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Thursday Aug. 7, 2025

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Cross County Center Summer Fest

Ages: All
Family
Free

Cross County CenterYonkers

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

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

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

Mulford Farm from south

All day

Long Island History Hunt

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All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

A6 – 23

All day

The Place Where You Belong: Design Exhibition

Clashing Steel

All day

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

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

8 am – 5 pm

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Black Joy Film Fest

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Greg Attonito and Shanti Wintergate

8 am – 5 pm

Musical Events for children of all ages at the Great Neck Library: The Play Date and the BenAnna Band

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9:30 – 10:30 am

Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Sports

71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball CourtsUpper West Side

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 4 pm

Long Island’s Largest Art Exhibition Celebrating Community and Inclusion in the Arts at The Atelier at Flowerfield

Art
Expo

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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10 am – noon

Percussion Playground

Ages: All
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

10 – 11 am

Radiolab Presents: Terrestrials Live! Wilderness Wonderland at Little Island

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Little IslandMeatpacking District

10:30 – 11:30 am

Littles: Baby Time (Birth – Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Tales & Tunes

10:30 – 11 am

Tales & Tunes @ the Village Branch

Ages: 2 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

6-26 Building History HH Tour

11 am – noon

Building History: Halsey House Tour

Halsey House & GardenSouthampton

11 am – 4 pm

East End Photographers Group Presents “Chasing the Light”

Art
Free

The Water Mill MuseumWater Mill

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Eric Nam

11 am – 1 pm

Global Pop Sensation Eric Nam Meet and Greet w/ Samsung Galaxy

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Noon – 1:15 pm

Taiji/Qigong with John Turnbull

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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Noon – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

6-26 Building History HH Tour

2 – 3 pm

Building History: Halsey House Tour

Halsey House & GardenSouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 7:30 pm

An East End Sound Map: Cal Fish, Becca Rodriguez, and ONE LANDSCAPE

The Art Center at Duck CreekEAST HAMPTON

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