Kids Culture 03.31.16
Student Films on Screen
Films by second through 12th graders submitted for Guild Hall’s annual student film competition will be shown on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the museum. Students from the Hayground, Springs, and East Hampton schools and some who are home-schooled entered their work in the competition.
The winners in grades one through four were Milla Campomar (first place for “Snowball”), Taylor Atwell (second, “Ireland”), and Samantha Grabb (third, “The French Fry Story”). Among fifth through eighth graders, Dash Breen took first for “Running,” Lire Coulter won second for “Hershey Park,” and Myla Dougherty took third for “The Creek.” First place for high schoolers went to Emma Norris for “Texting and Driving.” Abigail Loos took second for “Dance A Thon,” and Gage Getz won third for “Shattered.”
Sunday is also the final day to see the Student Art Festival Part II, which featured work by local high schoolers. Admission is free.
“Coppelia” at Guild Hall
Tickets are on sale now for the Hampton Ballet Theatre School’s spring production, “Coppelia,” which will open at Guild Hall on Friday, April 8.
This is the first time the school is staging this ballet, which features a score by Leo Delibes and choreography by the Hampton Ballet Theatre’s director, Sara Jo Strickland. Rose Kelly, an advanced professional student at the school, will dance the role of Swanhilda. Joining her and other student dancers on the stage will be three guest artists, Adam and Gail Baranello of the A&G Dance Company and Nicholas Sipes. Yuka Silvera is the costume designer and lighting design is by Sebastian Paczynski. Advance tickets cost $20 for children under 12, $25 for adults, and can be reserved at 888-933-4287 or hamptonballettheatreschool.com. They are $25 and $30 at the door.
Poetry and Buddies
April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate it the Amagansett Library is inviting kids in second grade and above to write a poem to display at the library or at home on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Fifth and sixth graders who have read “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman may want to mark their calendars for next Thursday at 6 p.m. and find a buddy of any age. The Buddy Book Group will play book games, reimagine the book through flash writing and drawing activities, and make models of parts of the popular fantasy adventure.
Candy Wrapper Art
At the East Hampton Library tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., kids 4 and up will make new art out of old candy wrappers, not hard to find five days after Easter. Birds will be the theme for a story and craft time for kids 4 to 6 on Tuesday at 4 p.m. On Wednesday, kids 4 and up will build castles, houses, playgrounds, or anything else their imagination suggests during a construction program from 4 to 5 p.m.
April Showers Story Time
At the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, Xylia Serafy will read Amy Gibson’s “Split! Splat!” during an April Showers story time for ages 3 to 5. Afterward, kids will talk about what makes rain fall and put their theories to the test. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Kids 6 and older can observe the museum’s animals at feeding time and talk about who eats whom during a program on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Reservations have been requested for both of the above.