Friends of Allan Weisbecker will gather Thursday afternoon at 3 at Montauk's Ditch Plain Beach for a paddle-out in his memory, with an exhibition of his photographs to follow at 6 at the 484 Gallery on West Lake Drive.

The newest Little Free Food Pantry in town is at LTV Studios at 75 Industrial Road.

The White Room Gallery is showing Stuart Yankell's vibrant paintings of people in motion and Taylor Smith's Pop paintings on discarded floppy discs.

The Ha Ha Hamptons Comedy tour will bring four female comedians to Bay Street Theater for Mom's Night Out.

Joanna Steidle's random purchase of a drone in 2015 has led to a thriving drone photography practice and wide commercial and artistic recognition.

Meet Samson Occom (1723-1792), Mohegan, scholar, orator, Montauker, minister, synthesizer of native spirituality and Christianity, prolific author of religious tracts.

A site-specific installation at Bridge Gardens by Andrea Cote will feature cyanotype-printed fabrics that highlight features of the landscape and the seasons.

Montauk's Offshore Art and Film Festival will feature a reception, a panel discussion, 12 independent films, and artwork by four local artists.

Duck Creek will present "I Am a Ship," a play reading with music about two women from the same whaling family who were born generations apart.

Music is on Guild Hall's menu with jazz from Arturo O'Farrill and the Latin Jazz Ensemble, and a Lou Reed documentary from "American Masters."

The Art Barge docks in Springs, open call for Guild Hall members, artists from Oceana at The Church, Adriana Barone retrospective, and more.

Talk on Long Island's natural history, tour of Southampton homes, benefit for Ma's House, reading for Madoo, jamming at the temple.

Almond in Bridgehampton is celebrating the change of seasons with prix fixe menus and other specials.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine has announced that a health care job fair focusing on the East End is planned for Tuesday in Riverhead.

The second installment of this column, here to recommend books to tweens and teens, is all about graphic novels -- one of my favorite genres to read.

Tryouts for the Hurricanes, a competitive youth swimming program at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, are set for Monday and Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m.

So many of her customers who’ve stopped to buy produce at Vickie’s Veggies this summer have complained to Vickie Littman about the still-closed Cranberry Hole Road bridge that she was inspired, she said last week, to start a petition.

The Amagansett School’s ongoing effort to fire its tenured principal continued this week with another six hours of testimony and questioning, with the principal’s attorneys insisting that the case should be dismissed.

If 2023 was the year of the shark on the South Fork, with multiple sightings leading to frequent temporary beach closings, 2024 seems to be the year of the whale. Last week, for the first time ever, “we had to pull people out of the water to let a whale pass. It was only 20 feet offshore,” said Drew Smith, the head lifeguard for East Hampton Village.

An East Hampton Village resident has sued the village for revoking his permit to park in one of the lots at Main Beach and ordering him to clear out his locker at the Main Beach pavilion, claiming that the village violated both state and federal due process and equal protection laws.