Editor's Pick This Sunday morning program covers how animals adapt to suburban and urban environments, plus practical ways to make your yard more wildlife-friendly. It's aimed at adults and costs $4 at the door. Meets at the park's main office building in Kings Park.
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Editor's Pick Guitarist Tal Naccarato plays solo acoustic at Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport—americana, folk, and blues, both originals and traditional covers. Free show starts at 3 PM on a Saturday afternoon. Library's on 1st Street with easy village parking.
Editor's Pick The Patchogue-Medford Library is running a free crash course in fantasy football basics before the season kicks off. This is ideal if you've been nodding along in conversations about draft picks without actually knowing what you're doing.
Editor's Pick Free oyster festival at the Port Jeff waterfront with shucking demos, tastings, and kids' activities. Harborfront Park is right off Main Street with decent parking in the adjacent lot, though it fills up fast for weekend events. Bring a blanket if you want to post up on the grass.
Editor's Pick Help establish a new pollinator garden at Whitman's birthplace using native plants grown at Nissequogue's own greenhouse. Bring gloves and wear clothes you can get dirty—tools and plants provided. The historic site is right off Route 110 in Huntington Station with free parking.
Editor's Pick Dr. Kimberly Johnson is leading a free workshop on handling rejection—the career kind, the personal kind, all of it. It's at Kasher Gallery in Northport and focused on actual processing techniques, not just feel-good platitudes.
Six Broadway + Off-Broadway performers in the Argyle's intimate cabaret format. 90 minutes, no intermission, table seating, two-drink minimum. The summer series brings the bigger touring names — book the front balcony two-tops 3+ months ahead.
Editor's Pick Bring whatever you're reading to Field 5 at Robert Moses and settle in for Silent Book Club—basically an excuse to read on the beach with other people who also prefer quiet over conversation. It's free, hosted by The Book Whisperer, and you just need your book and beach gear. Starts at 6 PM, so you'll catch good light and miss the daytime crowd.
Editor's Pick The Patchogue-Medford Library is running a free crash course in fantasy football basics before the season kicks off. This is ideal if you've been nodding along in conversations about draft picks without actually knowing what you're doing.
Editor's Pick Free oyster festival at the Port Jeff waterfront with shucking demos, tastings, and kids' activities. Harborfront Park is right off Main Street with decent parking in the adjacent lot, though it fills up fast for weekend events. Bring a blanket if you want to post up on the grass.
Editor's Pick Help establish a new pollinator garden at Whitman's birthplace using native plants grown at Nissequogue's own greenhouse. Bring gloves and wear clothes you can get dirty—tools and plants provided. The historic site is right off Route 110 in Huntington Station with free parking.
Local guides + columns from our editorial desk.
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.
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.
The Editors' Memorial Weekend reset on what we're tracking for Long Island summer 2026. Programming announcements, venue updates, the new restaurants worth a drive, the festivals that bumped their dates, and the East End rhythm shifts. Updated weekly through Labor Day.
Every major Long Island concert venue, compared by capacity, vibe, sightlines, parking, LIRR access, and accessibility. Jones Beach Theater, NYCB Theatre at Westbury, The Paramount, Mulcahy's, Suffolk Theater, Bay Street Theater, Argyle Theater, 89 North Music Venue.