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A Winter Holiday Celebration!

Saturday, December 9 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

It's the most wonderful time of year! OHS cordially invites the Oysterponds community to a family-friendly Winter Holiday Celebration! All are welcome to come celebrate the season! It’ll be outdoors, so dress appropriately! 5:00pm: Caroling, hot cider & cookies...

Beach Plum Holiday Shop

Saturday, November 25 | 11:00 am - Saturday, December 16 | 4:00 pm

Oysterponds Historical Society’s ever-popular Beach Plum Holiday Shop is open again this year. It’s in the Old Point Schoolhouse (1555 Village Lane, Orient) and there’s something for everyone… unique gifts, decorations, ornaments, traditional crafts, games, and OHS merchandise are just...

Halloween Celebration 2023

Saturday, October 28 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Light up the Old Point Schoolhouse lawn with your creatively-carved pumpkins! It's an Oysterponds Halloween Celebration! In years past, Latham's Farm Stand has generously donated a bunch pumpkins for carving. Unfortunately, a very wet Orient fall has decimated their...

North Fork Art & Artists Exhibition & Sale

Friday, September 29 | 11:00 am - Sunday, October 1 | 5:00 pm

The North Fork Art & Artists Exhibition & Sale is a celebration of local artists’ generous support of OHS over the years and of all that they give to our community. All works exhibited will be for sale. When:...

Berries for Birds

Saturday, September 9 | 9:30 am - 10:30 pm

FREE TALK: "Berries for Birds: A Community Effort to Provide Habitat for Birds" - To address the concerning loss of habitat of native trees and shrubs that provide the calorie-rich berries migrating and overwintering birds need to survive, North Fork...

Family Night: The Incredible Magic of Amore - Free!

Wednesday, August 16 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Incredible, mind-boggling, and extraordinary are just a few words used to describe celebrated Long Island magician Amore, who mesmerized a rapt Oysterponds audience of all ages the last two summers. Bring a blanket or a lawnchair, bug spray, and...

Screening of "Orient: Beyond the Expressway" video

Saturday, August 12 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free! Oysterponds Community Activities Inc. (OCA) presents: a screening of David Wald's 1989 video, “Orient: Beyond the Expressway.” "Beyond the Expressway" tells a story of Orient from the perspective of residents who are living through changes to the local...

2023 OHS Summer Benefit

Saturday, August 5 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Tickets are no longer available online. If you’d like to attend, you must purchase ticket(s) in person, at the event. The Oysterponds Historical Society Summer Benefit returns to one of the East End’s most beautiful settings—Poquatuck Park, overlooking Orient...

The Mudflats in Concert on the Schoolhouse Lawn - Free!

Wednesday, July 19 | 6:00 am - 7:30 pm

Oysterponds favorites, The Mudflats (comprised of fiddles, banjo, mandolin, guitar, upright bass, and drums), are a twin-fiddle fusion of traditional American music, inspired by the creative melting pot of music that grew out of the southern Appalachian region. The Mudflats’...

Moby-Dick Reading Half-Marathon

Friday, July 14 | 5:30 pm - Sunday, July 16 | 11:00 am

Note: Saturday evening's ticketed Chowder & Biscuits + Sea Shanties Sing-a-Long event is sold out! Avast ye Friends of Oysterponds! Be it known that on Friday, July 14th thru Sunday, July 16th Oysterponds Historical Society will celebrate all things...

14th Annual Heritage Day

Sunday, July 2 | 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

The tradition continues! The 14th annual Heritage Day program will start with a parade* down Orient's Village Lane led by the Grand Marshal; followed by a welcome and invocation at the Old Point Schoolhouse; the recitation of the Pledge of...

3rd Annual NY Mutuals vs. Oysterponders Vintage Baseball Game

Saturday, June 17 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

For the third year in a row, an exciting vintage baseball contest between the powerful visiting NY Mutuals Baseball Club and an imposing assembled squad of Oysterponds hard-ballers will take place on the hallowed Oysterponds Elementary School Ball Grounds. A...

OHS Historic House Tour

Saturday, June 10 | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Take a stroll through beautiful Orient and enjoy a pleasant excursion back in time! The engaging backstories of a select group of historic houses, as well as the current homeowners' conscientious preservation, captures and celebrates the vital history behind these...

OHS Bingo Night

Saturday, March 18 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

All ages welcome! Join us for a fun night of bingo at Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Skippers Ln, Orient, NY. There'll be snacks & beverages and winners will take home fun (and silly!) prizes! Admission will be $10 per person (includes...

Halloween Celebration 2022

Saturday, October 29 2022 | 6:00 pm - Sunday, October 30 2022 | 9:00 pm

There are still lots of pumpkins! Light up the Old Point Schoolhouse lawn with your creatively-carved pumpkins! It's an Oysterponds Halloween Celebration! (1) Pick up your pumpkin (they're lined up on the side brick patio of Village House...

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