In honor of Earth Day, which is Sunday, the musician Dan Zanes, a onetime rock ’n’ roller who is now the most recognized name in the family-music genre, will give a free concert at 3 p.m. at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church. 

Fans of a certain age may remember Mr. Zanes from the Del Fuegos, a Boston-based rock band that found mainstream success with the 1985 album “Boston, Mass.,” featuring the hits “Don’t Run Wild” and “I Still Want You.” After the band’s dissolution, Mr. Zanes became a father and began creating music that he and his daughter could enjoy together. 

In 2000, the New Hampshire native moved to Brooklyn. That year, Dan Zanes and Friends released “Rocket Ship Beach,” featuring guests including Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, and Simon Kirke, and which the website allmusic.com said “mixes well-known songs for kids, standards, and traditional country and folk songs with a hand-crafted sound and plenty of affection for both the music and its intended audience.” 

In October, Mr. Zanes, his wife, Claudia Eliaza, a jazz vocalist and music therapist, and Yuriana Sobrino, a Mexican percussionist, premiered “Night Train 57: A Sensory-Friendly Folk Opera” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “Night Train 57” has been described as “an interactive folk opera that takes audiences on a far-out ride to the galaxies and back,” made up of original folk songs.

Ms. Eliaza is at present performing in Russia. Sunday’s lineup will include Mr. Zanes, Ms. Sobrino, and Pauline Jean, a percussionist. 

The concert will be a sensory-friendly experience, which Mr. Zanes described as “a way of creating conditions in a venue that make the performance more comfortable for people with special needs, including but not limited to people on the autism spectrum — people with sensitivities to sound and lights.” 

“But really,” he continued, “the thing we emphasize is it’s a way of opening the door wider. The audience that’s going to come anyway comes to the show, but we let everybody know that all behaviors are welcome; we’ve taken everybody into consideration. The atmosphere is comfortable. It’s just a way of increasing the accessibility.” 

This, he said, is the future of family performance, “because once everybody knows how little it takes to create more accessibility, it takes absolutely nothing from the performance. It’s the same as it ever was, just the conditions are slightly tweaked. Which they are anyway: We don’t play loud shows, or use strobe lights. It’s an easy shift. For us as performers, we love it because it feels better to know that more people are invited to the party.” 

Ms. Eliaza and Ms. Jean are Haitian-American, and Mr. Zanes said that he is “just crazy” about the music of Haiti. “We live in a Haitian-Jamaican neighborhood,” he said, “and I just listen to it all the time. It’s totally opened my mind in so many ways. Haitian music, in a strange way, has helped me to find different ways of playing. I’m not trying to make songs sound like the Haitian records I have, but the use of percussion, the way the instruments interact with each other — it’s been inspiring.” 

Ms. Jean, he said, “will be a really nice addition” on Sunday. “Folk music with percussion — it really seems like that’s the future of folk: more percussion.”

The Deacon David Hedges house in Sagaponack, a farmhouse built in 1775 by a descendant of one of the founding families of East Hampton, was listed for sale last Wednesday for an asking price of $11.95 million.

Deacon David Hedges, who lived from 1744 to 1817, was a prominent preacher and statesman. He served for 20 years as supervisor of Southampton Town, was a member of New York’s Fourth Provincial Congress, which adopted the first State Constitution, and was a delegate to the convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States. The house he built is located on Hedges Lane, a street that was named for the family and which, at one point, consisted only of houses owned by Hedges relatives. 

The current owners are John Wilkes Hedges, Walter Rose Hedges, and William Huntting Hedges, who are siblings and 12th-generation descendants of the original Hedges family in East Hampton. “My brothers and I did a lot of manual labor on the house back in the early ’70s, when we were teenagers,” recalled John Hedges. “We dug out and created crawl spaces and did a great amount of other under-house work. My parents were preservationists before it was fashionable. They were determined to try to save the old house, which was in poor structural condition.”

The eight-bedroom, four-bath house is on 3.2 acres and overlooks 81 acres of agricultural reserve. It also features a second structure that can be converted into another residence. “Most likely, the perfect buyer would have a desire to be rooted in the heart of Sagaponack,” said Linda Haugevik, a broker at Douglas Elliman, who is one of the listing agents for the property.

