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Community Calendar of Events: Sept. 4, 2025

By Riverhead News-Review

Sunday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: 19th annual North Fork Foodie Tour. Behind-the-scenes tours at 19 locations plus five speakers presenting foodie talks at Peconic Land Trust’s Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm. Tickets: $30, general admission; free, children 12 and under. Information: northforkfoodietour.com. (courtesy photo)

Culinary arts

Sunday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: 19th annual North Fork Foodie Tour. Behind-the-scenes tours at 19 locations plus five speakers presenting foodie talks at Peconic Land Trust’s Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm. Tickets: $30, general admission; free, children 12 and under. Information: northforkfoodietour.com.

Saturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-noon: Biodynamic Tour and Tasting, led by founder Rex Farr, Farrm Wines, 156 Youngs Ave., Calverton. Walk in vineyard, learn how biodynamic preparations and lunar rhythms guide work. Tastings of merlot, cabernet franc, malbec, petit verdot. Tickets $35: tinyurl.com/farrmtour. 

Fairs and festivals

Saturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Fine Art, Crafts and Antiques Fair, Old Town Arts & Crafts Guild, 28265 Main Road, Cutchogue. Antiques, collectibles, paintings, fiber arts, photography, woodwork, jewelry, more. Free admission. Information: oldtownartsguild.org.

Film

Saturday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.: “Jaws,” with closing night presented by RAM Film Society, Ram’s Head Inn, 108 S. Ram Island Drive, Shelter Island. Nautical themed cocktails, snacks and dinner served starting 5 p.m. Free admission, donations appreciated. Reservations recommended: ramfilmsociety.com.

Fundraisers

Sunday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: Kait’s Angels Poker Run & Pig Roast, Breeze Hill Farm, 31215 County Road 48, Peconic. All vehicles welcome. Best and worst hands win. Great food, prizes, raffle, fun. Admission: $40, per person; $50, at location. Check-in at 9 a.m., depart at 11 a.m., back around 2:30 p.m. Registration and tickets: kaitsangels.org. 

Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 13-14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Fall Native Plant Sale at Roy Latham Nature Center, 65275 County Route 48, Greenport. Over 60 species of native plants. Proceeds support native tree planting efforts at Inlet Pond County Park. Accepting cash, checks and credit cards. Information: northforkaudubon.org.

Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Rock ‘n Roll Car Show on Cutchogue Village Green. Free tours of historic buildings, food, raffles and music by DJ Gerry. All proceeds benefit the historical council and St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Tickets: $5, spectators; $20, car participants. Select vehicles will be given trophies. Information: 631-379-7494.

Saturday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m.: Endless Summer Soiree benefit for East End Arts & Humanities Council at Strong’s Water Club & Marina, 2255 Wickham Ave., Mattituck. Features live music, special performances, a silent auction and local fare. Tickets $175. Reservations: eastendarts.org.

Sunday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Mattituck Fire Department Annual Car Show, Peconic Bay Blvd. at Bay Ave., Mattituck. Tickets: $20, per car; $10, per motorcycle; $5, per walk-in person; free, children under 12. Food and beverages available. Live music by “Who Are Those Guys.” All proceeds support fire department scholarship fund. 

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.: Crafting for a Cause with Mary Sanchez at Eastern Front Brewing Company, 13100 Main Road, Mattituck. Create a beautiful pumpkin wreath perfect for autumn decorating. Tickets $30. Proceeds benefit local food pantry. Reservations required: [email protected].

Lectures

Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m.: ‘Bug’ Lighthouse: Past and Future, presentation by Bug Lighthouse and Seaport Museum curator Paul Kreiling, East Marion firehouse, 9245 Main Road. Learn about the iconic lighthouse that graces the entrance to local waters. Free. 

Meetings

Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m.: Southold Peconic Civic association meeting with Peconic Estuary Partnership, Peconic Community Center, 1170 Peconic Lane. Learn how to utilize state, county and town grants to update septic systems to innovative or alternative onsite treatment systems. 

