Patchogue To Host River Clean-up, Mac N' Cheese Contest, And Arts Fair

PATCHOGUE, NY — Patchogue Village will be bustling with people and traffic on Sunday, as a series of three separate events are planned.

Volunteer kayakers will gather for the Patchogue River Clean-up to mark National Public Lands Day. The first clean-up will kick off at Watch Hill Ferry Terminal at 10 a.m. and will run until 12 p.m. The second will run from 12 to 4 p.m. at Drift 82. Volunteers can register by going to www.volunteer.gov and searching for Patchogue River Clean-up.

In conjunction with the clean-ups, there will be a Mac N' Cheese Challenge with the village's restaurants competing for the title of Best Mac N' Cheese. It's a $10 donation for a tasting spoon, but $5 for Patchogue River Clean-up volunteers. There will be raffles, educational activities, and vendors.

It will run from 12 to 4 p.m.

In the middle of the two clean-ups, over 300 artists of all mediums will transform a neighborhood in Patchogue as part of the Arts on Terry open-air art fair.

The fair will run from 1 to 6 p.m. along Terry Street in front of the Art Space apartments and the Plaza Media Arts Center.

The free event will highlight a variety of artists from Long Island arts organizations. Each organization will exhibit work representing its respective community in over 15 galleries, solo artist booths, a sculpture garden, 20 street/live painters, and demonstrations. There will be family-friendly activities, a children's section with entertainment, and live local music performances and poetry readings.

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