Kids Culture 02.15.18

Trashy Fun at the Parrish

An interactive performance by Bash the Trash, a band that builds, performs, and educates with musical instruments made from repurposed material, will be the highlight of a family night at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill tomorrow at 6. Participants will get to make their own recycled instruments and join in a performance with the band.

The trash theme continues with the documentary “Landfill Harmonic,” which will be screened on Friday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. Suitable for the entire family, the film follows the true story of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage. Both events are free with the price of admission, but advance registration is required.

Winter vacation week art workshops will be held from Monday through Friday, Feb. 23, at the Parrish — from 10 a.m. to noon for kids ages 5 and 6, and from 1 to 3 p.m. for ages 7 and up. The cost is $40 per session, or $30 for museum members.

Animals and Emojis

Animals from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge will be in the Amagansett Library’s community room on Saturday at 2 p.m. An array of critters, including a snake, a turtle, a bird of prey, and various creepy crawlies, will be available to meet.

Also for the winter break, children ages 5 to 8 can stop by to hear stories about kindness on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and make a shiny rainbow fish to take home. Then at 4, they can go back dressed in pajamas for more stories, this time about penguins. It’s family matinee time at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, with “The Emoji Movie.”

Dog Tales at John Jermain

Wally the extra-friendly dog who loves kids and listening to stories will be back at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor from 11 a.m. to noon tomorrow.

Vacation Activities Galore

The Disney made-for-TV movie “Descendants,” a fantasy that follows the teenage offspring of an assortment of evil characters, will be screened at the East Hampton Library today at 4 p.m. 

Tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., kids 4 and up can discover famous artists who invented their own creatures, before creating their own imaginary animals using cardboard, pipe cleaners, wire, and other items.

A Netflix marathon is set for teens on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Also on Tuesday, middle schoolers have been invited to celebrate the Chinese New Year by making paper fortune cookies from 4 to 5 p.m. And then on Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m., ages 4 and up can make 3-D sculptures using Kandinsky’s circle paintings as inspiration.

Next Thursday is pajama day for high schoolers, who have been invited to lounge all day in their pajamas, sip hot cocoa, eat doughnuts, and listen to a bedtime story. At 1 that day, “The Lego Ninjago Movie” will be screened.

Winter Olympics Tribute

The Winter Olympics are being celebrated through Sunday at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. Games with an Olympic theme, crafts, and other activities will be open to parents, caregivers, and children of all ages. Admission is $12, free for museum members.

And as those Olympics are taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February’s “In the Kitchen” on Saturday at 10 a.m. will be dedicated to learning how to make “pajeon,” the Korean name for green onion pancakes. Open to children ages 3 to 6 with an adult, the program costs $17 per child, or $5 per child for museum members.

From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, the East Hampton High School baseball team will host a morning of classic carnival games at CMEE. Admission is $12, free for museum members. This fund-raising event is to benefit the Bonackers’ spring training camp in Florida in April. Donations will be accepted.

The museum’s second annual Engineers Week will begin on Monday and end on Feb. 24. Families can participate in a different science-based activity designed to excite, entertain, and educate while encouraging kids to explore science at home. Free for members, $12 for nonmembers.

From Monday to Friday, Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m. to noon, a winter kids club will be offered for ages 4 to 7. The cost is $60 per day, per child, $45 for museum members.

The Recess at SoFo

Children can participate in winter school recess programs at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, beginning on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. with a workshop on sleeping trees and wandering seeds. Wednesday brings sleepy spiders and other snug bugs, next Thursday snow clues, and Friday, Feb. 23, winter weather and snowflakes in the vineyard field behind the museum.

Chill With Parks and Rec

The East Hampton Town Parks and Recreation Department will host playtime and crafts for kindergartners through sixth graders from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 23, at the John M. Marshall Elementary in East Hampton and the Montauk School. There is no charge to participate, and students can register at the school on the day of. Participants need not be residents of East Hampton Town.

Presidents Week at SoulGrow

Camp SoulGrow in Montauk is offering a lineup of “fun, productive, inspiring, and pressure-free” workshops for the vacation week. For ages 7 and up, they run from Monday to Friday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the SoulGrow studio at 7 the Plaza. Monday is music, Tuesday is recycled art, Wednesday is fitness, Thursday is crafting, and Friday is baking.

The workshops are supported by donations, and sign-up is by email to [email protected].