Christine Coulson will be at LongHouse Reserve to talk about her novel "One Woman Show," which uses the museum wall label format to describe people as works of art.

Solo shows at Harper's, J. Mackey, and Dia, Avram Gallery reopens, group shows at Lucore, Keyes, and Ashawagh, plein-air painting talk in Montauk.

Grindstone comes to East Hampton, specials from The Cookery, daily specials at La Fondita, and catering to go from Art of Eating.

"Motown Magic" at the Southampton Arts Center, PechaKucha at the Parrish, book talk at Guild Hall, outdoor concerts in Southampton.

Judy Sleed of East Hampton escaped the Nazis as a child in Budapest, after her family was taken. She shared her harrowing story publicly for the first time in a film titled "I Am Judit," which will be shown at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, in East Hampton, on Thursday evening at 6.

The good news is sharks don't want to eat you. The bad news is sometimes they mistake humans for food. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued guidance last week, just in time for ocean swimming season, to reduce "the risk of negative interactions" with and by sharks, like getting bitten.

On Friday, voters in the Village of Sagaponack rallied to steer their board of trustees in a new direction. Two challengers, David McMillan Jr. and Mark Landis, were elected, ousting the incumbents, Marilyn Clark and Lisa Duryea Thayer.

Long Pond in Bridgehampton, Poxabogue Pond in Sagaponack, Mill Pond in Water Mill, and Agawam Lake in Southampton were confirmed this week. It was also discovered earlier this month in Wainscott Pond.

With the Palm Tree Music Festival set to rock the Shinnecock Indian Nation territory on Saturday, the Suffolk County Police Department released a statement on Friday strongly urging drivers to avoid Montauk Highway and County Road 39 in the vicinity of Shinnecock and the Stony Brook Southampton college campus while the festival is taking place.