Round and About for December 4, 2025

Holiday Happenings

Santa on the Farm Weekend

The Long Island Game Farm invites families to experience the warmth and wonder of the holidays with a three-day celebration presented by Wildlife Sustainability at the Long Island Game Farm, 485 Chapman Boulevard in Manorville, beginning with a Holiday Pajama Party on Friday, December 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., and continuing with a weekend with Santa at the Farm, December 6 and December 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door and children under the age 2 participate for free. wildlifesustainability.org/santa-on-thefarm

OFVS Holiday Spectacular

Our Fabulous Variety Show will host its Holiday Spectacular on Friday, December 5, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and on Sunday, December 7, at 2 p.m., at Guild Hall in East Hampton. It will also host a Melt Away Holiday Cabaret on Saturday, December 6, at 7 p.m., also at Guild Hall. ofvs.org

Sag Harbor Light Up

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce presents Sarah Conway and the Playful Souls performing favorite holiday tunes from the courtyard of Bay Street Theater on Long Wharf, beginning at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, December 5, with the community countdown of the lighting of the Windmill and the village Christmas tree at 5:15 p.m. sagharborchamber.com

5th Annual Holiday Stroll on Main Street

Step into the festive season on Friday, December 5, at the 5th Annual Holiday Stroll on Main Street in Westhampton Beach. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the streets come alive with twinkling lights, cheerful crowds, and the enticing smells of local treats. Shoppers can explore neighborhood boutiques, meet local makers, and uncover unique gifts, all while soaking in the warmth of the season. Every purchase supports small businesses, while a portion of proceeds benefits the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. whbpac.org

‘World War II: A Radio Christmas Play’

Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane in Southampton, will host Boots on the Ground Theater for a recreation of the experience of attending a recording of a 1940s radio show broadcast on Christmas Eve during World War II with “World War II: A Radio Christmas Play,” using songs of the time and stories inspired by actual veterans, running Friday, December 5, through Sunday, December 14 at various times. scc-arts.org

Southampton Arts Center Holiday Fair

Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane in Southampton, will host its Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature local vendors, kids’ crafts and seasonal treats, as well as holiday movies. 631-283-0967 | southamptonartscenter.org

Parrish Art Museum Winter Welcome Day and Holiday Market

The Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, will host its Winter Welcome Day and Holiday Market on Saturday, December 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature all-day free admission and activities, plus food trucks and an artisan market. parrishart.org

Westhampton Presbyterian Church Christmas Fair

The Westhampton Presbyterian Church, 90 Meeting House Road in Westhampton Beach, will host its Christmas Fair, on Saturday, December 6, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., featuring handcrafted ornaments and baked goods, as well as many other gifts for sale, including jewelry. Guests can also enjoy a cookie walk. 631-288-2576

‘Elf’

The Suffolk, 118 East Main Street in Riverhead, presents the family-friendly Christmas movie classic “Elf,” starring Will Farrell, with hot chocolate specials and holiday cheer, on Saturday, December 6, at 3 p.m. thesuffolk.org

16th Annual Lighting of the Vines

Wolffer Estate Vineyard, 139 Sagg Road in Sagaponack, will host the 16th Annual Lighting of the Vines, benefiting the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, on Saturday, December 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. 631-537-5106 | wolffer.com

Holiday Songs Around the World

The Jamespost Meeting House, 1590 Main Road in Jamesport, will host Holiday Songs Around the World, a global music celebration in collaboration with East End Jazz, on Saturday, December 6, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. eastendjazz.org

‘Violent Night’

The Suffolk, 118 East Main Street in Riverhead, presents the not-so-family-friendly Christmas cult classic, “Violent Night,” on Saturday, December 6, at 8 p.m. thesuffolk.org

Readers Theater Presents Charles Dickens: ‘A Christmas Carol’

East Hampton Library, 159 Main Street in East Hampton, presents Laura Jasper with a retelling of “A Christmas Carol,” a staged reading with music and pauses in the script to allow the audience to join in, singing traditional carols, on Sunday, December 6, at 1 p.m. 631-324-0222 | easthamptonlibrary.org

