“The Great American Sports Page” has Mike Lupica on the brother of a football-playing fireman killed on 9/11, Robert Lipsyte on Dick Tiger, a boxer with a championship belt and a champion's conscience, and the timeless hyperbole of Grantland Rice.

On Saturday, the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will open “Slack Tide,” a group exhibition featuring seven artists who work in a variety of mediums. The term “slack tide” describes a state when little to no tidal movement is detectable.

Eric Fischl has produced a powerful piece of artwork that represents “the madness of the moment,” he said, referring to the immigration crisis at the southern border.