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  Max B.    The newest hotspot on the East River seems to be Frank Ottomanelli's By The Water who is drawing the celebrity crowd. Last weekend Rapper Max B, (born Charly Wingate) who was convicted on 9 of 11 counts, including felony murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy and sentenced to 75 years.  His conviction was vacated after his legal team argued that his original trial attorney had a conflict of interest. He then took a plea deal for aggravated manslaughter, reducing his overall sentence to 20 years. He served 16 of those years and was released from a New Jersey Prison in Nov 2025.    Max B. Chats With Frank Ottomanelli And Chef Thomas According to retired celebrity photographer James Edstrom who witnessed the frenzy , the crowd went crazy as Max B. did magazine interviews and photo shoots wearing huge amounts of gold jewelry.  Owner Ottomanelli brought over his signature burgers and Fries for the rapper to try. The crowd got so huge, Ottomanelli...

  Norm Lewis Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea, the live concert series bringing leading Broadway and cabaret performers to LTV Studios, returned for its third season with the first of an eight-show summer lineup. The 2026 season opened with Tony Award-nominated Broadway star Norm Lewis, one of American theater’s most celebrated baritones, performing in the intimate black-box setting of LTV Studios in Wainscott. Lewis, whose stage credits include “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” “Les Misérables,” “Ragtime” at Lincoln Center and the title role in “The Phantom of the Opera,” will headline the season premiere in a rare East End appearance. The evening began with a summer reception featuring spirits from BottleHampton and passed hors d’oeuvres from East Hampton Kitchen before guests took their seats.   Donna Rubin With Norm Lewis And Joy Behar  Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni And Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright Notable attendees included: Donna Rubin, Josh Gladstone, Norm ...

  Shopping In The Hamptons At Marina St Barth Hannah Jentz Marina St Barth brought a touch of island glamour to Jobs Lane with a fashionable reception at its Southampton boutique. The reception welcomed guests to Marina St Barth’s Southampton boutique for a summer afternoon gathering that paired Hamptons society, resort-inspired fashion and the spirit of giving. Marina St Barth’s Southampton boutique reflects the brand’s signature mix of resort wear, accessories, gifts and global luxury style. Known for bringing the mood of St. Barthélemy to destinations including Palm Beach, Naples and the Hamptons, the boutique has become a natural stop for women seeking refined summer fashion with an effortless vacation sensibility. Marina St Barth   About Marina St Barth: Marina St Barth brings the relaxed elegance of Saint Barthélemy to Palm Beach, Naples, the Hamptons, and beyond. Available online and at boutiques across these locations, the brand offers a carefully curated selection of ...

  Doug Marron And Colleagues From Raymond James Trees New York, one of New York City’s most enduring environmental nonprofits, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special fundraiser at Festival Cafe NYC on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The anniversary celebration brought together supporters, environmental advocates, civic leaders and friends of the organization for an evening marking five decades of planting, preserving and protecting New York City’s urban forest. Founded in 1976, Trees New York has built a citywide legacy rooted in education, volunteerism and community participation, with programs spanning Citizen Pruner training, youth environmental literacy, tree plantings, stewardship initiatives and neighborhood greening projects across the five boroughs. The event featured an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and a celebration of the organization’s past, present and future. Proceeds from the evening supported Trees New York’s programs and its continued work to strengthen the city’s ...

  Ann Hampton Callaway Hamptons Summer Songbook By The Sea, the live concert series bringing leading Broadway, cabaret and American Songbook performers to the East End, continues its third season with Ann Hampton Callaway performing “Here’s To Life” on Saturday, July 11th, 2026 at 7:30 pm at LTV Studios in Wainscott. Callaway, one of America’s most celebrated pop, jazz and cabaret performers, is known for her Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway musical “Swing!” and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit television series “The Nanny.” A singer, pianist, composer, lyricist and arranger, Callaway has built a career at the crossroads of Broadway, jazz, television and the great American Songbook, bringing warmth, wit and vocal elegance to stages around the world. Her songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, and she has collaborated with artists including Carole King and others across the worlds of pop, theater and cabaret.   The July 11th performance, ti...