Sunday, Sept. 7, 11:30 a.m-1:30 p.m.: Learn about bike safety at Advent Lutheran Church, 200 Legion Ave., Mattituck. Reflective vests in limited quantity will be given away. For all ages.

Music

Friday, Sept. 19; 5 p.m.: The Greenport Band, under the direction of Colin Van Tuyl, at Mitchell Park in Greenport. Bring chairs. Rain cancels. Free. Information: [email protected].

Saturday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.: Inda Eaton to perform her unique blend of storytelling, grit and groove under the stars at Custer Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. Please bring a blanket or chair to enjoy this outdoor presentation. Tickets: $25, members; $30, general admission; free, children under 16. Reservations: custerobservatory.org. 

The natural world

Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Sustainable and Educational Garden and Meadow Tour by ReWild Long Island and North Fork and Southold Peconic civics. Discover biodiverse habitats that you can recreate. Rain date Sept. 14. Free. Registration required: ReWildLongIsland.org. 

Saturday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.: Exploring/Navigating the Autumn Night Sky with Randall DiGiuseppe, Custer Institute and Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold.. Focus on North Star, Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies, autumn constellations. Outdoors; bring a blanket or a chair. Tickets: $5, adult; $3, children under 16; free, members. Registration: custerobservatory.org.

Ongoing events

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Peconic Amateur Radio Club open house meeting, Custer Institute and Observatory at 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. Stop in to see the station and learn about Amateur Radio and how to provide communication service to the community.

Alternate Tuesdays from Aug. 26, 6-8 p.m,: Southold Together gathers at Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., 42155 Main Road, Peconic. A casual, agenda-free opportunity to connect with others who care about a positive, progressive future for Southold Town. To find group, look for American flag. Information: [email protected].

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.: Southold American Legion Post 803 hosts Bingo at 51655 Main Road, Southold. All are welcome. Information: 631-765-2276.

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: North Shore United Methodist Thrift Store, 260 Route 25A, Wading River. Bargains galore. Information: 631-929-6075.

Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon: The Riverhead/Jamesport Homemakers meet at the George Young Community Center, 446 South Jamesport Ave., Jamesport. Knit, crochet and sew for charity. New members welcome. Information: 631-765-1768.

Through September, Saturdays, 9-10 a.m.: Free Tai Chi in Greenport’s Mitchell Park. Easy to follow movements for health and well being. Informal community practice; all are welcome. Offered through the efforts of The Friends of Mitchell Park. Exclusion dates: July 26, Aug. 30, Sept. 20.

Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Orient Congregational Church Thrift Shop, 23045 Main Road, Orient. Clothes, jewelry, furnishings and more. Donations accepted. Information: 631-323-2665.

Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Docent-led tours at Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Ave., Riverhead. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors and children. 631-298-5292, hallockville.org.

Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight: Stargazing at Custer Observatory, 1080 Main Bayview Road, Southold, weather permitting. Suggested donation: adults, $5; under 12, $3. 631-765-2626, custerobservatory.org.

Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Blacksmithing demonstrations with Tom Barry at Village Blacksmith Shop, 101 Front St., Greenport. 631-477-2100, eastendseaport.org.

Sundays, 1:30-4:30 p.m.: Docent-led tours at Southold Indian Museum, 1080 Main Bayview Road, Southold. Tickets: $10, adults; free, children and K-12 students. Email to arrange tours Monday through Friday. Information: [email protected].

Last Monday of every month, 7 p.m.: USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 18-08 meeting, Southold Town recreation center, 970 Peconic Lane, Peconic. Information and registration: [email protected].

Fourth Thursday of each month, 6-7 p.m.: Well Spoken Writers Club holds Open Mic for Writers at Mugs on Main, 33 Main St., Riverhead. Information: email [email protected].

Fridays and Saturdays: Docent-led tours at 10:30 a.m., self-guided tours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Landcraft Garden Foundation, 4342 Grand Ave., Mattituck. Tickets: $20, adults; $17, seniors and students; $5, age 12 and under; free, members and children under 2. Information: landcraftgardenfoundation.org.

