Laurie Anderson has compiled Lou Reed’s notes into a book showing how tai chi saved the rocker’s life and came to define his life.

Katie Couric is first up at the revived Fridays at Five, while Sunny Hostin visits the East Hampton Library with her new novel.

For the third summer in a row, Citarella stores on the South Fork are raising money for the nonprofit East End Fund for Children, and anybody who shops in the gourmet markets in East Hampton, Bridgehampton, or Southampton through Labor Day will have an opportunity to do their part to help.

Sarah Maslin Nir is not only a Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter for The New York Times, she is also an equestrian and the author of “Horse Crazy,” a successful memoir of her passion for horses, and a series equestrian-themed middle-grade children’s books.