World War II had just ended and a Jewish man was sitting in a café in Hamburg, Germany. The man told a waiter he would like a cup of coffee and theVölkischer Beobachter, the Nazi newspaper. The waiter explained to the man that he could have the coffee but thecafé didn’t sell that newspaper anymore. The next day the man returned and ordered a coffee and the newspaper with the same response from the waiter.

On Friday night, July 23, the East Chop Tennis Club began a weekend-long celebration of its 100th anniversary. Grill night, a potluck barbecue, set things off, which was followed at 7:30 p.m. with an evening of historical recollections.

As a warm up to the main event, Allie and Paul Hyzak put on a slide show of donated pictures. There were more than 700, which spanned the entire history of the club. The 200-plus members in attendance were enchanted.

For those who may have forgotten, the paperback novel is a lightweight paper unit with words printed on actual (not virtual) pages. In the age of the e-book, it’s difficult to imagine that this simple concept was once a ground-breaking advancement in the world of literature. But 75 years ago, it was.

It’s been nearly 400 years since Jaques in As You Like It made the observation that all the world’s a stage, but over the next few weeks, high school drama teacher Kate Murray and 16 theatre students will take the Shakespearian saying to heart as they rehearse their original musical, The Secret of the Seven Sisters, in parking lots, hallways and on beaches in order to prepare for their upcoming two-week trip to Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, where they will stage four performances of the show.