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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

Sports Card Collecting

Free
Sports

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

A Shadow of Her Own

“A Shadow of Her Own”: a performance created by Joseph. J. Corso, Jr. at the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

David Helfand

The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom (A Free, In-Person Lecture & Book Signing)

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

Your Home’s Insulation

Your Home’s Insulation

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

spike

Book Talk: Join Bill Boggs for a discussion of “Spike Unleashed” first 15 attendees get signed copy

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

bird watching

Beginner/Backyard Birding

Classes
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

poetry

Afternoon Poetry Club: Odic Poetry

Classes
Free

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

20th – Twin Stills Moonshine Tasting

Twin Stills Moonshine Distillery Presentation & Tasting

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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Preview Reception for Annual Box Art Auction Benefiting East End Hospice

Art
Free

Hoie Hall at St. Luke’s ChurchEast Hampton

home decorating

Designing a Home You Love

Connetquot Public LibraryBohemia

Colonial Southampton HH Tour

Colonial Southampton: Halsey House Tour

Halsey House & GardenSouthampton

DETOUR After Dark: Gong Bath Sound Healing with Clarisse Khalsa

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

11 West GalleryRiverhead

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Movie Night Under the Stars: GREASE (1978)

Film
Free

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

Paper Shredding

Paper shredding event at the Great Neck Library

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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Bridgehampton Art Affair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

Scrabble Word games

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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Light, Sand, and Sea: Hamptons Artists and Their Studios with Coco Myers and Jaime Lopez

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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All day

Witness the Live Recording of Unscripted: Artists Outside the Frame

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

Round Pond in mist

Round Pond Hike with Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

RoundPondSag Harbor

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Great Pond Cleanup and Coffee (Southold)

Great PondSouthold

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Long Island Nets Summer Fest

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Jones Beach (Field 4) – Basketball CourtsWantagh

Fifth Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color: Art Show & Sale, and Book Signing

The ChurchSag Harbor

Back to School Bash: Supplies, Smiles, and Style

Ages: All
Family
Free

Green Acres MallValley Stream

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DETOUR VI Summer Art Exhibition Closing Day

East End Arts Art GalleryRiverhead

Ocean Bay Park Community Fair

The Schooner InnOcean Bay Park

23rd – Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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Best of All Things is Water with Megan and Scott Chaskey

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Sondheim’s Greatest Hits — Port Washington Play Troupe presents Broadway on Manhasset Bay under the Stars

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

John Philip Sousa Memorial Band Shell Sunset Park / Main Street Port Washington 11050Port Washington

Red Car

Southold American Legion Car Show

Southold American Legion HallSouthold

Nesconset Day 2025

Nesconset GazeboNesconset

Dodge Homestead 2025-1

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Create: Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

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