A new book of stunning underwater photographs by the Montauk scientist and explorer Gaelin Rosenwaks is a fascinating portrait of sperm whales, nature's largest predator and the inspiration for "Moby-Dick."

"Sr." is an offbeat and fascinating portrait of Robert Downey, who emerged as an iconoclastic underground filmmaker in the 1960s, and his complex relationship with his son, the actor Robert Downey Jr.

The Teachers Association of Sag Harbor has thrown its support behind the potential joint school-and-town purchase of five lots on Marsden Street for an athletic field near Pierson Middle and High School, citing the academic benefits the plan would bring.

"The Thief Collector" is a documentary about a de Kooning painting stolen in 1985, its discovery and restoration more than 30 years later, and the apparently unassuming thieves, a married couple who lived in a small New Mexico town.

The race for a seat on Montauk Fire District's board of commissioners is contested this year, with two experienced first responders facing off for a five-year term. Voting is Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Fire Department headquarters on Flamingo Avenue. All registered voters in Montauk are eligible to cast ballots; the commissioner's election is not limited to fire department members.

A documentary about the writer Robert Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, won the Hamptons Doc Fest Audience Award.

A dead humpback whale, originally spotted off Southampton Village beaches on Dec. 3, finally washed up near Indian Wells beach in Amagansett last Tuesday. The 31-foot female did not appear to have been the victim of a vessel strike or entanglement.

Judy Carmichael and her trio will bring a concert of swing music to Bay Street Theater.