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Thursday Dec. 18, 2025

Taijiqi gong

Noon – 1 pm

Taiji/Qigong with John Turnbull

Bridgehampton Community HouseBridgehampton

1:30 – 3 pm

The Poetry Lab: Poetry Workshop readings and Feedback

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

information table

2 – 4 pm

Parker Jewish Institute Awareness Table

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

5 pm

Grand Community Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Great Neck Village GreenGreat Neck

5:30 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

Friday Dec. 19

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

art in action

11 am – noon

Art in Action (In-Person Sessions)

Art
Classes

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

3:30 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

5 – 8 pm

2nd Annual Greenport Holiday Stroll

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Christmas
Family

harbor front innGreenport Village

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Family

Club 8Plainview

Olga Namer high res

8 – 9:30 pm

Sticks & Stones Comedy Presents: OLGA NAMER Headlines THE HOLIDAY SHOW!

Sticks and Stones Comedy ClubSouthampton

Saturday Dec. 20

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

focus on film

1 – 3 pm

Focus on Film with Philip Harwood: Dangerous (1935)

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

12-20 Hearthside Cheer

5 – 8 pm

Hearthside Cheer

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

6 pm

Sagaponack Village Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The lawn on Sagg Main St & Cemetery LaneSagaponack

6 – 8:30 pm

CAST Holiday Performance by The Realm

CAST Treiber HallSouthold

6:30 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

2025-12-20 Holiday Sampler and Singalong Potrait V1

7 pm

A Box of Chocolates presents “Holiday Concert and Singalong” Dec 20th @7pm

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

Sunday Dec. 21

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Theotokos Sign

9:30 – 11 am

Advent Season in the Orthodox Church (English Language Services)

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

10:15 am – noon

Chanukah Chappening

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

North Shore Jewish CenterPort Jefferson Station

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

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