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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

Donkey and Bird 16×20

2 – 4 pm

Art Receptiion for Antoni Jurkiewicz, MD at the Great Neck Library

Art
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

2 – 4 pm

Back-to-School Event

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Roosevelt FieldGarden City

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2 – 9 pm

Jazz Creole Festival

1 Elmont Rd, Corner of Elmont Rd and Hempstead TpkElmont

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