Creatures Featured

A menagerie of creatures will visit the East Hampton Library this week to mark the end of summer and the end of the summer reading program. On Monday from 2 to 3 p.m., it’ll be Nature Nick with a porcupine, miniature kangaroo, squirrel monkey, armadillo, python, and more. On Tuesday at the same time, the folks from the Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons will stop in with various birds of prey, including a great horned owl and red-tailed hawk. Tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. little artists will take inspiration from Henri Matisse as they “draw with scissors” to make collages inspired by the famous artist. All programs are for children 4 and older.

Hands-On Music Jam

Jack Licitra will let kids try out a variety of instruments during a hands-on music jam at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. He’ll not only teach kids what to do with the instruments in his collection, but educate them about the science of music. Reservations have been suggested.

Jitterbugging

Karen K and the Jitterbugs will get kids moving during the last of the Children’s Museum of the East End’s live family shows on Tuesday, playing what the band calls “kindie” rock for the young set. Advance tickets cost $17, or $15 for members; they are $20 at the door. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the music starts at 6. In case of rain, the show will be on Wednesday.

Family Film Fest

A family film festival sponsored by the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Southampton Arts Center is offering a weekend of movies for young audiences at the center and the Southampton Cinema. The festival kicks off tomorrow night with a free outdoor screening of Charlie Chaplin short films on the arts center’s lawn. Included in the lineup will be “The Tramp,” “The Rink,” “The Pawnshop,” and “The Adventurer,” all set to live piano music. The center is in the former Parrish Art Museum building on Job’s Lane.

On Saturday at the center, “Ernest & Celestine,” an animated tale about an artist mouse who befriends a bear troubadour, will be shown at 10:30 a.m. A program of seven short films follows at 2 p.m. “We Are the Best,” about three girls in 1980s Stockholm who form a punk band, will be shown for kids 13 and older at 7:30 p.m. Sunday will bring Disneynature’s “Bears” at 10:30 a.m. and “Ghost Dog,” for kids 10 and older, at 2 p.m., both at the center. The festival wraps up with “How to Train Your Dragon 2” in 3-D at the Southampton Cinema at 5 p.m. The organizers have suggested reservations for the free screening tomorrow night. Tickets for all other films are $12 for adults and $8 for children. A package of four tickets, which includes a gift bag, can be purchased for $35.

Take It From the Moon

Puppetkabob Productions will stop in at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor today, tomorrow, and Saturday at 11 a.m. with “What the Moon Saw,” a show inspired by the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Tickets cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for kids under 3 or a second child. Next Thursday and Friday, Aug. 29, A Couple of Puppets will present “The Story of King Midas.”

Jazz for Young People

Jazz at Lincoln Center will head east on Saturday to present “Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance,” a free concert for young people, at the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane. The concert will “focus on the innovations and achievements of this era and the importance of Harlem in the development of jazz,” according to the center’s website. It will feature Camille Thurman on saxophone and vocals, Sam Reider on piano, Noah Garabedian on bass, Justin Poindexter on guitar, and Evan Hughes on drums. The show will start at 5 p.m.

Insect World

Jan Porinchak will lead kids on an exploration of the wonderful world of insects on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton. Kids will meet live insects, then construct and paint their own insect to take home. A smock or cover-up has been recommended. There is a $5 materials fee for the workshop.

On Sunday, Crystal Possehl heads out to the salt marsh in Southampton on a backpack adventure for kids 5 to 7 starting at 10 a.m. Participants will borrow a SoFo backpack filled with magnifiers, binoculars, a compass, and other tools.

Enrollment in both programs is limited and advance registration is required.

Build Your Own Sculpture

Kids 4 and older can learn about the giant sculptures built by artists like Alexander Calder and David Smith and then make a sculpture of their own using cardboard, sticks, straws, and other things during an art program tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library.

Susan Verde’s Storytime Yoga session for kids 5 and older will have young yoginis trying various poses and movements to become a part of the story on Tuesday from 11 to 11:45 a.m. This program may sound like fun for the whole family, but it’s for kids only, no adults.

Participants in a fizzy bath bombs craft session on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the library will use simple science and household ingredients to make a soap that will jazz up the bath. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.

