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Saturday Oct. 4, 2025

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9 am – noon

Walk to End Alzheimer’s – East Meadow

Eisenhower Park Field 6Westbury

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 – 10:30 am

Fall Migration Bird Walk (Cutchogue)

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

OPA FLIER FINAL

9 am – 7 pm

Dragon Boat and Lantern Festival

North Hempstead Beach ParkPort Washington

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 2 pm

Paper Shredding & Recycling

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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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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10 – 11 am

Adopt a Patch Work Session: Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

Jackson Dodds pic

10 am – noon

Tree ID Trail Hike with Jackson Dodds

Long Pond Greenbelt Nature CenterBridgehampton

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10 am – noon

Growing Winter Greens

Free
Talks

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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10 am – noon

Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic for Pets

Animals
Free

Town of North Hempstead Animal ShelterPort Washington

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10 am – 4 pm

The Annual Seaford Oktoberfest

Seaford Train StationSeaford

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10:30 am

Birding for Beginners

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

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

Taylor Swift Celebration GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Taylor Swift Celebration Day and Craft Fair at The Shoppes

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Dance
Family

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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11 am – 4 pm

“EXPLORATIONS” Marilyn Stevenson Solo Exhibit

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 5 pm

The 28th Annual Covert Avenue Street Fair

Covert Avenue from Tulip Ave to Beverly AveStewart Manor

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

Countryfair

Noon – 5 pm

MP MS Historical Society

Historic Hawkins House Groundsmiller place

Noon – 4:30 pm

Grand Baldwin Festival

Baldwin Public LibraryBaldwin

BigWorks

Noon – 4 pm

Big Works

Art
Free

BAFFA GallerySayville

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 4 pm

Great Neck Library Art Exhibit: Manhasset Art Association

Art
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Dock house

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Point O’Woods Historical Buildings Tour

Point O’Woods

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4 – 9 pm

The Langdon Social, Lynbrook

The LangdonLynbrook

Art and Ale Tickets

4:30 – 11:30 pm

Art + Ale Oktoberfest – Where Art, Fall, and German Tradition Collide!

Great South Bay BreweryBay Shore

Opening Reception Churchennial 12

6 – 7:30 pm

OPENING RECEPTION for Here & There: The First Churchennial

Art
Free

The ChurchSag Harbor

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