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The Lineup for the Week of May 2, 2024

All the local high school sports competition you could possibly want for the coming week, right here.

Her Art Has Mushroomed

For the artist and mushroom farmer Agathe Snow, “Art and food are always the same.”

Notes on a Tragedy

Clare McHugh’s new novel explores the tangled webs of Russia’s star-crossed royals. And reader, family trees are included.

Abstractions and Chemical Reactions

The Arts Center at Duck Creek to reopen with solo exhibitions by Natalie Edgar and Francisco Daniel Cabrera.

Imaginative Artists at LongHouse

The LongHouse Reserve will host talks with a multidisciplinary artist and an imaginative costume designer.

The Art Scene 05.02.24

Josh Dayton at Ashawagh, Christopher Engel at Kramoris, dance and photography at Guild Hall, and Eric Firestone in NoHo.

Bits and Pieces 05.02.24

Classical concerts at the Parrish, LTV’s Songbook launch party in Manhattan, lecture on Black gardeners, calls for actors.

South Fork Poetry for May 2, 2024

Another selection from George Held’s bird book slash poetry book.

News for Foodies 05.02.24

Mother’s Day brunches, Cinco de Mayo specials, and restaurant reopenings.

The Music Scene 05.02.24

Jake Lear Trio, Fast Five, Nicolls Road, and more to rock the Talkhouse, Southern Rockfest at the Suffolk Theater.

East Hampton Food Pantry Welcomes New Board Member

The East Hampton Food Pantry’s board of directors has a new member. Emily Paxson Sabnani, a volunteer who lives in Amagansett, will take the seat recently vacated by Michael Bassett.

Health Care Job Fair Scheduled for Thursday

Stony Brook Medicine will hold a job fair on Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library to share information about a range of positions available at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport.

For John J. Karpinski

Visiting hours for John J. Karpinski of Amagansett and Long Beach, Miss., will be Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a funeral Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk at 11. Burial will be at Calverton National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. that day. Mr. Karpinski died on April 23 at the age of 74.

Half-Million for New Baseball Diamond at Herrick Park

A reconstructed baseball diamond for Herrick Park, complete with dugouts, will be playable by "Memorial Day weekend, give or take," Chris Hines, an account manager with the LandTek Group, told the East Hampton Village Board at Friday's meeting. The board determined that the project will have little environmental impact, and approved $535,720.60 for the work, which will come out of the village's general fund.

Item of the Week: The Honorable Howell and Halsey, 1774-1816

“Be it remembered” opens each case recorded in this book, which was kept by two Suffolk County justices of the peace, both Bridgehamptoners, over the course of 42 years, from 1774 through 1816.

To Catch Storm Runoff Before It Hits the Pond

East Hampton Village is moving forward on a few stormwater-abatement projects, which together could improve the quality of the water in Georgica Pond.

Fairies Make Mischief at Montauk Nature Preserve

A "fairy gnome village" in the Culloden Point Preserve, undoubtedly erected without a building permit, has become an amusing but also divisive issue for those living on Montauk's lesser-known point.

Sheila Isham, 96, Widely Shown Artist

Sheila Isham, an artist whose work had been shown in gallery and museum exhibitions around the world, died of pneumonia in Manhattan on April 9. She was 96. Ms. Isham lived in Sagaponack for over 50 years and had a painting studio in Southampton.

In Shinnecock, a Return to Matriarchal Roots

With the election of Lisa Goree to the role of tribal chairperson on April 2, there’s a woman in charge of the Shinnecock Indian Nation — traditionally a matriarchal culture — for the first time in centuries.

Amagansett Board Member Resigns, Race Now Uncontested

The unexpected resignation of Kevin Warren, who was appointed to fill a board vacancy in October 2019 and was elected to a full term last year, means that a school board race that would have been contested is now technically uncontested in Amagansett.