Traffic was tied up in knots Monday morning on North Main Street in the vicinity of Cedar Street, prompting detours and delays as motorists made their way into downtown East Hampton from Springs.

Weather permitting, the summer outdoor movie series from HamptonsFilm will begin on Wednesday at sunset with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster “Jurassic Park” in Herrick Park.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation recently announced its “Challenge Match Grant” program for historical organizations on Long Island. According to a press release, for every $5,000 to $10,000 raised by a grant applicant, "specifically for this challenge" in 2024, the foundation "will award a one-time matching grant in the same amount."

Stan Herman will be interviewed by David Alpern on Monday at the Rogers Memorial Library about his recent autobiography and his long and consequential career in the fashion industry.

Former President Donald J. Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pa., early Saturday evening. Shortly after the shooting, Representative Nick LaLota, a Republican who in January endorsed President Trump, and his opponent in the First Congressional District race, John Avlon, a Democrat, released statements.

A classic lobster bake, the only benefit for the Amagansett Life-Saving Station Museum, at 160 Atlantic Avenue, was to happen on Saturday, but with wet weather expected has been delayed until Sunday. 

At the rally for Israel in Herrick Park on Sunday, a source of controversy was not counterprotesters, who never showed up, but the cancellation of a speaker, Judith Kasen-Windsor, a well-known activist for L.G.B.T.Q.+ issues.

“I’m a Jew. It’s really that simple,” said one woman, when asked why she had joined in a Stand With Israel rally that drew hundreds, including Representative Nick LaLota, to East Hampton over on Sunday.

The annual fireworks display over Three Mile Harbor — a tradition for decades that in more recent years has been overseen by the Clamshell Foundation — is set for this weekend: Saturday if it’s clear, Sunday in case of rain.

The 26th annual Rell Sunn Surf Contest benefit will happen Sunday at Ditch Plain Beach in Montauk, this time with sponsorship by Concerned Citizens of Montauk. 

The Hampton Lifeguard Association’s annual Run Swim Run was to be held Friday, but has been postponed due to weather.

Faced with the daunting task of implementing the Wainscott hamlet plan adopted by the East Hampton Town Board in 2019, a trio of consultants advised the board to focus on the relatively easy stuff — things like burying the lines, installing sidewalks, and planting street trees — along Montauk Highway from West Gate Road to Hedges Lane.

“Six commercial noise complaints, resulting in two summonses issued; 21 residential noise complaints, with three summons issued; 23 motor vehicle accidents; 58 medical-aided cases; 25 traffic citations issued and five arrests; 14 town ordinance summonses, primarily Montauk Main Street and Amagansett Main Street for open alcohol, public urination, and littering; 581 parking summonses, and  52 town code summonses.”

To those who saw Bay Street Theater’s recent production of “The Subject Was Roses,” John Slattery, Talia Balsam, and Harry Slattery are celebrities. But to Holly Wheaton, director of the Springs Food Pantry, they’re just “everyday folks who saw a need and wanted to help” when Covid-19 caused people to flock to the pantry for assistance. They are the honorees at the pantry's E.A.T. in the Garden benefit this year.

At more than two dozen popular water recreation spots, environmental groups have teamed up on weekly testing for a bacteria that points to whether it’s wise to swim, paddleboard, or otherwise spend time in the water.

A recent headline in The New York Post about Mecox Bay, noting that one of its beaches is “ranked as one of the worst for fecal matter in nation,” caused a stir, but a new nonprofit group with former Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman at the helm is poised to do something about it.

Uncommon.org, a nonprofit that takes coding and computer science education to children and young adults in Zimbabwe, will hold a fund-raiser in East Hampton on July 20. Founded by Peter Kazickas, formerly of Amagansett, Uncommon.org has grown from a 2017 pilot program providing 20 laptops to young people to a full-fledged nonprofit reaching 5,000 young people.

Victor D'Amico's Art Barge began as a pilot program of classes sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art at Ashawagh Hall in Springs, seen here.

The Art Barge on Napeague, a nonprofit institute formally also known as the D’Amico Institute of Art, continues Victor and Mabel D’Amico’s tradition of the Children’s Art Carnival this summer in weeklong sessions. Plus: Story time, puppet shows, children's museum fair, arts and crafts, yoga for toddlers, and more coming up for kids and teens.

Since age 4, Ryder Nadel and his father have spent endless hours roaming dunes and shorelines collecting the garbage that harms the marine animals Ryder loves. Some of his finds are now on display in an exhibition at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum, where he has been a camper in the summer program for the last three years.