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Thursday May 15, 2025

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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Noon – 1:15 pm

Taiji/Qigong with John Turnbull

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Forum slide

1 – 2 pm

Alzheimer’s Community Forum

Life Enrichment Center of Oyster BayOyster Bay

historic cooking

6 – 7:30 pm

Long Live Long Island: Historic Cooking of Long Island

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Friday May 16

Great Books

10 am – noon

Great Books with Jill

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

arts & eats

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Arts & Eats

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

Night Crawlers v3

6 – 8 pm

Night Crawlers Movie Club

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Line Dancing 1

7 – 9 pm

Free Line Dancing Lessons and Party at Southold Historical Museum

Southold Historical Museum Maple Lane ComplexSouthold

Saturday May 17

Pulestons vagabonds 7 x 5_

9 – 10 am

Puleston’s Vagabonds, A Birding Club Saturdays 9am – 10am @ CEED

CEED Washington Lodge 287 South Country Road, Brookhaven, NY, 11719Brookhaven,

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

10:30 am – noon

Fishing 101

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveSmithtown

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

open studios

11 am – 12:30 pm

Parrish Art Museum | Open Studios for Families

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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4 – 9 pm

MINEOLA FOODIE FESTIVAL

Wilson Park MineolaMineola

5-17 Searching for a better life – pat turner

5 – 6 pm

Searching for A Better Life: Looking Back at the African American Migration to Bridgehampton with Pat Turner Ph.D.

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Sunday May 18

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9:30 – 11 am

Orthodox Christian Paschal Season (English Language Services)

Ages: All
Community
Easter
Family

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

1 copy

4 – 9 pm

MINEOLA FOODIE FESTIVAL

Wilson Park MineolaMineola

Monday May 19

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

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4 – 5:30 pm

Global Affairs – The Role of the United States in the World

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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