Seaweed farming is the fastest growing aquaculture sector, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and shellfish farmers, conservationists, East Hampton Town, and New York State are taking action. Companion bills in the State Senate and Assembly would permit kelp cultivation in underwater lands at Gardiner’s and Peconic Bays, and allow Suffolk County to lease underwater lands for that purpose.

Unlike fiberglass, unchanging and inert, wood flexes and moves, it must be cared for, and it is temporal, decaying ever so slowly with anything less than the best of care. Trent Preszler’s exceedingly limited-edition canoes deserve that sort of care. Each is built to order in his North Fork woodshop and takes about a year to complete, give or take. 

The East End is chockablock with yoga classes, some led by legends you may recognize from the cover of Yoga Journal. We all have our favorites, and out of loyalty to the many don’t often choose to throw the spotlight on just one specific teacher or class. But we’re making an exception for YOGA + SOUNDS + ART, because it is less a yoga class than a happening.

Jeannette Seaver's five-decade career in publishing has been marked by an unswerving commitment to discovering new voices and standing against censorship.

"The Lost Leonardo" unpacks the complicated story of a "found" Leonardo painting that may or may not be the real thing and why that doesn't seem to matter in the end.

The New York State vaccination site at the Stony Brook Southampton college campus will cease operations as of the end of the day on Monday, July 26. The closure is part of the state's effort to "focus on localized vaccination efforts" in specific communities with lower vaccination rates, according to the governor's office.

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will be back onstage and in person from Aug. 4 to Aug. 22, returning to some of its favorite venues.

Two exhibitions of work by East End artists, Charles Manion of Montauk and Jennifer Cross of Springs, will open at the Arts Center at Duck Creek on Saturday.

After a stop at a nearby eatery for picnic provisioning, you'll be set to bask in the glow of the sunset over the bay or catch an inspiring moonrise at an ocean-facing beach.

A two-part Black Film Festival at the Parrish Art Museum will feature films about the impact on Black communities of gentrification, depression, and self-doubt.

Hundreds of affordable artworks will be on offer in Guild Hall's Clothesline Art Sale and benefit -- inside and outside, in person and on its website.

The East Hampton Town fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of a fire on Tuesday morning that "totaled" a Springs house, said Springs Fire Department Chief Tim Taylor. The family who lived there had gotten out safely by the time firefighters arrived.

"Get Dancing" at Guild Hall will celebrate the choreography of the late Andy de Groat, a frequent collaborator of Robert Wilson, who will take part in a panel discussion about the early years of downtown performance.

Yung Jake's Nerf guns at Tripoli, Christmas in the Shed, paintings by Grace Hartigan at Christie's, and new work by Candace Hill Montgomery at Fireplace Project are among this week's gallery highlights.

A discussion of mid-century modernist architecture in the Hamptons, the Montauk Film Festival will return, plus jazz, live theater, and a silent disco are on the entertainment horizon.

Jazz is alive from Southampton to Montauk, the HooDoo Loungers will bring New Orleans to Sagaponack, and Judy Collins and Steve Earle will play the Talkhouse, as live music continues its comeback on the East End.

Amid the disease threat posed by ticks, SUNY is offering a free lab service for testing them.

Brenda Simmons became a curator while working at Southampton Village Hall — commissioning school kids to create art for Black History Month. Now, she's the director of a new African American cultural museum.

House-made exotic ice cream at Rosies, an artists dinner at Watermill Center will feature the food of Adam Mayer and a tribute to a choreographer, and Wolffer plans a culinary tour of the Rhone Valley.

A driver who East Hampton Town police said was intoxicated and his female passenger were seriously injured in an early morning crash on Monday in Montauk.