Event Type : Community Events

Built in 1798, Oysterponds Hitsorical Society’s Village House today is period-furnished and decorated as a late 19th-century boarding house. Every year six new exhibitions (curated by William McNaught, except where noted) are installed on the 2nd floor. Exhibition hours will be Fridays & Sundays 2-5pm and Saturdays 11am – 5pm. This year, the exhibitions are:

“Oysterponds at Leisure” (Photography Exhibition) – Culled from our extensive collection, these photographs depict people in East Marion and Orient as they rest, play, and enjoy a respite from the daily grind of work.

“In Pursuit of Whales” – Concentrates on documents and historic artifacts pertaining to whaling during its heyday in the second quarter of the 19th century.

“William Steeple Davis Block Prints” – Focuses on the print-making of Orient multi-media luminary Davis (1884-1961)—specifically on his wood-block and linoleum-block prints.

“What is It?” – The OHS collections are full of extraordinary, even strange objects that were common household objects, ordinary implements or useful farming tools from a century or two ago.  Co-curated by Sarah Olmstead.

“Happy Birthday: Orient Yacht Club at 90” – Photos, artwork, and documents capture the compelling history and reflect the Club’s importance to generations. Co-curated by John Holzapfel and Alison Ventura.

“Melita Hofmann: Author, Illustrator, Naturalist” – Ms. Hofmann (1907-1976), was curator of OHS from its founding in 1944 until 1963. This exhibition is a fascinating look at her varied artwork. Curated by Alison Ventura.

The Friends of the Library are pleased to present a summer group show of artists whose works create a dialogue with the natural world and landscapes through subject matter or integration into the library gardens. The artists include Sherry Davis, Anthony Holbrooke, Cheryl Molnar, Wendy Small, and Agathe Snow. All of the artists either live on the North Fork or spend a significant amount of time in the area.

The exhibition runs daily from 9 June through 5 September.  Entry is free and the exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

The Friends of the Library are pleased to present a summer group show of artists whose works create a dialogue with the natural world and landscapes through subject matter or integration into the library gardens. The artists include Sherry Davis, Anthony Holbrooke, Cheryl Molnar, Wendy Small, and Agathe Snow. All of the artists either live on the North Fork or spend a significant amount of time in the area.

The exhibition runs daily from 9 June through 5 September.  Entry is free and the exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

The Maple Lane Complex is now open weekends, from 1pm – 4pm, through
Sept. 17 with a new exhibit titled “Answering the Call: The History of Southold
Fire Department.” This exhibit showcases the rich history of the Southold
Fire Department, which dates back to 1886. Visitors will have the opportunity
to learn about the department’s founding, as well as its evolution over the
years. Regular admission of $5 or $10 families also includes access to grounds
and buildings, as well as new exhibits and displays at the nearby Nautical
Museum at Horton Point Lighthouse.

Registration is required, please register here.

North Fork Audubon President, Peggy Lauber & Vice President, Theresa Dilworth will be our guides this month. We will look for fall migrants, explore the trails and learn about North Fork Audubon’s efforts to clear the preserve of invasive species.

Photo: Indigo Bunting by Daniel Irons/Macaulay Library

Join us for Harbes Honeycrisp Apple Festival at Harbes Farms Jamesport, Saturday, September 2 & Sunday, September 3 from 9am-6pm. Located at 1223 NY25 (Rte, 25), Jamesport NY 11947. There will be plenty of Honeycrisp apple picking! Our 6-acre Jamesport Honeycrisp Apple Orchard has loads of delicious apples to pick. The innovative trellis system allows us to grow apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. There’ll be FREE LIVE MUSIC in our courtyard on both days from 1-5 pm. Saturday, we welcome singer/guitarist Deanna Hudson. Join Deanna as she performs pop, classic rock, and upbeat folk in an acoustic style. Sunday, singer/songwriter Glenn Jochum is scheduled to play. Glenn easily transitions from folk to soul to rock to blues to country, delivering lyrics that come straight from the heart. During your visit don’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has a fun & challenging trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. To round out the day there will be hayrides, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Robin Hood Corn Maze, Apple Picking & Hayride require admission.

