I wanted someone who baked cookies. My mother painted pictures.

Newly reported real estate moves, y’all.

The environmental review for East Hampton Town's new 22,000-square-foot senior citizen center in Amagansett will be guided by the town board, not the planning board, after a decision was reached Tuesday by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 

Pia Leighton is an artist, art teacher, and writer whose artwork ranges from wild, unconventional paintings to a Tibetan Buddhist art form that she teaches.

Who better to lead a tour through the evolution of the white-knuckling, history-making Situation Room than George Stephanopoulos, White House veteran?

To help with the continuing costs of medical care, Kayla Kearney's family hopes community members will turn out in force at a benefit called #KKStrong at the Clubhouse on Saturday.

Laura Lopez is a key member of the kitchen staff at Carissa's Bakery in East Hampton, making soups, dips, and sometimes acting as head chef.

"Reclamation" at the Southampton History Museum features work by BIPOC artists who seek to reclaim agency and amplify voices that deserve to be heard.

The evolution of graffiti from the subways of New York to a global movement is charted in the exhibition "Post Graffiti" at the Southampton Arts Center.

Pollock-Krasner House reopens, living sculpture at Tripoli, Scott Bluedorn solo in East Hampton, Amy Sillman and David Salle at The Church, reinterpreting self-portraiture at Keyes Art.

Jazz at the E.H. Library, panel on Long Island's food history at the Parrish, eclectic musical duo at The Church, Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Bay Street.

A musical potpourri at the Stephen Talkhouse, Glam Jam at the Masonic Temple, and Herman's Hermits plus Queen and Journey tribute bands at the Suffolk.

Homemade baby food from Loaves and Fishes, tequila and mezcal tasting workshop, East End farm markets reopen, Mother's Day options, and more restaurants reopen.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association’s summer kickoff benefit happens on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Clubhouse in Wainscott.

Dock to Dish, a restaurant-supported fishery cooperative founded in Montauk in 2012, has new owners and a renewed focus on getting fresh-from-the-boat seafood directly into the kitchens of restaurants across the East End and the New York area. And the fact that most of the owners are also fishermen doesn’t hurt.

A female minke whale measuring 26 feet long and weighing nearly 8,000 pounds washed up dead on a Bridgehampton beach on Wednesday. "It had a thin blubber layer; we would consider it underweight. It was severely decomposed," said Rob DiGiovanni, chief scientist for the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society.

This year’s May Day 5K, which benefits the Tyler Project, a youth mental health nonprofit, happens on Sunday at 9 a.m. at Main Beach in East Hampton. 

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals agreed with the town Planning Department last month that a detailed and lengthy environmental review is necessary for a proposal to build a 108-foot stone revetment, 83-foot PVC retaining wall, and new house at 117 Bay View Avenue on Napeague. This despite accusations of complicity between the board and the Planning Department from Brian Matthews, the attorney for Nicholas Grecco, who owns the parcel.

With major improvements planned for North Main Street and Three Mile Harbor Road from East Hampton into Springs, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works and the East Hampton Town Board and town staff want to hear from the public about the road and its future. At a hearing at Town Hall on Wednesday at 7 p.m., officials from the town and county will talk about the plans and take comments from the public.

School districts in Bridgehampton, Wainscott, and Sagaponack have formally adopted spending plans for the 2024-25 school year, paving the way for community voting on May 21 and public hearings next week and the week after.