As more than 24,000 trees have been removed because of an infestation of Asian longhorned beetles, the United States Department of Agriculture is urging Long Island residents to check their trees for the insect.

Public spaces needn’t be immutable, privatized, or useless. They can be claimed for the community good. Professor Setha Low takes a fresh look.

Leo Villareal, whose large-scale LED light installation is at Guild Hall, has been using subtly moving sequences of LED light to create monumental public artworks around the world for more than 20 years.

“Tales From the Guttenberg Bible” is a funny, fast-moving memoir of Steve Guttenberg’s rise to Hollywood fame, deepened by Mr. Guttenberg’s affection for his parents and sparked by three supporting actors who play dozens of characters.

“Joan Baez I Am a Noise” draws from Ms. Baez’s vast personal archive as well as extensive conversations with the singer and footage of her farewell tour to create a rich portrait of her personal and professional life.

The Hamptons Festival of Music will bring five orchestral events to East Hampton, starting with orchestral accompaniment to a silent Charlie Chaplin film, continuing with Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" at LongHouse, and concluding with three concerts at LTV Studios.

The new show at Lisa Perry’s Onna House features the work of six women artists working in a variety of materials and mediums in the search for beauty.

The musical “Sammy and Me,” coming to Bay Street Theater, is in part a portrait of Sammy Davis Jr.’s music and his legacy, and in part Eric Jordan Young’s self-portrait as a young Black man (and fan of Davis) trying to break into the entertainment industry.

The 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival will open with “Nyad,” a narrative feature starring Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, the marathon swimmer who swam from Cuba to Florida at the age of 64.

Paul Davis posters at Bay Street, solo shows at the Southampton African American Museum, Keyes Art, Lucore Art, and Grenning. Plus art, fashion, and wine at J. Mackey, the annual quilt show in Water Mill, new art barn in Bridgehampton, and more.

Reimagined Shakespeare and a book event at LongHouse, multi-disciplinary performance at Madoo, piano and song at LTV, Black Film Fest at the Parrish, architecture panel at Watermill Center, a mentalist and music at a Southampton benefit.

Dr. Anna Chapman and Ronald Perelman opened the Creeks for a benefit for Green Beetz, a nonprofit organization that educates middle school children about nutrition, the environment, food, and society.

Kumiso brings Tokyo-inspired casual dining to East Hampton, Sunset Harbor in Springs has drink specials and outdoor screenings, St. Lucia to perform at Sole East, and cocktail hour at Sparkling Pointe Winery.

It's time again for the Antigua Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta, an amateur sailing race in Noyac Bay, and a day of Caribbean-themed fun in Sag Harbor, planned for Saturday.

The Hamptons Dog Show, hosted by the East Hampton Lions Club at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett, returns Saturday for its fifth year to raise money for the Guide Dog Foundation of Long Island.

Lighthouse Weekend will be celebrated at the Montauk Lighthouse on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with re-enactors from the Third New York Regiment and the Kings of the Coast Pirates helping to bring the past to life.

“It’s been a great season thus far,” Harvey Bennett, former owner of the Tackle Shop in Amagansett, said of blue-claw crabs. “They are large and plentiful. More people need to take advantage of it. Blue-claws are the best to eat.” 

On a visit to the East End last week, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced proposed legislation that would regulate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — of a class of chemicals known as PFAS — which have been determined to be dangerous at any level of exposure.

Adam Potter has tabled controversial plans for a 79-unit downtown affordable apartment building with 34,000 square feet of retail space, and said he will instead submit plans to Sag Harbor Village for a building with 39 residential units and a third of the retail space originally proposed.

With a careful, calculated touch, Robert Greene, a renowned decoy carver who lives in Springs, creates pieces so realistic they could easily be mistaken for taxidermy. “You gotta know the wood, you gotta be a halfway decent carver, you gotta be a decent painter. . . and you gotta be an artist,” he said.