The house is steeped in history. “It was said that during the Revolutionary War, Deacon David Hedges hid his livestock in the small, original cellar which is just under the front portion of the house,” said Mr. Hedges. Even the amenities within the house are vestiges of the past. “Entering the house is like a walk back in time,” he said. “It is basically unchanged since the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the bedrooms has only single-plank boards as walls. The fireplaces and chimneys are original, and the kitchen still has the beehive oven.”

After years of renting out the house (Annie Liebovitz, the photographer, was once a tenant), Mr. Hedges said that he and his brothers decided to put it on the market because certain circumstances made it the only viable option for the family. He added that there were “rumors and musings” about the Village of Sagaponack purchasing it, but no deal had yet been reached.

When it is sold, it will be the first time that the house will not be owned by a member of the Hedges family. Mr. Hedges said he hopes that whoever buys it will honor the family’s legacy. “We are looking for someone who will appreciate the value and role of the house in East End history,” he said.

A 39.2-acre portion of the more than 200-acre Maidstone Club property, which stretches along Dunemere and Old Beach Lanes, was the focus of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday when it reviewed an application for a 676-square-foot “warming hut” where its platform tennis courts and main clubhouse are located.

The hut would require a 958-square-foot village variance to allow 277,301 square feet of coverage on the 39.2-acre site as well as special permit and coastal erosion hazard area permits. The club also seeks to legalize two storage sheds, one of which is seaward of the coastal erosion hazard line. 

Richard Whalen, an attorney for the club, told the Z.B.A. that the warming hut would be just eastward of the tennis courts, which were constructed in 1967. Known as paddle as well as platform tennis, the sport is played in the winter, Mr. Whalen said, chiefly from October through March, and at night. “My understanding is they don’t use these in the summertime,” he said.

Tony Panza, the project’s architect, said the one-story wooden hut would contain a fireplace and two bathrooms. For the most part, Mr. Whalen said, it would be out of view, even from the club property. “There might be some view from the beach, but I think it will be quite restrictive.” A neighbor to the west has submitted a letter strongly supporting the application, he said. 

Lights associated with the courts, however, “have certainly changed the vista,” said Lys Marigold, the board’s vice chairwoman, later saying  they were “very intrusive” to southbound drivers on Egypt Lane. 

Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, also voiced concern about the lights “because they are visible from other parts of the village.” Making the lighting less intrusive would be a mitigating measure, he said.

The design review board, which already has considered the application, must also sign off on it. Mr. Whalen noted that the lighting had come up with the D.R.B. Calling lighting a necessity, he said, “We have investigated whether we can put shields on the lights. . . . We believe we can do that and will discuss it with the D.R.B.” He also said the fixtures would be removed after the playing season. 

“We echo the D.R.B.’s concerns about the lights,” Mr. Newbold said, “and welcome anything that can be done to modify it.” 

With respect to the coverage variance, Mr. Whalen said the increase to accommodate the warming hut amounts to less than 3 10ths of 1 percent of coverage of the 39.2-acre portion of the property. He noted that there are no structures at all on most of the 220 acres owned by the club. 

The club has existed longer than the incorporated village, Mr. Whalen said, and “visually remains an integral part of the village.” It has not obstructed the bucolic views “by planting what I consider the bane of the South Fork, the privet hedge.” He added that the property is as close as we can get to seeing the village as it once was.

Apart from the platform tennis courts’ lighting, the board seemed to have no concerns and closed the hearing.

In addition to a determination on Ronald Perelman’s application to legalize construction at his estate, the Creeks, which is covered separately in this issue, the board issued seven determinations, all but one for properties surrounding Lily Pond. 

The owners of properties ringing the pond were granted wetland permits to undertake coordinated phragmites removal. The invasive species is to be cut by hand over four consecutive years at 200 Lily Pond Lane, owned by the Edward W. Williams Qualified Personal Residence Trust and the Lisa B. Williams Q.P.R.T.; 127 Apaquogue Road, owned by the Evelyn McNiff Revocable Trust; 103 Apaquogue Road, owned by the Edward W. Williams Revocable Trust; 89 Apaquogue Road, owned by the John H. Williams Revocable Trust; 85 Apaquogue Road, owned by the Eugene F. Williams III Revocable Trust, and 81 Apaquogue Road, a limited liability corporation, and a homeowners association affiliated with the owners of the properties. 

