Garden Supplies | The North Fork Weekend Guide: A Music Festival, A Chili Cook-off And A Waterfront 5k
Looking for something local and relatively inexpensive to do this weekend? The Suffolk Times weekend guide has got you covered. Check out our listings of this weekend’s happenings. Or, you could visit our weekly calendar , listed under the community tab on our homepage.
Also, check out the events at the region’s wineries .
On Friday, the Riverhead summer concert series continues with Buddy’s Mandolin Jazz, 7 p.m. on the grounds of East End Arts on East Main Street. The event is free.
For the runners in the family, the annual New Suffolk Waterfront 5K Race starts at 9 a.m. Saturday. A 1K kids’ run will be held at 8:15 a.m. After, spend the day at the beach where the race begins and ends, kayak in Cutchogue Harbor, or play volleyball. Bring a picnic lunch. Hosted by NSWF to support acquisition of property for community. Fee $20; pre-register at newsuffolkwaterfront.org .
The Greenport Fire Department Standard Hose No.4 will hold its Chili cook-off , 11 a.m. at Greenport Farmers Market near First and Adams Streets. The event is free. Call 566-2350 for more information.
The 32nd annual Douglas Moore Music Festival will be held on the Cutchogue Village Green at 5 p.m. Bring chairs, food and beverages for this community picnic. Prizes will be awarded for unique picnic spreads. At 6:30 p.m., oboist Adam Dart of Peconic will perform “Metamorphoses After Ovid.” At 6:45 p.m., The Moore Family Singers will perform “Kiss Me, Naomi, My Restaurant Queen.” At 7 p.m., raffle prizes awarded. At 7:30 p.m. is the 32nd Annual Douglas Moore Concert by Sound Symphony and “Comedy Tonight!” conducted by Dorothy Savitch.
It is also the 55th anniversary of the first performance of Mr. Moore’s “Ballad of Baby Doe,” which starred an ingenue named Beverly Sills. Admission free; collection will be taken to help defray costs. Call 734-7503 for more information.
Other Events:
Friday, August 12
Who let the alligators out? 10-10:30 a.m. for ages 2-3 at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library, Main Road. Register: 734-7360.
‘Ice Cream : A Global History,’ 11 a.m. with Laura B. Weiss at Southold Free Library, Main Road. Book talk, signing, refreshing ice cream treat, history of ice cream sprinkled with fun factoids. 765-2077.
North Fork X North Fork art show, noon-9 p.m. at New Suffolk waterfront; portion of sales benefits New Suffolk Waterfront Fund.
Movie ‘Another Year,’ 1:30 p.m. at Mattituck-Laurel Library, Main Road, Mattituck. Happy couple fends off neediness of friends. Free. 298-4134.
Riverhead summer concert series features Buddy’s Mandolin Jazz, 7 p.m. on grounds of East End Arts Council, 133 E. Main St. Free.
‘Songs of the Railroad’ performed by Timothy Fitall and Dan Skabeikis, 7 p.m. at Southold Free Library, Main Road. real Americana program with banjo, jazz violin and other instruments and singing, sponsored by Friends of Library. 765-2077.
Family movie ‘Toy Story 3′ screened at dusk at Tasker Park, Peconic Lane, Peconic, hosted by Town of Southold Youth Bureau and Youth Advisory Council. Refreshments. Bring chairs and blankets. Rain date Friday, Aug. 26.
North Fork Audubon Society: Born Here: North Fork Native Plants with Polly Weigand, 7 p.m. at Red House, Inlet Pond County Park, 65275 Route 48, Greenport. Dessert and pre-meeting stroll around gardens at Red House to see how garden committee volunteers are creating “Pollination Destination” for bees, birds and butterflies. Lecture 7:30 p.m. by Polly Weigand, founder and coordinator of Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI), which focuses on encouraging use of genetically native plants. Limited selection of native plants available for sale to benefit LINPI. Info: Diana Van Buren at northforkaudubon@mac.com or call 917-623-5373.
Greenport Band presents outdoor concert, 7:30 p.m. in Mitchell Park, Greenport, directed by Colin Van Tuyl. Bring lawn chairs. Free. 553-8443.
North Fork Community Theatre presents Youth on Stage Production of ‘Footloose! ‘ performance at 8 p.m. See Thursday.
Saturday, August 13
New Suffolk Waterfront 5K Race and Kids’ Run, 9 a.m. starts with 1K kids’ run at 8:15 a.m. Spend day at beach where race begins and ends, kayak in Cutchogue Harbor, or play volleyball. Bring picnic lunch. Hosted by NSWF to support acquisition of property for community. Fee $20; pre-register at newsuffolkwaterfront.org.
Maureen’s Haven’s annual yard sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 269 Main Road, Aquebogue. Furniture, electronics, beds and bedding, appliances, exercise equipment, bicycles, tools, luggage, musical instruments and gently used clothing. 727-6831.
North Fork Environmental Council’s 3rd annual Bike What’s Left: Two bike loops for all skill levels: 18-mile loop starts at 10 a.m. for experienced riders, biking from Matittuck to Horton’s Point Lighthouse and back through Route 25 to New Suffolk, 10-mile loop starts at 11 a.m. for families and more recreational riders and goes from Mattituck through New Suffolk. NFEC Members: $10, non-members $15. Reservations required: 298-8880. BBQ back at NFEC office, hot dogs and refreshments.
OHS Kids ‘Water, Water, Everywhere! workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Village Lane, Orient. Kids tour Oysterponds Historical Society’s summer exhibition “Oysterponds’ Changing Face: The First Millennium”before workshop. For ages 7-12, $2 per workshop per child (parents welcome), Reservations requested: 323-2480 or email OHSOrient@optonline.
The Business of Show Business, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. with Kathleen Furey, SAG, AFTRA at East End Arts Council’s Carriage House, behind School of the Arts, 141 E. Main St., Riverhead. Designed for parents of children in the performing arts and for adult performers: practical, intensive course that
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