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Saturday May 17, 2025

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9 – 10 am

Puleston’s Vagabonds, A Birding Club Saturdays 9am – 10am @ CEED

CEED Washington Lodge 287 South Country Road, Brookhaven, NY, 11719Brookhaven,

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

petals and paws

10 am – 4 pm

Petals and paws adoption event

Animals
Free

town of hempstead animal shelterWantagh

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10 am – 1 pm

South Shore Guidance Center’s Spring Fling Dog Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Community
Family

Cow Meadow ParkFreeport

Big BBQ Bash Farmingdale (Facebook Post)

10 am – 2 pm

Big BBQ Bash Sales Event

Costello’s ace hardware of farmingdaleFarmimgdale

E-Waste & Metal Recycling Day_May 2025

10 am – 2 pm

E-Waste & Metal Recycling

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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10 am – 5 pm

Kiwanis Club of Wantagh hosts the annual Wantagh Spring Festival

LIRR – Wantagh StationWantagh

Young-Birders-Club

10 am

Young Birders Club Meeting

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

10:30 am – noon

Fishing 101

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveSmithtown

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

open studios

11 am – 12:30 pm

Parrish Art Museum | Open Studios for Families

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 5 pm

Family Health and Wellness Day at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

Print

11 am – 3 pm

Meet & Greet with Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic

Tiny Raccoon BooksSayville

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11:30 am – 2:30 pm

NYBC Open House: Celebrate 10 Years of Summer Magic

New York Beach ClubAtlantic Beach

BEAUTIFUL.WSA – 1

Noon – 4 pm

Beautiful

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

7:00PM by Donna Corvi at Alex Ferrone Gallery

Noon – 5 pm

Arborescent: Art Exhibition Honoring Trees

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Functional Relationships – John Chamberlain

Noon – 5 pm

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE

Guild HallEast Hampton

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Noon – 5 pm

ALMOND ZIGMUND: WADING ROOM

Guild HallEast Hampton

5.17 Independency

Noon – 5 pm

INDEPENDENCY: THE AMERICAN FLAG AT 250 YEARS

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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12:30 – 3 pm

The Green Vale School’s Spring Family Open House

Ages: All
Family
Free
Open Houses

The Green Vale SchoolGlen Head

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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1 – 3 pm

Grace Music School Open House + Summer Camp Sign-Ups

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Grace Music SchoolWoodbury

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1 – 2:30 pm

Interactive Nature Sculpture Installation

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

SCUCC

1 – 4 pm

Open House – Historic Sayville Church

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Blue Point

INSTAGRAM 45 POSTER

2 – 6 pm

LOUISE EASTMAN & JANIS STEMMERMANN: Black and White and Red All Over

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Ralph Stout: Commuter Drawings

The Art Center at Duck CreekEAST HAMPTON

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4 – 9 pm

MINEOLA FOODIE FESTIVAL

Wilson Park MineolaMineola

5-17 Searching for a better life – pat turner

5 – 6 pm

Searching for A Better Life: Looking Back at the African American Migration to Bridgehampton with Pat Turner Ph.D.

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Sunday May 18

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9 am – 2 pm

Horse Show and Camp Open House

New York Equestrian CenterWest Hempstead

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9:30 – 11 am

Orthodox Christian Paschal Season (English Language Services)

Ages: All
Community
Easter
Family

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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