JIM GOLDBERG: Shaper of Wooden Surfboards
"It was grease all the way," was how Jim Goldberg, a Montauk surfboard shaper, described how, after having local woodsmen harvest balsa trees in the Costa Rican jungle, cutting them himself into 11-foot lengths and rough-shaping them with a chain saw, he was able to baksheesh the 500 pounds of raw material, plus his family's luggage, back to the states last spring.

To the Rescue Of Horses- Hold the equine meat, here comes Amaryllis Farm
The equine world on the South Fork is no longer just about $25,000 hunter-jumper horses or fancy dressage mounts. Minutes away from the Hampton Classic grounds, and down the road from the Wolffer Estate, stands Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue on Merchants Path in Sagaponack. The area is now home to the other face of the horse world. A benefit party, "For the Love of a Horse," will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Sagaponack barn.

Critics

Opinion: A Small Forest Of Brooding Yet Witty Works Slim black sculptures form a centerpiece at Arlene Bujese
Twenty of Jonathan Thomas's totemlike black sculptures, arranged as in a class portrait, with the tall ones in back and short ones up front, greet, or confront, those who enter the Arlene Bujese Gallery in East Hampton. It is a welcome encounter, for they are brooding and witty works that seem utterly contemporary even as they pay tribute to tribal Africa.