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Shelter Island Reporter’s Community Calendar: Aug. 27, 2026

EVERY WEEK

AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. 

Adult Basketball:  Sunday 11 a.m., Monday, Thursday, 8 p.m., Shelter Island School. Free, drop-in, open play.

Adult Soccer:  Tuesday 8 p.m., Shelter Island School. Free, drop-in, open play.

Adult Volleyball:  Wednesday 8 p.m., Shelter Island School. Free, drop-in, open play.

Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable: Tuesdays, 4 p.m., Library, In person & Zoom.

Basics of Philosophy:  Fridays 10 a.m., Library.

CoreSyn with Trent: Tuesday, Saturday, 8 a.m., Community Center.*

Food Pantry:  Tuesday 4-6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Presbyterian Church. Open to all in need, shelf stable items, produce, bread, personal care items.  

Intermediate French Conversation: Thursdays, 11 a.m., Library. In person & Zoom, register at silibrary.org

Mah Jongg:Mondays, 10 a.m., Library, register at silibrary.org.

Pickleball:  Sunday 9:30 a.m., Thursday, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Tai Chi with Denise Gillies: 5 p.m. odd Wednesdays, Library, Zoom. silibrary.org

Yoga w. Dawn: Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.,Thursday, 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m., Community Center.*

Zumba Gold with Susan: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 a.m., Community Center* 

*Classes at Community Center $10 each.

SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS

Care Giver Support Group, call 631-749-1059 for information.

Chair Yoga w. Jean Lawless, Wednesdays, 11 – 11:45 a.m. Call to sign-up: 631-749-1059

Chair Zumba, Tuesdays, 11 a.m, Thursdays, 10 a.m.

Coffee and Games, Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – Noon

Community Trips,please call Kelly at 631-749-4111 for more information 

Home Delivered Meals Program: Call Kelly at 631-749-0805 x3 or 631-749-4111 to sign-up or see if you are eligible.

Knitting w. Donna King: Mondays, 6:30 p.m.

Mah-Jongg, Mondays & Fridays, 1-4 p.m. 

Movies @ Cinema 114, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Call to sign-up: 631-749-1059

Silver Circle: Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., call 631-749-1059

Stretch and Movement with Ann, Mondays and Fridays 10-11 a.m. 

If you would like a ride to any programs,please call the Senior Center at 631-749-1059.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

Reading to a Therapy Dog,4:15 p.m. Ages 6+ Library.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Story Time at Sylvester Manor Farm,  10:30 a.m., stories for ages 0 – 4.

ADULT/FAMILY PROGRAMS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27

Vigil of Hope,  6:30 p.m. Fiske Field Basketball Courts. Community gathering offers guidance and support to address the impact of addiction.

Early American Records,  7 p.m. Zoom. Sarah Gutman advises on unearthing colonial times through 1870s ancestral records. Sign up at silibrary.org

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

The Music Guys,  4 p.m., St. Mary’s Church hall. Tom Junod and David Browne discuss the Songs of America in their 7th Annual Music Talk. Free.

Jim Preston and Friends, 4 – 6 p.m., Mellow music at The Farmstand at Sylvester Manor.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Havens Farmers Market,  9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Fresh foods, flowers, crafts, music on the grounds of the History Museum. Free entry, no pets.

Community Haul Seine,  5 – 7 p.m. Mashomack. 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Great Decisions,  5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s. The Gulf at a Crossroads. Speaker Iqbal Mamdani.

TOWN MEETINGS

Town Board Meeting,Monday, Aug. 31, 6 – 9 p.m.

Town Board Work Session,Tuesday, Sept 1, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

CAC,Tuesday, Sept. 1, 7 – 8 p.m.

WQIAB,Wednesday, Sept. 3, 6 – 7 p.m.