Celebrating Firefighters

While the Amagansett Fire Department celebrates its 100th anniversary on Saturday, the Amagansett Library will celebrate firefighters and all they do for the community during a story and craft time for families at 3:30 p.m.

Films at the library this week include “Despicable Me 2,” for families, today at 3:30 p.m., and the family film “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” next Thursday at the same time. For teens, the library will show “Mortal Instruments: City of Bone” on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Reservations have been requested.

Awesome Eruptions

The children’s offerings at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor this week begin with an Awesome Eruptions chemistry workshop with Joyce Raimondo this afternoon at 3:30. Kids in kindergarten through sixth grade will take an imaginary trip to see some of the world’s most amazing volcanoes and sculpt their own Mount Vesuvius.

The library is running a Minecraft camp for kids 6 to 12 on Saturdays this summer from 3 to 4 p.m. The library has Minecraft on two PCs and six children’s iPads, but those with their own devices may want to take them along.

“The Wampum Exchange”

With all the summer traffic, it might be hard to imagine a time before cars, before computers, even before the Postal Service. Rosemary McKinley, a children’s book author, will evoke the colonial period, offering a glimpse into the life of a child in 1650, as she tells the story from her book “The Wampum Exchange” of a 12-year-old who had a chance encounter with a Native American boy. It happens on Saturday at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton, where she will show some Native American artifacts and lead kids 6 to 10 in a craft. The program runs from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. and is free with museum admission.

On Sunday, Sima will be back at CMEE for a free story time for all ages at 11:30 a.m.

The Circus Is Coming

The Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars will set up its tents at the Shinnecock Powwow Grounds in Southampton on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for shows at 5 and 8 p.m. The circus will include aerial performers such as the Corps de Ballet and Petya, as well as the Fassio Family and their trained dogs, Lana and Company, a mother-and-son hand-balancing duo, clowns, the ThunderDrome, and a human cannonball, not to mention the tiger and elephant acts.

Tickets, which start at $16 for adults, are available in advance at Wittendale’s florist in East Hampton. Free tickets for children 12 and under can be found at gotothecircus.com. The powwow grounds are off Montauk Highway on the Shinnecock Reservation. Next Thursday and Friday, July 25, the circus will move to the Greenport Polo Grounds.

Bugaboo Revue

Talking Hands Theatre will visit the Amagansett Library on Saturday to present “Bugaboo Revue,” a puppet show about bugs in the garden and their special jobs. The free family show begins at 3:30 p.m.

On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the library, kids from 4 to 10 can make slime, Alka Seltzer rockets, and experiment with dry ice during a “kitchen chemistry” program with the Group for the East End. The program is limited to 25 participants.

Movies for the younger set this week are “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2” for families this afternoon at 3:30, and “Vampire Academy” for teens on Wednesday at 6. And tune up your singing voices: Next Thursday’s family film is “Frozen.”

Hello, Mr. Skip

Movin’ and Groovin’ With Mr. Skip returns to the East Hampton Library tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., offering a mix of new songs and old favorites to get kids 2 and older up and dancing.

On Monday, kids 4 and older can listen to two stories from Richard Scarry’s “Great Big Schoolhouse,” and then take part in a learning game about numbers, letters, shapes, and colors. The fun begins at 11 a.m. Kids under 6 must be accompanied by and adult.

Teens, take note: The library will offer a three-part college application essay workshop on Monday, Friday, July 25, and July 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The workshop is for students entering their senior year. Preference will be given to residents of the East Hampton Library District. Advance registration is required for all library programs.

Beach Treasures

Tyler Armstrong of the South Fork Natural History Museum will lead kids 6 to 8 on a beach treasure hunt in search of rocks for building a collection on Sunday at 11 a.m. Kids will hit the sand in Southampton. Reservations are required, and there is a $4 materials fee.

Make Your Own Mandala

Kids 12 and up can learn about mandalas and paint their own on old vinyl records and CDs tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Next Thursday, Joyce Raimondo will bring her Magic of Light and Color art program to the library. The workshop starts at 3:30 p.m. and is for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Advance sign-up is required for both.

Daniel Hartnett, a member of the Sag Harbor School Board, announced his resignation Monday night, leaving a vacancy on the board at the start of the 2014-15 school year.