The board also granted J. Tomilson Hill III and Janine Hill variances allowing a sculpture to be installed within the required 100-foot setback from the 15-foot contour line of the ocean dune at 23 East Dune Lane. Mr. Hill is vice chairman of the Blackstone Group.

Four months after Ronald Perelman’s sprawling application to legalize numerous zoning-code violations was considered, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday granted most of the billionaire investor and philanthropist’s variance requests for the Creeks, his estate on Georgica Pond. 

Several buildings had been constructed or expanded on the nearly 58-acre property without building permits and in violation of required setbacks from wetland areas. The setbacks were of  concern because of the property’s proximity to the pond, which is ecologically compromised.

Over several meetings, the board and Mr. Perelman’s representatives, chiefly Leonard Ackerman, an attorney, agreed to the reduction of some structures and alteration of their use, as well as a package of mitigation measures, in exchange for variances legalizing most of the construction and altered or expanded uses. 

The variances will legalize the construction of 160 square feet of additions to the main residence, which fall within the required 150-foot wetlands setback; the construction of a 5,802-square-foot structure containing cooking and living facilities on the condition that it have no more than three bedrooms, and a 426-square-foot addition to a carriage house, resulting in a 4,142-square-foot accessory building. The latter variance was granted on the condition that the structure’s six bedrooms and all habitable space on the second floor were demolished, with the second floor stripped to studs,  the removal of all interior partitions, finishes, fixtures, and appliances, as well as heating and insulation, so that the structure is suitable only for storage or mechanical equipment. 

Mr. Perelman was granted variances to legalize the enlargement of a small synagogue from 757 square feet to 1,275 square feet, and to allow it to contain three rooms plus two powder rooms, although the code allows only one room in accessory structures, and to allow it to be 15.1 feet high where the maximum permitted is 14 feet. Another condition was that there be no cooking or sleeping accommodations and no more than two powder rooms, which may have neither a shower nor bathtub. An indoor shower is to be removed from a pool house.

In addition, the board granted variances to legalize six artworks and sculptures put up within rear-yard and wetlands setbacks, the construction of a chicken coop and trellises, and the clearing of vegetation and landscaping within wetlands setbacks. Variances were also granted to allow a 317-square-foot tent to remain and fencing to be relocated. 

In other conditions, the board said Suffolk County-approved nitrogen-reducing septic systems must be installed for every structure for which a sanitary system is required within two years of the determination. A covenant is to be filed at the county clerk’s office declaring that future owners of the property will be obliged to maintain those systems. 

Within one year, Mr. Perelman must revegetate 133,756 square feet of the property to create and maintain a vegetative buffer between it and Georgica Pond. (The board had found that more than 70,000 square feet of vegetation had been improperly cleared.) No pesticides or fertilizers are to be used, and a covenant will put successor owners on notice of an ongoing obligation. 

The board did, however, deny one of Mr. Perelman’s requests, requiring that he reduce the floor area of an accessory “workout” building within a wetlands setback to the square footage at the time its certificate of occupancy was issued. He had enlarged it from 575 to 795 square feet.

The building plans for the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center received approval from the village’s board of historic preservation and architectural review last Thursday, bringing the project one step closer to breaking ground.

The center had previously received the support of the planning and zoning boards, but the quest to receive a building permit is not quite complete. “The next step is construction drawings will be submitted to the village’s Building Department,” said Susan Mead, the treasurer of the Sag Harbor Partnership, the not-for-profit organization that is overseeing the development of the cinema. The Building Department will then review the plans to make sure they are in compliance with the conceptual drawings the village boards had signed off on. 

The biggest hurdle for the partnership, which spent last year amassing the money to buy the cinema, continues to be fund-raising. Ms. Mead said that the organization had accumulated $1 million in donations dedicated to construction and had received another $300,000 to $400,000 in pledges. Construction will not start, however, until the goal of raising $3 million by July 1 has been reached. “The responsible thing to do is to set the goal, raise the money, and then begin construction,” said Ms. Mead, adding that she was cautiously optimistic about meeting the goal on schedule. 

A private cocktail party is being held next week to raise money for the cinema, and a yard sale benefit will take place on May 19 at Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor.

When construction finally does begin, Ms. Mead said that the group intends to be conscientious about avoiding any unnecessary disruption on Main Street. “We will be working with the merchants and everyone else to minimize the impact,” she said. J.B.

