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Sunday April 6, 2025

Gatsby Day

1 – 5 pm

Great Neck Library Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on Sunday April 6

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

edible book festival

2 – 3:30 pm

Edible Book Festival

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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2 – 4 pm

Long Island Reads Author Event Live Stream

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

3 – 5 pm

Sing Out: A Tour for Harmony featuring Brenda Marie Turner

Free
Music

St. John’s Episcopal Chruch HuntingtonHuntington

Spring Chorus Concert 2025 SQ

4 – 5:30 pm

Peace Through Music

Free
Music

Bayport United Methodist ChurchBayport

Monday April 7

INVITATION – Updated 3-16-25

All day

Full Circle – the art of Mary Ahern and Virginia Mallon at the Queens College Rosenthal Gallery April 7 to May 5, 2025

Free

Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens CollegeFlushing

Philosophy

10 am – noon

Philosophy with Susan Pashman

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

4 – 5:30 pm

Anime Club

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Film
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

F. Scott Fitzgerald

7 – 8 pm

Great Neck Library Lecture: F. Scott Fitzgerald Lecture presented by Jeffrey Gilden

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Tuesday April 8

Octber 8 at GN Library

2:30 am – 4:30 pm

Gold Coast Cinema Series

Film
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

health

10 am – 2 pm

Catholic Health Services Mobile Health Screening

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Fountain of Youth Yoga with Frances Cole Jones

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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1 – 2:15 pm

Knitting and Crochet Circle

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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4 – 5 pm

Houdini’s Escape Room

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Free
Games

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

ESL with Ninfa

5:30 – 7 pm

ESL with Ninfa: Beginner Level

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

April 8 2025 – FB Event Cover – Westhampton Free Library

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Trusts in Action: Strategies for Estate and Medicaid Planning

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Empowering Our Community: Understanding and Addressing Alzheimer’s and Dementia as a Public Health Concern

Hofstra University – Guthrad Cultural Center TheaterHempstead

titanic

7 – 8 pm

VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON: Titanic: Voyage and Legacy

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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7 – 8:30 pm

Poems of Arrival (In-Person Workshop)

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

8th – shakespeare

7 – 8 pm

A YEAR OF SHAKESPEARE (and FRIENDS): The Scottish Play

Quogue Library IncQuogue

7 pm

RVC CÍVIC Open Meeting Board Elections

RVC LibraryRockville Centre

Wednesday April 9

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11 am – 12:15 pm

My Grandfather and Albert Einstein

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Great Neck Library Lectures: Tea & Talk: Cancer Prevention Health

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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Noon – 12:45 pm

The Retreat: Parent Power Lunch, A free spring webinar series for Parents and Caregivers

Free
Virtual

Zoom

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1:30 – 3 pm

Homeschool Hangout (Ages 5 – 12 years)

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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2 – 3:30 pm

Container Gardens

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

9th… – Free Write Wednesday

4 – 5 pm

Free Write Wednesday

Quogue Library IncQuogue

5 – 6 pm

Illustrated Ink Club

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

ESL with Ninfa

6 – 7:30 pm

ESL with Ninfa: Intermediate

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

9th – fish guy

6 – 7 pm

Fish Guy Photos Presents: Wild Long Island

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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6 – 7:30 pm

Sheriff’s Aniti-Trafficking Initiative

Classes
Free

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Thursday April 10

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9 am – 5 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Inside and Outside the Box”, a solo exhibition of Dino Rinaldi’s latest artwork, opening Thursday, April 10th through May 22nd

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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