Rucano said.

Yesterday, it was the Sloppy Tuna restaurant that experienced a meltdown. During the intense cold weather of last week, the pipes apparently had frozen and burst. According to the police, as the temperature rose this week, the ice melted and water filled the basement, flowing out in streams through the doors and pouring over the foundation line like a miniature waterfall. The Suffolk County Water Authority was called in to shut down the water main yesterday morning, but the damage to the popular nightspot was done.

Steven Cummings, the assistant service manager at Hardy Plumbing and Heating of Southampton, described a common sight reported by plumbers responding to emergency calls in the dawning days of 2018: “Water coming out of the basement window. We’ve gotten a few of those.” The telephone has been ringing, he said, nonstop. “We have had guys working around the clock. Saturday, we had a full crew in here, and they were all out until 7 o’clock at night.”

Mechanics have also been busy. 

“We saw the biggest increase in dead batteries,” said Jim Shelly, the owner of Georgica Services, an East Hampton auto-repair shop. “Cars do pretty predictable things in extreme cold. Batteries are going to go dead. Check-engine lights are going to come on.”

The interiors of vintage convertibles with roofs that are less than airtight sometimes fill up with ice in cold, snowy conditions, Mr. Shelly cautioned, leading to big problems when things thaw out.

Cars that arrive from the south tend not to be winterized, Mr. Shelly added. One surprising automotive victim that took shelter in Mr. Shelly’s shop was a Fiat Jolly from about 1961 or 1962. It had just been flown in from England, only to have its radiator cracked. The mechanics found it filled with water. 

Marshall Prado, the owner of Montauk’s Marshall and Sons, runs both the auto-repair station and an oil-supply and service company. He has been in both businesses for about 55 years. The recent weather, he said yesterday, reminded him of what almost every winter was like when he was young: “A lot of people bought their houses in the summer, and didn’t realize they needed oil!”

Marshall and Sons as at Hardy Plumbing and Heating was fully staffed over the weekend, answering call after call, rather than running on the regular off-season skeleton crew. 

“When you hit 4 degrees, a lot of houses are not properly insulated,” said Gregg Martin, the assistant service manager at Marshall’s Fuels. Owners need to check unexpected places where heat can escape the house, such as dryer vents or pet doors. 

A major problem, according to Mr. Prado, is that nowadays second-homeowners are less likely to hire a caretaker to check on their homes while they are away, opting instead for various high-tech alternatives, or simply asking a friend to drive by. 

“Nothing replaces someone coming into the house,” Mr. Prado said. “People tend to rely on their neighbors or friends to watch their houses. Big mistake. If a friend or neighbor you are relying on goes on a trip, your house is suddenly unattended.” 

“Outdoor showers are bursting,” Mr. Prado said. Many people turn the water to the showers on to wash off their cars or surfboards, and forget to properly empty the pipes come November. 

Cab companies were working around the clock. According to Leo Almonte, the owner of Surf Taxi, his crew was ferrying not just people but provisions back and forth between stores and snowed-in residents.

Mr. Shelly found an antidote to the freezing weather. On Monday, he flew to Florida. “It is 70 degrees,” he said gleefully yesterday on the phone.

The Suffolk Regional Emergency Medical Services Council on Jan. 9 recognized an emergency-response team that had saved the life of a man who had collapsed in early January in East Hampton Village.

The team that used CPR and an automatic defibrillator during the call included two emergency critical-care technicians, Corin Oley and Randy Hoffman, and Lisa Charde, Kerry Griffiths, and Sheila Dunlop of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association; Theodore Pharaoh, James Patterson, Brendan Wirth, Jack Bartelme, and Christian Denton, all East Hampton Village police officers; Sgt. Steven Sheades, and Wayne Gauger, another police officer.

David Raymond Flickinger and Jane Hamilton Urness were married on Nov. 4 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. The Rev. Canon Patti Welch officiated, and a reception followed at La Marina on the Hudson River just north of the George Washington Bridge.

