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Saturday Aug. 30, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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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

10 am – 2 pm

Tennis in Town Square by Court 16

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Ridge HillYonkers

10 am – noon

Read Aloud in the Park

Prospect Park, Long MeadowPark Slope

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Turn Your School Green! Sustainable Architecture

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

11 am – 5 pm

2025 Hudson River Arts & Crafts Festival

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

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11:30 am – 4 pm

“Hike the Hudson” Backpacks

Ages: All
Free

Hudson River Museum

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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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Noon – 4 pm

Early Explorers: Play Space

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Hudson River Museum

Manhattan Unicycle Fest

Noon – 5 pm

16th Annual NYC Unicycle Festival at Hudson River Park

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Pier 76 at Hudson River Park

1 – 3:30 pm

Riis Landing Kayaking for Beginners

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Sports

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

Wave HillRiverdale

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 ParkNorth Hempstead

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

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