Grind

The Fire Department's annual chicken barbecue is on Sunday and the Shoe-Inn warehouse sale has taken up residence at the American Legion Hall.

The community has an opportunity to help save lives by donating blood at the Amagansett Library on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Coming up: Main Beach fireworks on Saturday, free music Tuesday, and the final outdoor movie of the season in Herrick Park on Wednesday.

Sunday marked the return of Calvary Baptist Church’s chicken and ribs barbecue, made possible with the help of a crew of volunteers and made successful by a steady stream of happy customers. 

Nature’s next dazzling light show is the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks Tuesday and Wednesday this week with prime viewing opportunities at two East End state parks.

Three environmental experts will address the topic of protecting and preserving the ecology of one’s community on Saturday in Bridgehampton.

On Wednesday, Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre will host a puppet-making workshop at LTV Studios, at 75 Industrial Road in Wainscott, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The East Hampton Library will host its annual Children’s Fair on Sunday at Herrick Park, with festivities including carnival rides, games, crafts, performances, food, and raffles.

The East Hampton Village Foundation will recognize the village’s first responders at a fund-raiser on Aug. 13 at Swifty’s, the restaurant at the Hedges Inn.

Rue Matthiessen will be at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. for the Fridays at Five series to read from her 2024 memoir, “Castles & Ruins.”

Warm temperatures and scattered precipitation in the past week are likely contributors to increased bacteria in nine of 33 sites tested weekly by Concerned Citizens of Montauk, with a significant spike measured in Montauk’s Fort Pond.

Jeff Miller, the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town clerk, will hold a campaign fund-raiser at LTV Studios in Wainscott on July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Julian Zelizer, the commentator and professor, will be in conversation with David Alpern, radio man and once of Newsweek, on Monday at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.

The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum’s ninth annual lobster bake fund-raiser happens on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the museum. 

Free movies have returned to Amagansett Square on Wednesday nights at sundown. Next week’s selection is “Surf’s Up.” Moviegoers have been advised to take their own seating and blankets.

Conditions at 29 percent of the 33 sites tested by C.C.O.M. in Montauk, Amagansett, and East Hampton have improved as compared to the results of samples taken during the week of June 30.

Guild Hall in East Hampton kicks off its summer series of KidFest shows this week with Mario the Maker Magician on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Described as "contagiously upbeat and full of heart," Mario the Maker's shows are "an all-ages theater experience," according to Guild Hall. 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will hold its Summer Fair — now in its 110th year — on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

East Hampton Town officials are reminding visitors and residents to follow New York State’s Move Over Law this holiday weekend.

Even though it rained, water quality did not significantly worsen this week compared to last, according to Concerned Citizens of Montauk. Some sites even saw improvement.  

The South Fork Natural History Museum’s Young Environmentalists Society is offering a free wellness workshop inspired by nature and sound for those 10 and older on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

If you haven’t taken full advantage of the short but wonderful strawberry season, Sunday’s the day to make up for it. At the Wainscott Strawberry Festival, held at the Wainscott Chapel from 2 to 4 p.m. (or until supplies run out), there will be strawberry shortcake to eat on the premises or take home.

Residents concerned about disaster preparedness due to recent cuts to both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may have some of those concerns eased at an emergency preparedness night hosted by East Hampton Town on Monday evening at 6:30. 

Two commemorations of local history will happen this weekend at the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum. 

The Montauk Blessing of the Fleet will be Sunday at 5 p.m. at the mouth of Montauk Harbor.

Six locations tested by Concerned Citizens of Montauk this week registered levels of enterococcus in the medium or high range, though most East Hampton Town sites tested showed low to no bacteria. 

A new activist group, People for Democracy East Hampton, will rally on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Town Hall.

ReWild Long Island added a new pollinator garden at the Windmill 1 senior citizens housing complex in East Hampton last week.

For the first time in more than 400 years, the Shinnecock Nation has reclaimed aboriginal land. 

Canio’s Cultural Cafe will welcome Tony McGowan, a professor of English at West Point and a Herman Melville scholar, at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor next Thursday night at 6 as he discusses the modern relevance of “Moby-Dick” ahead of this year’s Moby-Dick Marathon of readings.