South Fork Natural History Museum  The South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, known as SOFO, will hold its 37th Annual Summer Gala Benefit at the museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday, July 11th, 2026, from 5:30pm to 10:30pm. This year’s gala, themed “Celebrate the Power of Our Natural World: Protecting Our Planet’s Living Waters & Lands,” will support the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center‘s environmental education, museum programming, conservation initiatives and community outreach. The evening will bring together conservation leaders, philanthropists, civic supporters and Hamptons guests for one of the East End’s signature summer benefits. The 2026 honorees include Fabien Cousteau, renowned aquanaut, ocean conservationist and documentary filmmaker; Bernadette Castro, esteemed civic leader and environmental advocate; Louise and Stephen Pesce, devoted supporters of conservation and community initiatives; and Jean Shafiroff, advocate, philanthropist...

  Barn   Artist Don Hershman will present = OUT OF LINE =, a solo exhibition opening Thursday, October 1st, 2026, at One Art Space in Tribeca. Curated from four distinct bodies of work, the exhibition brings together paintings from The Art of Code Switching (2023), I Am a Barn (2024), Urban Abstraction (2025), and Still/Still (2025) to reveal the evolution of a singular visual language centered on the line. Across barns, city surfaces, still life’s and portraiture, Hershman uses repeated and overlapping lines to build color, rhythm, atmosphere and emotional resonance. Hershman’s path to = OUT OF LINE = begins with structure. In I Am a Barn (2024), the weathered planks, beams and architectural surfaces of rural barns offered a natural foundation for his developing visual vocabulary.  Those early paintings transformed agricultural buildings into meditations on resilience, shelter and memory, while establishing the repeated linear marks that would become central to his pract...

  Jennifer Brooks NYCSCR President NYC Second Chance Rescue announced a hopeful update on the rescued beagles transferred from Ridglan Farms, the Wisconsin breeding and research facility at the center of a massive national rescue effort. The beagles were first brought to NYC Second Chance Rescue’s Long Island City Adoption Center, where fellow rescue organizations stepped in to help place some of the dogs. NYC Second Chance Rescue is currently working to secure foster and forever homes for the 26 beagles still remaining in its care at the adoption center. Five of the rescued beagles also traveled with their rescuer, Holly Rilinger, to East Hampton, New York, where ARF Hamptons stepped forward to offer additional support and care. Holly was among the original rescuers who traveled to Ridglan Farms during the initial rescue efforts and returned two weeks later to help transport the beagles to safety with NYCSCR teammate Anges Reichert and Elizabeth Liguori.  The dogs arrived yes...

  Novera  Novéra Skincare, the Canadian luxury skincare house founded by Zeeshan “Zee” Mohammed, will celebrate its United States launch with a New York event at Emanuel New York on Thursday, June 25th, 2026. The launch will introduce Novéra’s debut collection of gemstone-infused, clinically driven face mists to the American market. Built around the idea that gentle and effective skincare should not be a trade-off, Novéra began as a personal search for a better skincare ritual after Zeeshan watched his young daughter, who has eczema, dread the daily routine of creams and topical products. Rather than create another traditional moisturizer, Zeeshan reimagined the face mist as the center of the skincare ritual. The result is Novéra’s Gemstone Infusion collection, which pairs quartz-treated water with actives including sodium hyaluronate, niacinamide and a stable form of vitamin C. The collection includes Rose Quartz for her, Clear Quartz for him and Amethyst, a unisex, scent-fre...

  Lennon Peace and Liberty (Red) One Art Space will be one of the featured booths at the 2026 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, taking place July 9th – 12th, with a focused presentation of works by Shepard Fairey, one of the most recognizable and influential artists to emerge from contemporary street art and graphic culture at the Southampton Fairgrounds. Curated by MaryAnn Giella McCulloh, owner, gallerist and curator of One Art Space, the presentation places Fairey’s message-driven visual language at the center of one of the Hamptons summer season’s major art market moments. Known globally for the OBEY campaign and his Barack Obama “Hope” poster, Fairey has built a career around images that move between the street, the gallery, the museum and the public imagination. His work brings together political critique, propaganda-inspired design, music, activism and popular culture with a clarity that is immediate, collectible and unmistakably his own. At Hamptons Fine Art Fair, One Art Space will ...

