Last week I came across something new and interesting on Facebook for the first time in years.

Gorilla Grodd lives.

The best kind of beach day.

The latest real estate transactions across the South Fork.

The sole bid that the Army Corps of Engineers received to dredge the Montauk Inlet as part of the long-awaited Lake Montauk Harbor navigation improvement project was well over the anticipated price and left the federal government $1.1 million short. East Hampton Town opted this week to fill the funding gap with money received through its host-community agreement with South Fork Wind.

Thursday evening at 6 the East Hampton Town Fire Chiefs Association will hold a memorial service at the Hook Mill green to mark the day and the many losses that resulted.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork will host a forum on school boards and how to get involved next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at LTV Studios in Wainscott. 

For kids this week, a drip-painting workshop inspired by the pollinator garden at East Hampton Town Hall, a "crime scene" investigation in Montauk, and all sorts of things to do at the East Hampton Library.

“It’s going to be a great year for us,” Erik Kelt, the principal of the Springs School, said at the school board’s first meeting of the academic year Tuesday night. Although it was only five days into the semester, Mr. Kelt said he can already feel a “different atmosphere” and “a lot of positivity.” 

HarborFest 2025 will be taking over Sag Harbor this weekend, with events and activities planned throughout the village both Saturday and Sunday. 

A multimedia show from Divaria Productions celebrates the 150th anniversary of Bizet's "Carmen" with opera, dance, and zarzuela, an operetta in Spanish.

The Hamptons International Film Festival announces its closing night and Centerpiece films as well as 18 Spotlight selections.

A new documentary on Garland Jeffreys illuminates the career and music of an artist lauded by Laurie Anderson, Bruce Springsteen, and Lou Reed.

HIFF has partnered with the Southampton Playhouse to extend its footprint into the Southampton community.

The Church in Sag Harbor will open its studio for artists of all types to work alongside its two artists-in-residence.

Paintings by Barbara Groot and Adriana Barone are on view at Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor.

Opening at the Parrish are paintings and prints by James Howell and seascape photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto, two artists whose work engages with infinity and the natural world.

Dance performance at Guild Hall, tea ceremony at LongHouse, classical recital at Southampton Cultural Center, guitar master at Sag Harbor Masonic Club.

Invitational show at Ashawagh Hall, Alice Hope talk and film at LongHouse, East End Photographers at Depot Gallery, artist talk at Duck Creek.

Sunsets are on the menus at Inlet Seafood and Cedar Point County Park’s Sunset Pizza and Spirits, plus specials at Arthur and Sons and a happy hour at Baker House 1650.