A complement of black artists make and exhibit whole.

By Emily J Weitz
On the East End, black history is as complex a topic as it is anywhere. That’s why, as the Southampton Cultural Center prepares its third annual art exhibition honoring Black History Month, Curator Arlene Bujese chose to select four African-American artists who express their [...]

By Andrew Rudansky
With just the power of their voices, The Persuasions, formed out of the streets of Brooklyn, have been blowing away music fans for the past 50 years. Now for the first time in their long careers, the classic doo-wop, a cappella group is heading out east to perform at the John Drew Theater [...]

By Annette Hinkle
Thirty five years ago last week, ABC aired a groundbreaking mini-series that kept millions of Americans glued to their television sets over eight consecutive nights.
The series, of course, was “Roots: Saga of an American Family,” David Wolper’s film based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel. The series was groundbreaking not only because the viewership [...]

By Andrew Rudansky

There is a new music scene burgeoning in the hamlet of Amagansett, thanks in part to the increasing popularity of On The Air at Crossroads, a monthly concert series held at the Crossroads Music Store.
The Stephen Talkhouse has long been a musical destination for Long Island bands; but like no one instance indicates [...]

By Annette Hinkle
Despite their industrious nature and the fact that their pollination efforts are responsible for providing us with 95 percent of the fresh fruits and vegetables we enjoy on a regular basis, bees, it seems, get a bad rap.
Maybe it dates back to our collective memory of the elementary school playground and that one [...]

By Annette Hinkle
Take 55 Pierson middle schoolers, add some leather jackets and flouncy skirts, a liberal dose of doo-wop, plus a sock hop — and you’ve got “Grease,” that quintessential musical ode to life and love in a 1950s high school.
Ipana Toothpaste, Ricky Nelson and drive-in movies are hardly household terms for this generation of [...]

By Annette Hinkle
This is the time of the year when the football season heads into the highlight zone. As the final four teams vying to win the Superbowl gear up to play their division championship games this weekend, many fans will gather around the flat screen to watch the action with friends and plenty [...]

By Annette Hinkle
In the depths of winter — even mild ones like this — it’s easy for East End residents to forget where they live. Shorter days and longer hours at work or school often conspire to keep year rounders from getting out of the house to remind themselves of why most of them moved [...]

By Emily J. Weitz

When Blue Highway takes the stage at the Shelter Island School this weekend, they will not be the first Grammy-nominated bluegrass band to do so. Rather, Blue Highway is entering into an elite group of bluegrass greats to make the trek to the island in the dead of winter. Why? Because the [...]

By Annette Hinkle
Next Monday, the country will observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — the only federal holiday dedicated to an African American. While MLK Day serves to honor Dr. King for his impact on the civil rights movement and the plight of the underclass in America, this year, the holiday resonates in ways that [...]