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Saturday Sep. 13, 2025

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

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All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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All day

Arts & Archives 2025-Art Show Benefitting The Springs Historical Society & Community Library

Art
Free

2025 8 Scarecrow contest GFX

All day

8th Annual Scarecrow Contest at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

Pride in Port 2017 photo Sousa float

8:30 am – 4 pm

Pride in Port

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Pride in PortPort Washington

Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Fest Flyer 2023 (1)

8:30 am – 5 pm

11th Annual Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Jeanne Garant Harborfront ParkPort Jefferson

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

01. CHTS

9 am – 4 pm

Southampton History Museum Carriage House Thrift Shop

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

9 am – 7 pm

Art Show: “LOOK UP” – Photography by Jean Schweibish

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

250913 Fall NoFo Garden Tour

10 am – 1 pm

ReWild North Fork & SPCA Fall Sustainable Meadow Tour

Custer ObservatorySouthold

2. Beebe Windmill Tour

11 am – noon

Tour of the Beebe Windmill with Southampton Town Historian Julie Greene

Beebe WindmillBridgehampton

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

Fantastic Family Fun-Filled Days at the Long Island Family Festival!

11 am – 10 pm

Long Island Family Festival 2025

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Tanner ParkCopiague

MSK HH (1)

11 am – 1 pm

Your Health Story Matters: A Workshop on Taking & Understanding Your Health History

Uniondale American LegionUniondale

Light From Darkness

11:30 am – 4 pm

Light From Darkness

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

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Noon – 5 pm

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Noon – 5 pm

“All We See” presented by East End Photographers Group

Art
Free

The Depot Art GalleryMontauk

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Noon – 5 pm

Draw Out! Community Arts Festival

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

Homegrown String Band

1 – 2:30 pm

A Performance by Homegrown String Band

Free
Music

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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1 – 5 pm

Mid Island Dahlia Society’s 59th Annual Dahlia Exhibition Show

Free

Burns Hoticultural Center; Planting Fields ArboretiumOyster Bay

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 4 pm

Crafternoon for Kids

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 4 pm

Crafternoon (Ages 3 – 11)

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

AUTHOR VISIT LAUREN WILLIG Saturday, September 13 @ 200pm Lauren Willig will discuss her latest book The Girl from Greenwich Street At the start of a new century, a shocking murder trans fixes Ma (2)

2 – 3 pm

Author Visit with Lauren Willig

mineola memorial libraryMineola

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