When it comes to fishing, I’ve always been a believer in beginner’s luck. But only up to a certain point.

Ralph Gibson was 17 when he enlisted in the Navy after dropping out of high school. After qualifying for training as a photographer’s mate, he flunked out of photography school. Sixty-two years later, his photography earned him France’s highest order of merit, Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor.

“Every once in a while we jump right into the heavy, but this year we thought, let’s bring some comedy,” said Minerva Perez, the executive director of Organizacion Latino-Americana (OLA) of Eastern Long Island, which organizes the Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons.

For the Rising Stars Piano Series on Saturday, Kara Huber, a Canadian-American concert artist, performed a program confirming her international renown for a flair for contemporary music. The mostly American program was in some ways a bit lighter than the typical piano recital, but no less substantial.

The Southampton Arts Center will launch two exhibitions devoted to printmaking with an open portfolio session, a print press demonstration, a panel discussion, and a public reception.

There are two books about cooking that have been published recently, one with deep, deep roots in the community and one more along the lines of celebrity chef autobiography with recipes.

Generous, encouraging, and nothing if not thorough, “Pity the Reader” is a kind of fiction writer’s chapbook, using the great satirist’s comments as a jumping-off point to address the budding writer’s most basic concerns.

On the 60th anniversary of the play’s first production on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” will open at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor Thursday evening and continue public performances through Dec. 1.