J.J. Nolis’ wood shingled home on Denison Street can best be described as traditional, but with a contemporary twist. Elegantly furnished and boasting a master bathroom that is the envy of all who lay eyes on it, the home is full of light and good cheer — especially good cheer.
Every other year, the Sag Harbor [...]

Though not observed in this country, Boxing Day, which is celebrated in the U.K and Canada on the day after Christmas, dates back to a time when it was customary for the wealthy to give gifts to employees or people in a lower social class.
Boxing Day is also traditionally when working people are given [...]

By Marianna Levine
It is rare to find something interesting to do and beautiful to see for free in the Hamptons, but that is exactly what you get at the Dia Art Foundation’s Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton.  Simply stated it is a permanent florescent light exhibit in a former church that was once a [...]

This weekend, when the young actors of Stages, A Children’s Theatre Workshop, Inc. take to the Bay Street Theatre stage to sing “Food Glorious Food” the first number in the musical “Oliver!” it will be a milestone — the 75th production by the East End children’s theatre program. 
“It’s a perfect show for us,” says Stages [...]

After more than three decades as a painter, printmaker and  sculptor, Donald Sultan has amassed an impressive body   of work. Known for his iconic and diverse images of poppies, industrial landscapes and scenes from nature, Sultan’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan Museum of Art [...]

The annual holiday concert offered by the Harbor Bells handbell choir has become something of a tradition for Sag Harbor audiences. For many years, the choir, which was founded by the aptly named Valarie Bell in 1993, was based at the Old Whalers’ Church in Sag Harbor where the group performed and practiced.
But a few [...]

As a writer, Thornton Wilder’s most famous and be-loved work is the quintessential “Our Town,” a play about turn of the 20th century life in the fictional New England Town of Grover’s Corners. Produced countless times by theaters and schools alike, it’s a work considered as American as apple pie. 
One could argue, however, that Wilder’s [...]

This weekend, a new film festival comes to the Sag Harbor Cinema on Main Street. Granted, by festival standards it’ll be a pretty modest affair — just a handful of films screened between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, but, says festival founder, Angelique Monet, this is just a taste of what’s to come.
Monet, [...]

Ken was 72 years old at the time. Elaine was 79. For LeAnna the change came at 60.
In their previous lives these were people who did what society expected of them. They dated, got married and raised children. But years later, after spouses had died or divorces became final, they did something else.
They came out.
“Out [...]

There was a time, not so long ago, when some folks worried about the future of Sylvester Manor.
And for good reason. The 243 acre manor property on Shelter Island was founded as a northern plantation in 1651 and has been in the same family ever since. Archaeologically sensitive (there have been several digs on the [...]