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August 2017
Norman Brouwer discusses “LI Sound Steamboats — 1899s to 1945” at East End Seaport Museum
August 3, Thursday, 5:30pm Norman Brouwer "L.I. Sound Steamboats- 1800's - 1945". Mr. Brouwer’s talk will cover the era of steamboats on Long Island Sound, from beginnings in the early 1800s to the final days around World War II. The overnight steamboats on the Sound were some of the largest and grandest such boats the world has seen. Local services will also be covered,…
Find out more »Author Roselle Borrelli discusses “Greenport: The Right Place at the Wrong Time” at East End Seaport Museum
August 10, Thursday, 5:30pm Roselle Borrelli “Greenport: The Right Place at the Wrong Time” Greenport: The Right Place at the Wrong Time, a historical tale by Roselle Borrelli, is a story about a house, a family, a builder, and some of the people who lived in the village of Greenport from approximately 1830s to early 1900s. It is a true historical account of the happenings in…
Find out more »Boatbuilder Anders Langendal discusses Marine Woodworking and Restoration at East End Seaport Museum
Anders Langendal & Sons’ main focus is major restoration and repair of both wooden and fiberglass boats, with a specialty in marine woodworking. This will be a rare opportunity to glimpse inside this amazing world with true craftsmen explaining how they accomplish their work. ***This session of the Arts & Culture Series will be held at Anders Langendal & Sons located next to Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Co. on Carpenter Street in Greenport*** Members: Free Non Members: $5 …
Find out more »Taste + Tour at Tiana Bayside Facility
Enjoy a night out while supporting CCE Marine Program's newest facility! Tickets include shellfish and wine tastings at 5 stations throughout the property and a souvenir wine glass. Proceeds will support an expansion of programming at the site including youth education programs, shellfish enhancement projects and coastal plant restoration workshops. In order to better address the ever increasing need to engage and educate the public on issues relating to the marine and coastal environment, CCE has partnered with the Town…
Find out more »September 2017
Salt Marsh Restoration Workshop for National Estuaries Week at Cedar Beach County Park
PEP and CCE's Marine Program are holding a salt marsh planting volunteer event! We are calling all volunteers to help us restore vital habitat in celebration of National Estuaries Week(September 16th- 23rd). PEP will also premiere our National Estuaries Week video highlighting volunteers and citizen science programs! Please register for this FREE event at peptalk@peconicestuary.org Saturday September 16th 1:00pm-2:30pm 3690 Cedar Beach Road, Southold The plants being used for this event have been cared for by PEP's summer intern Gabby and PEP volunteers during our Salt Marsh Workshop…
Find out more »Tropical Fish of Shinnecock Bay with Group for the East End
TROPICAL FISH OF SHINNECOCK BAY Sunday, September 17 (1 to 3 p.m.) In September a great variety of tropical fishes can be found in Shinnecock Bay: Butterflyfish, Filefish, Jacks, Trunkfish, Cornetfish, Groupers... Join us on this exciting adventure as we wade with seines and dip nets in search of these southern visitors. Please wear water shoes. For reservations or more information, please contact Steve Biasetti at 631-765-6450 ext. 205 or sbiasetti@eastendenvironment.org.
