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A free open house at Bridge Gardens on Saturday will include garden tours, pumpkin-painting and other craft activities, scavenger hunts, music, and refreshments.

The Shelter Island 5K, a run and walk for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, will start on Saturday from Crescent Beach on a course that is certified by U.S.A. Track and Field (for those serious runners out there). 

The annual Tyler Valcich Memorial Car Show happens on Sunday at the Amagansett Firehouse.

As of earlier Tuesday, there was still space in a defensive driving course at the Montauk Library taking place onThursday from 10:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ext up in the East Hampton Library’s Tom Twomey series is “Trailblazing Women: The Legacy Behind East Hampton’s Nature Trail,” a talk on Thursday at noon by Julie Sakellariadis, a member of the New York Botanical Garden’s board and a member and former president of the Garden Club of East Hampton.

Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, in partnership with East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, the Suffolk Office of Veterans Service Agency, and Long Island Cares Veterans Outreach will host a veterans resource fair at the American Legion Hall on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation will hold a free community health fair Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hoie Hall at St. Luke’s.

Dogs, cats — even ferrets and parrots and snakes — will be welcomed at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for the annual Pet Sunday service this week at 10 a.m.

The Springs Fire Department will celebrate 60 years of service with an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Friday is homecoming at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, and students will be celebrating all day long.

Local synagogues continue their High Holy Days observances beginning Wednesday with services for Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, when, as the Jewish Center of the Hamptons says on its website, “we gather for a solemn and sacred service that calls us to reflect and repent.”

The Montauk Seafood Festival returns on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. on the downtown green.

The Fire Department's annual chicken barbecue is on Sunday and the Shoe-Inn warehouse sale has taken up residence at the American Legion Hall.

The community has an opportunity to help save lives by donating blood at the Amagansett Library on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Coming up: Main Beach fireworks on Saturday, free music Tuesday, and the final outdoor movie of the season in Herrick Park on Wednesday.

Sunday marked the return of Calvary Baptist Church’s chicken and ribs barbecue, made possible with the help of a crew of volunteers and made successful by a steady stream of happy customers. 

Nature’s next dazzling light show is the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks Tuesday and Wednesday this week with prime viewing opportunities at two East End state parks.

Three environmental experts will address the topic of protecting and preserving the ecology of one’s community on Saturday in Bridgehampton.

On Wednesday, Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre will host a puppet-making workshop at LTV Studios, at 75 Industrial Road in Wainscott, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The East Hampton Library will host its annual Children’s Fair on Sunday at Herrick Park, with festivities including carnival rides, games, crafts, performances, food, and raffles.

The East Hampton Village Foundation will recognize the village’s first responders at a fund-raiser on Aug. 13 at Swifty’s, the restaurant at the Hedges Inn.

Rue Matthiessen will be at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. for the Fridays at Five series to read from her 2024 memoir, “Castles & Ruins.”

Warm temperatures and scattered precipitation in the past week are likely contributors to increased bacteria in nine of 33 sites tested weekly by Concerned Citizens of Montauk, with a significant spike measured in Montauk’s Fort Pond.

Jeff Miller, the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town clerk, will hold a campaign fund-raiser at LTV Studios in Wainscott on July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Julian Zelizer, the commentator and professor, will be in conversation with David Alpern, radio man and once of Newsweek, on Monday at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.

The Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum’s ninth annual lobster bake fund-raiser happens on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the museum. 

Free movies have returned to Amagansett Square on Wednesday nights at sundown. Next week’s selection is “Surf’s Up.” Moviegoers have been advised to take their own seating and blankets.

Conditions at 29 percent of the 33 sites tested by C.C.O.M. in Montauk, Amagansett, and East Hampton have improved as compared to the results of samples taken during the week of June 30.

Guild Hall in East Hampton kicks off its summer series of KidFest shows this week with Mario the Maker Magician on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Described as "contagiously upbeat and full of heart," Mario the Maker's shows are "an all-ages theater experience," according to Guild Hall. 

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will hold its Summer Fair — now in its 110th year — on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.