Kids Culture 06.02.16

Families Painting Landscapes

Grant Haffner, known for his vivid paintings of country roads in East Hampton, will lead a landscape workshop for families during a reception at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday. The reception runs from 4 to 6 p.m. and will include light food and refreshments. The cost is $10; members get in free. Reservations have been requested.

Book Trivia Contest

With the titles for this summer’s Battle of the Books trivia contest just released last week, the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor will hold a kickoff party tomorrow at 5 p.m. for fifth through eighth graders who will take part in the challenge. Parents have been invited to attend as well.

On Sunday, kids 5 and up will make ladybug bracelets at the library from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Registration in advance has been requested.

Nature Games at SoFo

Eleni Nikolopoulos of the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will lead kids 6 to 8 years old as they create outdoor nature games of their own invention on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. There will be a $4 materials fee. Advance registration has been requested.

The Books Battle Is Joined

The East Hampton Library is recruiting fifth through eighth graders for its Battle of the Books team. Participants can learn more about the Suffolk County interlibrary competition at a meeting on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Teens who have volunteered at the library this year will be celebrated at a party after library hours on Friday, June 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., when they’ll have the library all to themselves.

Next Thursday’s family movie at the library is “Matilda,” which will be shown at 4 p.m.