The ancient Indian tradition of mehndi, or henna body art, goes back at least 2,000 years, when it was detailed in the Kama Sutra as one of the necessary arts a woman needed to learn in order to please and seduce. 

But over the last 100 years, it has served a particular purpose at wedding rituals, when a bridegroom would hold a bride’s hand and search for his name hidden within the wavelike, wine-colored lines and floral trellises that covered her extremities. It was a perfect icebreaker, particularly in traditional Indian marriages in which the newlyweds were meeting for the first time.

In 1995, Eakta Shah became a 21-year-old arranged-marriage bride in India when her family decided that she should marry Darshan Gandhi of Gujarat, India’s westernmost state and the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, although the two are not related.

Today, Ms. Gandhi lives with her husband and children in Riverhead, where she is a bus driver for the Riverhead School District and her husband works for a car dealership. Their eldest son is at a university studying engineering, while another is in 10th grade. By many standards, they’re living the American dream. But it’s her business as a coveted henna artist across the East End that keeps her rooted to her Indian heritage and fulfills her childhood dream.

Last week Ms. Gandhi was at the Montauk Library, where children had to be turned away, said Jacqueline Bitonti, the youth services librarian there, because the three-hour henna session for kids of all ages was at capacity. It was the third time Ms. Gandhi had been hired by the library, and each time, Ms. Bitonti said, the event was exceptionally well attended.

With her bagful of small paper cones filled with henna paste, she is often found dressed in traditional Indian wear and hunched over outstretched hands at libraries from Sayville to Montauk, festivals around the East End including the annual Strawberry Festival in Mattituck and the Montauk Music Festival, as well as at weddings and private parties. Although she also works at Indian weddings and baby blessings, she said 90 percent of her clients are American. One family even hired her for a wedding in Costa Rica. She was hesitant, but her husband said, “Are you crazy? You must go!”

“It’s so awesome,” she said of her thriving business, which first caught her fancy when she was a young girl in India. “I am so grateful that I can do something I truly love as well as keep my Indian tradition going.”

As a 10-year-old in her hometown of Baroda, the third-largest city in Gujarat, she enrolled in mehndi classes and continued to practice the art over the years. While her mother encouraged her to pursue her passion professionally, her father said absolutely not, as he did not consider it a worthy calling.

After marrying and immigrating to America in 1995, Ms. Gandhi worked in several small tobacconist shops the couple owned in Melville, Hicksville, and later in Ridge, often spending 13 hours a day behind the counter.

Then, in 2008, her husband decided they needed to spend more family time. “I was devastated,” she said. “I’m such a people person. I loved talking to the older customers who would stop by every day just to tell me their stories.”

But her husband was adamant and sold the shops and moved the family to Riverhead, where she became a bus driver at the local school. Today, she also trains drivers for the district and in between her morning and afternoon shifts works part time at Home Depot.

Her henna artistry was first noticed 10 years ago, when she painted someone’s hands for a party. “After that, people kept asking me to do it more and more, and the business just grew,” she said. Her rate is $125 an hour or about $20 for a quick design.

The henna plant, which Ms. Gandhi buys from Rajasthan, a state on the border with Pakistan, arrives in powdered form. She then mixes the powder with various essential oils, and even tea water, to form a paste, which 8 to 10 hours later turns rusty red. Of the many myths attached to henna, one claims that when it is applied to a bride-to-be’s hand, the deeper the stain, the nicer the mother-in-law, which, naturally, translates to a happy marriage.

But in Montauk last week, her only concern was the 30-plus young hands to adorn in three hours. She works, as traditional henna artists do, without the use of a template or reference. “I just see a hand and form a pattern in my head. Every design is unique,” she explained, and based on the contours and shape of the individual’s hand. Her own steady hand is key, she said, as is patience, practice, and a sense of proportion. 

“My husband and sons are so supportive of my business,” said Ms. Gandhi. As for her father, who forbade her to pursue it in India? “He is so happy for me now and keeps apologizing for not letting me do it all those years ago.”

She smiled and shrugged. The world is a very different place today, she told her father. Then she went back to her work, painting intricate, filigree paisleys and peacocks, executed with quicksilver strokes, on the backs of miniature hands, each one finished with a sprinkle of glitter for the ultimate girly touch.