Yee-haw!! Time for a good old-fashioned hoe-down! Please join us in celebrating 20 years in business. There will be fun for the whole family! 🐐

Where: Catapano Dairy Farm, 33705 County Rd 48, Peconic, NY 11958

When: Saturday, September 2, 2023, from 4 to 8 PM.

What: Goat yoga, goat cuddling, bounce house, face painting, Square dancing, barbecue, dinner, and much more!

Several ways to buy tickets:

– Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EAAA82FA0F9C25-catapano

– Scan the QR codes on the flyer below

– Use these links to make payment:

https://square.link/u/c8BFgsT3

https://square.link/u/SJmjEa8j

– Come to the farm and buy in person in our store

– Venmo us $50 per adult, $25 per child and just add your names @catapanodairyfarm

With their ticket, adults get entry to all events, dinner, plus one drink ticket and one raffle entry

Kids get entry to all events, plus dinner and complimentary water or juice box

Proceeds will go towards helping our farm manager with expenses related to her cancer treatment and Southold Mothers Club to help sponsor events for parents and kids on the North Fork. SMC members are volunteering at the event.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for Harbes Honeycrisp Apple Festival at Harbes Farms Jamesport, Saturday, September 2 & Sunday, September 3 from 9am-6pm. Located at 1223 NY25 (Rte, 25), Jamesport NY 11947. There will be plenty of Honeycrisp apple picking! Our 6-acre Jamesport Honeycrisp Apple Orchard has loads of delicious apples to pick. The innovative trellis system allows us to grow apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. There’ll be FREE LIVE MUSIC in our courtyard on both days from 1-5 pm. Saturday, we welcome singer/guitarist Deanna Hudson. Join Deanna as she performs pop, classic rock, and upbeat folk in an acoustic style. Sunday, singer/songwriter Glenn Jochum is scheduled to play. Glenn easily transitions from folk to soul to rock to blues to country, delivering lyrics that come straight from the heart. During your visit don’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has a fun & challenging trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. To round out the day there will be hayrides, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Robin Hood Corn Maze, Apple Picking & Hayride require admission.

Join us every Wednesday evening from 5 -9pm.

Cruise night is FAMILY-ORIENTED, KID-FRIENDLY in our parking lot. You can visit the Shoppes, enjoy a bite to eat. Then check out the fine array of classic cars. We will be collecting donations for Veterans Food Pantry Association

Ruggero’s Family Style Restaurant open for Dine in or Out from til 9:00pm

Follow the Shoppes Facebook Page for update on weather related cancellations.

2023 Fall Native Plant Sale will be held in person on Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10, from 9 am to 1 pm with no pre-ordering necessary.

We will many species of plants native to the Northeastern United States and locally grown by Glover Perennials—many of which are drought tolerant and deer resistant—will be showcased outdoors at the Roy Latham Nature Center at Inlet Pond County Park.

Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted.

Join us for Harbes Orchard’s Annual Apple Festival, Saturday, September 9 & Sunday, September 10 from 9am-6pm. Located at Harbes Orchard, 5698 Sound Avenue, Riverhead NY 11901. Don’t miss two fun-filled days of apple activities for the whole family! Of course, there will be plenty of apple picking! Our 15-acre apple orchard has apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. During your visit don’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has larger pathways to allow for distancing and a fun trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. We’ll have LIVE MUSIC to enjoy in our picnic area from 12pm-5pm. Popular singer-guitarist Matt Taylor will be performing BOTH days. Don’t miss this versatile musical performer. To round out the day there will be pumpkin picking in our 4-acre on-the-vine “u-pick” pumpkin patch, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, pony rides, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Access to the farm requires general admission. Sorry, no outside food or pets are permitted.

Back by popular demand is this tour of a Chinese medicinal herb garden, established in 2003. This is a trial of growing herbs predominantly imported from China, herbs used by twenty thousand medical practitioners throughout the country. Scott Chaskey is privileged to learn from these plants—now over thirty species—descended from seed collected in China and Boston’s Arnold Arboretum. Scott will be joined by Sarah Lu-Otero, a licensed acupuncturist and board-certified herbalist currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with years of experience with these plants. Take a walk through the fields with Scott and Sarah and be introduced to plants both familiar and “exotic:” Platycodon grandifloras (Balloon flower), Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry lily), Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)…and dozens more!

