The Open Book in Westhampton Beach has reached its final chapter. Terry Lucas, the owner of the beloved independent bookstore on Glovers Lane, announced on Saturday that she will be... more
Just in time for the holidays, some spare cash can be found in pockets. For a farmer, this pocket might be from a winter coat laid down years ago. He’d left a few twenties in the breast pocket — it felt like the lotto when he found them later. Anyway, the temperature dropped last week, and another farmer remembered another coat, seen thrown in the corner. Pretty suddenly, as if November was trying to make up for lost time, it rained, thank God, and it got colder. After a three-month dry spell, almost 2 inches of rain came down, and ...
3 Dec 2024 by Marilee Foster
“You’ll get used to it.” I was mumbling that to myself between curse words as I was wading into a 72-degree swimming pool in the basement of a hotel in Vienna. The hotel was once a bank, and its spa is in what was the bank’s vault. They had turned the vault’s door into a window overlooking the pool. People in the spa’s reception could look down at me and read my lips as I said, “Holy s-expletive, this pool is cold!” You might remember, a few columns ago, I coined the word “s-expletive,” because at this family newspaper we ...
by Tracy Grathwohl
In the northwest corner of Suffolk County is the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Its outrageous history is detailed in a forthcoming book “Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance.” The book, by Mark A. Torres, an attorney as well as an author, will be released by The History Press on January 21. Torres also wrote the 2021 book “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood,” an examination of the plight of migrant farmworkers here, also published by The History Press. It’s the best work I’ve ever read on this subject. Torres is general counsel of Teamsters ...
by Karl Grossman
The Hayground School will hold its annual Homegrown for the Holidays, a food a craft bazaar, on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local artists, food purveyors and vendors will be participating at the event, which will also include music and raffle prizes. The school is located at 151 Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton. Go to hayground.org for more information.
by Staff Writer
The chance to view and bid on the 100 art pieces created for the Hampton Library is this Saturday, December 7, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. All pieces are 10-by-10 inches and were donated by local artists to help raise money for the library’s art gallery . Each original, unsigned piece, is $100 and it is ready to take home. Larger works will also be available but offered via silent auction. Concurrently running with the art show will be the Hampton Library’s annual Holiday Open House & Tree Lighting with music, hot chocolate & cookies, stories read by the children’s ...
by Staff Writer
East Hampton School District 4 Long Lane, East Hampton 631-329-4100 easthamptonschools.org Tuesday, December 10, 6:30 p.m. East Quogue School District 6 Central Avenue, East Quogue 631-653-5210 eastquogue.k12.ny.us Tuesday, December 10, 7:15 P.M. Hampton Bays School District 88 Argonne Road East, Hampton Bays 631-723-2100 hbschools.us Tuesday, December 10, 7 p.m. Montauk School District 50 South Dorset Drive, Montauk 631-668-2474 montaukschool.org Tuesday, December 10, 4 p.m. Quogue School District 10 Edgewood Road, Quogue 631-653-4285 quogueschool.com Tuesday, December 10, 7:15 p.m. January 14, 7:15 p.m. February 11, 7:15 p.m. March 11, 7:15 p.m. April 23, 7:15 p.m. May 13, 7:15 p.m. June 10, ...
by Staff Writer
The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center will conclude its 2024 Black Film Festival on Friday, December 13, at 6:30 p.m. Civil rights educator Omo Moses will offer a preview reading from his memoir, “The White Peril.” The festival is an extension of the center’s Thinking Forward Lecture Series that features conversations about race in America. “We’re thrilled that Omo has agreed to read from his book as the culminating event of our 2024 Black Film Festival. We want to emphasize the rich relationship between literature and film in creating our own narratives,” noted Bonnie Michelle Cannon, executive director of ...
by Staff Writer
The Southampton History Museum will host “Creative Forces: Healing Through Writing and the Arts,” a panel discussion inspired by the museum’s current exhibition, “The Great War & Southampton” on Tuesday, December 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane in Southampton. A panel of veterans and experts will offer a unique perspective on the power of the arts to inspire resilience and recovery by sharing their journey about how writing and creative expression have allowed them to process trauma, reconnect with their past, and find a path to healing. Panelists include John Melillo, an ...
by Staff Writer
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