Albee Improv Wows 'Em
Late Saturday afternoon, when the world seemed to be ending by flood, Edward Albee made a stellar return appearance at a LongHouse Reserve benefit in East Hampton.

Open Season On Gardens
Having enjoyed a mild winter and a wet spring that were more English than East Coast, local gardens are as verdant and flower-filled as they ever will be. Helping to celebrate this rose-laden June, no fewer than six garden tours are coming up this week and next.

Gay Men's Chorus
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus will be heard in concert on the East End for the first time, on Saturday at 8 p.m. at East Hampton High School.

KAYLIE JONES: A Soldier's Daughter
Kaylie Jones rushed up to a visitor loitering outside her parents' Sagaponack farmhouse and apologized briskly for being two minutes late. In tow was her husband, Kevin Heisler, with their 7-month-old daughter, Eyrna, in his arms; they'd been stuck in weekend traffic.

Critics

DESIGN: Building A New Old House
When Byron Wein first came to East Hampton in 1970 as a bachelor, he shared a rental on Wireless Road with a friend. He loved the area and played lots of tennis, but he desperately missed sailing.

From The Studio
"Handmade Paper by Douglass Morse Howell," a small jewel of an exhibit showing the inspiring peaks of one man's obsession, has opened at the wonderful Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

"Ella Baker - Freedom Bound"
In this era when the quest for positive role models for the young comes up despairingly wanting, perhaps we have been looking in the wrong places. Our search usually takes place among those who have achieved fame and renown.

Littoral Drift
Maybe Lyle Greenfield (letters section, June 11) was right. This coveted space should be devoted solely to making fun of "martini wienies" and "delivering spankings" to the wealthy second homeowners who make up half of East Hampton's summer population. I have been remiss in my duties, and I am deeply sorry.