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An Insider's View, house tours organized by the Southampton History Museum, will instead this year be called An Outsider's View, with in-person tours of several gardens and landscapes set for Saturday, weather permitting.

From 1 to 4 p.m., there will be tours starting at the Halsey House at 249 South Main Street, followed by an outdoor champagne reception from 4 to 5:30 at the Port of Missing Men. Covid-19 safety protocols will be in place, and there will be no rain date. Tickets are nonrefundable and cost $150 in advance or $175 the day of the event.

The Hamptons International Film Festival's closing night film this year will be "One Night in Miami." Directed by the actress Regina King, it is based on a play of the same name about the gathering of four giants of sports, music, and activism on the night of a major boxing upset in 1964.

One sample collected in East Hampton Town sometime between Aug. 25 and Aug. 27 tested positive, according to an announcement Friday from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.

Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island has more than 70 Red Star hens who are “going into retirement” -- meaning they are starting to age past their egg-laying prime -- and need good homes.

The organization said Tuesday it is selling the hens, who are between two and three years old, for $5 each. People who are interested should take their own crates to pick them up in.

Haunted houses, corn mazes, and apples, oh my!

New state guidelines announced earlier this week mean that beloved fall activities including corn mazes, apple and pumpkin picking, and haunted houses will be able to open for New Yorkers to enjoy as early as Saturday. 

"The new guidance announced today will ensure that these businesses can open to the public, allowing families to enjoy their favorite fall activities while providing a boost for our farming communities and local economies," Gov. Cuomo said in a release on Tuesday.

Dr. Gail Schonfeld of East End Pediatrics in East Hampton shared some advice for keeping East End kids and families healthy.

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.