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Saturday Aug. 2, 2025

4 – 6 pm

The Gallery at Quogue Library presents Garrett Chingery: Wings from Within

Art
Free

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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4 – 8 pm

Promise of a New Spirit Art Show

Animals
Art

Spirit’s PromiseRiverhead

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6 – 8 pm

Inés Velasco Large Ensemble

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

Sunday Aug. 3

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

A6 – 23

All day

The Place Where You Belong: Design Exhibition

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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

10 am – 2 pm

Dragonfly Cares Center Grand Opening

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Family
Free

Melville CentreMelville

10 am – 5 pm

HAMPTON VINTAGE – A Luxury Marketplace

American Legion Post 419Amagansett

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

Crafter Weekend GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Craft Fair Weekends at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

11 am – 4 pm

East End Photographers Group Presents “Chasing the Light”

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Historic Walking Tour of Manhasset Bay

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment
Family

Port Washington Town DockPORT WASHINGTON

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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

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Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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5 – 6 pm

Fanny Lakoubay in Conversation with Charlotte Kent

Quogue Library IncQuogue

Monday Aug. 4

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

A6 – 23

All day

The Place Where You Belong: Design Exhibition

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

The Ark Digital Calendar Banner 27

11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

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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

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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5 – 8 pm

Pool Nights at SYS

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Southampton Youth ServicesSouthampton

5 – 7 pm

Family Night at Duck Creek

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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6 – 7:30 pm

The Career and Films of Steven Spielberg with Greg Blank

Free
Talks

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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