Mr. Hartnett said by phone Tuesday that the board was not surprised, as he had told them he was selling his house in Bay Point. With the housing inventory as low as it is in the school district during the summer rental season, he had to sign a lease in Springs, he said.

Mr. Hartnett said he had hoped to remain in the district at least through the summer. “I listed it in March. The sale moved extremely quickly — a lot more quickly than I ever thought it would.” His eldest son, who is in the Navy, didn’t even have a chance to return to his childhood home one last night.

“It was hard on a lot of levels,” Mr. Hartnett said. “We are at a tender level with the school board and the school district,” he said, referring to the transition taking place with the newly hired superintendent, Katy Graves. “I was looking forward to not just transitioning her, but kind of working with her to take the district to the next level.”

Mr. Hartnett had just finished the first year of a three-year term after rejoining the board following a two-year absence. He had served two three-year terms from 2005 to 2011. Two of his sons graduated from Pierson High School, and his youngest son, who lives with his mother in Sag Harbor Village, will be in the 11th grade this year.

Mr. Hartnett will continue to work as a bilingual school social worker this fall, assigned to the East Hampton Middle School.

The board has three choices: Members can appoint someone to fill the vacancy immediately, they can hold a special election, or they can wait to fill the position in the election in May 2015.

Sandi Kruel, who was sworn in for another term on the school board along with Theresa Samot, the school board president, and a newcomer, Diana Kolhoff, said it was very sad to see Mr. Hartnett go. “He brought immense knowledge from an educator side, and had a passion for children that was amazing,” she said.

“He was always professional and collaborative, with the students at the center of all decisions,” Ms. Samot said. “The board will be deciding the next steps regarding the vacant seat with the guidance of our attorney.”

Sailing, Swimming, Tennis

A new session of East Hampton Town's summer sailing, for beginner to advanced sailors from age 12 up to adulthood, will begin on Monday at Fresh Pond in Amagansett. The classes run from Monday through Friday through Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon or from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $200 per person, and advance registration is required with the Town Recreation Department on Pantigo Road. A final session will be held from Aug. 11 through 21 at the same times.

Free swimming classes for kids 4 and older will be given at East Lake Beach in Montauk on Mondays through Aug. 8. Children can register at the beach at 10 a.m. on Monday and will be placed in appropriate groups. The town has asked that swimmers take goggles and water shoes. The final free swim session of the year will be held at Albert's Landing in Amagansett from Aug. 11 to 22.

Also starting on Monday is a second session of the town's junior tennis program, for players at all levels. It will be held at Montauk Tennis with court time on Monday and Wednesday from 4:15 to 5 p.m. for kindergartners and first graders and from 5 to 6 p.m. for second and third graders. Third and fourth graders will play Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. and fifth and sixth graders will have the court from 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The program runs through Aug. 21 and costs $125 for two days a week of play. Advance registration is required.

Rainbows and Bubbles

There will be a lot for kids to do this week at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, starting on Saturday with a program on rainbows and bubbles for little ones 3 to 5 years old. Children will experiment with soap, water, and even milk bubbles starting at 10 a.m.

Also on Saturday at 10 a.m., Crystal Possehl will lead teens on a scientific survey of Mecox Bay, using professional tools to study soil, water quality, salinity, and more. The museum has suggested taking a journal to record observations, but simple ones will be provided for those who forget. Lindsey Rohrbach will help kids discover the "secret life" of the pond behind the museum on Sunday, with a program at 10 a.m. for 3 to 5-year-olds and at 2 p.m. for kids 6 to 8.

Finally, next Thursday at 11 a.m., Ms. Possehl will take 8 to 12-year-olds on a backpack adventure to explore a salt marsh in Southampton, where they'll use compasses, binoculars, sketchpads, and more to study and record what they encounter. Advance registration is required for all programs.

Songs From "The Lion King"

The costumed young actors of Sandcastle Music Productions in Southampton will present scenes and songs from "Lion King! Circle of Life!" on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the meetinghouse of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton. There is a suggested donation of $15 per person. The meetinghouse is at 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.

