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Saturday Jan. 24, 2026

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

All day

Lost and Found, an art exhibit at the Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library

Free

Cutchogue New Suffolk Free LibraryCutchogue

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10:30 – 11 am

Saturday Story Time

Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

ChasingTheLight

Noon – 2 pm

Chasing the Light

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

1 – 3 pm

Focus on Film with Philip Harwood: The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Sunday Jan. 25

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

All day

Lost and Found, an art exhibit at the Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library

Free

Cutchogue New Suffolk Free LibraryCutchogue

Great Books With Jill

10 am – 5 pm

Great Books with Jill

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Owl Storytime &Craft.

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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Noon – 3 pm

Long Island Family Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo – Cradle of Aviation

Ages: All
Family
Free
Open Houses

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

ChasingTheLight

Noon – 2 pm

Chasing the Light

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

2 – 3 pm

Merrick Sounds: Marc Berger RIDE

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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