  Lesley Stahl   Sabastian Niles Literacy Partners hosted its 2026 Evening of Readings & Gala Dinner at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, bringing together New York’s literary, philanthropic, civic and business leaders for a festive black-tie evening celebrating the power of literacy to change lives, which also marked the 40th anniversary of the gala, first held in 1986, by its founder, Liz Smith. The annual gala hosted by award-winning journalist Lesley Stahl, supports Literacy Partners’ mission to advance literacy two generations at a time, helping adults, parents and caregivers build the skills and confidence they need to create stronger futures for themselves and the children in their care. One of the highlights underscoring the importance of the work of the Charity was where a Literacy Partners student shared her journey from learning English to now helping other students increase their literacy skills.  Thanks to Literacy Partners she is also pursuing a career in healt...

    House of Zora hiTechMODA brought its global runway platform to the French Riviera with a fashion presentation in Cannes, France, staged during one of the world’s most watched cultural moments for film, fashion and international style. The presentation took place at the historic Carlton Cannes, a Belle Époque landmark on the Croisette long associated with cinema, glamour and red carpet history. Against that backdrop, hiTechMODA presented an international designer lineup featuring Divine Silk, House of Zora, Marc Defang, House of Anastasia and Zaggaro, placing emerging and established creative voices in a setting defined by Mediterranean elegance and global visibility. The Cannes event was positioned by hiTechMODA as part of its expanding international season, following the brand’s ongoing work to connect designers, models and creatives with major fashion audiences across the world.   The evening blended runway presentation, luxury hospitality and Riviera atmospher...

  Zey Hotel Interior ZEY Hotel, ZErdem Restaurant and Zey Cafe are bringing a fresh hospitality experience to Greenport, blending boutique hotel style, Mediterranean dining and cafe culture in one of the East End’s most vibrant port towns. Located on Main Street, the destination places guests in the heart of Greenport, with walkable access to shops, galleries, the waterfront and ferry connections to Shelter Island and onward to the Hamptons. ZEY Hotel offers a hip, contemporary boutique stay with eight rooms and two suites, designed for travelers seeking a more intimate and stylish alternative to the traditional East End hotel experience. The property features modern design touches, colorful interiors, comfortable guest accommodations and amenities including sumptuous bedding, indulgent minibars, Egyptian cotton bathrobes and complimentary wireless internet.  Backyard Of Zey Hotel The hospitality concept is led by owner Zach Erdem, the restaurateur behind 75 Main in Southampto...

  MarkSeidenfeld   Hamptons-based artist Mark Seidenfeld celebrated the opening of his new solo exhibition of paintings “Uncharted Waters,” at the Bridgehampton Museum. The exhibition, on view through Sunday, June 21st, 2026, inaugurates the museum’s newly renovated Corwith Homestead Tractor Barn in Bridgehampton, New York. Seidenfeld’s paintings mark an evolution from earlier representational work into fully realized abstraction. Landscape gives way to interior vision, with each work built through layering, interruption and revision. Rather than offering direct depictions, the paintings present constructed fields and dreamscapes shaped by gesture, tension and atmosphere. At the center of the exhibition is what the artist describes as the Unknown: a shifting condition that resists repetition and certainty. What appears resolved in one painting becomes a point of departure in the next, allowing the body of work to move through instability, discovery and continued transform...

  J'Nai Bridges Donna Mckechnie With James Gandre Manhattan School of Music hosted its 2026 Gala at the Rainbow Room in New York City, honoring MSM Board Chair Lorraine Gallard and celebrating MSM faculty under the evening’s theme, “A Tradition of Mentorship” on Wednesday, May 20th. The gala was hosted by Bebe Neuwirth, a Manhattan School of Music trustee, member of the school’s Artistic Advisory Council and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from MSM.   The evening recognized Gallard, an alumna of MSM’s Precollege Division, for her 12 years of dedicated service as board chair. Gallard joined MSM’s Board of Trustees in 2009 and was elected chair in 2014, helping guide the school through a significant period of growth and distinction. The program also celebrated MSM’s acclaimed faculty, whose work across classical music, jazz, vocal arts and musical theater continues to mentor and prepare students for careers on the world’s leading stages.   Ethan ...