At The Church in Sag Harbor, Sabina Streeter will discuss her portraits inspired by the films of Douglas Sirk, and Michael A. Butler will talk about his “narrative folk” paintings and the history of that village.

The Ranch in Montauk to feature sculpture by Lena Henke, documentary on the artist Nathan Slate Joseph in Southampton, Anahi DeCanio goes solo in Montauk, and a group show in Gansett Square.

A conversation on Indigenous arts and culture in Southampton, a classical concert at Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor.

Sag Harbor Kitchen will take over the former Dockside restaurant on Bay Street, with a Michelin-honored chef, an outdoor fire pit table, and—reservations!

Navy Beach and El Turco are reopening, dinner and a movie in Sag Harbor, and Dreesen’s Catering has a new owner.

The Sag Harbor School District has scheduled a public forum "addressing the proposed acquisition" of five wooded properties on Marsden Street for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Pierson Middle and High School auditorium.

Simultaneously on Saturday, across the South Fork, several organizations are holding Earth Day cleanup events and are seeking volunteers to pitch in.

The East Hampton Village engineer, Vincent Gaudiello of the Raynor Group, declared the village’s Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street unsafe for public assembly last Thursday afternoon after a condensation leak exposed a structural problem in the roof.

Let us introduce you to the Landcraft Garden Foundation, the North Fork’s fraternal obverse to Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse Reserve and a paradise that Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith have been building on the North Fork since 1992.

At first, I liked the bamboo. It was a comforting green wall, separating me from my neighbor’s pool. When the wind blew, it sounded like one hand clapping. At the same time, I found myself thinking, “If the revolution comes, I will dig a trench around my house and fill it with bamboo spears.”

At first, I liked the bamboo. It was a comforting green wall, separating me from my neighbor’s pool. When the wind blew, it sounded like one hand clapping. At the same time, I found myself thinking, “If the revolution comes, I will dig a trench around my house and fill it with bamboo spears.”

The Star’s hunter-gatherer, Durell Godfrey, went looking for the kind of stuff that Mother Nature would be happy to use — and reuse whenever possible. She loves sustainability, and so will you. Shop locally and thoughtfully.

Doug Tallamy, an entomologist, author, and professor at the University of Delaware, encourages homeowners to think about the role our yards play in the food chain that sustains birds and wildlife. The immense decline of the bird population by one-third over the past 50 years has opened eyes to its urgency.

. . . They’d ask for wallpaper, and they’d ask for Heather Dunn.

A home vegetable gardener offers some hard won advice for getting the most out of your garden along with what grows best here.

The Traceys are embarking this season on an expansion that will see them transition from their previous location, a Peconic Land Trust plot of a little under an acre behind Balsam Farm in Amagansett, to a three-acre property on Montauk Highway that was known as Bhumi Farm for a couple of years.

Frederico Azevedo has always been enamored with nature, flowers in particular. “As a child I would rearrange the plants for fun and plant the ingredients for my favorite foods,” he said. “The exciting thing about this medium is how it can make people happy and open up new parts of your life.” His business, Unlimited Earth Care in Bridgehampton, is celebrating a milestone this year.

The gardens at Home, Sweet Home Museum were dedicated on Sept. 29, 2022, to Loretta Orion, who spent many years restoring and tending them. Ms. Orion, an anthropology professor, a French teacher, an author, a private duty nurse, a seamstress, and an etcher, died in July 2022 at the age of 77. The gardens are always on view for visitors at 14 James Lane.

The nearly 10-year tale of a communications tower at the Springs Fire Department took a turn last week when the department offered the East Hampton Town Planning Board a new preliminary plan for a shorter pole in a different location on its property. In a powerful change of script, the two sides appeared aligned.

Fabian Almazan and his quintet will play at the Southampton Arts Center on Saturday. The concert will be preceded at 5 p.m. with an exhibition of photographs by Ric Kallaher and a pre-show reception.