$10/person, $5/Quail Hill Farm members, space is limited, prepaid reservations required. Closed toe, sturdy shoes recommended for the walk. Rain cancels.

This year’s fair will be bursting with more old-fashioned, family-friendly fun than ever before as Hallockville and its neighbor, the Long Island Antique Power Association, team up to deliver new offerings that will keep young and old entertained for hours. The festivities include a hayride, a farmer’s market, tractor pulls, historic home tours, homemade baked goods and handcrafted wares for sale, folk arts demonstrations and exhibits, pony rides, a petting zoo, a kiddie train ride, sack races and plenty of additional children’s activities. Rounding out the fair will be live music and food and beverage trucks.

The Hallockville Country Fair is a unique North Fork experience that offers individuals and families the perfect opportunity to “unplug” and enjoy time on an authentic Long Island farm.

The Country Fair takes place at Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Avenue in Riverhead. Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tickets are $12 for individuals age 3 and older. Children age 2 and younger are free.

For more information visit: www.hallockville.org/countryfair.

Enjoy free music at the Riverhead Free Library’s Courtyard Concert Series.  Concerts will begin at 5:30 p.m. on select Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer.  Bands will perform outdoors in the library’s Front Entrance Courtyard.  In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be moved into the library.  Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music!

Courtyard Concerts:

Saturday, September 9-The Lighter Side (Sponsored by the Friends of the Riverhead Free Library)

Friday, September 15– The East End Trio

Join us for Harbes Orchard’s Annual Apple Festival, Saturday, September 9 & Sunday, September 10 from 9am-6pm. Located at Harbes Orchard, 5698 Sound Avenue, Riverhead NY 11901. Don’t miss two fun-filled days of apple activities for the whole family! Of course, there will be plenty of apple picking! Our 15-acre apple orchard has apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. During your visit don’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has larger pathways to allow for distancing and a fun trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. We’ll have LIVE MUSIC to enjoy in our picnic area from 12pm-5pm. Popular singer-guitarist Matt Taylor will be performing BOTH days. Don’t miss this versatile musical performer. To round out the day there will be pumpkin picking in our 4-acre on-the-vine “u-pick” pumpkin patch, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, pony rides, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Access to the farm requires general admission. Sorry, no outside food or pets are permitted.

Get ready for a blast from the past as you immerse yourself in an exciting Revolutionary War Reenactment at Southold Historical Museum’s Maple Lane Complex!

Join the 3rd New York Regiment reenactors as they showcase the daily life of a Patriot encampment, complete with demonstrations of firearms, military drills, and other daily tasks.

This thrilling event on Sunday, Sept. 10 from 10-4 is free for all visitors, with donations gladly accepted. Don’t miss out on this chance to experience history firsthand!

Join us every Wednesday evening from 5 -9pm.

Cruise night is FAMILY-ORIENTED, KID-FRIENDLY in our parking lot. You can visit the Shoppes, enjoy a bite to eat. Then check out the fine array of classic cars. We will be collecting donations for Veterans Food Pantry Association

Ruggero’s Family Style Restaurant open for Dine in or Out from til 9:00pm

Follow the Shoppes Facebook Page for update on weather related cancellations.

Bring your own kayak for a guided paddle of the waters off Broad Cove, a pristine 100-acre woodland on Flanders Bay. This tour will focus on the natural history and story of this property, one of the largest former duck farms from the early 1900s. Led by local birders Nancy Gilbert and Richard Wines, you’ll explore the western shoreline up through Terry’s Creek as well as the areas once inhabited by ducks. Its recent conservation by the Peconic Land Trust protects the fragile Peconic Estuary ecosystem and will soon be accessible for woodland trail exploration.

Space is limited, reservations are required. Bring your own kayak or canoe and water bottle.

Please note: PFDs with water safety whistles are required to launch. Rain cancels.

Enjoy free music at the Riverhead Free Library’s Courtyard Concert Series.  Concerts will begin at 5:30 p.m. on select Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer.  Bands will perform outdoors in the library’s Front Entrance Courtyard.  In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be moved into the library.  Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music!

