This curated selection of outings, classes, and activities for older adults on the South Fork is really just a taste of what’s out there. Museums, theaters, libraries, and town facilities are cultural hubs for all things entertainment, informational, and educational.

Bay Street will open its summer season with "Bob & Jean: A Love Story," the playwright Robert Schenkkan's intimate portrait of his parents inspired by their letters written while separated during World War II.

Lindsay Hill’s strangely riveting new novel, “Tidal Lock,” explores a sense of place as psycho-emotional landscape.

Conga Cartel is a tight-knit multigenerational unit whose repertoire spans more than 50 years of popular music, including salsa, funk, Latin, and other genres.

The Hamptons Festival of Music's Sunset Serenades will bring the music of Vivaldi, Bellini, Dvorak, and Mozart to churches in Springs, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Bridgehampton.

In conjunction with a screening of Fellini's "The White Sheik," the Sag Harbor Cinema will open an exhibition of paintings by Sabina Streeter inspired by Italian cinema of the '50s.

Dialogue on art colonies at LongHouse, recital and master class in Southampton, Nancy Atlas at the Masonic Temple, chamber music on Shelter Island.

Guild Hall has Broadway stars Jason Robert Brown and Betsy Wolfe in concert, Robert Wilson in conversation about his new book, and a silent disco dance party.

The Sag Harbor Church will host the Gil Gutierrez Trio for a concert of classical guitar and jazz, Jaime T. Herrell, a curator from the Cherokee Nation, who will discuss the venue's current exhibition, and an artwork parlor game.

New galleries in East Hampton and on Shelter Island, a bounty of group shows from Bridgehampton to Montauk, plein-air painting at LongHouse.

New Italian pop-up in East Hampton, spring specials at Almond, summer wine classes at Park Place, Tusk Bar comes to Moby's, restaurant reset at Solé East.

Not all events were set at the time of publication. Visit websites for more details and up-to-date information.

Real estate sales from Southampton to Montauk, some dating back to February, some as recent as late-April.

The third annual Airing of the Quilts will take place on Saturday from noon to 5 at the Arts Center at Duck Creek (Sunday if it rains). Organized by Louise Eastman and Erica-Lynn Huberty, this year’s display is a tribute to the log cabin quilt, long a symbol of refuge and belonging. 

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“Getting to the wall is one of the steps in the healing process for combat vets from Vietnam. A lot of guys have survivor’s guilt. Maybe they missed a patrol and lost a bunch of buddies. Then there are family members who bring their kids and grandkids,” said Doc Russo, who travels around the country with a 300-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, D.C.

The art dealer Larry Gagosian is the new owner of the stalwart East Hampton Village bookstore, BookHampton, which has been for sale since the fall. "It would have been a horrible thing to lose that bookstore," he said Thursday. "When I heard it was for sale, I jumped at the opportunity."

At an E.M.S. open house at the Bridgehampton Firehouse on School Street on Sunday, the Bridgehampton Fire Department will offer lessons in hands-only CPR and the best ways to care for pets in an emergency. There will be refreshments, activities for children, and a chance to meet the department’s crews and check out the ambulances.

A pruning workshop at LongHouse, native plant experts at Wittendale's, and a chance to lend a hand at community gardens in East Hampton.

Word that the United States Coast Guard has proposed to remove hundreds of navigational markers along the Northeast coast, including buoys, day beacons, and lights, is drawing a mostly negative reaction among mariners in East Hampton Town, with commercial fishermen and others warning that their removal would worsen already dangerous conditions.