The groom is a son of Catherine and Burt Flickinger of East Hampton and New York City. The bride’s parents are Sarah Spurgin Witte and Breck Witte of New York City and the late Scott Urness. 

Mr. Flickinger is an associate in the finance department at the law firm of Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2013 and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2010.

Ms. Urness attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and is an assistant teacher at the Bright Beginnings preschool. 

The couple met at a New Year’s Eve party.

Ms. Urness wore an evergreen vintage gown with a velvet top and satin skirt. She was attended by Delia Bridges of Brooklyn as her flower girl.

Mr. Flickinger’s best man was his brother, Nicholas Flickinger of New York City. 

Their reception offered a full-moon view of the George Washington Bridge. Afterward, the couple arranged for a Circle Line boat to pick up guests at the La Marina pier and transport them down the Hudson for nighttime view of the city lights and the lit-up Statue of Liberty.

The couple honeymooned in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and are now back at home on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Snow and high winds pummeled eastern Long Island early Thursday morning as a powerful blizzard blanketed the Northeast.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service increased its predicted snowfall for most of Long Island and southern Connecticut to between 8 and 12 inches, with greater amounts in some locations. Wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour were expected as well, making travel "difficult to impossible," the Weather Service said.

Minor to moderate coastal flooding was expected on the morning high tide. Additionally, the Weather Service cautioned that there could be damage along the shore of Peconic and Great South Bays from ice-laden waves. High tide at Lake Montauk is at 10:23 a.m. on Thursday and at the Three Mile Harbor entrance at 11:26 a.m.

All schools and government offices were closed. East Hampton Village Trustees and East Hampton Town Board meetings that had been scheduled for Thursday were canceled.

A wind-chill warning for the tristate area was in effect. The Long Island Rail Road said on Twitter that trains were delayed system-wide about 20 minutes, with several cancellations.

The storm is forecast to pull out of the region overnight, with a blast of very cold air following on Friday and Saturday.

Mary Augusta Frost Graham, the daughter of Arthur and Katherine Graham of East Hampton, was married to Benjamin Joseph Pevarski on Dec. 9 at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, D.C. The bride’s brother, Colin Marshall Graham, officiated.

Mr. Pevarski is the son of Michelle and Dr. Dennis Pevarski of Asheville, N.C. 

The bride, who is known as Molly, wore a rose point veil that had been worn by her mother, her grandmother, her great-grandmother, and her great-great-grandmother. 

A third-year resident in the emergency department at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., she graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., in 2004, Columbia University in 2008, and the State University Downstate Medical School in 2015. Dr. Graham is keeping her name.

Mr. Pevarski, who is a patent analyst with Cardinal Intellectual Property, graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Fla., in 2002 and earned a degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in 2007. 

The couple live in Washington, D.C.

Joe Bloecker and Cheryl Ecker Bloecker of Montauk have announced the engagement of their daughter, Fallon Ann Bloecker, to James C. Nigro, the son of Joe and Marjorie Nigro of Montauk. 

Mr. Nigro surprised Ms. Bloecker by getting down on one knee and proposing in front of her immediate family at her cousin’s house on Christmas Eve. Ms. Bloecker works for J&P Pool Service in Montauk, and Mr. Nigro is employed by the East Hampton Town Highway Department. The couple plan to wed in Montauk on Oct. 12, which is Ms. Bloecker’s parents’ anniversary.

A winter storm warning for eastern Suffolk and the Connecticut shoreline was issued Wednesday by the National Weather Service, with as much as 10 inches of snow and high winds expected on Thursday. The agency also issued a coastal flood advisory for the day.

At least six inches of snow was predicted, with up to a foot of accumulation in some places. Wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour could cause whiteout conditions on the roads and possible damage to trees and power lines.

Thursday morning and early afternoon trips on the Hampton Jitney in and out of New York City were suspended due to the anticipated heavy snowfall. Additional cancellations were likely, the Jitney said.

Manuel C. Chillogalli of M.C. Landscaping in East Hampton, which does snowplowing, said Wednesday afternoon that he was ready for the storm. His company has one truck based in Springs, and he said he would call on friends and relatives if the work piled up. Asked if the area would could expect a lot of snow, he said, "Absolutely."

