The Pushcart Press, started by Bill Henderson in a studio apartment in Yonkers and in Springs since 1981, is now 50 years old.

"Empire of Water" at The Church takes the theme of water broadly with historically styled seascapes and the most contemporary of conceptual explorations, and many things in between.

John Steinbeck Waterfront Park has been in the news lately, and now comes a chance to look back at the Nobel Prize winner's legacy in Sag Harbor.

The Salon Series returns to the Parrish Art Museum with Pegasus: The Orchestra, and the Moondogs salute Paul McCartney at Bay Street.

New exhibitions opening at Duck Creek, Mark Borghi in Sag Harbor, AB NY, the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery, the Southampton History Museum, Southampton Cultural Center, and New York City, plus talks and other art news.

Mother's Day is coming on May 8 and restaurants all over the South Fork are planning special brunches and dinners.

Astro's set to open under new ownership, Navy Beach reopens, sunset specials at Si Si, Cinco de Mayo, a new brew, and more.

"About a quarter of our galaxy's two hundred billion stars are orbited by planets that are habitable in the way Earth is. Given so many worlds — fifty billion in our own galaxy! — with similar life-friendly conditions, it's very likely that intelligent organisms have evolved elsewhere," writes the astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb in his book "Extraterrestrial." He will give a talk for the Hamptons Observatory and BookHampton on Tuesday.