The Checkerboard Film Foundation will present “Roy Lichtenstein Tokyo Brushstrokes on Friday, January 30 at 6 p.m. The 30 minute documentary offers a rare glimpse into artist Roy Lichtenstein’s creative process from earliest concept drawings to fabrication and installation of the major public sculpture, Tokyo Brushstrokes. The film will be introduced by Edgar B. Howard, [...]

While we often think of completed scripts as specific ideas that were long-brewing in the head then finally put to page, sometimes a new play can begin with an idea as simple as “A new play.” Donald Margulies started “Time Stands Still,” by writing that unassuming idea in his notebook, followed by “A loft,” and a series of questions that became a play framed in the extreme circumstance of the Iraq War, but cemented in questions that plague all relationships.

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and state Senator Kenneth P. LaValle made rare appearances in this year’s campaign when the Concerned Citizens of Montauk held their annual candidates forum at the Montauk Firehouse on Sunday.

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand this week urged the U.S. Department of Justice to grant New Yorkers immediate access to a strain of medical marijuana, mostly commonly known as “Charlotte’s Web,” before legalization is implemented in the state.

Even after PSEG Long Island has agreed to hold a public hearing in East Hampton on its long-range plan, local officials have continued to express frustration over the lack of details in the plan, which has identified the South Fork as “the highest load growth region on Long Island.”

Sean Lee will perform as part of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Outdoors THU AUG 14 Northwest Creek and Harbor Paddle, 8:30 a.m., East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, meet at the parking lot at the end of Northwest Landing Road, BYO kayak, canoe, or paddleboard, life vest required. Leader: Sarah-Jane Lynn, (631) 268-6273. SAT AUG [...]

While East Hampton Town has created a great deal of buzz with its ambitious plan to provide all the community’s energy needs through sustainable methods by the year 2020, Southampton Town is taking a much quieter approach.

The Southampton Town Board last week announced it had hired a private security service, Summit Security Services Inc., for a guard who will stand watch during the board’s regular meetings.

Michael Rossato-Bennett (L) and Dan Cohen. Alive Inside:A Story of Music & Memory fits my category Movies That Should Play in Sag Harbor.  This Friday it opens nationally, as it begins its second week in NYC.  Director Michael Rossato-Bennett literally ran to the post office before its midnight closing in order to submit it in [...]

A memorial Mass for Lillian L. Kohnken, who died on May 10, will be held at St. Andrew’s Church on Saturday, July 12 at 10:30 a.m.