Exhibitions

Through Nov. 10: ‘Whitney M. Hubbard: 150 Years,’ featuring more than 70 of Hubbard’s impressionist works as well as new paintings by Jeff Lee and Alma Vasquez, Floyd Memorial Library, Greenport. Exhibit reception Friday, Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m. Free. 

Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Artist’s reception for ‘Look Up’ exhibit, featuring the atmospheric photography of Jean Schweibish, Mattituck-Laurel Library Art Gallery. A look into the horizon, sky and all the forms both can take. 

Through Sept. 10: Buoys for the Bays exhibit, featuring reclaimed fishing buoys transformed by local artists and community members, Borghese Vineyard in Cutchogue.

Weekends through Sept. 14, 1-4 p.m.: Sailing: The Southold Yacht Club, showing the history and community of sailing in Southold, at Southold Historical Museum’s Maple Lane Campus, 55200 Main Road. Tickets: $5, individual; $10, family. Information: southoldhistorical.org.

Weekends through Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.: Going Places: Ferry Companies of the LI Sound, showing the many ferry lines that traveled Long Island Sound, at Nautical Museum at Horton Point Lighthouse, 3575 Lighthouse Road. Tickets: $5, individual; $10, family. Additional $5 parking fee. Information: southoldhistorical.org.

Through Sept. 14: ‘Transitions,’ monoprints and works on plywood by East End artist Ted Thirlby, William Ris Gallery, 1291 Main Road, Jamesport. Artist’s talk and Q&A Saturday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. Information: williamris.com. 

Through September: ‘Fall into the Fork,’ featuring artists and photographers from Old Town Arts & Crafts Guild, at Eastern Front Brewing Company, 13100 Main Road, Mattituck. Opening reception with complimentary refreshments Saturday, Sept. 6, at 4 p.m. Beer, wine and soda available for purchase. Live music. Free admission. 

Through September: ‘Pre-Contact Northeast: Cultural Connections’ at Southold Indian Museum, 1080 Main Bayview Road. Art, artifacts and tools that demonstrate connections between Indigenous Long Island societies before European contact. Open Sundays 1:30-4:30 p.m. and by appointment. Admission: $10.

Through September: The photography of Virginia Cava and the Visage Group in the Lucy Hallock Folk room, Southold Free Library. Mondays-Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. All welcome to attend the artists’ reception Friday, Aug. 8, from 4-6 p.m. Information: southoldlibrary.org.

Until October: ‘Fabric of Time,’ commemorating donation of an 1890s friendship quilt local to East Cutchogue, at the Wickham House on Cutchogue Village Green. One of a collection of over 20 quilts, many over 200 years old. Fridays and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Information: [email protected].

Through Oct. 4: ‘This is Your Brain on Art,’ with artwork by Dr. Kathryn Ko and photography by Carole Amodeo, Suffolk County Historical Society, 300 West Main St., Riverhead. A nexus of art and science.

Through November, 1-4 p.m.: ‘150 Years of Jewish Community on Long Island,’ the Weathervane Gallery at Suffolk County Historical Society Museum, 300 West Main St., Riverhead. Historic Torahs, books, documents and artifacts collected around Long Island.

Fridays, Sundays: 2-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Red Barn Exhibition, Oysterponds Historical Society campus, 1555 Village Lane, Orient. Pictures, tools, and equipment of farming, fishing, winter activities and early transportation. Tickets: free, OHS members; $10, non-member adults. 

At the libraries

Our local libraries host a variety of events for all ages. For calendars and more information:

CALENDAR POLICY

The calendar is a sampling of in-person events planned by local nonprofit organizations. Events must be open to the general public and be not-for-profit, nonpartisan and nonsectarian in nature. Send information about in-person events to [email protected]; the deadline is Friday at noon. In-person, virtual and online events may be posted at northforker.com/submit-event.

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