The 'Gather" series devoted to Indigenous and Black voices will feature Joshua Whitehead, an Indigenous writer from Canada, who will talk about his new nonfiction book.

Bay Street Theater will host Pachanga, OLA of Eastern Long Island's dance party; the Moondogs' concert tribute to John Lennon, and a talk and workshop devoted to adapting literature for the stage.

A celebration of quilts will open the Arts Center at Duck Creek, Ashawagh Hall plans a groovy weekend, abstraction is the subject of a panel discussion at The Church.

Tennessee Walt to channel Hank Williams, Judy Carmichael at the American Hotel, weaving recyclables at LongHouse, open studios at Watermill Center, blues and jazz in Sag, and rock in Riverhead.

Nick and Toni’s to celebrate Italy’s Piedmont region, L.I. Restaurant Week returns, BuddhaBerry is on wheels, Artists’ Table brunch in Water Mill, the artist Jeremy Dennis at Almond, new brew from Springs.

Save Sag Harbor and a group of village residents scored a victory against the village this week when Justice Stephen Hackeling of Suffolk Supreme Court ruled in their favor, striking down two village laws that allowed for Adam Potter’s proposed 79-unit affordable housing and retail complex. Justice Hackeling agreed with the petitioners that the village had failed to comply with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act when it crafted the laws.

There was nothing new about the presence of rat traps along the East Hampton Village Nature Trail, but they still caused alarm.

Nearly a month after an explosive public hearing on the creation of a new East Hampton Village Department of Emergency Medical Services to take control of the ambulance association, the corps is experiencing a shortage of volunteers to cover overnight shifts and its chief is asking the village to hire a paid emergency medical technician to fill the gaps.

A groundbreaking ceremony for a long-awaited aquatic center at the Montauk Playhouse is planned for July, Sarah Iudicone, the president of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation’s board, told a delighted East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.

The Suffolk County Legislature voted 14-to-3 last week to raise its hotel/motel tax from its current 3-percent rate to 5 1/2 percent. The increase starts on June 1, just in time for the season. Legislator Bridget Fleming was one of the three who voted against the hike, along with Al Krupski of Cutchogue and Anthony Piccirillo of Holtsville.