Master Ballet Classes

Karin Averty, a ballet instructor who danced for many years with the Paris Opera Ballet, will teach master ballet classes for young dancers at the Hampton Ballet Theatre School in Bridgehampton this week. A ballet class will be offered on Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Ms. Averty will teach pointe level 2 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and ballet from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and on Wednesday she'll teach ballet from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $25 per class.

Jazz Ensemble Workshop

East End Arts in Riverhead is accepting student applications through Aug. 4 for a nine-week intensive jazz ensemble workshop to be held this fall. To apply, high school musicians and vocalists must submit an online application that includes a recorded performance sample. The few students selected will receive full scholarships to the program, which will run from Sept. 29 through Dec. 1.

Steve Salerno, a professional guitarist, will act as mentor. Students will rehearse on Monday evenings at the school. Details and applications can be found online at eastendarts.org.

Rena's Promise at Canio's

At Canio's Books in Sag Harbor tomorrow, teen writers from around the country who have participated in the Rena's Promise Creative Writers Workshop on Shelter Island will read from their work at 5 p.m.

On Saturday at 11 a.m. Canio's will launch Canio's 4Kids, a series of special events for young readers. Miss Sigrid of Hampton Bays, a retired elementary school teacher, will inaugurate children's story time with a reading of the popular Kevin Henkes book "Chrysanthemum," a charming story about the importance of names. Children ages 4 and up will be welcomed with an adult caregiver.

For Teen Photogs

Teen photographers who want to hone their craft should mark their calendars for Aug. 7, 14, and 21, when Rich Meehan, a photographer and graphic artist, will teach a digital photography class at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Students will learn about light, texture, and composition, camera operation, and more. Students must take their own cameras. The cost is $90, or $75 for Parrish members. Advance registration is a must, as classes fill up quickly.

Loads at the Libraries

There's almost too much going on at the local libraries this week to list it all here. Among the highlights are two programs by Joyce Raimondo, who will have kids in first through sixth grade learning about and making volcanoes at the Montauk Library tomorrow at 5 p.m. Next Thursday, she'll teach a Pop Art class for kids 5 to 12 at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, and kids will have a chance to mold their own Pop Art-inspired creations out of self-hardening clay. Sign-up in advance has been requested in Sag Harbor. The Montauk program is first come first served.

The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will offer kids an introduction to its MakerBot 3-D printer and 3-D software on Saturday. They can then "print" something to take home. Kids 7 to 12 have been asked to show up at 2 p.m.; those 12 and up can go at 3.

At the East Hampton Library, Susan Verde returns on Tuesday for a just-for-kids Storytime Yoga session from 11 to 11:45 a.m. This is for those 5 and older, no parents. Kids 4 and up can use old CDs and other materials to make their own "flashy fish" at the library on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. Reservations have been requested for both.

Painting With Your Feet

At the Children's Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton Saturday, Meghann Snow will have kids dancing and painting -- with their feet -- from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Participants 4 to 10 will wear special "shoes" made of bubble wrap and tape to paint a canvas on the floor. The cost is $25 plus museum admission. Reservations have been suggested.

A “modern-day suggestion box” would benefit parents of Amagansett School students, one parent told the school board Tuesday morning.

Jennifer Brew, who said this was her second time attending a board meeting, said more communication was needed. The school’s website lists board members’ names, she said, but no way to contact them. Parents who are too busy to attend board meetings should be able to email the members with their questions or concerns, Ms. Brew said. “Maybe it’s like the modern-day suggestion box. It’s just a way for other people to know what’s going on.”

At the board’s June 10 meeting, in the wake of the May 30 resignation of Robert Brisbane, the principal, Ms. Brew had remarked on a “revolving door” of school staff and asked if staff members were happy at the school. Dr. Brisbane had been with the school for just one year. Another parent had also expressed confusion at that meeting about the school year that was just ending.

Mary Lownes, a board member, said board meetings were “a much better forum” than email to speak with the entire board. “We’d love to hear feedback from the community,” she said. Minutes of meetings are posted on the website, she said. “There’s more communication than I’ve ever seen.”

A meeting’s agenda is posted on the website, aufsd.org, on the Friday before each of the body’s twice-monthly meetings, said Cheryl Bloecker, the district clerk. District Superintendent Eleanor Tritt said that the site was undergoing a revision. “Our goal will be to have more communication from teachers to parents about what’s going on,” she said.

