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Friday Oct. 17, 2025

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

opera

12:30 – 2 pm

Fun Opera and More with Claudio and Massimiliano

Free
Music

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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

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2 – 6 pm

ERIDU a Science Fiction Art Show

Art
Free

Westbury ArtsWestbury

Lenz Vines harvest

4 – 6 pm

ARTIST RECEPTION – JEN MOORE SMITH

Art
Free

The Lenz WineryPeconic

country line dancing

5:30 – 7 pm

Country Line Dancing

Dance
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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6:30 – 8 pm

Frights and Bites Outdoor Movie Night!

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Saturday Oct. 18

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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All day

FALL FESTIVAL/ART TALK

Mattituck-Laurel Historical SocietyMattituck

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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9 am – 1 pm

Walk for Epilepsy

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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9 am – 2 pm

NFAC: Brand You! Accelerate Your Career Trajectory Workshops for High-School Juniors & Seniors

North Fork Arts CenterGREENPORT

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

Great Give Back 2024 (2)

10 – 11 am

Main Street Clean Up

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

10 am – 2 pm

Annual Fire Prevention Day and Open House at Stony Brook Fire Department

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Stony Brook Fire DepartmentStony Brook

Great Give Back

10 am – 2 pm

Children’s Costume Drop & Shop part of “The Great Give Back’ with the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Homefront to Battlefront

11 am – 4 pm

Homefront to Battlefront: Southampton during World War II

Veterans Memorial HallSouthampton

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

11 am – 5 pm

39th Annual Rock Hall Country Fair

Rock Hall MuseumLawrence

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 3 pm

Waldorf School of Garden City Annual Fall Fair

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Festivals

Waldorf School of Garden CityGarden City

BigWorks

Noon – 4 pm

Big Works

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

Noon – 6 pm

Mineola Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Mineola Memorial ParkMineola

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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