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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Dashing Whippets Summer Track Meet Featuring fully automatic timing by elitefeats

8:30 am – noon

Dashing Whippets Summer Track Meet Featuring fully automatic timing by elitefeats

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

John V. Lindsay East River Park TrackManhattan

Mommy Meditation with Momcozy at Summer Streets NYC

9 – 10:30 am

Mommy Meditation with Momcozy at Summer Streets NYC

Ages: 2 and under
Classes

Foley SquareManhattan

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
Free
Outdoors

Mashashimuet ParkSag Harbor

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

Govenors IslandManhattan

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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1 – 6 pm

Long Island Oyster Jamboree

Ages: 5 – 12
Festivals
Free

Smith Point County ParkShirley

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

5:30 – 10 pm

Gotham Roller Derby games

Ages: 5 and up
LGBTQ+
Sports

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect ParkBrooklyn

2025-08-16 Family Movie Night Landscape with Babe

6:30 – 8:30 pm

𝐔𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 “𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐄”

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

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