“I hear what you’re saying,” Patrick Bistrian, a board member, told Ms. Brew. “I would just hate to see you contact one board member and it get lost in translation when they bring it to all of us.”

“We try to make it as convenient as possible,” he added.

Both monthly meetings used to be held at night, said Ms. Lownes, but now one of them takes place in the morning, to accommodate parents unable to attend in the evenings. Ms. Tritt, as liaison to the board, passes on any important information to its members, she said, as does the interim principal, Thomas Lamorgese, “because we’re not here every day. It’s a volunteer position, we all have jobs.”

The shared decision-making committee, which includes parent liaisons, is another vehicle for communication, Ms. Tritt said.

Ms. Brew pressed for greater connection, saying she and other parents would propose expanded duties for class parents, whom she said should be “family ambassadors of sorts,” particularly to parents and children new to the school.

“Being a very small school, we should all know what’s going on and feel a part,” she said. Other parents, she said, have asked her to speak for them at board meetings because they are unable to attend meetings or want to remain anonymous. “That’s why I thought a suggestion box, that could funnel into the board as a whole and then collectively be addressed, would be great.”

“People do reach out,” Ms. Lownes said. “There’s a balance. . . . There’s a lot of parents that don’t seek us out if they don’t have issues or are busy. They don’t seek out the forum we’ve set forth because they have connections through parents.”

Also at the meeting, Ms. Tritt thanked the PTA as well as parents and students who participated in the Amagansett Fire Department’s 100th anniversary celebration on July 12. She also thanked Bistrian Materials, which contributed the school’s prize-winning float. “The kids that participated had a lot of fun,” she said. “It was fabulous.”

Project Most, a nonprofit after-school program for elementary students in East Hampton and Springs, received a state grant for $137,500 this week.

“It’s the fifth time that Project Most has competed for the grant and the fifth time it has been successful,” said Tim Bryden, its executive director. Now in its 14th year, Project Most serves around 300 students at the John M. Marshall Elementary School and Springs School from 3 to 6 p.m., five days a week.

With $10.9 million in state grants dispersed to 68 after-school programs throughout New York State, amounts ranged from from $55,000 to $220,000. The contracts, administered by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, will begin in September.

Programs such as Project Most help fill the vital three-hour gap following dismissal and before many working parents would arrive home. Besides reducing the burden on working parents, a growing body of research shows that children who participate in high-quality after-school programs have better attendance and higher academic achievement, in addition to being less likely to be involved in risky behaviors during unsupervised after-school hours.

All told, the grant money will cover about 40 percent of Project Most’s annual budget.

“Thirty percent of New York’s youth reside in Suffolk County. Yet, only a very small portion of youth service funding is distributed to the county, especially on the East End,” said Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, who helped secure the grant money. “As a firsthand witness to the benefits Project Most brings to the East Hampton community, I am thrilled they have been selected as a recipient of this grant.”

“This community has an image of great wealth, but there’s a significant population of low-income families who are really struggling and cannot afford for their children to attend after-school services,” said Mr. Bryden. Families who can afford it contribute $45 a week per child to help offset operational costs, with scholarships provided to those who cannot.

“This grant is a tribute to the entire community for recognizing and responding to the unmet needs of the children of our community for affordable and accessible after-school services,” Mr. Bryden said.

KidFest at Guild Hall

Guild Hall’s KidFest performances and workshops begin on Wednesday, when Page Turner Adventures presents “The Great Pizza Contest” at 5 p.m., starring Riley Roam and Kenny Mikey. This one, which combines storytelling, slapstick, and audience participation, is ideal for kids 3 to 8. Tickets cost $16 for adults, $13 for kids, or $14 and $11 for members.

The National Marionette Theatre will present “Beauty and the Beast” on Aug. 13, Nelson Illusions Smoke and Mystery Tour will stop in on Aug. 20, and on Aug. 27 there will be a comedy dog show by Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix. Tickets for the series of four performances cost $60 for adults, $50 for kids, or $55 and $40 for members.

Workshops, which cost $10, or $8 for members, are held before each performance at 4 p.m. This week’s is a cookie-decorating class.

