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"To recognize creative ambition in all forms," the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton is offering up two $5,000 college scholarships to high school seniors who will be pursuing environmental studies, science, horticultural design, or the literary, visual, or performing arts.

A total of 15 students from East Hampton High School, Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, and Bridgehampton High School have been nominated this year for Teeny Awards, an East End Arts competition that honors students for excellent performances in school musicals and plays.

Now that it's May, one thing is for certain: It's time to get outside.

The young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton will stage "Cinderella" on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Bridgehampton School.

Epic Martial Arts is teaming up with the Retreat to offer a self-defense and safety awareness class on Monday, May 15, for women and girls 14 and older.

The May Day 5K, a charitable run and walk initiated by Dylan Cashin and Ryleigh O'Donnell, two East Hampton High School students, will return for its second year on Sunday. Participants will set out from Main Beach at 9 a.m. rain or shine. Registration is $30 in advance at bit.ly/44dOmH4 or $35 on race day.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association's summer kick-off party, which supports East Hampton's lifeguard, junior lifeguard, and Nipper Guard training programs, will be held on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

The Parsons Blacksmith Shop in Springs will open for the season on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a free series of tours and live demonstrations of traditional ironworking tools and techniques.

May is National Bicycle Safety Month, and last Thursday the East Hampton Town Board passed a resolution declaring it Bike Safety Month in the town.

The FoodLab at Stony Brook Southampton has vegetable and herb seedlings available at its greenhouse behind the student center on campus at 39 Tuckahoe Road.

The Suffolk County Water Authority has more than doubled its account credits for thrifty tech, including low-flow showerheads and "smart" irrigation controllers.

The Sag Harbor School District has scheduled a public forum "addressing the proposed acquisition" of five wooded properties on Marsden Street for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Pierson Middle and High School auditorium.

Simultaneously on Saturday, across the South Fork, several organizations are holding Earth Day cleanup events and are seeking volunteers to pitch in.

Fabian Almazan and his quintet will play at the Southampton Arts Center on Saturday. The concert will be preceded at 5 p.m. with an exhibition of photographs by Ric Kallaher and a pre-show reception.

Earth Day is Saturday, and GeekHampton on Bay Street in Sag Harbor is celebrating with three days of e-waste recycling. Starting Thursday, you can drop off your old computer gear between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

Rectangular mountains of paper getting you down? Drawers full? File cabinets flowing over? This Thursday, the Bridgehampton Fire Department, at 64 School Street, and the Hampton Library are co-sponsoring a Shred Day to help you move past the piles from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.

In a promotion that will run through July 10, PSEG Long Island and Google have partnered to offer customers a Google Nest thermostat at a 93-percent discount.

To mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish Center of the Hamptons will have Deborah Dwork, director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at the City University of New York Graduate Center, speaking after the 11 a.m. service on Sunday.

The Montauk Library is preparing for its first-ever teen clothing swap, in which high school students "can exchange gently used clothing with each other, engaging in more sustainable fashion practices."

Just in time for National Poetry Month, a three-session poetry workshop starts on Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library.

This is the last week to sign up for the weekly community-supported agriculture program at Marilee Foster's farm stand on Sagg Main Street. Baskets full of produce can be picked up on Fridays beginning April 14.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has closed the Parrish Hall drive-through Covid-19 testing site in response to a decline in positive cases and the easing of New York State Department of Health and federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, the hospital announced on Monday.

Last year's East Hampton Town recycling center permits officially expired on Friday, meaning it's time for "self-hauler" residents to renew.

Saddened and frustrated by the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville in which three children and three adults were killed earlier this week, a Sag Harbor parent has organized a vigil on Sunday evening in the garden at Sen restaurant to honor those lost.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, North Fork, and Shelter Island along with Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton will tip their hats to hard-working nurses through the ages with a program on Monday at 6 p.m. at the library.

Allison McGovern, an anthropological archaeologist and a lecturer in anthropology at Columbia University, will discuss her research on the origins of East Hampton's Freetown neighborhood “and its evolution into the late-20th century” on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church.

"Please reopen the Home Exchange located at East Hampton Town Recycling Center as soon as possible," asks a new online petition created this week on Change.org by Carin Constant.

The curtain rises Thursday on the Pierson High School theater department's production of "Cinderella" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. In this musical, audiences can expect "a new take on the classic story full of charm, humor, and magic, with an incredible student cast," its director, Bethany Dellapolla, said.

The Springs Food Pantry will hold this year's Chili Chowdown on Saturday at noon at the Springs Firehouse, featuring unlimited chili from local chefs, restaurants, and markets, wine from Channing Daughters, and a special brew from Springs Brewery.

With the Montauk Friends of Erin's St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, the season officially begins in East Hampton Town's easternmost hamlet.