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The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will host a free wildlife rehabilitation basics course at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will discuss matters of race and equality on the South Fork at 6 p.m. on Wednesday as part of the Thinking Forward Lecture Series at Guild Hall.

The free talk is in partnership with the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

The Springs Improvement Society’s 87th annual Fisherman’s Fair will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Ashawagh Hall grounds, with a children’s area for games and crafts, food and craft vendors, a restaurant raffle, live music, and, inside the hall, the Artists of the Springs invitational exhibition, which will be on view through Sunday.     

East Hampton High School's class of 1969 will hold 50th reunion activities during the weekend of Oct. 4 to 6, and has invited members of that graduating class to participate.

A harmful blue-green algal, or cyanobacteria, bloom continues to affect Fort Pond, according Concerned Citizens of Montauk's water testing results for the week of July 29. While toxin levels remain low, C.C.O.M. has again urged people to avoid contact with the water until further notice. 

Those who do come in contact with the water are advised to rinse immediately with clean water and seek medical attention if they experience nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; skin, eye, or throat irritation, or allergic reactions or breathing difficulties after contact. 

Throughout August, Bay Street is offering a variety of one-day theater classes every day of the week dedicated to nurturing teenage talent.

The family of Erika Bueno, an East Hampton High School student who died Monday, is raising money to pay for her funeral, and the school has provided counselors for peers who are affected by her death.

The 42nd Infantry Division Band of the New York Army National Guard will perform at the Montauk Lighthouse on Monday at 2 p.m. The 90-minute show will feature a 28-piece band performing jazz, rock, and patriotic songs.

The Ocean Institute's series of free lectures at the Lighthouse with speakers from the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences continues today at 2 p.m. Teresa Schwemmer will discuss "Ocean Acidification: What Does It Mean for Long Island?"

The nonprofit East End Birth Network has launched two new birth circles. Grupo de Nacimiento, a collaboration with the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton, where it met for the first time on July 11, is a monthly support group for parents and the first Spanish-speaking Birth Circle on Long Island.

The Watermill Center showed off an eclectic installment on Saturday night at the center’s annual benefit and auction, an "enchanted forest and performance art extravaganza" that featured works by more than 30 international artists. This year’s event was titled Tabula Rasa, or “clean slate,” a theme centered on evoking a mind-set absent of preconceived ideas. Robert Wilson, the founder and artistic director of the institute, was the mind behind the dynamic presentation. Photographs by Doug Kuntz

Some museum galleries downplay local artists, but not Guild Hall in East Hampton. Now in its 73rd year, its Clothesline Art Sale will host the work of 400 artists — most of them residents of the East End — on Saturday. Open with free admission from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors can purchase paintings, drawings, collage, and small sculptures as well as jewelry and furniture in a Makers Market, in the Cheryl and Michael Minikes Garden.

Sunshine is in the weather forecast for Saturday, just in time for the annual Ladies Village Improvement Society fair. Always held on the last Saturday in July, 2019 marks the L.V.I.S.’s 123rd year putting on the fair. It happens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 95 Main Street in East Hampton Village.