“The End Is the Beginning” is an eloquent and moving account of the life of Jill Bialosky’s mother, Iris. Recalled backward, it is also a nuanced examination of aging and of the mother-daughter bond.

Just as victory gardens brought fresh-grown produce to Americans during World War II, the East End Community Organic Farm and Bridge Gardens are two South Fork gardens offering a victory garden vibe.

Sag Harbor Cinema launches an exhibition of Mark Friedberg's production designs and a film series on the directors of "The New Hollywood."

Subversive portraits at Harper's, small works at Springs Library, group shows at Eric Firestone, Keyes Art, and Women's Art Center, Eric Dever in Chelsea, two shows at Halsey McKay.

Outdoor screenings from HamptonsFilm, jazz duo at Montauk Library, comedy at Southampton Cultural Center, Ma's House benefit, jazz night at the Masonic Temple.

Happy hour at Rowdy Hall, catering from Il Buco al Mare, a Burgundy tasting at Park Place, and a barbecue menu from Art of Eating.

Early Sunday morning, it looked as if a small tornado had torn through the Montauk Green and the Montauk Artists Association Art Show. Instead, East Hampton Town police say the destruction — which wiped out the inventory of some participating artists — was caused by a drunken driver.

Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei approved a plea bargain on June 25 in the case of Darius Petty, 35, an East Hampton man accused of kidnapping and robbing three young men at knifepoint in the parking lot of the East Hampton Town Senior Center on Springs-Fireplace Road in September.

There have been 12 cases filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court against Michael O’Sullivan and his L.L.C. Hampton Dream Properties, with plaintiffs, including several in East Hampton Town, alleging that they were the victims of a murky real estate scheme that defrauded them of millions of dollars.

The last few years have presented challenges the Springs Food Pantry’s founders could not have anticipated when it was first established. More than 600 families are now registered to receive the assistance it provides, and an average of 355 families are served each week.

While conditions had improved by Monday, last weekend, the Surfrider Foundation’s Eastern Long Island chapter, which partners with Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the Peconic Baykeeper in sampling and analyzing local waters, canceled an International Surfing Day meetup that was to happen that day at Ditch Plain Beach, citing alarmingly high levels of Enterococcus bacteria in the water.

The East Hampton Village Board was criticized at its meeting last week for not doing enough to communicate two new laws that have been ensnaring landscapers and contractors since the middle of May. One requires service workers to register annually with the village at a cost of $250. The other, a noise ordinance, shortens hours for certain landscaping and construction activities between May 15 and Sept. 15.

A new gymnasium and a marine biology wet lab may be in the cards for the Sag Harbor School District. According to Jeff Nichols, the district superintendent, the plans are still in their early days, but he hopes to put a bond referendum for the project to a public vote by the fall.

One of the essential roles of religion, Rabbi Jan Uhrbach of the Bridge Shul in Bridgehampton said this week, is to “help us hold onto our humanity, and remind us of the higher values that go beyond money and power and position and all of those things, in a time when the values that I hold dear are not only being violated, they’re being rejected as values.”

East Hampton Town’s Democratic Party candidates launched their 2025 campaign on Monday with a gathering marked by gloomy assessments of Democrats’ status at the national level mixed with encouraging signs of resistance. At home, they enjoy a supermajority on the town board and among the town trustees, with some incumbents running unopposed for re-election.

The East Hampton Town Trustees will write a letter to the town board supporting the purchase of two parcels fronting Georgica Cove by the Peconic Land Trust, which is at present in contract, and the simultaneous sale of an easement to the town and to East Hampton Village to ensure their preservation in perpetuity.

It might be surprising to learn that the Coast Guard, which has a station in Montauk, owns 17 houses in Springs. Perhaps even more surprising was the news last week that it would like to upgrade the septic systems at all 17 properties, and will seek grants from the town to do so.

The Children’s Museum of the East End celebrated the grand opening of a brand-new playground — a goal the museum’s co-presidents, Liz Bard and Lara Sweeney, have been working toward for four years.

The 2025 valedictorians and salutatorians at East Hampton and Pierson High Schools already have résumés that put most of us to shame, and they’re just getting started. Along with their academic successes, they are standout musicians, athletes, and volunteers.

High school graduation ceremonies take place Friday in East Hampton and Saturday at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor. In East Hampton, 241 students will graduate under a tent on the school grounds at 6 p.m. Pierson’s ceremony takes place at 5 p.m. Saturday on Pierson Hill.