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Wednesday Sep. 10, 2025

9 am – 7 pm

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

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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1 – 2 pm

FBI Files Unsealed: Civil Rights, Terror, and Treason with Lester Paldy

Free
Talks

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Bruce Sherman: Bonsai and Spirit Rocks

The 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

Thursday Sep. 11

2025 8 Scarecrow contest GFX

All day

8th Annual Scarecrow Contest at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

9 am – 7 pm

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

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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

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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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

2025-09-11 Commitment to Peace Landscape V3

7 – 9 pm

Commitment to Peace – An Interfaith Service

St Patrick’s Church Bay ShoreBay Shore

Friday Sep. 12

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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

9 am – 7 pm

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

Art
Free

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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

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

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

Screenshot

2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

RML_logo_FINAL_COLOR – all blue

2 – 4 pm

Friday Matinee: Conclave

Film
Free

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

9-12 bonackers

5 – 6:30 pm

The Bonackers, A Screening and Q&A with Director Joanne Friedland Roberts

Art
Boating

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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5 – 7 pm

Art Exhibit: Beneath the Surface

Art
Free

Cutchogue New Suffolk Free LibraryCutchogue

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

6 – 10 pm

Long Island Family Festival 2025

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Tanner ParkCopiague

7 – 8:30 pm

Rain Gardens: Natives and Pollinators

southampton cultural centerSouthampton

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Saturday Sep. 13

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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

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

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