For the past year, the John Drew Theater Lab at Guild Hall has been a place where playwrights and performing artists can come to develop new work. The theater’s artistic director, Josh Gladstone, and the JDTLab provide support, space and, perhaps most importantly, an audience for creative collaborators to further their vision. Next up at the JDTLab on Tuesday will be a reading of “Honor Killing,” a new play by Sarah Bierstock that delves into the abuse of women halfway around the world while also taking a hard look at gender politics in the United States.

For more than 20 years, members of the East End Special Players, a group of learning disabled adults, have taken to the stage to share a range of theatrical pieces. Most of the troupe’s plays incorporate original material exploring their own hopes and dreams, anxieties and experiences. Now they are extending their on-stage storytelling to include their take on art as well.

As Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor’s longtime bookstore, readies to celebrate its 35th year with a revival of the Moby Dick Marathon this June, along with its traditional schedule of photography workshops, author events, art exhibits and children’s programming, owners Kathryn Szoka and Maryann Calendrille issued a press release this week assuring patrons Canio’s Books is [...]

The Concerned Citizens of Montauk, as part of their involvement with the Montauk School greenhouse project, have been awarded a $500 mini-grant from Slow Food East End. Through the support of one of its partners, the Josh Levine Memorial Foundation, SFEE offers grants to help sustain the school garden movement on the East End. The grant award will go toward the purchase of garden tools, supplies and materials for the 2014-2015 school year.

A combination of private philanthropy, personal appeals, and an online campaign hosted by goodcircle.org has generated more than $15,000 to support the Wellness Fund at Southampton Hospital’s David E. Rogers, MD Center.

A line of cub scouts, accompanied by moms and dads, stood before Marty Knab and Melissa Mitchell in the Sag Harbor Elementary School gymnasium on Sunday afternoon, waiting for their racecars to be weighed before the annual Pack 455 Pinewood Derby.

Many visitors come to the East End in the summertime in search of something new and exciting. But what they don’t know is that the winter is really when museum-goers get an opportunity to discover the next generation of artists out here, when both the Parrish Art Museum and Guild Hall host student art shows.

Over the years, those of us who call this place home have come to understand that there are some amazing perks that come with living on the East End in the off season. Finding parking on Main Street is one of them. Working from home next to a roaring fireplace when a blizzard rolls through is another. Now, having the opportunity to learn culinary techniques alongside accomplished chefs at Topping Rose House can been added to that list.

Next weekend, the students of Pierson High School will take the stage to present their annual dramatic production. But this time around are taking on, not a heavy and serious theatrical piece, but rather Oscar Wilde’s classic “The Importance of Being Ernest,” a play billed as “a Trivial Comedy for Serious People” when it premiered in London back in 1895.

Sag Harbor will appear on televisions nationwide this Sunday, but instead of acting as a backdrop for a gaggle of Kardashians, this time, the village will play a leading role in the story of a refuge and safe haven for African Americans in the 20th century.