As East Hampton Village continued to refine the language of a proposed law governing special events, proponents and critics of the measure voiced their concerns at a trustee meeting last Thursday, and Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. announced that, after nearly two months of debate, the public hearing phase of the discussion would be coming to an end as of 4 p.m. yesterday.

The proposed law, which was first introduced on Feb. 16, seeks to replace the village’s current mass assembly statute with a more stringent policy that would require permits for any gathering of 50 or more people held at a private residence, and prevent commercial properties — including pre-existing businesses such as the village’s inns — in residential neighborhoods from holding events outdoors or in tents. 

Highlighting some of the recent changes to the law, Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, said that a provision had been removed that would have allowed warrantless searches of properties that were granted a special events permit, as a means of ensuring compliance. Instead, the law calls for a notice of violation to be submitted to the property owner or whoever is in charge of the gathering. 

The current iteration of the law also provides some leeway on the requirement that a permit application be filed at least 21 days in advance of an event. Now, the law states that the village should be given as much notice as is “practicable under the circumstances.” That change should be welcomed by opponents who said the law would infringe on the rights of homeowners to receive visitors after, say, the death of a loved one.

Another new provision states that if an applicant is denied a permit, the village must provide a reason for the denial in writing. 

Ever since the special events law was introduced, the question of whether the Hedges Inn should be allowed to hold large tented events on its property has been a major focus of the debate. Although the village had approved permits for such events in recent years, on March 15 it reversed course and denied permits for four weddings that were scheduled to take place at the inn in 2018. Then, on March 21, it signed off on a tent permit for an event taking place at 72 James Lane, a private residence adjacent to the Hedges Inn and reportedly owned by the same owner. 

The village’s zigzagging left Patricia Handal, a James Lane resident who has been an outspoken critic of events at the Hedges Inn, exasperated. “I’m very puzzled,” Ms. Handal said at the meeting. She referenced a series of court decisions in the early 2000s that stated that the Hedges Inn’s “utilization of the patio for outdoor dining was not a proper accessory use.” In an email sent earlier this week, Ms. Handal wrote, “I’m sad to think that an issue that was settled by the highest court in New York State is still being debated.”

At the board meeting on March 16, Christopher Kelley, the lawyer for the Hedges Inn, pointed out that the court decisions in question only referred to the use of the patio, and did not encompass special events. Furthermore, he said, the village, up until March 15, seemingly agreed that special events were not off limits because they had issued the inn numerous special event permits. 

Ms. Handal said that she discovered that a wedding would be taking place at 72 James Lane over the Easter weekend by reading a newspaper report. In order to avoid the aggravation the wedding would cause, she said she and her husband decided to go out of town rather than follow their usual Holy Week routine of attending services at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. That was “a decision we should not have had to make,” Ms. Handal said.  

Amanda Star Frazer, a lawyer representing the Handals, expressed concern to the board that the village’s granting of a permit to 72 James Lane would send the wrong message to homeowners who might be eager to get into the business of hosting weddings. “I don’t think it was the village’s intent to allow residential properties in the village to turn themselves into commercial wedding venues,” said Ms. Frazer. “We’re asking the board to clarify that in this new proposed law, so that this doesn’t happen again.”

Opposition to the law was also expressed by Linda Margolin, a lawyer representing several private property owners including Leonard Ackerman, an attorney who frequently appears before the board. Calling the proposed law “deeply flawed and not constitutional,” Ms. Margolin said that it would impinge on the customary uses — such as the right to entertain guests and engage in recreational activities — that come with owning a home. “In the Hamptons, where so much goes on during the summer season, it is clearly a customary accessory use to entertain guests outdoors,” she said.  

“We understand the emotion and the sensitivity that’s attendant to this hearing,” Mayor Rickenbach said afterward. “We’re trying to do the right thing. The key issue here is pre-existing nonconforming locations.”

In other business, the board announced that a proposed law governing the construction of pool houses would be introduced at an upcoming work session. The law, whose objective is to prevent the structures from turning into second dwellings, would require that pool houses be limited to one room for all future conversions or new construction. The law would also prevent pool houses from having heating, insulation or air-conditioning. Indoor showers would also be prohibited; interior plumbing would be limited to a sink plus one powder room. The law would also require that pool houses be permitted only on properties where a swimming pool already exists.

