Runners, especially those who had been confronted with strong winds and a deluge 11 days before at the Dock Race, couldn’t have asked for better conditions in which to run the East Hampton Town Recreation Department’s 3 and 6-mile Turkey Trots on Thanksgiving Day in Montauk.

You don’t need to go deep into the woods to find a red-bellied woodpecker, but if you're looking for a distinctive red belly, you won't find it. Instead, its head is red, which explains why people often misidentify it as the red-headed woodpecker, which hardly shows up on Long Island.

At the Riverhead office of Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr., a "safe transaction zone" has been set up for people who are buying or selling goods from online marketplaces and need a well-lit, secure place to pick up or drop off those items.

Hamptons Doc Fest will feature 25 documentaries whose subjects range from Black voter registration in 1960 Alabama to an ethical and sustainable fashion collection to reflections on the movies "Midnight Cowboy" and "9 to 5" to a stolen de Kooning painting, and much more.

The Southampton Arts Center's "A Celebration of Trees" features numerous interpretations of the subject matter and theme by a vast roster of artists ranging from international art stars to the less well-known but no less ambitious.

Bay Street Theater's 2023 season will feature the world premiere of "Double Helix," which puts scientific discovery to music, the thriller "Dial M for Murder," a musical biography of Sammy Davis Jr., and Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning "Master Class."

Walter Klauss, a frequent choral society guest director and music director at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor, will lead the holiday concert of the Choral Society of the Hamptons on Sunday.

Miami Art Week is in full swing, with South Fork artists' work represented there by Eric Firestone, Pace, Harper's, 303 Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, DC Moore, Halsey McKay, Mark Borghi, and Keyes Art.

Mel Kendrick will discuss his work at the Parrish Art Museum, and group shows are at ArtSprings Studio in Springs and AB NY in East Hampton.