🌱 Patch AM: How Montauk honored the Pelican tragedy 75 years later

Morning Montauk! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Montauk honored the Pelican tragedy 75 years later
• Montauk-based artist Lucien Smith dies while planning a creative comeback

Also on today's calendar: Montauk Seafood Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; a morning shower, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 78, low: 61.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 76 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Remembering The Pelican Disaster in Montauk (eastendbeacon.com) — A solemn ceremony at Montauk Point Lighthouse on September 5 honored the 45 lives lost in the 1951 Pelican fishing disaster, with local clergy, officials, and residents participating. The Montauk Historical Society also launched a 75th Anniversary Edition of Tom Clavin's "Dark Noon," with proceeds supporting the society and helping preserve this pivotal chapter of Montauk's maritime history.
   

• Lucien Smith Dies: Rising Art Star With A New Collection In The Works Was 37 (blavity.com) — New York artist Lucien Smith, who relocated to Montauk in 2014 to step back from the city's art scene, has died at 37. He had just created new Rain Paintings in Montauk for a Tripoli Gallery show, now postponed as the gallery and his family decide how best to honor his final work.
   

📸 Around Montauk

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montauk

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Montauk Seafood Festival →
  Montauk Green,
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 11
• Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library →
  Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  5:00 pm
• Friday Classic Film Series: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  Montauk Library community room
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Native American Zoomorphic Pinchpots.
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs Community Room
  1:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Bird Walk - Seal Haul Out Trail w/ SOFO
  Montauk Library Seal Haul Trail, 3499+CV, Montauk, NY 11954, USA
  9:30 am
• Friends Book Group: Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
  Montauk Library 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk, NY 11954
  1:00 pm
Monday September 14
• RSVP Information Table (main lobby? local history?)
  Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  12:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Sharing Music with Ms. Lori
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  11:45 am
Friday September 18
• Montauk Chamber of Commerce & Visit Montauk's Farmers Market →
  Montauk Town Green, 742 Montauk Highway, Montauk
  9:00 am
• Stay and Play
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  10:30 am
• Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library →
  Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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