Long Island’s well-being depends on a healthy environment, including healthy beaches, according to Kevin McAllister, who was the Peconic Baykeeper for 16 years and is the founder of Defend H20, a nonprofit organization that advocates for clean water. However, the beaches are in peril due to the rising sea levels associated with climate…
Read moreTide Is High—And So Are The Stakes for Artist Raising Awareness About Ocean Debris
Her Southold studio, located at the boatyard at Port of Egypt Marine, is filled with containers of discarded lighters, balloons, straws, fishing tags and anything else that appears to no longer serve any purpose. Most of the items were found in beach cleanups on Long Island. For Ms. Roe, the garbage can be used to make sculptures of anything…
Read moreShades Of Dorian Gray: New Art Exhibit Sheds Light On Actor Hurd Hatfield's Time In Sag Harbor
In October 1961, the film “King of Kings” was screened at the Sag Harbor Cinema. The film was a bio-pic about the life and death of Jesus Christ and among its stars was Hurd Hatfield who played Pontius Pilate. After the screening, locals who were there recall that Hatfield, dressed in a red blazer, spoke in person, sharing stories about the…
Read moreThe Sea And Sky Meet At Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum
The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum will present a new exhibit, Sea and Sky, featuring the works of Whitney B. Hansen, Paton Miller and Scott Bluedorn, starting Friday, June 22. The exhibit expresses texture, layering, colors and various mediums and subjects. The beauty is there, sought as…
Read moreWhaling Museum Brings “Sea and Sky” to Sag Harbor
The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum may have shaken up its board, but they’re ultimately getting back to basics. “Sea and Sky,” an exhibition exploring the texture, color and layering of the two most fundamental elements of the East End, will open with a reception on Friday, June 22, at the Sag…
Read morePhotography Exhibition Shows Sag Harbor's History Is In The Details
What began as an informal tribute to Bob Weinstein’s beloved Sag Harbor has grown into a photography exhibition that will now be mounted for the second time on the East End, putting architectural details into focus, from roof-lines to winding staircases to hinges. “Take a Closer Look” opens this weekend at…
Read moreThen There Were Five: Capt. David Hand and the Women he Married and Buried
If you didn’t know any better, you’d think it was a story line from a mystery novel. A legendary man in a small seaside community marries a young woman. That young woman soon dies, leaving the man a widower. So he finds and marries another young woman. But this bride, too, soon meets her demise, so the man takes a third wife, and…
Read more“Wishing Whale” Hopes to Awaken Onlookers to Environmental Peril
The 6-foot-tall steel whale tail stretches up toward the ceiling, its 7-foot-wide flukes parallel to the floor. It makes an immediate impression and, with enough clearance to walk underneath, begs to be explored, and explained.
Read more“Super Models” Coming to Whaling Museum in Sag Harbor
Donald Sultan has no interest in actual sailboats. He doesn’t even like being on the water. But his bathrooms in both Sag Harbor and New York say otherwise. There are war ships, merchant ships, clipper ships and even sailboats thoughtfully placed in each — all meticulous, all handmade, and all miniature...
Read moreFace to Face with Jonathan morse
Face to Face, a series of portraits of local artists and writers, tells a profound tale - without needing a single word...
Read moreFace to Face by Jonathan Morse at Whaling Museum
A life of the mind: that’s what Jonathan Morse explores through his upcoming photography exhibition at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum Museum, titled “Face to Face...
Read more“Anchor: A Whale of a Show” Set To Open in Sag Harbor
As of last week, Dan Rizzie and Susan Lazarus-Reiman were still in good spirits as they neared the finish line, and opening night, of “Anchor: Whale of a Show” — their first joint effort as a husband-and-wife curating team...
Read moreAt Home With Jonathan Morse
Photographer Jonathan Morse doesn’t have to walk far to get to his exhibition, “Face to Face: East End Portraits,” which is on display from June 16 to July 12 at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum...
Read moreInterpreting “de Kooning and Friends” at Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
Ever since she was a little girl growing up in Ringwood, New Jersey, Mary Montes has been interested in art and the people who make it. She credits her uncle, Tom Stadnick...
Read moreWhale Watching on the LIE
The Long Island Expressway is infamous for its carbon monoxide, bumper-to-bumper traffic and the unofficial and unflattering title it has held since the 1960s as the “world’s longest parking lot.” Now, the LIE has a new and more positive claim to fame...
Read moreScary Tales and Spirits of Sag Harbor at Whaling Museum
If there is one thing Annette Hinkle knows how to do, it’s tell a good story. Combine that talent with a miniature version of her Spirits of Sag Harbor walking tour, and a perfectly average summer night three years ago turned particularly eerie, putting her friends noticeably on edge as they sat down on the steps of the Old Whalers Church to take a breather...
Read moreTalk of Shark Breeding Grounds Off Long Island at Whaling Museum
The great white sharks patrolling the world’s oceans, including the shallow waters just off Long Island’s beaches, once more showed their power to fascinate on Saturday when one of their champions, Chris Fischer, drew a standing room only crowd to the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum...
Read moreIt's The Small Things That Tell The Story of Our Past
When people visit a museum, they tend to be drawn straightaway to the big, splashy exhibits. The smaller objects on display are frequently overlooked altogether. But as they say, the devil is in the detail. Sometimes it’s the minutiae...
Read moreOCEARCH's Chris Fischer to Give "Ocean First" Lecture
The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is proud to present Chris Fischer and the OCEARCH team next Saturday, August 27th from 2:00 to 3:00pm. Their lecture on "Ocean First" and EXPEDITION NEW YORK will discuss their current endeavor...
Read moreSag Harbor Whaling Museum Presents “Film Festival Shorts”
The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum will hold Film Festival Shorts, new works by artists, with a premiere planned for Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. and a panel discussion scheduled for Sunday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m...
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