Oliver Peterson

By Camdyn Glover 5 minute 06/16/2026 Sag Harbor mourns Cesar Guncay as a community, Photo: Camdyn Glover Teary-eyed Sag Harbor community members huddled under a tent in the rain to stand hand-in-hand while singing Cesar Guncay’s elementary school song “Side by Side, Hand in Hand” at Steinbeck Park on June 11. This was to honor the life of the 12-year-old boy who fatally drowned while on a school rafting trip in the Poconos.

By Todd Shapiro 9 minute 06/14/2026 Jay Hershenson at Louis Armstrong Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Photo: Andy Poon Jay Hershenson has a passion that goes all the way back to his mother Rose’s love of jazz. Among his many titles, Hershenson is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. While he wears several hats, this one fits particularly well.

By Oliver Peterson 6 minute 06/11/2026 Leila Pinto “Silver Veil” This week’s Dan’s Papers cover artist Leila Pinto discusses her shift from the world of finance to fine art, her mix of techniques, and her upcoming exhibition at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair in Southampton this July. Leila Pinto “Cold Spring Pond,” 12 x 24 inches, oil on linen. This painting captures the reflective calm of a Hamptons evening, a nod to the artist’s early landscape roots.