Community Holiday Party

The Church, 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor, will host its Community Holiday Party on Friday, December 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. thechurchsagharbor.org

Wreath Making with Lilee Fell

The Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street in Sagaponack, will host Wreath Making with Lilee Fell on Saturday, December 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will use premade grapevine wreath forms and learn how to weave greens into beautiful holiday wreaths. Guests are asked to bring pruners and work gloves. 631-537-8200 | madoo.org

Music & Nightlife

Mysteries, Deceptions and Illusions
Allan Zola Kronzek, a sleight-of-hand artist, will perform magic every Thursday evening, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Green Room bar of the Sag Harbor Cinema, 90 Main Street in Sag Harbor. allankronzek.com

Jazz Night — Jazz Without Borders

Hamptons Jazz Fest will present Jazz Night Live — Jazz Without Borders — at the Masonic Temple, located above the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor, on Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m. The evening will feature saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist Bill O’Connell, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet and drummer/MC Claes Brondal. hamptonsjazzfest.org

A Creole Christmas

The Suffolk, 118 East Main Street in Riverhead, presents Preservation Hall Jazz Band with A Creole Christmas, on Friday, December 5, at 8 p.m. thesuffolk.org

Songs to Celebrate Light and Love

The Hampton Bays Public Library, 52 Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays, will host adults for a performance by gifted singer-songwriter Sheri Miller on guitar and piano, on Sunday, December 7, at 2 p.m. 631-728-6241 | hamptonbayslibrary.org

Rejoice and Sing

The Choral Society of the Hamptons will present “Rejoice and Sing,” Sunday, December 7, at 3 and 5:30 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, 2429 Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton. The concert will feature Walter Klauss conducting the South Fork Chamber Orchestra and will showcase soprano Lydia Saylor. Choralsocietyofthehamptons.org

Top of the World

The Suffolk, 118 East Main Street in Riverhead, presents “A Carpenters Tribute,” with authentic versions of the Carpenters’ music starring Debbie Taylor on Karen Carpenter vocals backed by a seven-piece band, on Sunday, December 7, at 7 p.m. thesuffolk.org

Stage & Screen

Hamptons Doc Fest

Hamptons Doc Fest will host its 18th annual festival, December 4 through December 11, with 33 screenings at the Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, as well as at the Southampton Playhouse in Southampton Village. hamptonsdocfest.com

Friday Matinee at the Library
The Hampton Bays Public Library, 52 Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays, will host adults for a weekly movie screening, on Friday, at 2 p.m. 631-728-6241 | hamptonbayslibrary.org

Friday Classic Film Series

The Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Highway in Montauk,present the 1995 Ang Lee film ‘Sense and Sensibility’ starring Emma Thompson, on Friday at 5 p.m. 631-668-3377 | montauklibrary.org

Arts & Letters

‘A Willful Corpse’

Canio’s Cultural Cafe will host author and art historian Helen Harrison for a talk on her new art mystery, “A Willful Corpse,” on Thursday, December 4, at 5 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church at the corner of East Union Street and Hampton Road in Sag Harbor. caniosbooks.com.

Figure Drawing Workshop

Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane in Southampton, will host a weekly figure drawing workshop on Fridays, at 1 p.m. 631-283-0967 | southamptonartscenter.org

Windows of Wonder Winter Art Walk

The Montauk Chamber of Commerce will join the Montauk Artists Association and the Lucore Art Gallery in presenting “Windows of Wonder,” a winter art walk and Lucore Open Art Gallery, on Saturday, December 6, with a guided walk at 3:30 p.m. leaving from the visitor center, before guests enjoy an open gallery from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lucore Art, 87 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk. montaukartistassociation.org | visitmontauk.org | thelucoreart.org

Talking About Art

The Church, 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor presents a dialogue around 10 photographs that date from the advent of photography through today in “Talking About Art,” with The Church’s Executive Director, Sheri Pasquarella and photographer Ben Hassett on Saturday, December 6, at 4 p.m. 631-919-5342 | thechurchsagharbor.org

