Kids Culture 07.21.16
“Peter and the Wolf” Returns
In what has become a summer tradition, the Hampton Ballet Theatre School and the Hampton Festival Orchestra will present Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet “Peter and the Wolf” this week at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center and the Children’s Museum of the East End.
The production was choreographed by the ballet school’s director, Sara Jo Strickland, and will be narrated by Bonnie Grice of WPPB radio. Adam Baranello of the A&G Dance Company will dance the role of the grandfather. Andrew Perea will conduct the orchestra.
The ballet will be at the Children’s Museum in Bridgehampton on Tuesday at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30. Tickets cost $17 in advance, $15 for members, or $20 at the door. The production moves to the playhouse next Thursday at 7. Tickets cost $15 and can be reserved at 631-668-1124.
Paper Boat Regatta
The Amagansett Library’s annual paper boat regatta will set off at 3 p.m. Saturday at the library. Families will make origami boats and then race them in rain gutters.
Magic and Hats
Magic, wearable art, yoga, and lip balm are on the schedule at the East Hampton Library this week. The yoga session on Monday at 11 a.m., which includes a story, will be led by Susan Verde, a children’s book author, and is for kids 5 and up. Adults have been asked to occupy themselves elsewhere in the library.
Kids 6 and older will use organic ingredients to make their own lip balm on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., and Friday, July 29, at 1 p.m. kids 4 and up can create a beach hat using foam, ribbons, beads, and other decorations.
T.J. Tana will deliver a magic show complete with live animals and lots of audience participation next Thursday at 3 p.m. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.
Ahoy, Matey!
Pirate ships will pull into port at Guild Hall on Wednesday afternoon. First, kids 5 and older will draw treasure maps and create treasure chests during a workshop that starts at 4. Then at 5 it’s “Pirate School,” described as a “madcap, swashbuckling comedy variety show for the whole family.” The “pirate professor” Billy Bones, a.k.a. David Engel, a former Big Apple Circus clown doctor, will teach kids 4 to 9 how to talk, sing, and guffaw like a buccaneer.
The workshop costs $10, $8 for members. The performance costs $18 for adults and $14 for kids, or $16 and $12 for members. Advance tickets have been strongly suggested, as many of Guild Hall’s KidFest programs sell out.
All About Oil Spills
At the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Sunday kids 6 to 8 will observe a simulated oil spill and learn what happens afterward. After a reading of Melvin Berger’s “Oil Spill!” at 10:30 a.m., participants will create a mini “spill” of their own and then work to clean it up.
Also at 10:30, children 8 and older will also turn their attention to the water, in this case with a controlled experiment involving sea monkeys, or brine shrimp. Children will learn about these creatures and their important role in the aquatic food chain. The results of their experiments will be on display at the museum through the beginning of September.
Space is limited in SoFo programs; advance sign-up has been suggested.
Toddler Dance Party
The Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane will be rocking this afternoon at 4:30 when Baby Loves Disco busts out a free dance party for toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents.
Next Thursday Jeff Boyer, the Bubble Guy, will make some bubble trouble at the museum in an interactive show at 4:30 p.m. It, too, is free. Space for arts center programs can be reserved online.