Kids Culture: 08.03.17
DuffleBag Beauty
Kids will join in the action on Wednesday when the DuffleBag Theatre presents an interactive production of “Beauty and the Beast” at Guild Hall for ages 3 to 10. The show starts at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $14 for children, or $16 and $12 for members. Before settling into their seats in the theater, kids can join in a “Beauty and the Beast” cookie decorating session at 4 p.m. for $10. Members pay $8. Buying tickets in advance has been suggested for KidFest events.
Cooking to Yoga to Animals
Movies, a cooking program, yoga, crafts, live animals, and electronics are on the schedule this week at the East Hampton Library. This afternoon at 3 all sorts of unusual creatures will be on hand in a show geared to kids 4 and older. Tomorrow, kids can settle in for a screening of “Smurfs: The Lost Village” at 2 p.m.
The winner of the library’s young-adult drawing contest will be announced during a reception on Sunday at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and drawings will be on display in the young-adult room.
Susan Verde, a yoga instructor and children’s book author, will be back at the library on Monday at 11 a.m. for Storytime Yoga, a workshop for kids 5 and older. The Wellness Foundation’s Super Foods for Super Kids program for ages 5 to 10 continues on Monday at 1 p.m. with a session on grains.
Snap Circuits electronics workshops for kids 7 and older will be held on Tuesday and next Thursday at 3 p.m. Also on Tuesday, kids in sixth through eighth grades can make woven wish bracelets at 4:30 p.m. Underwater life will be subject of collages made during an art workshop on Wednesday at 4 p.m. for children 4 and older.
Finally, on Friday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m., the library will host an interactive StoryPlay program in which participants of all ages make up and steer the plot of an improvisational adventure that Jason Edwards will then act out. Advance sign-up has been requested for all special programs at the library.
The Art Nanny
There’s plenty to do this week at the Amagansett and Montauk Libraries, too. On Saturday in Amagansett, Amanda Fennell, a.k.a. the Art Nanny, will work with kids 6 and older to make framed watercolor paintings starting at 3 p.m.
In a program at the Montauk Library on Saturday at 3 p.m., Tonito Valderrama will guide children 7 and older as they paint old beach buoys. The Wellness Foundation’s Super Foods for Super Kids program continues this afternoon at 3:30. A 3-D printing session for ages 7 to 15 will take place at the library on Tuesday at 3 p.m. A second session is planned for Aug. 15.
Jeff the Bubble Guy
At the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane, Goat on a Boat will present its version of “The Three Little Pigs,” a puppet show, today at 4:30 p.m. Tomorrow at that time, Jeff the Bubble Guy will be on hand with interactive bubble tricks, mind-bending bubble shapes, and a healthy dose of comedy. Both shows are free.