David E. Rattray

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Farm Museum Opens

The festivities will start at 10 a.m. Saturday when the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum opens for the season. A sale of antique farm tools and furnishings will take place until noon, and there will be tours of the house, barn, and collection of wagons and buggies until 4 p.m. 

A team of workhorses and their handlers, who will talk about how animals powered farm machines in the days before engines, will be on hand. Country music, dancing, and refreshments are planned. A $5 contribution for the museum will be suggested.

Both swimming pools at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter will be closed from Sunday to Friday, April 20, for maintenance and refilling. The staff added that the building’s water pressure might be periodically reduced during that period.

The next Maidstone Hotel Ladies Lounge will be on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and include the directors of four South Fork cultural institutions.  Andrea Grover of Guild Hall, Matko Tomicic of the LongHouse Reserve, Helen Harrison of the Pollock-Krasner House, and Tracy Mitchell of the Bay Street Theater will take part. There will be food and drink specials.

Richard Barons, the former director of the East Hampton Historical Society, will speak about fascinating items in the collection on Saturday at 10 a.m., at the society’s annual meeting at Clinton Academy.

On April 21, the life and art of Mary Nimmo Moran will be the subject of a talk at Clinton Academy at 1:30 p.m. Reservations at [email protected] or 324-1220 have been asked.

Two dentists — John F. French Jr. and Terry L. Jobe — have joined Dr. B. James Vaughan’s Gingerbread Lane practice. Dr. French attended East Hampton High School and the University of Pittsburgh, and has had a dental office in Sag Harbor for 14 years.

Dr. Jobe graduated from the Ohio State University College of Dentistry and has been in the Sag Harbor area for six years and has worked with Dr. French for about a year.

“Experiment in Terror,” a 1962 crime thriller starring Lee Remick and Ross Martin, will be the free movie tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. The Friday, April 20, film will be “Fitzcarraldo,” at 1 p.m.

Tennessee Walt returns on Saturday for a “Hanks a Lot!” tribute concert. The program includes Hank Williams country classics and underappreciated songs by a whole bunch of other Hanks, including Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin, Hank Garland, Hank Cochran, Hank Williams Jr., and Hank Williams III. Showtime is 1 p.m.

A yoga program continues on Monday at 1 p.m. with Andrea Siegel. The class focuses on pain relief and includes seated postures.

On Tuesday, the library will hold a program on the Etsy online selling platform at 3 p.m. Etsy has built a huge global marketplace around the makers of handcrafts.

Wildflower seed “bombs” will be made in a workshop Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The ball-like earth nuggets can be broadcast to bring a bit of color to private lawns and woodsy property margins.

Next Thursday at 6 p.m., a New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services program on household disaster preparation will be held. Topics will include developing a family emergency plan, stocking up on emergency supplies, and registering for NY-Alert, a free statewide emergency system. Participants will receive a training certificate and a wallet-size “Z-Card” with emergency preparedness information.

Amagansett

Christopher Walsh

631-324-0002

The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will have a two-hour walk through the rolling woodlands of Amagansett on Saturday at 10 a.m. Participants will hike some clearly blazed trails, and others that are less so. Hikers have been asked to meet on Red Dirt Road about one-quarter mile east of Accabonac Road. Jim Zajac, the hike’s leader, can be called at 212-769-4311 for more information. 

Meet the Moor

Richard Horwich will head up an examination of “Othello” when the Shakespeare discussion group meets at the Amagansett Library on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The tragedy involves a Moorish general in the Venetian army and his unfaithful ensign, Iago, with themes of racism, jealousy, and betrayal. All have been invited to a lively and enlightening discussion.

Meredith M. Diamond, a certified financial planner, will give a lecture on financial considerations that affect women on Sunday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the library. 

The writers group will meet on Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Also that day, the East Hampton Sportsmen’s Alliance will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. The nonprofit organization promotes hunting and fishing, and seeks to protect the public’s right to use town and state property. 

The Mysteries of the World book group will meet to explore “Echoes From the Dead” by Johan Theorin, a best seller in Sweden, next Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. These lively discussions of the social and psychological aspects of the mysteries under study are open to all, and those seeking to reserve a copy have been asked to contact the library.

New books to check out include “The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel” by Elizabeth George, “Chicago” by David Mamet, “Alternate Side” by Anna Quindlen, “The Common Good” by Robert B. Reich, “How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life” by Catherine Price, and “The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes” by James Briscione with Brooke Parkhurst.

