Kids Culture 04.06.17
Lonely as a Cloud?
With the weather at its most changeable and, some might say, most romantic — moody days of gray and rain alternating with azure skies that cast sunshine on the new daffodils — it is probably fitting that April is National Poetry Month. At the Amagansett Library, on Tuesday afternoon at 2, kids ages 4 to 12 (probably starting to get a bit bored, alone at home over spring break) can get into the literary spirit by creating illustrations to accompany the poem of their choice from the bookshelves.
As ever, parents who would like to sign up their junior Whitmans and Dickinsons have been asked to contact the children’s librarian, Evan Harris, at 631-267-3810 or [email protected]. There is no charge.
Stingray Scientists
On Saturday morning at 10:30, the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton, will be the scene of an intriguing event for fearless budding biologists: a stingray-dissection workshop. There is a materials fee of $20, and reservations must be made in advance by calling SoFo at 631-537-9735.
Participants must be at least 8 years old to attend. The long-tailed, slightly spooky-looking stingray is common in Long Island Sound, but it is not often that kids get to see inside of one.
Calling All Young Birders
Looking ahead to next weekend, April 15 is an important date to remember for East End students who have an interest in birds. The first-ever meeting of the Young Birders Club will convene at SoFo from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The club is open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 18 who would like to meet fellow birders and get advice from the club’s advisers, Frank Quevedo, SoFo’s director, and Barbara Blaisdell, who is on its board of directors. Hannah Mirando, a student at East Hampton High School, will be the club’s leader.
After a meet-and-greet and orientation, the group will head into the field, binoculars in hand. Those who would like to join the club, or just check it out, have been asked to phone the museum ahead, and to take along a field guide to birds of the eastern United States and binoculars, if they have them (SoFo has a few to lend).
Henna Tattooing
The Montauk Library will host a lunch-and-lesson workshop for students who would prefer to get their hands dirty in a decorous and elegant manner — with red-earth-colored henna. Spring-breakers in fourth grade and above will be given a lesson in the ancient Indian body art of henna tattooing. Pizza will be served at the event, which starts at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Space is limited, and those interested have been asked to phone for a reservation at 631-668-3377.
Growing Green Thumbs
Hot, hazy summer days of ripe tomatoes and nodding dahlias are already on the minds of event organizers at the Children’s Museum of the East End, on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton. They are joining forces with the folks from Amagansett’s Amber Waves Farm to host a seed-planting party called “Let’s Get This Garden Started,” scheduled for April 15 from 10 to noon. The cost is $2 for CMEE members, $15 for nonmembers (including admission to the museum). All participants will go home with a plant to call their own.