Grind

The Wainscott Sewing Society announced this week that the fourth edition of "Wainscott Dumplings," a collection of stories about the people and events that make up the hamlet's history, has been released.

Some beaches in East Hampton Town and Village are staying open a little longer this year.

In Springs, the Leiber Collection will host a talk and tour of "The Garden of Friends" exhibition on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center will conclude its Zoom lecture series with "Another Desert Laboratory," about Georgia O'Keeffe's house in Abiquiu, N.M., that day at 5 p.m.

Fun on the Farm

Sylvester Manor's hands-on activities and in-person family tours will continue through Sept. 26 on Shelter Island. Families of up to five can take advantage of Farm Exploration sessions on Tuesdays at 9 and 10 a.m. for $60 per family. Ninety-minute private tours for up to six people are held on Saturdays at 1 and 3 p.m. and cost $200 per family.

An opening reception for "Aprés Surf," a collection of art and design that gives an "afterlife" to the material objects of surfing, happens Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Stick + Stone at Grain Surfboards in Amagansett.

Local female entrepreneurs, designers, and artists will present their work on Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. Jewelry, art, beauty products, and other merchandise by Superflower, Jillian Aldrich Jewelry, Bjorn Vintage, Aluna's Vintage, Coaco Masks, and Meeses Pieces Mosaics will be offered.

In partnership with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center will host a mobile Covid-19 antibody testing and cardiovascular health screening service Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has updated its guidelines for spotting the wood-boring Asian longhorned beetle to now include checking pools in addition to trees. The invasive pest, which continues to be seen on Long Island, is active through September, the D.E.C. said, and there is a better chance of eliminating it if infestations are found early. 

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital will provide free in-person cancer screening for head and neck cancer patients this week.

A fortunate few will be able to attend an intimate gathering to hear Laurie Anderson and Christian McBride reprise their critically acclaimed and occasional concert series at Guild Hall on Sept. 5.

Two young East End surfers have organized a paddle-out on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m off the beach at Napeague Lane in Amagansett in support of inclusion in surfing and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center held its first in-person fund-raiser of the year on Saturday, with children and families turning out to help those who use the center's services.

PSEG-Long Island announced Monday that it will reimburse customers for any food and medicines that spoiled during the power outage that affected hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers earlier this month when Tropical Storm Isaias passed over the Island.

As directed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Aug. 7, local school districts are holding information sessions to give parents and guardians a chance to ask questions about their reopening plans.

Big Reed Pond in Montauk is beset with a bloom of toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, as is the Georgica Cove section of Georgica Pond in East Hampton, and the southern end of Montauk's Fort Pond is at high risk of a bloom, according to Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

The Animal Rescue Fund, a fixture of the East End community since 1974 that has adopted out more than 29,000 cats and dogs since its inception, is calling on people to donate pet food.

When the Bridgehampton winery Channing Daughters got inspired to work with what they had “at home” in the cellar, the outcome was a celebration of exceptional taste on the East End, in wine and in art.

Lovers of poetry and prose have been invited to attend the first reading at the Wainscott Green, the grassy, open acre on Montauk Highway just west of the hamlet’s business district, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

If scenes from Beyonce's new "visual album" on Disney+ looked familiar, maybe that's because scenes from the superstar's "Black Is King" were filmed in Guild Hall's galleries in 2019.

From Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., strict social distancing and Covid-19 safety measures will be in effect, according to Dennis Fabiszak, the library director.

The decade-old Wounded Warrior Project's Solider Ride, for which East Enders come together every July, will look different this summer in light of Covid-19, but the tradition itself will soldier on.

The 2020 East Hampton High School salutatorian has started a petition on the website Change.org as a call to action for the district administration to hire more teachers of color.

By Lucy Peck and Ava Lipsky

Despite prolonged Covid-19 restrictions on in-person gatherings, local bookstores and libraries continue to offer virtual literary experiences for children and adults. East Hampton Village’s BookHampton is among them.

The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival has announced its first-ever virtual program, Camp Shakespeare Online.

East End Together Against Trump plans a protest for Saturday afternoon at the corner of Hill Street and First Neck Lane in Southampton.

The show “Successful Philanthropy,” hosted by Jean Shafiroff, a philanthropist who lives in Southampton and Manhattan, will air four times a week, welcoming powerhouses from various organizations in the Hamptons.

Pending suitable weather, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services vector control division will treat south-of-the-highway areas of Napeague and Beach Hampton with the mosquito-control pesticide Anvil early on Thursday morning.

The East Hampton Lions Club is hosting a blood drive on Tuesday at the American Legion in Amagansett.

Blood collection agencies in many states, including New York, are testing blood donations for Covid-19 antibodies and collecting convalescent plasma to help current coronavirus patients recover more quickly, according to the American Red Cross.

Tuesday's blood drive in Amagansett is from 11:45 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Whole blood, platelets, and plasma can be donated.

August is prime time for spotting the wood-boring Asian longhorned beetle, an invasive pest that continues to be seen on Long Island.

Truth Training is hosting an online kettlebell-swinging challenge to benefit Project Most starting Aug. 3.