The week in reader comment . . .

The spotted lanternfly, a "planthopper" pest now common in New York City, has made its way to the East End, where it is a threat to wineries and native trees like the black walnut, silver maple, willow, and oak.

The first Hamptons Hispanic Parade on Saturday at 11 a.m., organized by the nonprofit Peru to the World Expo Foundation, will kick off a daylong celebration of Peruvian culture and food that will culminate with a culinary extravaganza at Herrick Park from 2 to 7 p.m.

Helen Schulman’s new novel is a #MeToo tale driven by one question: “How could one woman do this to another woman?”

Coogan’s, a late, lamented neighborhood bar in Washington Heights, is the subject of a new book whose author will be at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton to talk about it with the saloon’s former owner.

Thanks in part to an East Hampton family, Ann Lowe, an African-American high-end couturier who designed Jackie Kennedy’s wedding gown but died largely forgotten, is being recognized with an exhibition at the Winterthur Museum.

In the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision, Carol Steinberg, an expert in art law who will speak at the East Hampton Library, unpacks the implications of copyright law for practicing artists.