Don’t worry, they’re not all about politics! Read on for the week in Star letters to the editor . . .

Much action in Springs in this week’s South Fork real estate report.

William J. Mann’s “Bogie & Bacall” plows into the star couple’s roughly decade and a half together — insightfully and exhaustively.

Mansell Ambrose married her longtime beau, Henry Beveridge, on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 in the gardens of Villa des Amis in Bridgehampton.

Jennifer Esposito’s film “Fresh Kills” dramatizes the lives of the often-silenced women who married or were born into the world of organized crime in the 1980s and '90s on Staten Island, where the filmmaker was born and raised.

Jack Evans’s talk at The Church in Sag Harbor about his adaptation-in-progress of Peter Matthiessen’s novel “Far Tortuga” will also include a theatrical performance based on the script and a screening of the trailer.

“Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, and Hallucinations” is a deep dive into the art and life of Ms. Heilmann that eschews talking heads in favor of the artist’s forthright voice and her artwork.

HIFF film “This World Is Not My Own” is a creative documentary that illuminates the life and work of a self-taught Black artist with 3D animation and motion-capture technology, as well as archival materials and interviews.

“RE:CYCLE — The Ubiquitous Bicycle” will bring 19 vintage bicycles to The Church in Sag Harbor, along with a selection of fine-art photographs and video art devoted to that mode of transportation.

Two HIFF features with local connections are “Ron Delsener Presents,” a documentary about the influential concert promoter who has a home in East Hampton, and “Rule of Two Walls,” a film about artists in Ukraine, exec-produced by the actor Liev Schreiber, a part-time East Ender.

Bay Street will host a rock ’n’ roll concert with Nancy Atlas and her band and a documentary on Jewish resistance fighters in World War II.

A chamber music trio will perform works by Haydn, Ravel, and Martinu at the Carl Fisher House in Montauk.

“The Chalk Garden” at Southampton Cultural Center, plant sale and members party at Madoo, concerts at LTV, Old Whalers Church, and Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, advice on fall gardens and sustainable lawn care.

Women from the New York School in new exhibit, author’s talk about an art world landmark, two painters at the Drawing Room, award for Lindsay Morris, a lecture and workshop at the Leiber Collection, an artist’s journey on film.

Buttero, in the old Laundry restaurant, is mostly Italian, with lots of pasta, a welcoming and attractive atmosphere, good service, and many great dishes (but a few misses).

Harvest celebrations at Wolffer Estate Vineyard and Haven Vineyard, wine workshops at Nick and Toni’s, Marilee’s Farmstand now accepting C.S.A. sign-ups, the next wine class at Park Place Wines, and more.

UPDATE: Those wishing to put their rakes to the test for the East Hampton Town Trustees’ Largest Clam Contest will have to wait a bit longer to dig for the winners in Lake Montauk, Napeague Harbor, Accabonac Harbor, Hog Creek, and Three Mile Harbor, as heavy rains have closed many areas to shellfishing and forced a second rescheduling of the annual event.

The citizens group Montauk United is sponsoring the first campaign event in East Hampton Town’s 2023 election season, a candidates forum on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Montauk Firehouse. 

“Modest home in tony Hamptons trailer park asks a record-breaking $4.4M” was the breathless headline in the Aug. 28 issue of The New York Post. While the report focused on the modular structure’s asking price, it “drew the attention of” East Hampton Town's public safety officials, with its “interior photos depicting an attic-floor bedroom that was apparently installed without permits."

From a big thank-you to much incredulity, invasive plants to LED streetlights, this is the Star letters week that was.