With three HBO comedy specials, five comic albums, and multiple television roles, Paula Poundstone's spontaneous wit will have the Bay Street Theater audience in stitches.

The summer benefit at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will feature food and drink, a live auction of artworks, and a performance by Kaoru Watanabe.

Nat Butler, a Montauk native, has taken extraordinary photos of N.B.A. players on and off the court over the years, as is abundantly evident in his recently published book, “Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography.” At 62, he’s still at it.

On Sunday, I took four of my friends on the water with Capt. Rob Aaronson of the charter boat Oh Brother. It was my first time fishing out of Montauk this season, and it was good to be back home.