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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

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3 – 5 pm

Community Science Fishing

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5Brooklyn

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4 – 7:30 pm

Hindu Lamp Ceremony

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

5 – 6 pm

Great Decisions Foreign Policy Association: American Policy in the Middle East

Quogue Library IncQuogue

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5 – 7 pm

Bruce Sherman: Bonsai and Spirit Rocks

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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5 – 7 pm

Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

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6 – 10 pm

Big Summer August GetDown

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

Performances at Hunter’s Point South Park LIC

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

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7 – 10:30 pm

Rooftop Films How Deep is Your Love

Film
Free

Brooklyn Army TerminalNYC

New York City Circus Festival

7 – 9:30 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: New York City Circus Festival

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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9 – 11 pm

Brooklyn Musical Legends Reunite for One Night Show

Free
LGBTQ+

Sunset StoopBrooklyn

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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

Sunday Aug. 17

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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

Untitled Artwork

All day

The Pan-Afro Wisdom (POW) Fest 2025

Free

Herbert Von King ParkBrooklyn

Clashing Steel

All day

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

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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All day

LIVE in THE LOT at Culture Lab LIC – August-September, 2025

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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8 – 10:30 am

No More Lonely Runs x Propel Fitness Water: Two Truths and Lie Run

Old Fulton Street PlazaBrooklyn, NY

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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9 – 11 am

CARS, COFFEE & CINEMA: F1

Free

Southampton PlayhouseSouthampton

Vinyasa on a Vessel

9:30 – 10:30 am

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Vinyasa on a Vessel

Free

South Street Seaport Museum

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10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 – 11 am

Stewardship and Seed Bomb Creation Hike

Ages: All
Family
Free

Blue Heron Nature CenterStaten Island

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids Andy & Suzanna’s Music Time

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

Hunter’s Point South ParkLong Island City

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10 am – 11 pm

Postpartum Yoga

Ages: All
Family
Free

Domino ParkBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Hampton Vintage at the Bridgehampton Museum

The Corwith HouseBridgehampton

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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