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Dava Sobel on Her Latest Book

Thu, 01/30/2025 - 16:51
Glen Allsop

The next guest in the Springs Historical Society’s Meet the Author series is Dava Sobel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of “Galileo’s Daughter.” Ms. Sobel, who lives in Springs, will be at Ashawagh Hall on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to talk about her latest, “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.”

Named a best science and nature book of the year by The Guardian, it sheds light on the revolutionary discoveries made by Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and a pioneer for women in science.

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Clergy Affirm Commitment to Immigrant Neighbors, Too

Community members, elected officials, and clergy gathered at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Feb. 19 for a conversation with Minerva Perez, executive director of Organizacion Latino-America (OLA) of Eastern Long Island, on how to approach changing federal immigration policy.

Feb 27, 2025

Item of the Week: Remembering Henry Haney

Henry Haney (1930-2019), a familiar face to many East Hampton residents and a valuable volunteer here, was captured in this photo by Morgan McGivern with his wife, Louise Hughes Haney, sometime in the 1990s.

Feb 27, 2025

Rowdy Hall (the House) Is on a Roll

Long before the name “Rowdy Hall” was adopted by a popular East Hampton Village bar and eatery (now in Amagansett), it was a boarding house: Mrs. Harry Hamlin’s Rowdy Hall. The building, now a single-family house, still stands at 111 Egypt Lane, although currently it’s floating, suspended six feet above a hole. When it’s lowered again, it will be on a new foundation.

Feb 20, 2025

 

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