Kids Culture 04.02.15
Goat on a Boat Presents ‘The Joshua Show’
Joshua Holden, a puppeteer and performer whose production “The Joshua Show” won best performance and audience favorite awards at the Puppeteers of America’s National Festival in 2013, will perform at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Mr. Holden brings a combination of puppetry, live music, tap-dancing, and physical comedy to “The Joshua Show,” which is a story about friendship and the importance of being yourself. Tickets cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for siblings and children under 3.
Pasta, Pizza, and Pajamas at CMEE
Special offerings starting tomorrow at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will keep kids busy during the April break. Fresh pasta making is on the menu for a drop-off program for 4 to 7-year-olds tomorrow from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is $24 including museum admission, $12 for members. Tomorrow night is Pizza and Pajama Night, with a reading of Frank Asch’s “The Earth and I,” watercolor landscape painting, and pizza, of course, starting at 6 p.m. It’s free for members, $10 for others.
Children of all ages can plant seedlings on Saturday at 10 a.m. in a program that is free with museum admission. Kids 4 to 7 have can make soda bottle planters with parents’ help on Monday and up-cycled birdfeeders in a drop-off program on Wednesday. Both cost $24, or $12 for members. Finally, next Thursday all ages are invited to work on a community mural at 10 a.m. The fun is included with museum admission; reservations are recommended for all CMEE events.
Creative Writing for Teens
Older students who like to write can fine-tune their skills during a weeklong creative writing workshop for teens with the Young Artists and Writers Project at Stony Brook Southampton. It runs Monday through Friday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Participants will work with professional writers on poetry, fiction, memoir, and dialogue skills and end the week with a completed piece of writing. The cost is $525 for the week, with some scholarships available. Registration is at stonybrook.edu/yawp or by email to [email protected].
Spring Break Week at SoFo
The South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will have special April break programs all week. The first is a story time at 1 p.m. on Saturday that will include a reading of Alan Baker’s “Two Tiny Mice: A Mouse-Eyed Exploration of Nature,” and a walk in the field behind the museum. Nature and science programs for all ages are planned each morning at 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, April 10. Monday they’ll explore pond life. Tuesday it’s birding in the field behind the museum. Children will learn about insects on Wednesday, study the basics of electronics next Thursday, and take a spring field walk on Friday, April 10.
After ‘Wormy Cakes’ Comes ‘Frozen’
A solar printing workshop for kids 4 and older will be held at the East Hampton Library on Tuesday from 2 to 3 p.m. Kids 5 and older can make edible “wormy cakes” on Wednesday at the same hours. Don’t worry, no real worms will be used. Next Thursday, there’s a family movie night at 5 p.m. with a screening of the wildly popular “Frozen.”