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Friday Aug. 8, 2025

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 7:30 pm

An East End Sound Map: Cal Fish, Becca Rodriguez, and ONE LANDSCAPE

The Art Center at Duck CreekEAST HAMPTON

3 – 7 pm

Tanger Outlets Riverhead Back-To-School Bash

Ages: All
Family
Free

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

3 – 5 pm

Come meet former New York Ranger Sean Avery and get your hands on the hottest book of the summer/fall!

Barnes & Noble at Bridgehampton CommonsBridgehampton

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5 – 7 pm

An Evening of Broadway Classics and Pops

Cutchogue New Suffolk Free LibraryCutchogue

6 – 7:30 pm

Pre-Shabbat Summer Fair

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Chabad of the HamptonsEast Hampton

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6 pm

Rivian Electric Drive In

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Rivian Hamptons Charging OutpostSouthampton

2022 show 4

6:30 – 9 pm

Celebrate Theatre Saving Lives in Malawi

Fifth Hammer Brewing CompanyLong Island City

WIP-Banner

7 – 8 pm

The Perlman Music Program Works in Progress Concerts

Free
Music

The Perlman Music ProgramShelter Island Heights

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Brooklyn

Saturday Aug. 9

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

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

Brooklyn

A6 – 23

All day

The Place Where You Belong: Design Exhibition

Brooklyn

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

10 am – noon

Stop the Bleed (Adults and Teens/Tweens)

Ages: 13 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

10 am – 1 pm

Basket Weaving & Hand Stitchery

Ages: 3 and up
Classes
Community
Family

The Greater Westhampton Historical MuseumWesthampton Beach

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10 am – 5 pm

HAMPTON VINTAGE – A Luxury Marketplace

Old Whalers’ ChurchSag Harbor

10 am – 6 pm

Ocean Beach Outdoor Fine Arts & Crafts Show

Art
Free

Ocean Beach Village GreenOcean Beach

10 – 11:30 am

The Environmental Ripple Effect of our Lifestyle Choices: Cultivating a Healthy and Resilient East End

Bridgehampton LibraryBridgehampton

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 4 pm

East End Photographers Group Presents “Chasing the Light”

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

11 am – 2 pm

Celebrate The Great Dora Fiesta with Beyond the Backpack! | Optimum x Paramount

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

John J. Bryne Community CenterUniondale

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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 – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

Noon – 1 pm

Recipe Rebels

Ages: 9 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Ink & Steel

Noon – 2 pm

Ink and Steel

BAFFA GallerySayville

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