Find out more »November 2017
Riverhead Foundation Lecture on Helping Sea Turtles at Quogue Wildlife Refuge
Join The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation for a FREE lecture on how you can help sea turtles on Long Island. Cold stunning is a condition similar to hypothermia that is brought on when coldblooded animals, in this case sea turtles, are exposed to cold temperatures of 50 degrees F or below. This condition, if left unnoticed, can become fatal. This is a great way for people of all ages to help the sea turtles and the Riverhead…
Find out more »December 2017
Brush Strokes for the Bays Painting Party at Southampton Arts Center
with Carolyn Munaco and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Marine Program $40 | $35 for Seniors | $35 for Back to the Bays Members (with code) | $30 Under 30 All materials, wine, and snacks are included. Ages 17 and up. Space is Limited. Advance Reservations Recommended. Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County (CCE) at Southampton Arts Center for the continuation of this popular beach-themed art session that benefits the CCE’s Back to the Bays Initiative. Channel your…
Find out more »February 2018
A Magic Carpet Tour of the Lighthouses of Southold Town at Southold Historical Society
February 17 A Magic Carpet Tour of the Lighthouses of Southold Town: Icons of our Maritime Heritage by Ted Webb, 2pm, Ann Currie Bell House, 55200 Main Road, Southold, NY 11971 Southold Town has more lighthouses than any other township in the United States. The eight lighthouses are Plum Island, Orient Point, Latimer Reef, Little Gull, Race Rock, Horton Point, Long Beach Bar and North Dumpling. Ted Webb, resident of Orient and extraordinary tour guide to the Lighthouses, will share his knowledge of…
Find out more »September 2018
Paul Drum Life Experience Project Pirate & Mermaid Breakfast at Front Street Station
Annual Fall Fundraiser The Pirate and Mermaid Breakfast Experience will be held at Front Street Station Restaurant, Greenport, Sunday, September 23, 2018, 9:00am - 10:45am. Get your "Aarrgghh" on and enjoy a hardy breakfast buffet alongside gnarly pirates and saucy mermaids; sing along to some old ditties of the sea; dig into a treasure chest of goodies; get your face painted; smile or glare for the camera; but most of all have the best time of your life while supporting the…
Find out more »November 2018
Learn to Protect Sea Turtles at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge
Would you know what to do if you saw a sea turtle on the beach? Join The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation for a free lecture on how you can help us save these animals, as they can experience cold stunning which is a condition similar to hypothermia. (This is a great way for people of all ages to help the sea turtles and the Riverhead Foundation.) Once you attend one of these lectures you can sign up…
Find out more »Ninth Annual Friends of the Shelter Island Library Turkey Plunge
9TH ANNUAL SHELTER ISLAND TURKEY PLUNGE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2018 · 11:00 AM CRESCENT BEACH RAIN, SNOW OR SHINE! SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The Annual Shelter Island Turkey Plunge benefits the Shelter Island Public Library. Participants and Sponsors Participants can either register online or in the Library. Download your participant registration packet here. We ask that you raise a minimum of $25 for a plunge … anything over that amount is gratefully received and you will be in the running for the “most…
Find out more »February 2019
SoMAS Lecture: “Restoration of Peconic Bay Scallop Populations and Fisheries” at Stony Brook Southampton
On Friday, February 1st at 7:30pm, Stephen T. Tettelbach, Ph.D. will present a lecture titled: "Restoration of Peconic Bay Scallop Populations and Fisheries" in the Duke Lecture Hall of Chancellor’s Hall on the Stony Brook Southampton Campus. Seminar: 7:30 – 8:30pm The abstract of the talk appears below. We hope to see you there! The bay scallop is an iconic species in eastern Long Island and has supported an important fishery for over a century. However, in the mid-1980s, Peconic bay scallop populations were decimated by…
Find out more »Seal Cruise Around Shinnecock Bay with AMCS & Group for the East End
Saturday, February 2, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday, February 17, 2019 from 10 a.m to 12 p.m. Join Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) biologists and Group for the East End for a seal cruises around Shinnecock Bay. Learn about the different species of seals that inhabit the waters around Long Island, New York. View these animals in their natural environment and learn how we can all help to conserve the marine environment. This is an open weather cruise,…
Find out more »September 2019
30th Annual Greenport Maritime Festival
For the past 30 years, the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation in Greenport has celebrated the nautical history of the East End with its Maritime Festival, which continues this year on the weekend of Sept. 21 & 22. Maritime Festival weekend begins on Friday night, Sept. 20, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. with the Land and Sea Gala cocktail party on the grounds of the Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding Co. on Carpenter Street. Tickets are $125 for museum…
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