New to the DVD shelves are “Thor: Ragnarok,” “The Shape of Water,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” 

Pints and Pups

A reminder: The East Hampton Lions Club will host Pints and Pups, a fund-raising event to support the Guide Dog Foundation and the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, on April 21 from noon to 2 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Abraham’s Path and Montauk Highway. There will be music, face painting, food and ice cream trucks, and a cash bar. 

Competition will be in six categories: most unique breed, most unique feature, floppiest ears, best trick, best dressed, and dog-owner look-alike. First, second, and third-place prizes will be awarded, as will best in show. The registration fee is $30 per dog. 

Your Own Talisman

Looking ahead, Stick + Stone, the component of Grain Surfboards that is not related to surfing and the Grain brand, will host a make-your-own-talisman workshop and trunk show with Rebecca Dolber, a jeweler, on April 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. 

A talisman necklace is worn to bring the wearer good luck and protection. Participants will choose from a curated selection of charms and gemstones to combine into their own personal protection and manifestations to wear over the heart. The $50 fee includes a gold or silver chain and five charms or gemstones of one’s choosing. Ms. Dolber’s spring collection will also be on hand. 

Grain Surfboards and Stick + Stone are at 11 Indian Wells Highway. Those seeking more information or to reserve a space have been asked to call 631-267-9283. 

The Star of the East Masonic Lodge will host its annual pot roast dinner, proceeds of which will benefit its youth scholarship program, on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Scoville Hall, on Meeting House Lane. This year, baked ziti will also be offered. Dinner, a salad bar, dessert, and coffee or tea will be offered for the $20 donation, $10 for children. 

Bridgehampton

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The Hampton Library will hold a group discussion of the nonfiction book “Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe” by Mike Massimino, a Long Island native, on Saturday at 11 a.m.

The next installment of the Peconic Land Trust’s spring lecture series, which features talks by East End farmers and food producers, will take place on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Bridge Gardens. The speakers will include Peter Treiber Sr. of Treiber Farms in Southold, Anthony Sannino of Sannino Bella Vita Vineyards in Peconic, and Justin Finney, the chef at the Highway Restaurant in East Hampton. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling the trust. 

The Bridgehampton Community Food Pantry will be open on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lower level of the Community House. Volunteers will be welcomed, and St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, which runs the pantry, has asked for donations of nonperishable food at its Sunday service. Requested items include bottled juices, canned meats, and small bottles of cooking oil. 

Montauk

Jane Bimson

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Library Budget Passes

The Montauk Library’s 2018-19 budget of just under $1 million passed on Tuesday with a vote of 83 to 3. Carter Tyler, who ran unopposed to fill Jim Donna’s seat, was officially elected to a five-year term.

The library’s board of trustees will hold its monthly meeting on Monday at 7 p.m.

Tickets to the Met Live in HD broadcast of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Guild Hall can be purchased at the Montauk Library’s circulation desk. The cost is $15, and tickets will be distributed at Guild Hall 30 minutes before the show. 

On Wednesday at 7 p.m., the library will show “Phantom Thread,” a period drama film set in London’s couture world in the 1950s, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, in what he said will be his last role, and Lesley Manville. Refreshments will be served. 

The library’s book group will meet on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. to discuss “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. 

Fort Pond Native Plants on South Embassy Street will hold a seed-starting class on Saturday at 10 a.m. Jim Grimes will teach the basic hands-on workshop on starting vegetables and flowers from seed for spring and summer gardens. The cost is $30 per person, and all ages will be welcomed. Trays will be kept in Fort Pond’s heated greenhouse until the seeds have germinated. Reservations are required at 631-668-6452.

Lynn Blue will sing at the Montauk Community Church’s coffeehouse tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. The show is open to the public, and admission is free.

A fund-raiser for the Montauk Community Garden will be held at the Harvest restaurant from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. There will be an auction, raffles, food, a cash bar, and music by Lost Time. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20 at Naturally Good Food and Cafe, the Salt Cave, and White’s Liquors. They will cost $25 at the door.

A cleanup of Montauk’s beaches will take place from 8 to 9 a.m. on April 21. The South Fork Natural History Museum is organizing the event in collaboration with the Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the Montauk Oceans Institute. Advance registration is by calling SoFo in Bridgehampton.

