While world events swirl around us, world leaders meet in offbeat American cities, and swine flus swoon, films that document those events of our life are being made and shown. You guessed it: My blog post today once again centers on the Hamptons Film Festival. It is, after all, the pivotal event of the fall season in the Hamptons. We love it. And why not: The films are always SO good, all hand-picked by a great panel of experts and all just so well-thought out and well-edited, well-directed and well-written. I have to say there has only been one film in six years of my going that has been really really bad. I won't say its name, lest the director/filmmaker is a faithful reader of my blog here. I remember him well: He seemed a nice guy--was standing in the lobby of the theater passing out sandwiches as audience members streamed in to view. No doubt, he did most of the film himself--all aspects--as that is what it looked like; rather, it looked more like it'd been filmed by junior high schoolers who got loose with mom and dad's video cam. Oy.

Other than that one blot on the CV of the FF, it has a stellar reputation that just gets better with each passing year. I'm looking on the site now to pick out my films. Know any good ones this year? Which should I choose?

Do you like to jam all night--acoustic style--but have yet to do so in front of an audience? Then pack up your axe and head over to Rowdy Hall in East Hampton (10 Main Street in the Parrish Mews, 631-324-8555) on Sunday nights. The jam sessions are open to anyone and everyone who wants to play and/or listen. The music starts at 8:00 p.m., as do the beer specials.

Don’t feel like you have to head all the way down to Manhattan’s Lower East Side just to get in some live music. Keep it local and keep on jammin’! But hurry up because the Oktoberfest $19 dinner specials only last through October 8.

Rock on!

We all need to network and we all need to drink. Okay, perhaps we don’t need to drink, but Friday evening is a great day to do it. This past October 2, a monthly networking event called Green Drinks was held at Watermill Ateliers. Held in over 500 cities, Green Drinks is the very first Gold LEED-certified commercial space on the East End of Long Island. The events kicked off in the Hamptons two years ago, each one held at a different venue all over the East End.

The premise of Green Drinks is very simple: Come for a drink and chat with someone new. The topic discussed at each differs from event to event; sometimes it’s simply an open forum for discussion.

Green Drinks are still going strong; catch the next one next month, from 5 to 8 p.m. To learn more go to: http://www.ligreen.com/greendrinks.

Calling all hungry folks! Edible East End is holding it’s very first annual Edible Eat Drink Local Week from September 27 to October 4. The event is being held in various venues in Manhattan and those stretching all the way to Montauk, and it is the perfect opportunity for New Yorkers to celebrate and taste the local ingredients of a huge number of restaurants throughout the region. If you can’t make it for a whole meal, at least come out for a prix fixe dessert, which will include an alcohol pairing of a wine, beer or spirit made exclusively on Long Island. Selected restaurants, wine bars, farmers’ markets, culinary schools and tourism associations are all participating in the food fest.

The goal of Eat Drink Local Week? It goes beyond satisfying the taste buds of an onslaught of local foodies. Restaurants are being asked to make a donation from their profits to the Coalition of Edible Schoolyard Projects, a coalition in place on the East End. The donation is tax-deductible (of course) and the restaurants will (happily) receive some positive PR from their endeavours.

So eat up, eat out, live long and prosper!

If you are in Southampton October 10, come out to the Fifth Annual Artist and Celebrity Bird House Auction from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. to benefit the new Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Southampton Hospital. If simply supporting the cause is not enough of a reason for you to show up, maybe the promised presence of one Renee Zellweger will give you the extra kick in the rump to get you there. Zellweger is serving her fourth year as honorary co-chair alongside Betsey Johnson.

The auction of these birdhouses is dedicated to the memory of the late artist Tony Rosenthal who passed away shortly after beginning his very own birdhouse for the cause. To commemorate Rosenthal, artist Don Saco finished a “Rosenthal flair” inspired birdhouse, which will be up on display at the event in the Parrish Memorial Hall in the hospital.

Every cent raised will go to the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center. Many celebs and artists are involved. You too can be a rock star and donate to this most worthy cause.

Tickets are $40 each. For information, call 631-726-8715.