Kids Culture 07.23.15
Daring Feats at Guild Hall
The Kamikaze Fireflies juggle fire while balancing on shopping carts, towers of chairs, and precarious poles, and on Wednesday they’ll take their comedy variety show to Guild Hall. The Los Angeles team of Rob Williams and Casey Martin travel the country entertaining audiences of all sizes. Wednesday’s show at Guild Hall starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for kids, with a $2 discount for members.
An outdoor workshop related to the day’s performance will begin at 4 p.m. The cost is $10, $8 for members.
Kids in the Kitchen
The Wellness Foundation of East Hampton, which runs healthy foods programs in local schools and educates people of all ages about the benefits of better food choices, is offering a summer cooking series for kids 8 to 12 and their parents on the first three Wednesdays in August. The registration deadline is Friday, July 31.
The first class will focus on creative, nutritious breakfasts and offer “tips so you and your child can be health-savvy shoppers,” according to the foundation. Lunch and smart snacks are on the menu for class two, and “superfood suppers” are the subject of the third class. Each session will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Sag Harbor. The cost per class is $60 for one child and an adult or parent, and another $25 for an additional child or adult. The three-class series costs $150 for a parent and child. Registration is by phone at 329-2590 or online at wfeh.org.
National Circus Project
Performers from the National Circus Project will visit the Montauk Library tomorrow, offering an upbeat sampling of the circus arts from 5 to 6 p.m. Next Thursday, Petra Puppets will be on hand from 2 to 3 p.m. with a story of Ultra Duck and his “quest for the perfect ravioli.”
Grandparents Day
Grandmoms and granddads will take center stage on Wednesday when the Children’s Museum of the East End hosts a grandparents night at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton. Visitors can stroll the five-acre open garden and join in a scavenger hunt amid the plantings from 6 to 7:30. The cost is $10. Members get in free.
Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore
Kids 6 to 8 will explore the field and pond behind the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday as they search for creatures and learn about the foods they eat during a program at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.
Tales Told Anew
Tuckers’ Tales, a Pennsylvania puppeteer duo, will perform today at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor and the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane.
In Sag Harbor, Marianne and Tom Tucker will present “Tales of Beatrix Potter” today through Saturday at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for children 3 and under and additional siblings. In Southampton, the puppeteers will offer “It’s the Wolf!” — a sort of fairy tale revue about the travels of Mr. Furr E. Wolf. The outdoor show starts at 4:30 p.m. and is free.
Superheroes, Zines, and Puppets
Wannabe superheroes can indulge their fantasies during two programs at local libraries this week. On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., kids of all ages can create superhero costumes at the Amagansett Library. Those 4 and up might consider wearing them to a superhero party at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton on Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m.
Also at the Hampton Library, teens will make subway art using words and letters found in magazines during a program on Saturday at 2 p.m.
At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, this afternoon’s craft for ages 3 and up will be mini beach umbrella wreaths. The fun starts at 3. On Monday at John Jermain kids 12 to 18 will learn all about zines — do-it-yourself publications that anyone can publish on any topic. Materials will be provided. The program runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The library’s drop-in Lego League for ages 5 to 12 gathers on Wednesday at 11 a.m., and next Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. kids 3 and up can make a picture using buttons.
At the East Hampton Library, ages 4 and up will explore Aztec art and make some of their own on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. An interactive rhyme time with puppets will stimulate little ones up to age 3 on Friday, July 31, at 10:30 a.m. Advance registration has been requested.
