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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

Royal Botania, Thayers, and The Roundtree, Amagansett Launch a Summer Design Pop-Up

The Roundtree, AmagansettDemarest

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

IT WALK

7 am – 3 pm

Chamber of Mothers “Mothers United Tour” Bus Experience

Free

Foley SquareCivic Center

ACX_7450

8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

Yard Ark 27

8 am – 5 pm

YARD ARK: Transforming your Yard into an Ark of Biodiversity with Edwina Von Gal, April Gornik, and Frank Quevedo

The ChurchSag Harbor

AdoptRoad

8 – 9 am

Old Farm Road Cleanup

Poxabogue ParkSagaponack

AdoptRoad

8 – 9 am

Old Farm Road Cleanup with Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Poxabogue ParkSagaponack

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park Preserve

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn Heights

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

banksy museumSoho

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10 – 11 am

Join the Team! Docent Volunteer Open House

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt James

Health Fair

10 am – 2 pm

Mattituck-Laurel Library Health Fair 2025 “Movement Matters”

Mattituck-Laurel LibraryMattituck

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10 am – 8 pm

Celebrate 10 Years of Miraculous® – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Ages: All
Family
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: Snapology

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

Here In My Nest (border)

10 am – noon

Celebrate the new “Here in My Nest” StoryWalk® Trail at Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free
Outdoors

Mashashimuet ParkSag Harbor

10 am

Fishing at the Gantries

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Gantry Plaza State Park – Pier 4Long Island City

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10 am – 2 pm

Lightbridge Academy Grand Opening

Ages: All
Family
Free

Lightbridge AcademyValhalla

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10:30 am – 6:30 pm

ICP Community Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

10:30 – 11:30 am

People Parks and Possibilities

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors Island

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