Annette Kuhn, 67,whose combined career in government and the arts  ranged from helping produce the first Central Park “Happenings” in the Lindsay Administration to her appointment as Executive Director of the New York City Arts Commission under Mayor Edward Koch,  died of heart failure at home in her Tribeca loft on April 2.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany in [...]

Bob Lelle, aka The Alphabet Man, died in Paris, France after a brief illness. Previously a resident of Nantucket, Mass., he had resided in southampton for 12 years, having designed and built a studio there. His works are in collections in Naples, Florida, New York City, the Hamptons, Paris, and  corporate offices throughout the United [...]

by Andrew Rudnasky
In anticipation of the May 15 Bridgehampton School budget vote and board of education election, a “meet the candidates” forum and debate was held Tuesday in the gymnasium at Bridgehampton School. All four of the school board candidates who are vying for three available seats were in attendance — incumbents Ronald White, Lillian [...]

Outdoors

SAT MAY 12
Hither Woods with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet at Hither Woods West Overlook off Route 27 about 1 mile east of the Old Montauk Highway split, Montauk. 267-6747.
Red Creek/Sears Pond Circuit with Southampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet on Red Creek Road, Flanders, 50 yards from Route 24. [...]

By Emily J. Weitz

Geige Silver, a junior at the Ross School, is interested in exploring every possible medium to pursue her art. Paints, ceramics, and photography have been some of her weapons of choice in the past, and her mind is open to all the possibilities that art school will someday bring. But last week, [...]

The Sands of Time

By Richard Gambino

Back when Latin was the language of learning, scholars made a distinction between natura naturata, nature at any given moment (a “snapshot” of nature), and natura naturans, nature in motion, as it always is, even when we don’t perceive it to be so.
As I walk our ocean beaches today, I [...]

Helen A. Harrison

Every two years the Whitney Museum of American Art fills its galleries with what’s billed as a survey of current trends, including work by established and emerging artists. This is a show that’s routinely scorned by the critics, but not this time around. Encouraged by Roberta Smith’s rave review in The New York [...]

By Emily J. Weitz

Peter Ambrose grew up in the seafood industry on the East End. His first job was at the Seafood Shop in Wainscott, where he learned the business from the ground up. In the years since, the industry itself has changed, but Ambrose’s commitment to reserving a space for clambakes in everyone’s summer [...]

Outdoors

SAT MAY 5
Water, Water, Everywhere with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet at the Hither Hills West Overlook, Route 27 about 1 mile east of the Old Montauk Highway fork. 324-2425.
Paumanok Path Spring Series #2 with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet at the intersection of Springy Banks Road and [...]

Class B match-ups lead to three straight losses

By Andrew Rudansky

The Lady Whalers dropped their third straight game this week in a 15-0 mercy rule loss to the Babylon Panthers on Monday, April 30.
“It’s a very humbling day,” said Melissa Edwards, head coach of the Pierson/Bridgehampton varsity softball team after the home loss.
From the very [...]