Richie Becker of Becker's Home Center in Montauk reported that the store had been selling lots of salt -- and birdseed. It is low on electric heat tape, he said, which is used to cover outdoor pipes and those in unheated locations.

Mr. Becker said the store had sold more snow shovels on Wednesday than the previous day and that it had a good stock of firewood and electric heaters. He said the store would be open during the storm, with hours from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

At the Montauk I.G.A., firewood was in demand, with customers buying more than usual on Wednesday. Others are stocking up on basics, such as milk and bread. The management planned on being open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. depending on the weather.

Thursday's anticipated snowstorm will come from a low-pressure air mass taking shape off the coast of Florida, the Weather Service said. The low will move northward, coming into contact with a trough of polar air that has gripped the eastern states. Dangerously cold conditions will return on Friday and persist into the weekend.

PSEG-Long Island reminded customers in advance of the storm to phone 1-800-490-0075 for electricity emergencies, including downed wires. In East Hampton, snow is forecast to begin by 1 a.m., with a 100-percent chance of snow from about 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Winds are forecast to be from the north, shifting to northwest by nightfall on Thursday.

Cancellations for Thursday included Southampton Town Hall and the Bridgehampton School.

Three days before the one-year anniversary of the Main Street fire that destroyed Sag Harbor’s iconic movie theater, the Sag Harbor Partnership and the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center announced that their fund-raising goal of $8 million, needed to purchase the cinema from its current owners, has been surpassed.

Helping to push the effort across the finish line was a $1.4 million state grant awarded to the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center. News of the windfall was delivered yesterday by New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. to Susan Mead, a board member of the Sag Harbor Partnership. An anonymous $500,000 donation was also received yesterday.

In a press release, Nick Gazzolo, the president of the Sag Harbor Partnership, said, “We want to thank all of our local elected officials who have been supportive of the cinema effort. This grant helps us ring the bell to close on the property right before the anniversary of the fire. Their support was very important in making this possible.”

The state money comes in the form of Empire State Economic Development grants, which were announced Wednesday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The object of the funding is to assist economic development initiatives and projects that promise to create or retain jobs, generate increased economic activity, and improve the economic and social vitality of local communities.

Although the $8 million is earmarked for the purchase of the property, preliminary plans for rebuilding the Sag Harbor Cinema have already been discussed by the village’s Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board. Envisioned is an art movie house with two auditoriums, a private screening room, and a cafe. A new sound system and state-of-the-art projection equipment planned to be installed will give the theater the “ability to show digital, 35mm, and even 16mm with astonishing resolution, so that the viewer experience will be as the filmmakers had intended,” the press release stated. The emphasis will be on film history as well as contemporary movie viewing.

April Gornik, the vice president of the Sag Harbor Partnership and chairwoman of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, expressed her joy over the organizations’ successful efforts to save the cinema and added, “This was truly the work of an incredible community of people with a common goal. We also extend a huge thank you to Leo, Sarah, Matthew, and Darren for their support as we rebuild the cinema to bring independent film back to Main Street.” Ms. Gornik was referring to Leonardo DiCaprio, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, and Darren Star, who have pledged their help and support in the cinema’s reconstruction.

The cost of rebuilding the cinema has been estimated at $5 million.

Gift Sale

A holiday gift sale organized by the Southampton Soap Company will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Water Mill Community House. Many handmade goods will be available from a range of East End artisans.

Watermill Center Tour

A guided tour of Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center will be offered Wednesday at 2 p.m. The group will visit the main building, grounds, gardens, art collection, and study library. Guests have been asked to sign up in advance by phone or by email to [email protected]. A suggested donation of $10 has been asked. The address is 39 Water Mill Towd Road.

Parrish Movie

The Parrish Art Museum will screen “Into the Woods,” a 2014 musical adaptation of Brothers Grimm fairy tales starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Johnny Depp, among many others, on Friday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. Admission is $12, free for members.