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Friday July 18, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Great Books With Jill

10 am – noon

Great Books with Jill

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

YoureInivited-ArtAbility

10 am – 4 pm

Long Island’s Largest Art Exhibition Celebrating Community and Inclusion in the Arts at The Atelier at Flowerfield

Art
Expo

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

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11 am – 4 pm

Untitled – Local Artist Show Water Mill Museum

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

5.17 Independency

Noon – 5 pm

INDEPENDENCY: THE AMERICAN FLAG AT 250 YEARS

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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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

Scrabble Word games

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Duck Creek Alumni Group Exhibition

The Art Center at Duck CreekEAST HAMPTON

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2 – 3:30 pm

Upon This Ground: Cyanotype Workshop with Artist Ella Mahoney presented by BHM and Ma’s House

Ages: All
Art
Classes
Family

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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2 – 3:45 pm

Friday Matinee: Saturday Night

Film
Free

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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6 – 7 pm

Magic, Laughs, and More

Ages: 5 – 12
Comedy
Family
Free

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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6 – 7 pm

Magic, Laughs, and More (Families with children up to 5th grade)

Ages: 5 – 12
Comedy
Family
Free

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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6 – 8 pm

Bark & Beach: Wags Beach Meetup Launch

Animals
Free

10 Ocean RoadOcean Beach

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6 – 8 pm

Bark & Beach: Wags Beach Meetup Launch

Animals
Free

Ocean Beach Community HouseOcean Beach

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7 pm

Writing Letters to People in Prison session

Tiny Raccoon BooksSayville

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

Ocean Beqch – Fire Island

Saturday July 19

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

Oyster Bay

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

01. CHTS

9 am – 4 pm

Southampton History Museum Carriage House Thrift Shop

Free
Markets

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

Women Posing at Outside Clothesline Art Sale at Guild Hall

9 am – 2 pm

Clothesline Art Sale

Art
Free

Guild HallEast Hampton

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

YoureInivited-ArtAbility

10 am – 4 pm

Long Island’s Largest Art Exhibition Celebrating Community and Inclusion in the Arts at The Atelier at Flowerfield

Art
Expo

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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10 am – 5 pm

Art In The Park

Art
Free

Agawam ParkSouthampton

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10 am – 5 pm

HAMPTON VINTAGE – A Luxury Marketplace

Mattituck Historical SocietyMattituck

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

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11 am – 4 pm

Untitled – Local Artist Show Water Mill Museum

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

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