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Pianist Magdalena Baczewska returns to the Jamesport Meeting House for a solo concert featuring works by Chopin, Cowell, Debussy, Ravel, Ali-Zadeh, Glass and Pärt. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online through the venue’s events page.
Hallockville Museum Farm’s 45th annual Country Fair returns Oct. 3-4 with farm animals, tractors, craft demonstrations and vendors, children’s activities, wagon and kiddie train rides, tractor pulls, live music and food. Half-price admission is offered Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Aiming for the Key of Music, a dynamic ensemble of young Japanese musicians, performs tango, bossa nova and jazz standards at the Mattituck-Laurel Library. The concert is outdoors in the library greenspace; bring a lawn or beach chair. Free; registration encouraged and walk-ins welcome.
Pick up a free take-home murder mystery kit from Riverhead Free Library starting Oct. 5 and try to solve the case on your own. Participants can return at the end of the month to see if they cracked it.
The New York Blood Center will hold a community blood drive at Riverhead Free Library. No appointment is needed; donors can stop in to give blood during the drive hours.
Riverhead Free Library will host a community blood drive on Oct. 5. Appointments are preferred, and walk-ins are welcome; schedule at nybc.org or by calling 1-800-933-2566.
The Suffolk County Department of Labor’s One-Stop Employment Center will host a job fair at Riverhead Free Library. Meet recruiters from companies across Long Island that are actively hiring; no registration is required.
Riverhead Free Library will host a Maker Space program where participants design and create simple greeting cards using Cricut Design Space. The cards can be kept or given to friends and family.
Riverhead Free Library hosts a chair-based boxing workout with instructor Johnathan Arroyo. No experience is required, and gloves and equipment will be provided.
Share ideas for the future of Broad Cove Preserve, a 100-acre conservation property in Aquebogue, during a drop-in open-house workshop at Riverhead Public Library. The session will help inform Peconic Land Trust’s site plan for the preserve and welcomes input on recreation, conservation and education features.
Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons hosts a basket raffle and 50/50 fundraiser at Box Pickleball in Riverhead, with more than 100 prizes. Doors open at 5 p.m. and tickets are pulled at 7 p.m.; you do not need to be present to win.
Riverhead Free Library will screen “The Sheep Detectives” as part of its Movie Matinee Friday series. Concession-stand snack goodie bags will be available, one per person while supplies last, and no registration is required.
John Ondrasik, the songwriter and performer known as Five for Fighting, performs at The Suffolk with a string quartet. The program includes songs such as “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” “100 Years,” and “The Riddle.”
ReWild Long Island hosts a North Fork Chapter Meeting in Southold to connect with the community and support native plant initiatives. The group will review recent activities, discuss fall and winter plans, and begin planning next year’s events.
Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach hosts Comedy For A Cause on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Village Idiot Pub at Indian Island Golf Course in Riverhead. Tickets include dinner and one drink, with proceeds supporting Maureen’s Haven’s services and emergency winter shelter programs.
Hallockville Museum Farm and The Old Mill Inn host an afternoon focused on Prohibition-era history, with passed period canapés, a choice of three cocktails and live jazz. Historian Richard Wines and Old Mill owner and restorer Anthony Martignetti will share speakeasy stories tied to the site.
The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce will host an afternoon of live country music and line dancing at Grangebel Park, featuring Lisa Polizzi’s LP Crock Band. Food vendors, artisan vendors and kids activities are planned, and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce hosts a free afternoon of live country music and line dancing with Lisa Polizzi’s LP Crock Band at Grangebel Park. Food vendors, artisan vendors and kids activities will be on site.
Riverhead Free Library will host a Maker Space program where participants design and create simple greeting cards using Cricut Design Space. The cards can be kept or given to friends and family.
New York Blood Center will hold blood drives at Riverhead Cider House on Oct. 15 and Dec. 17. Appointments are preferred, and walk-ins are welcome.