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Saturday Aug. 30, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Lattingtown

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

10 am – noon

Read Aloud in the Park August 30th!

Prospect Park, Long MeadowBrooklyn

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10 am – 8 pm

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

Ages: All
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

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10 am – 4 pm

End of Summer Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

10 am

Fishing at the Gantries

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Gantry Plaza State Park – Pier 4Long Island City

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10 – 11 am

Nature Scavenger Hunt (Cutchogue)

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Turn Your School Green! Sustainable Architecture

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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Noon – 4 pm

Fire Island Sand Castle Competition

Ages: 5 and up
Festivals
Free

Beach at Robins RestRobins Rest

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

30th – Anime and Manga Drawing

2 – 3 pm

Anime and Manga Drawing with Emma

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes

Quogue Library IncQuogue

4 – 9:30 pm

Launch Field Day & Picnic-Winnie’s Way Candle Cafe: Long Islands First Mobile Candle Cafe

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

Martin Bunky Reid ParkWestbury

4 – 6 pm

UNREHEARSED: The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Barefoot Shakespeare Co.

Ages: All
Art
Free

Summit Rock, Central ParkUpper West Side

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4 – 11 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

30th – The Differents Concert

6 – 7 pm

“The Differents” Concert

Ages: All
Free
Music

Quogue Library IncQuogue

Sunday Aug. 31

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Lattingtown

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

Ad for volenteer day

11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Ages: All
Classes
Community

Queens

1 – 3 pm

Art in the Park: Suncatchers

Ages: All
Art
Environment

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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3 – 7 pm

Fairest of All – Vendor Market – Forest Avenue

Ages: All
Free
Markets

Parking Lot of Kings Arms DinerStaten Islnd

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4 – 11 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

Monday Sep. 1

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Lattingtown

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Touch Tank

Ages: 3 and up
Animals
En Español

Jones Beach Energy and Nature CenterWantagh

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4 – 9:30 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

Tuesday Sep. 2

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Lattingtown

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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10 – 11 am

Bryant Park Yoga Presented by Halara

Bryant ParkManhattan

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

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