“Peter and the Wolf”

The Hampton Festival Orchestra and the young dancers of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School will perform “Peter and the Wolf” two times in these parts this week — on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton and next Thursday at 7 at the Montauk Playhouse. A “celebrity narrator” is promised at both shows. Sara Jo Strickland choreographed the production, which has costumes by Yuka Silvera. Andrew Parea conducts the orchestra. Tickets to the CMEE performance are $17, or $15 for members, in advance through the museum, $20 at the door. Tickets to the Montauk performance are $15.

The Children’s Museum will have live entertainment every Tuesday at 6 p.m. in August. A “season” pass costs $60, $50 for members.

Camp Shakespeare

The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, once beloved for its outdoor productions in Montauk, will began its 15th year of Camp Shakespeare, a theatrical arts and crafts camp for kids 8 to 15, on Monday at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett. The one or two-week sessions run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Campers are divided into two age groups. The cost is $425 per week, with some financial aid available. Each session ends with a performance for family and friends. Advance registration is required online at hamptons-shakespeare.org/camp or by email to [email protected].

Children’s Fair

The East Hampton Library’s annual children’s fair, a free event with carnival rides, games, a children’s book fair, crafts, performers, and more, will take place Sunday from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Gardiner Farm on East Hampton’s James Lane.

Space Cadets

Tim and the Space Cadets will land at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Tuesday, delivering songs about “pizza parties, snow days, and summer vacations,” according to the museum. Their performance will run from 6 to 8 p.m., and gates will open at 5:30. Tickets cost $17 in advance, $15 for members, or $20 for everyone at the door. In case of rain, the outdoor show will be held on Wednesday.

Circus Arts

Next week at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, children can study circus arts or the art of painting. The Amazing Grace Circus will lead a weeklong class for kids 8 and older, teaching tight-wire walking, aerial silk performing, juggling, clowning, dancing, and tumbling from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting on Monday. The cost for the week is $630, or $480 for museum members. The program will conclude on Friday, Aug. 15, with a showcase of talents for family and friends.

The painting class, which is for artists 10 and older, will meet Monday through Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. Participants will study the museum’s artworks and learn painting techniques. The cost is $125, or $95 for members. Advance registration is a must for both workshops.

Clay Art in the Garden

Joyce Raimondo, an art educator and author, will help children create works of art from natural materials they find at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton during a clay art workshop next Thursday morning. Children 3 to 12, accompanied by an adult, will use what they find to make a fantasy garden using self-hardening clay. The cost of the class is $30; there is no charge for accompanying caregivers. Advance registration and payment are required at imaginearted.com.

Marionette Theater

The National Marionette Theatre will present “Beauty and the Beast” at Guild Hall on Wednesday. The theater, run by two generations of the Syrotiak family of Brattleboro, Vt., tours the country each year performing at all sorts of venues. It has won national and international acclaim. The performance will begin at 5 p.m. An arts and crafts workshop precedes it at 4. Tickets to the show are $16 for adults, $13 for kids, $14 and $11 for members. The workshop costs $10, $8 for members.

Kids Making Ice Cream

Homemade ice cream will be on the menu at the Amagansett Library during a program for families on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., but it won’t just be there for the asking — they’ll learn to make it themselves. Also at the library this week are a summer breeze and windsock story and craft time on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., family screenings of “Rio 2” today at 3:30 p.m. and “Muppets Most Wanted” next Thursday at the same time, and a showing of “En

Project Most, a nonprofit after-school program for elementary students in East Hampton and Springs, has established a new scholarship committee that aims to “ ‘scale up’ the mission of Project Most so more and more kids can participate,” Lisa Rana, the president of the organization’s board, said in a release.

The committee is the brainchild of Kyle Lynch, an attorney with Bainton Lynch in East Hampton, who will serve as its chairman. Mr. Lynch approached the board after learning that the after-school program, which serves over 300 children at the John M. Marshall Elementary and Springs Schools, gives out more than $100,000 in scholarships each year. “Project Most cannot go away; it is vital to the future of East Hampton’s youth,” Mr. Lynch said in a release.

As its first project, the committee is planning a fund-raising dinner to be held on July 27 at the East Hampton studio of Roy Nicholson, an artist, with food prepared by Joe Realmuto, John Delucie, and Jim Botsacos. Details are still being finalized.