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Friday Aug. 22, 2025

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Noon – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

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Noon – 6 pm

Bridgehampton Art Affair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

Scrabble Word games

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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5 pm

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

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Saturday Aug. 23

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

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

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

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8 – 10 am

Round Pond Hike with Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

RoundPondSag Harbor

9 – 10 am

Tai Chi

Mitchell ParkGreenport

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9 – 11 am

Great Pond Cleanup and Coffee (Southold)

Great PondSouthold

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

11 am – 5 pm

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

The ChurchSag Harbor

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11 am – 2 pm

Rubber Duckie Race on Reeves Bay

Ages: All
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Flanders Men’s ClubFlanders

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11 am – 2 pm

Rubber Duck Race on Reeves Bay to Benefit Big Duck Ranch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Fundraisers

Flanders Men’s ClubFlanders

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Noon – 5 pm

JHB Gallery at Jetsam Studio

Art
Free

Jetsam StudioSouthampton

7.26 Chris Mack

Noon – 5 pm

Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

8-22 art affair small

Noon – 6 pm

Bridgehampton Art Affair

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

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Noon – 5 pm

DETOUR VI Summer Art Exhibition Closing Day

East End Arts Art GalleryRiverhead

23rd – Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

1 – 2 pm

Comic Creation with Jack Purcell

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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2 – 6 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

2 – 3:30 pm

Film Screening:”Dindigul Diaries” followed by Q/A w/ director Annette Danto

Film
Free

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

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5 – 6 pm

Best of All Things is Water with Megan and Scott Chaskey

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

7 – 10 pm

Adam Baranello “Grunge Pop Celebration” Closing Reception & Live Music Performance

Art
Free

southampton cultural centerSouthampton

Sunday Aug. 24

Royal Botania at The Roundtree Amagansett

Midnight

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

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

Red Car

9 am – 3 pm

Southold American Legion Car Show

Southold American Legion HallSouthold

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11 am – 5 pm

“The Ark”: An Exhibition curated by Eric Fischl

The ChurchSag Harbor

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