Kids Culture
For Girls’ Empowerment
Teenage girls from across the East End have been invited to attend the Girls Health, Wellness, and Empowerment Conference on Saturday at Riverhead High School. The conference, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., will focus on motivating young women to take control of their health, fitness, and general well-being, encouraging them to “become strong leaders, employees, or entrepreneurs.”
Among its sponsors are Girls Inc., the Pederson-Krag Center, Riverhead High School, the Suah Center for Natural Healthcare, Peconic Pediatrics, and the Retreat. Topics of discussion will include health, dieting, healthy relationships, stress management, and fitness. Those interested in attending can contact the organizer, Maria Spera, at 591-5950, 294-1540, or Maria.spera@ riverhead.net.
Clay and Apples
At the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday, kids 6 to 10 can experiment with air-dry clay during a drop-off workshop from 10 to 11 a.m. Also starting at 10 that morning, younger children 2 to 6 years old can work with their families to make mini apple pies using apples donated by the Milk Pail of Water Mill. The program also includes a story time. The cost of each is $15 plus museum admission, or $10 for members. Advance registration is required.
Loads at the Libraries
At the local libraries this week, children’s programs will focus on music, art, Thanksgiving, and creatures in danger of becoming extinct.
Lori Hubbard will be at the Montauk Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. to sing songs with preschoolers and their older siblings.
At the Amagansett Library that afternoon at 3:30, kids in first grade and up will hear some endangered species success stories. On Monday at 3:30 p.m., gardeners from the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will pay a visit to the library to plant amaryllis bulbs with children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
A Minecraft 101 class will introduce kids 8 and up to the basics of this popular game on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Computers will be available for beginners; more experienced players have been invited to take their own devices to play. Also, children 6 and older can make beaded pumpkins for the holiday table on Sunday 1:30 p.m.
A Thanksgiving story time and craft session on Tuesday at the East Hampton Library will keep kids 4 to 6 busy from 4 to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, the library’s young teen book club for sixth through eighth graders will discuss November’s book from 4 to 5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 21, brings a Rene Magritte art program to the East Hampton Library and a Finish the Picture drawing session to the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, both for kids 4 and older. The Magritte program runs from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; the Hampton Library one begins at 4:30.
Advance sign-up has been requested for all library programs.
The Magic of Magnets
The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will explore the magic of magnets with kids 6 to 9 on Sunday at 10 a.m. Participants will learn about magnets’ scientific properties, how a magnetic field affects life on earth, and do a few tricks using things commonly found around the house. There is a $3 materials fee in addition to museum admission. Advance registration is required.