Courtyard Concert:

Friday, September 15– The East End Trio

Join us for Harbes Sunflower Festival at Harbes Farms Jamesport, Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17 from 9am-6pm. Located at 1223 NY25 (Rte, 25), Jamesport NY 11947. Don’t miss two fun-filled days of fall fun and SUNFLOWERS! Get lost in a breathtaking sea of golden-yellow as you wander through the sunflowers. Don’t forget to grab those sunflower selfies! Come make it the perfect Fall day! Our Jamesport Honeycrisp Apple Orchard has loads of delicious apples to pick. Our innovative trellis system allows us to grow apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. While you’re here you can’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has a fun & challenging trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. There’ll be FREE LIVE MUSIC in our courtyard both days from 1-5 pm. Saturday, the talented Saturday, the talented Nick Kerzner is scheduled to perform. Nick will be playing original music and covers from the ’60s to today in rock, alternative, and popular genres in an acoustic style. Sunday, popular Long Island singer/songwriter Bryan Gallo takes the stage. Whenever Bryan sets up his guitar and harmonica he’s sure to entertain! To round out the day there will be pumpkin picking in our 9-acre on-the-vine “u-pick” pumpkin patch, hayrides, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Sunflowers, Robin Hood Corn Maze, Apple Picking & Hayride require admission.

This basket boasts “space-dyed” watercolors, a full base, and leather handles. If you are interested in learning about twill weaving, this basket class is for you! Students will learn how to lash a basket with binder canes.

The at-door materials fee covers the fibers necessary to make the basket.

For this class, please bring 12 or more clothespins, scissors, a pencil, a ruler, needle nose pliers, and snacks!

$50 for Hallockville Members, $65 for general public

At-door Materials Fee: $45 made to Barbara Blossey-Chuvalas

Join us for Harbes Sunflower Festival at Harbes Farms Jamesport, Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17 from 9am-6pm. Located at 1223 NY25 (Rte, 25), Jamesport NY 11947. Don’t miss two fun-filled days of fall fun and SUNFLOWERS! Get lost in a breathtaking sea of golden-yellow as you wander through the sunflowers. Don’t forget to grab those sunflower selfies! Come make it the perfect Fall day! Our Jamesport Honeycrisp Apple Orchard has loads of delicious apples to pick. Our innovative trellis system allows us to grow apples that are even within reach of the smallest of hands! Don’t worry about having to walk far because our Apple Express will chauffeur you to the ripest rows of apples. While you’re here you can’t miss our Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Corn Maze! Our maze has a fun & challenging trivia game. As an extra bonus game, you can help Robin Hood on a very special interactive video mission. There’ll be FREE LIVE MUSIC in our courtyard both days from 1-5 pm. Saturday, the talented Saturday, the talented Nick Kerzner is scheduled to perform. Nick will be playing original music and covers from the ’60s to today in rock, alternative, and popular genres in an acoustic style. Sunday, popular Long Island singer/songwriter Bryan Gallo takes the stage. Whenever Bryan sets up his guitar and harmonica he’s sure to entertain! To round out the day there will be pumpkin picking in our 9-acre on-the-vine “u-pick” pumpkin patch, hayrides, great foods to enjoy, Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines to sip, vendors, and additional children’s activities. NOTE: Sunflowers, Robin Hood Corn Maze, Apple Picking & Hayride require admission.

Mattituck Laurel Historical Society Historian Joe O’Brien will discuss the buildings that have served Mattituck’s educational needs spanning almost four centuries. From humble one-room school houses to the multi-campus facilities of today. Sunday, September 17, 2pm Mattituck Laurel Historical Society, Mattituck Laurel Historical Society,, Mattituck, in the New Egypt Schoolhouse.

Join us every Wednesday evening from 5 -9pm.

Cruise night is FAMILY-ORIENTED, KID-FRIENDLY in our parking lot. You can visit the Shoppes, enjoy a bite to eat. Then check out the fine array of classic cars. We will be collecting donations for Veterans Food Pantry Association

Ruggero’s Family Style Restaurant open for Dine in or Out from til 9:00pm

Follow the Shoppes Facebook Page for update on weather related cancellations.