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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025

6:30 – 9 pm

INKTOBER Workshop for Teens

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Classes
Family

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

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6:45 – 8:30 pm

VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON: Dreams: Problem Solving While We Sleep

Free
Talks

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

Regina at podium forum with LWV from NSTV

7 – 8:30 pm

Candidate Forum – Glen Cove Mayor

Robert M. Finley Middle School Middle, 1 Forest Avenue, Glen CoveGlen Cove

Barbara J King, Oct 9

7 – 8:30 pm

Anthropologist and Author Barbara J. King to Speak in Setauket

Setauket Presbyterian ChurchSetauket

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7 – 9 pm

The Atelier presents a FREE Zoom lecture “Vincent van Gogh- Misunderstood Genius” on Thursday, October 9 at 7PM

Art
Free

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
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Community
Family

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

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7 – 8:30 pm

Young Moms Mahjong

Games

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7 – 10:30 pm

Gateway’s Haunted House

Bellport

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Kassar Productions in Association with Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton Presents A Steady Rain

Theater

LTV StudiosWainscott

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8 – 10 pm

KT Tunstall

Music

The SuffolkRiverhead

Friday Oct. 10

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

FALLCOLLAGE (1)

All day

Private Half Day E Bike Tour

Mattituck

2025 Fall Artwalk Flyer (2)

All day

2025 Port Jefferson Fall Art Walk Self-Guided Tour

Art

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating
Family

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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10 am – 4 pm

Sculpture in the Garden: Sarah Sze at Landcraft Gardens

Landcraft Garden FoundationMattituck

FALLCOLLAGE

10 am – 3:30 pm

Cruise the Country Side: Wine, Orchards & Craft Beer by Bike

East End Bike ToursMattituck

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 4 pm

The “725 Art Show” at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum

Art

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10:30 am – noon

Docent Tours in the Landcraft Garden

Landcraft Garden FoundationMattituck

.01 jewlery making classes

11 am – 4 pm

Jewelry Making Classes

Pelletreau Silver ShopSouthampton

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

JOEL MESLER: MILES OF SMILES

Art

Guild HallEast Hampton

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Noon – 5 pm

MARY HEILMANN: WATER WAY

Art

Guild HallEast Hampton

1 – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World”

Tanger Outlets Deer ParkDeer Park

1 – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World” Long Island, NY – Fall 2025

Tanger Outlets – Deer ParkDeer Park

Scrabble Word games

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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