The fall art season has officially arrived at Guild Hall, which is presenting a recorded talk with Shirin Neshat about her latest video and film projects on Sunday, an installation by Rosario Varela opening Friday, and a virtual talk with Renee Cox and Sanford Biggers on Tuesday.

The Sag Harbor Cinema will launch "Wednesdays With Wiseman," a virtual cinema series of three films by Frederick Wiseman, on Oct. 21 with "Ballet" (1995), which focuses on the American Ballet Theatre. Each film will be preceded by a prerecorded conversation between Mr. Wiseman and another notable documentarian.

Local organizations have received grants from the Frankenthaler Foundation, plus new shows at Tripoli, Ashawagh, Philllips, Harper's Books, No. 53, and more.

Outdoor screenings to be held at Southampton Arts Center this weekend, while an outdoor concert series in Bridgehampton has been canceled.

Get those pumpkins and tools ready — it's almost time for the Bridgehampton Lions Club's annual pumpkin-carving contest.

A dead whale that washed ashore at Kirk Beach in Montauk on Tuesday and a dead gray seal that was found there on Wednesday were both so severely decomposed that further study is needed to determine the causes of death.

Wainscott United, a group of residents who oppose village incorporation efforts, on Saturday questioned the validity of a petition to incorporate being circulated by a citizens group.

I really don't have any excuses, but it's been well over a month since I have picked up a fishing rod. I'm not quite sure of the reason, but other than pulling my lobster and crab traps out of the water for the season shortly after Labor Day, I had not even untied my dock lines. My boat, and my body, have sat idle for too long.