Appearing at The Church in Sag Harbor this weekend are D.J. Spooky, a multimedia artist, Bruce Wolosoff, a composer and pianist, and Dan Rizzie, a painter and printmaker.

“Look at the Book,” a new show at the Southampton Arts Center, features work by 33 artists and just as many different approaches to books and the written word.

A LongHouse lecture with Michael Arad and Paul Goldberger, landscape therapy with Edwina von Gal at Guild Hall, That Motown Band at Bay Street, drumming and jazz in Sag Harbor, a new single from Taylor Barton, the British invasion in Riverhead, and a grant application from East End Arts are in this week's cultural rundown.

Shinnecock stories at Ma’s House, celebrating Frank Sofo in Springs, a sculptural valentine in Southampton, abstract collages at Estia’s Little Kitchen, Warhol screen tests on the Lower East Side, Roman watercolors at Marymount Manhattan College, 19th-century paintings at Rogers Memorial.

The Montauk Historical Society has announced it is producing a documentary film about the Pelican II, a 42-foot fishing-party boat that foundered and sank in a squall a few miles southeast of Montauk Point in September 1951. Its captain and 44 guests were lost at sea.

Those who wish to contest their Sag Harbor Village taxes can file a grievance on Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5. There are two ways to file a grievance: in person at the Municipal Building and virtually via Zoom. Only current tax assessments, not those from years past, can be challenged.

El División de Protección al Consumidor de Nueva York ha notificado a todos que una nueva ley para modificar y aclarar la ley de recargo de tarjeta de crédito existente entró en vigor el domingo.

The East Hampton Town Planning Board moved closer to approving plans for the Beckmann Commercial building in Montauk at its meeting last week. Dr. Molly is waiting to move in.

In the Rev. Jon D. Rodriguez, the East Hampton Presbyterian Church believes it has found a dynamic and engaged young leader for its pulpit for years to come.

This invoice from Isaac Plato (circa 1767-1832) is signed by both Plato and Abraham Parsons, who paid him on behalf of the East Hampton Town Trustees. The invoice is partly for “chestnut rails” for the East Hampton parsonage.

The first cruise ship to call Sag Harbor a stop on its itinerary will moor in sight of Long Wharf in three months. Officials are looking to ease the way.

The long-running matter of Harry Macklowe’s Georgica Pond property was again before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday, ending this time in a unanimous vote that is unlikely to satisfy the homeowner and will likely be appealed.

Long Island’s Indigenous communities are hailing a new set of long-overdue rules, established by the Biden administration effective Jan. 12, that have museums and universities across the country covering up or altogether closing exhibits containing Native American funerary displays and other artifacts, which now must either be returned to sovereign tribes for reburial or displayed only with the permission of those Indigenous communities.

Amagansett School District officials are anticipating some “big changes” in the 2024-25 school year budget, as they try to maintain a “fiscally responsible balanced budget” for the school’s Blue Ribbon academic programs, as well as a healthy and safe campus for students and staff.

“It’s going to be a difficult process. A lot of things are really out of our control,” Adam Fine, the East Hampton School District superintendent, said during a Feb. 6 budget workshop that kicked off the school board’s discussion of the 2024-25 fiscal year budget.

As the town’s planning board continues to weigh Project Most’s application for redevelopment at 92 Three Mile Harbor Road, the site of the now-defunct East Hampton Neighborhood House, nearby residents are banding together in opposition, suggesting that the history of Freetown, their home values, and quiet enjoyment of their properties are at odds with the plan.

By a vote of 4 to 2, the East Hampton Town Planning Board resolved at its Feb. 7 meeting to hire an attorney to advise it on whether or not to seek "lead agency" status on the town’s proposed new senior citizens center. The East Hampton Town Board has said it plans to take the lead on that review process.

The New York State Division of Consumer Protection has notified all municipal government officials that a new law amending and clarifying the state’s existing credit card surcharge law went into effect on Sunday.

The East Hampton Town Trustees agreed to permit a new approach to eelgrass restoration in Napeague Harbor, and authorized funding it, when the group met on Monday.

The Center for Compassionate Leadership has announced a customized Compassionate Leadership Certification Training Program to be held this spring for nonprofit organizations on the South Fork.