The Suffolk County Water Authority has more than doubled its account credits for thrifty tech, including low-flow showerheads and "smart" irrigation controllers.

While they often start with a simple image — a palm tree, or a lighthouse — Jamie dePasquale’s paintings develop over time into works of remarkable, and often surreal, complexity.

Harper’s Gallery has paintings and ceramics by three artists whose moody, complex works “straddle an axis of abstract and recognizable imagery.”

Strong stories by four female playwrights will have staged readings in Bay Street Theater’s New Works Festival.