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Friday Sep. 12, 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

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

The Feast of San Gennaro

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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

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

8 am – 7 pm

Grand Central Dance Hall Presented by Tecovas

Free

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal

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8 am – 5 pm

Free Theater program for SNAP-eligible Teens Now Accepting Applications

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Theater

Stella Adler Studio of ActingNew York City

9 am – 7 pm

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

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

10 – 11 am

Idlewild Trail Walk

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Idlewild Environmental CenterSpringfield Gardens

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

Dan Milnor Workshop

10 am – noon

Blurb and the Artists’ Book

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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10 am – 6 pm

Ten Photography Lessons for a Dead President

Art
Free

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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

9-12 bonackers

11 am – noon

Tour of the Beebe Windmill with Southampton Town Historian Julie Greene

Boating
Film

Beebe WindmillBridgehampton

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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

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

Noon – 5 pm

“All We See” presented by East End Photographers Group

Art
Free

The Depot Art GalleryMontauk

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

Glance AI US image

Noon – 6 pm

Glance AI New York Fashion Week Pop-Up

Free

Bustle Plaza, Penn 2 NYC

Scrabble Word games

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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1 – 8 pm

Savor The Summer Pop-Up with Outshine

Sailor’s Choice

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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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

Friday Matinee: Conclave

Film
Free

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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