The actor we all know as Gary Cooper was born Frank James Cooper on May 7, 1901 in Helena Montana approximately 2,300 miles from...

The story of Laffalot comes from Southampton’s short lived Art Colony period and could not be told without including its energetic first...

Women in New York secured the vote in 1917, first voted in 1918, and in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified extending the vote to all...

Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland a the Irish’s quintessential holiday. What could be more Irish? The only thing is, he wasn’t...

In 1952, writing in ARTnews, Fairfield Porter hails the 29-year-old Roy Lichtenstein as “a young newcomer” to the art world though, at...

William Paley and CBS are larger subjects than I imagined when I first chose to do this talk. But here goes. It was 1951 when CBS...

Carole Stone is a Distinguished Professor of English and creative writing, emerita, Montclair State University. Her poetry collections...

The paddlewheel steamboat Lexington left its pier on Manhattan's East River at 4:00 p.m. on January 13, 1840, bound for Stonington,...

I’ll start my talk today on a brief personal note. When I was in high school in Southampton we got a thrilling new next-door neighbor on...

Please join historian Sandi Brewster-Walker for a lively discussion on the crew of color who lived and worked at East Quogue’s Tiana...

Photos of the property by Douglas Elliman R.E. This sweet Cape Cod-style house on Post Lane was recently sold to new owners. It is...

Scott Chaskey is a poet, farmer, and educator. For 30 years he cultivated garlic, greens, potatoes, and sixty other crops for the Peconic...

242 South Main Street and Edward H. Foster In the 1870s recorded land transactions in Southampton indicate that property in and around...

On the grounds of Blue Haven in Southampton, there was a "Twist Party" held in a bomb shelter in the 1960's. This party hosted by Mr. &...