Beginning Birding: Family Program, $4 per person upon arrival
Rangers will teach you how to actually identify the birds you see at Planting Fields instead of just guessing. They'll cover field marks, binocular basics, and which species hang out in the arboretum's mix of woodland and open lawn. Park entry is $4 per person at the Oyster Bay gates.
Rangers will teach you how to actually identify the birds you see at Planting Fields instead of just guessing. They’ll cover field marks, binocular basics, and which species hang out in the arboretum’s mix of woodland and open lawn. Park entry is $4 per person at the Oyster Bay gates.
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Editor's Pick Marconics 'BECOMING SOVEREIGN' Free Lecture - Babylon, NY
Free lecture on Marconics energy healing and what the organizer calls "5D consciousness" and sovereignty work. Hosted inside Village Therapy's West Main Street location in Babylon village, where you can actually find street parking after 6 PM.
- When
- Where
- Village Vibes (Inside Village Therapy and Wellness), Babylon
Editor's Pick Finnegans Foursome: Screening & Conversation with Ed Burns
Ed Burns screens his film Finnegan's Foursome at Guild Hall, then sits down for a conversation about it. The Valley Stream native has been making Long Island movies for 30 years, so expect stories about shooting locally. Free screening, 7:30 PM on Main Street in East Hampton.
- When
- Where
- Guild Hall, East Hampton
Editor's Pick Stewardship Saturday: Bethpage State Park Mugwort/Invasive Knotweed Removal
Spend a Saturday morning pulling invasive mugwort and Japanese knotweed from Bethpage State Park's Green Acre Garden. It's actual conservation work—you'll be helping maintain native plant habitat on the Farmingdale golf course grounds. Meet at 99 Quaker Meeting House Road at 9:30 AM.
- When
- Where
- Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale
Read before you go
- town spotlight Sayville Village: A Local's Guide for 2026 Sayville Village — the South Shore walkable downtown that locals refuse to gentrify, with restored 19th-century Main Street, the Sayville Cab Company since 1958, the Sayville Restaurant Group anchors (Casa Luis, Cull House), the Saturday Farmers Market on Foster Avenue, the Fire Island ferry terminal at the harbor, and an annual event calendar that runs from Memorial Weekend Classic Car Show through Holiday Stroll. Walking distance from the LIRR. The slow-paced South Shore village that works.
- town spotlight Northport Village: A Local's Guide for 2026 Northport Village — the North Shore harbor village with restored 19th-century Main Street, the working harbor + town park, the Engeman Theater, the Saturday farmers market, and the John W. Engeman Theatre + Northport Yacht Club rituals that anchor the village's calendar. Walking distance from the LIRR. The North Shore family Saturday at its best.
- town spotlight Babylon Village: A Local's Guide for 2026 The complete local's guide to Babylon Village — the South Shore's underrated harbor village. Argyle Theater, Argyle Lake, the restaurant strip, Fire Island ferry access, and the off-hours moves locals know.