It’s been sad to watch the demise of our local inshore lobster fishery. I’ve seen a clear downward spiral that’s been especially acute in the past five years.

East Hampton High’s girls flag football team won a game in dramatic fashion over the spring vacation, girls lacrosse battled Eastport-South Manor, and the boys and girls track teams hit the Port Jeff Steeplefest.

East Hampton High School’s softball team is in first place, in boys lacrosse the South Fork Islanders beat highly ranked Huntington, and the baseball squad needs to win three of its last four games to make the playoffs.

For the artist and mushroom farmer Agathe Snow, “Art and food are always the same.”

Clare McHugh’s new novel explores the tangled webs of Russia’s star-crossed royals. And reader, family trees are included.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek to reopen with solo exhibitions by Natalie Edgar and Francisco Daniel Cabrera.

The LongHouse Reserve will host talks with a multidisciplinary artist and an imaginative costume designer.

Josh Dayton at Ashawagh, Christopher Engel at Kramoris, dance and photography at Guild Hall, and Eric Firestone in NoHo.

Classical concerts at the Parrish, LTV’s Songbook launch party in Manhattan, lecture on Black gardeners, calls for actors.