Kids Culture 08.18.16

Master Classes for Teens

Bay Street Theater has two teen master classes coming up in Sag Harbor — one on Shakespeare’s soliloquies, the other a musical theater class on acting and staging the song. Tristan Vaughan, the artistic director of Round Table Theater, will teach Speaking Shakespeare on Monday. Participants will learn to “engage with the character’s emotion” as they deliver one of the Bard’s soliloquies.

Bay Street’s artistic director, Scott Schwartz, will lead the musical theater workshop on Aug. 29. Participants will get one-on-one coaching and group coaching. Both workshops, which are for 13 to 18-year-olds, will run from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost is $125 for one class, $200 for both. Each will culminate in a showcase for friends and family on the Bay Street stage. Advance registration is required.

Chessfest at CMEE

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will hold a Chessfest on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon with Chess NYC. The morning will include crafts, activities, and games for players at all levels. What’s more, the museum promises a match between a group and “an internationally ranked grandmaster.” Admission is $12; members get in free.

On Insects and Arachnids

At the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday, Andrew Blaurock, a 17-year-old insect enthusiast and budding entomologist, will lead kids 8 and older on a search for insects and arachnids at 10:30 a.m. Participants have been asked to wear long pants, closed shoes, and long-sleeve shirts.

An insect-drawing workshop for girls 6 and up will be held at the museum that afternoon at 2. Crystal Possehl will introduce girls to “the beauty of insects and the much-needed jobs they perform,” according to the museum. Then they’ll collect some live specimens in sample jars and sketch what they find.

SoFo has a family nature paddle planned at Napeague Harbor on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mike Bottini, a naturalist and author, will talk about natural coastal processes and how people have shaped the harbor’s shoreline. Kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards are available to rent starting at $40. On Wednesday, Ms. Possehl will lead a family beach exploration at Mecox Bay starting at 6:30 p.m. Advance registration is required for all museum events.

Bubblemania

Bubbles will be the focus of Wednesday’s Kidfest programs at Guild Hall. The fun begins with a bubble-painting workshop for ages 5 and up at 4 p.m. and continues at 5 with “Bubblemania: Comedy . . . With a Drip,” presented by Casey Carle, who can make just about anything with a bit of sudsy water. The workshop costs $10, $8 for Guild Hall members. Tickets to the performance are $18 for adults and $14 for kids, $16 and $12 for members.

Next Thursday at 2 p.m. at Guild Hall, Ruby Jackson will take kids 7 and up on a tour of the “Aspects of Minimalism” exhibition and then lead them in an art project inspired by it. The workshop costs $10, $18 for members.

Puppetry Alfresco

Outdoor puppet shows are scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, Aug. 26, at the Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane. Next Thursday, representatives of the Quogue Wildlife Refuge will pay a visit with animals. Tomorrow’s puppet show is “Fox Fables,” three tales about clever foxes presented by Wonderspark Puppets. Next week, it’ll be Liz Joyce and a Couple of Puppets with “Punch and Judy in the Kitchen.” All programs begin at 4:30 p.m. and are free.

Block Island Day Trip

Camp SoulGrow in Montauk is planning a big adventure for kids 7 and up on Monday: a day trip to Block Island aboard the Viking ferry. The boat will depart at 9:30 a.m. The cost of the trip is $60, and participants must sign up in advance at campsoulgrow.org.

The same is true for the shorter programs, for which a $10 donation is requested. On the schedule tomorrow are a Tick Wise program with Southampton Hospital presenters at 10 a.m., a behind-the-scenes look at Music for Montauk at 11:30, and tie-dye designs at 1 p.m.

On Tuesday, there’s hip-hop at 4 p.m. and sunset-inspired poetry at 6:30. On Wednesday, kids will have a chance to cook with Jeremy Blutstein, the chef at East by Northeast in Montauk, at 11 a.m., and on Friday, Aug 26, it’s yoga and vocal expression at 10 a.m., water fun at 11:30, and Beauty 101 at Pamela’s New Beginnings at 5:45 p.m.

Programs are held in various locations, including the camp’s downtown Montauk studio on Carl Fisher Plaza and its headquarters at Third House in Montauk County Park.

A Lot at the Libraries

There will be lots for kids to do at the local libraries this week. In East Hampton, Susan Verde will lead her Story Time kids-only yoga session on Monday at 11 a.m. for ages 5 and up. There’s a wait list for a flipbooks art program on Tuesday at 4 p.m. for ages 4 and older. Wednesday brings “123 Sesame and Me,” a puppet show for all ages at 1 p.m., and on Friday, Aug. 26, kids 4 and up will make things with wood in an art program at 3 p.m.

At the Montauk Library, the “Turtle Dance Music Head-to-Toe Movement Show” will get kids 2 and older making and moving to music on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

Story times with a potato focus and a chance to make potato prints are on the agenda at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m. On Tuesday, kids 7 to 10 will make puppets from recycled materials at 3 p.m. Children 3 to 7 have been invited to wear their pajamas to an evening story time next Thursday at 6:30.

Advance registration is required for all library programs.