Kids Culture 01.21.16
Music, Drama, Dance
The weather may have another plan for Saturday, but if all goes according to schedule, Guild Hall will hold a reception that afternoon from 2 to 4 for the first part of its Student Arts Festival, which features the work of students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The afternoon will feature performances by the Amagansett School chorus, the school’s recess drama club, and the East Hampton Middle School dance team as well as individual musicians.
The show is up through Feb. 21, and the museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5. Admission is free. The downstairs studios will be open all day for children up to eighth grade to work on projects after touring the show.
To the Stage!
Kate Mueth and the Neo-Political Cowgirls will gallop into Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater to offer a monthlong performance workshop for girls 8 to 12 and 13 to 15 starting on Feb. 2.
Participants will create their own site-specific dance theater pieces while also using journal work and theater games to get comfortable on the stage. The class, according to a release, “will focus on monologues and creative physical staging.”
It will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m., with a final performance planned for March 7 at 7 p.m. The cost is $230, $220 for members, and advance registration is required by phone or with [email protected].
Family Yoga, Computer Coding
Families can stretch their muscles and calm their minds during a family yoga class at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. with Leigh Anne Eberle. A computer coding class on Tuesday at 4 p.m. will have kids in second through sixth grade learning the basics of Scratch programming. Advance sign-up has been requested for both programs.
Clay Arts to Teen Nights
Ruby Jackson, a Sag Harbor artist, will lead 2 to 4-year-olds as they make their own homemade clay and then create what they will on Wednesday from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.
Wally the dog will be on hand at the library to help young readers 5 to 12 practice their skills on Saturday at 11 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.
Friday nights are teen nights at the library, and tomorrow from 6:30 to 9 John Jermain kicks off its first monthly teen trivia night. Pizza and snacks will be offered, and computers will be available for use.
SoFo’s Starry Night
The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton has a family exploration and scavenger hunt planned for Poxabogue Park in Sagaponack on Saturday at 10 a.m., weather permitting.
A night-sky program at the museum on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. will include a reading of Steve Tomecek’s “Stars” and a starry night craft for ages 3 to 5. There is a $3 materials fee in addition to museum entry. The museum has asked that people sign up in advance for both programs.