Pandemic-related restrictions on restaurants, gyms, offices, casinos, and catered events, will be relaxed the coming weeks in New York, a direct result of improving Covid rates in the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday.

Following C.D.C. guidance, New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors, "except in certain crowded settings and venues," and to make it easier to get the vaccine, the state is opening all of its mass vaccination sites to walk-ins. 

The Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum will reopen on Saturday with an exhibition of photographs of the East End taken by William Wallace Tooker circa 1895.

On Monday, the Golden Pear Cafe marked 30 years on Newtown Lane in East Hampton.

Tomi Ungerer’s final children’s book follows a flight through a harrowing dystopia, while Kate McMullan celebrates spring and Katharine Holabird just celebrates.

Food news in Montauk, Cinco de Mayo fiestas, specials galore, Mothers Day menus, new seasonal openings, and more

For American artists whose papers don't naturally relate to a specific site, like a historic house or associated academic setting, the chief repository is the Archives of American Art. In January, it accepted the papers of Howard Kanovitz, an artist who lived and worked all over the South Fork during his career and died in 2009.

On Friday, Bay Street Theater, in partnership with the Rock Project, will present “Reflections of ‘Who’s Next," a concert celebration of the 50th anniversary of the album.

“Affinities for Abstraction: Women Artists on Eastern Long Island, 1950-2020,” an exhibition of work by 40 artists who have expanded the language of abstraction, often through important innovations, will open Sunday at the Parrish Art Museum.

"Down and Dirty" features Bonnie Rychlak and Jeanne Silverthorne and "High Noon" is a show of work by Elizabeth Hazan.

The Church welcomes new residents, Artists Alliance hangs their shingle at Ashawagh, bereavement at Pollock-Krasner, and more

Telly and Inda at the Talkhouse, Alfredo Merat and Marcello Pimenta at Baron's Cove, and The Jam Session

Opera at the Beach
"Met Under Moonlight," presented by Guild Hall and HamptonsFilm, will resume on Saturday at 8 p.m. with a screening of the Metropolitan Opera's 2019 production of "Porgy and Bess," at Main Beach in East Hampton.

HBO production crews are filming new episodes of the Emmy-winning TV show "Succession" in Montauk and Wainscott this week. There are a handful of ocean beach scenes and driving shots, a town official said Monday.

East Hampton's 1-0 county Class A final loss to Harborfields on Saturday came down to one set play. "If we played them 10 times, we'd win five and they'd win five," Bonac's coach said of the matchup.

Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini announced Thursday that a drug trafficking ring based in Riverhead -- which investigators say also sold cocaine and other illegal substances in the Hamptons and in Brookhaven Town -- has been busted, landing 12 people in court.

"Historically, treehouses have been the setting for adventurous, magical escapes. Treehouses are also a timeless American tradition, an escape for 'kids' of all ages. Jimmy Carter even built a treehouse for his daughter on the White House lawn."

Along with the benefits and challenges of keeping koi comes their symbolism of strength and perseverance.

Last summer, I cared for several dozen future butterflies that were raised in a Monarch Waystation garden in Bridgehampton. Created by Cindy Warne, the garden provides milkweed for caterpillars and nectar-rich plants for butterflies once they emerge from their chrysalids.

The Star's Hunter-Gatherer has gone shopping for things that can be useful inside and outside. They'll bring the spirit of outside inside, and the comfort of inside outside — yes, you can have it both ways.