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Biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society will lead a seal cruise around Shinnecock Bay on Saturday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. The open weather cruise will depart from Stony Brook Southampton’s marine station on Little Neck Road. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance on eventbrite.com.

A screening of the 2017 documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” will take place at the Southampton Arts Center tomorrow at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased via the center’s website. 

The next presentation in the Rogers Memorial Library’s Armchair Traveler series will take place on Monday at 5:30 p.m. April Gonzales will share photos and memories of a trip she and some friends took to the world heritage sites of Mexico’s southern Baja region. Registration is by calling the library. 

Breakfast Networking

The Southampton Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking event next Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m. at Stony Brook Southampton’s student center. Guest speakers on the topic “strategic planning for the campus” will include Matthew Whelan, the university’s vice president for strategic initiatives, Robert Chaloner, the chief administrative officer of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, and Joan Dickinson, the university’s director of community relations.

Breakfast will be provided by the Amagansett Food Institute’s South Fork Kitchens, based at the campus. The cost is $25 in advance for nonmembers, $30 at the door, or $20 and $25 for members. Registration is by phone with the chamber. 

Springs

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Andrew Wilson is on the dean’s list at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, N.J. His studies include Arabic and Spanish. He graduated from East Hampton High School in 2017 and was an Eagle Scout with Troup 298. He is the son of Mary McPartland and Adam Wilson of Lilla Lane.

New books at the Springs Library include “Greeks Bearing Gifts” by Philip Kerr, “The Knowledge” by Martha Grimes, and “The Female Persuasion” by Meg Wolitzer. Among the new DVDs are “L.B.J.,” “Baby Driver,” and season one and two of “Peaky Blinder.”

In the end, love — and some shrewd legal maneuvering — conquered all, as the wedding for Kevin O’Brien and Tara McCauley took place at the Hedges Inn on Saturday, overcoming a bitter permitting dispute between East Hampton Village and the inn.

Just 16 days earlier, the village, citing code and zoning restrictions, had denied a permit for the wedding, which was to be held in a tent on the Hedges property. That denial brought the groom’s mother, Joanne Lester O’Brien, who is an East Hampton resident and a member of the Fire Department, to the March 16 village board meeting, where she tearfully pleaded to keep the nuptials on track. 

In the following days, Christopher Kelley, the inn’s lawyer, said he was working with the village to reach a compromise. Ms. O’Brien finally received word on March 21 that a permit would be approved, but some changes would need to be made to the plans for the reception. She was told that the reception could no longer take place in a tent next to the inn’s patio, portable toilets would need to be ordered, and valet parking would be required. “It’s not exactly what we wanted, but at this late date we’ll take it,” she said at the time. 

As it turned out, the ceremony was held on the Hedges Inn’s lawn, but the reception took place at an adjoining property at 72 James Lane, which is reported to be owned by the same owner as the Hedges Inn (representatives of the inn would not confirm who owns the house, and the permit application lists a limited liability company as the owner). “Code enforcement approved a tent permit for 72 James Lane,” confirmed Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, who said that the private residence had also received three other tent permits for the year. The other permits would likely cover the other outdoor events the Hedges had booked for 2018, including the June 9 wedding reception for the daughter of Stu Kaitz. Mr. Kaitz also took an impassioned stance against the initial permit denials at the March 16 village board meeting. 

A new law the village is considering would reserve the right to deny a permit for a large outdoor gathering at a private residence if the frequency of events is incompatible with the character of the surrounding area, but under the current code, Ms. Hansen pointed out, if no public roadway is being used for parking, a tent permit is all that is required for such an event.

Tented events at the Hedges Inn have been the source of frequent noise complaints over the years, predominantly from the inn’s neighbor, Patricia Handal, who has appeared at several trustee meetings seeking to curb the inn’s ability to hold large gatherings on its lawn. Although the inn was not the site of the reception for the O’Brien-McCauley wedding, there were noise complaints nevertheless. At 9:53 p.m. on Saturday, village police received a report from a resident of Jefferys Lane who was bothered by the sound of loud music and people talking “coming from the area of the Hedges Inn.” The report noted that an officer spoke to a manager of the inn who was in charge of the event. At the officer’s request, the manager then lowered the music and promised it would be cut off at 10:45 p.m.