After a pandemic pause and the loss of its music director, the Choral Society of the Hamptons embarks on the search for a new leader with high hopes for its future.

Hamptons Film Festival announces opening night, centerpiece, and spotlight films, plus an award for the rising star Stephanie Hsu and a discussion with the award-winning director-writer Martin McDonagh.

Jazz at Duck Creek, standup at Bay Street, dance documentary in Sag Harbor, surf cinema in Southampton, film classics in Montauk, classical piano in Southampton, Kubrick's "The Shining" in Springs

New gallery in Montauk, talking textiles at The Church, whiskey and art in Sag Harbor, poetry at the Leiber Collection, openings for Mary Heilmann and Eric Dever in Chelsea, plein-air painting in Montauk

Meadowlark North Fork, a family offshoot of the pioneering Macari Winery, offers a new type of experience in its event space, its wine bar, on its scenic acreage—and in the bottles crafted by its third-generation winemaker.

Mexican specials from Coche Comedor and La Fondita, artists' brunch at Watermill Center, Rosh Hashana treats from Loaves and Fishes, and wursts, weiner schnitzel, and much more from Rowdy Hall for Oktoberfest.

There is an artifact that is now housed in the Long Island Collection at the East Hampton Library — framed, and hung on the wall behind protective glass — that dates back 323 years. It measures just under four-and-a-half inches long and less than half that high.  It is only a small fragment of cloth, woven of silk, cotton, and metallic gold and silver thread. Yet, this remarkable remnant of sumptuous silk is the very stuff of pirate legend. 

Sushi and sashimi — they're fun to eat, fun to look at, and fun to make yourself. With the right combination of tools, tutorials, practice, and products — mostly accessible on the East End, with maybe a little help from the internet gods — it’s not all that hard to pull off your own night of Japanese cooking.