The Power of Poetry
The Church, 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor invites poetry-loving friends for the next iteration of their recurring community-driven poetry ‘read-in’ series, “The Power of Poetry,” on Sunday, December 7, at 2 p.m. 631-919-5342 | thechurchsagharbor.org

Book Talk with Janet Mayec of Bird Haven Farm

Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street in Sagaponack, will host a book talk with Janet Mayec of Bird Haven Farm on Saturday, December 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. The jeweler, author and gardener owns Bird Haven Farm, an estate and contemporary garden in northern New Jersey with her husband, Wayne Norberg, and will share her new book, part memoir, part gardening manual and part cookbook, with guests at this event. 631-537-8200 | madoo.org

Events & Benefits

Exhibitions

‘The Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg 100’
Guild Hall, 158 Main Street in East Hampton, presents a collaboration between eight East End public schools and ten regional artists, with “The Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg 100,” which explores what Rauschenberg described as the “gap between art and life,” through Sunday, January 4. guildhall.org

‘Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell’

The Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, is showing “Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962-2014,” through February 8. parrishart.org

‘Fresh Paint: Rudolf Stingel’

The Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, is showing “Fresh Paint: Rudolph Stingel,” in concert with the FLAG Art Foundation, through February 2. The interactive installation is in the museum’s interior lobby and is made from Celotex panels — aluminum-faced foam insulations boards, where guests are invited to draw into the work’s surface and leave behind marks and impressions of their own designs. parrishart.org

‘Gerson Leiber: The Poetry of Geometry and Color’

The Leiber Collection Museum and Sculpture Garden, 446 Old Stone Highway in the hamlet of Springs in East Hampton, is showing “Gerson Leiber: The Poetry of Geometry and Color — 1992-2002 Abstractions.” leibermuseum.org

‘Here & There — The First Churchennial’
The Church, 48 Madison Street in Sag Harbor is showing “Here & There — The First Churchennial,” the 2025 fall exhibition that highlights the artists residency program at The Church from its first three years. The exhibition is on view through December 29. 631-919-5342 | thechurchsagharbor.org

‘Ingrid McBrian: Shelter Island in Thread and Paint’

The Shelter Island History Museum, 16 South Ferry Road on Shelter Island, is showing “Ingrid McBrian: Shelter Island in Thread and Paint,” an exhibit that celebrates the work and legacy of the local artist. shelterislandhistorical.org

‘Nina Tankowitz: In the Out/Out the In’

The Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, is showing “Nina Tankowitz: In the Out/Out the In,” through February 22, presenting a full breadth of her wide-ranging and innovative work. parrishart.org

‘Second Skin’
Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane, in Southampton, is showing a group exhibition exploring the intersection of art and fashion, showcasing works by 15 international artists. This show is on view until December 28. 631-283-0967 | southamptonartscenter.org

‘Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds’
The Arts Center at Duck Creek, 127 Squaw Road in East Hampton, is showing “Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds,” a site-specific outdoor exhibition of large-scale steel sculptures by the Springs-based artist, through December 14. duckcreekarts.org

‘Hamptons Weddings, 1840-1925’
The Sag Harbor Historical Society is showing “Hamptons Weddings, 1840-1925” at the Annie Cooper Boyd House on Main Street in Sag Harbor. Curated by Mary Jane Marcasiano and Alex McNear, the exhibit displays wedding dresses from a variety of periods. sagharborhistoricalmuseum.org

‘Peter Dayton: Dark Garden’
Guild Hall, 158 Main Street in East Hampton, is showing “Peter Dayton: Dark Garden” through December 31, 2027. This site-specific installation is created for Guild Hall’s stairwell. guildhall.org

‘Robert Dash: Looking Back’

The Madoo Conservancy, 362 Sagg Main Street in Sagaponack, is showing “Robert Dash: Looking Back” in the summer studio. madoo.org

‘Time Exposed: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes’

The Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, is showing “Time Exposed: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes,” through February 8. parrishart.org