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Barry Sonnenfeld Reads at Hayground   

Thu, 03/05/2020 - 10:38

Barry Sonnenfeld, the legendary director and cinematographer, will visit the Hayground School Friday at 5:30 p.m. to sign copies of his new book, “Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker.” He will take part in a brief question-and-answer session, and BookHampton will offer copies for $30.     

Refreshments prepared by students in the school’s Culinary Arts Program will be served. The public has been invited to attend. — On Trees and Pruning     

The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will host a round table on favorite trees and pruning techniques on Saturday at the John LoGerfo Library at the Bridgehampton Community House on School Street. The discussion, from 10 a.m. to noon, is free and open to the public.     

On Sunday, Stephen F. Byrns, who founded the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy in Yonkers in 2011, will give a lecture in the main auditorium of the community house at 2 p.m. The lecture is free to members and $10 for others. 

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