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In the midst of announcements for its main event in October, on Sept. 22 the Hamptons International Film Festival will screen a documentary on Jane Fonda by Susan Lacy, a Noyac resident.

The screening of "Jane Fonda in Five Acts," at Guild Hall at 6 p.m., will be followed by a discussion with Ms. Lacy and Alec Baldwin.

Two East Hampton part-timers have devised and marketed a new protein bar masquerading as a frozen treat with a real chocolate coating.

Over a century of ensembles and costumes worn to parties, picnics, parades, and more are featured in a new show at the East Hampton Historical Society through Oct. 7.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, who stars in the Hamptons International Film Festival opening film, "The Kindergarten Teacher," will attend the festival in October.

The party is still several days away but revelers can get in on the action early by bidding online in the Watermill Center's Time Bomb auction.

The Sag Harbor Partnership's art auction to benefit the rebuilding of the cinema is now live on Paddle8.

The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation indicated its intention to dissolve over the next few years with the announcement of major gifts to the Whitney Museum and the Archives of American Art.

Get ready for another summer of high quality documentaries and revivals, brought to you by the Hamptons International Film Festival.

A few East Enders have shown up at this year's Photography Show put on by AIPAD, at Pier 94 this year through 6 p.m. Sunday.

The creators of "Stranger Things," a hit Netflix series, are being sued by a filmmaker who said the brothers based the series in part from ideas he first narrative short "Montauk" was screened at HIFF in 2012.

Opportunities to see and even buy Peter Hujar's photographs abound this week in New York City as the artist continues his run at the Morgan Library and 15 of his prints are for sale at Friday's photography auction at Christie's, care of Dianne Benson.

The Hamptons International Film Festival has announced the participants in its 2018 Screenwriters Lab and the leader of its open master class on April 7.

Armory week is upon us in New York City, and lots of friends of neighbors from past and present are taking part in fairs all over Manhattan.

International Women's Day will be celebrated with a package of gifts to women by the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Guild Hall celebrated achievement in arts and leadership at its annual Academy of the Arts dinner on Monday at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan.

On Sunday, films shown here at the Hamptons International Film Festival or having other connections to the South Fork were among those bringing home an Oscar.

Il Mulino, a high-end New York City Italian restaurant chain, will open an outpost in East Hampton, which should open before the high season starts in late May.

This year's Oscar nominations, announced on Tuesday, include several films with South Fork ties.

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" was one of the films and television shows with South Fork connections at Sunday night’s Golden Globes Awards.

The Hamptons International Film Festival and Guild Hall are collaborating on a series of film screenings, beginning on Saturday nights in December.

The series takes advantage of the number of visual art-related films out this year and attempts to fill the temporary void left by the Sag Harbor Cinema, which was destroyed by a fire last winter. “Now Showing” consists of the type of “art house” fare that was typically seen at the theater and will now be available at Guild Hall.

Beginning on Dec. 16, they will screen “Faces Places,” a documentary by Agnes Varda.

The Intermational Fine Print Dealers Association's annual fair is still a day off, but artists with local ties are already making headlines with sales of their multiples.

On Monday, "Campbell's Soup I,"  a complete set of 10 Andy Warhol "Soup Can" screenprints from 1968, broke a record for any set of that subject, selling for $850,000, well above its estimate of $500,000 to $700,000, to a British art dealer at Sotheby's.

The Hamptons International Film Festival announced its award winners on Monday morning, including a narrative film from Iceland and a documentary from Spain.

Filmmakers were in the spotlight on Sunday at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

The Hamptons International Film Festival is presenting two films that address the 2016 presidential election.

The 25th annual Hamptons International Film Festival got underway Thursday with an opening night screening of "Itzhak," about the virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman.

The auction of Edward Albee's art collection at Sotheby's in New York City raised $12.5 million for his writers' and artists' retreat in Montauk and broke some auction records in the process.

Dick Cavett and Annette Benning will participate in this year's Hamptons International Film Festival it announced on Monday.

A backyard barbecue and tunes by popular local musicians was a recipe for success for the Sag Harbor Partnership's Turnpike Block Party on Sunday night, the finale of a successful Harborfest weekend.

On Wednesday, the Hamptons International Film Festival announced several films with ties to the East End, including its opening night film on Oct. 5, the world premiere of Alison Chernick’s “Itzhak,” a documentary about Itzhak Perlman, who has a house in East Hampton and a music school on Shelter Island.

Those attending the 25th anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival this year should expect lots of star power, serious cinematic achievement, and some surprises.