Kids Culture 10.06.16

Free at the Y.M.C.A.

On Saturdays this month and next, the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter will have free activities for families from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. If a bounce house, an inflatable slide, and a rock wall are not enough to keep kids busy, there will also be arts and crafts, a petting zoo, an obstacle course, snacks, a fitness challenge, basketball shootouts, and a reading circle. The fun is open to both members and nonmembers.

CMEE Says Thanks

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will say thank you to the people who support it with a member-appreciation gathering on Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon that will include games, crafts, food, and music. The event is free for members. Membership is $110 per year for families, including two adults and their children; for $165 families get yearlong access for themselves, plus two adult guests and an additional child guest.

Pink Chicken Celebrates

Pink Chicken, a children’s clothing store in Amagansett Square, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday with treats, live music, glitter pumpkin decorating, discounts, and giveaways from 1 to 3 p.m.

Fall Festival

A petting zoo, a hay bale maze, and a bouncy castle are just some of what will be on hand when Groundworks @Hren’s holds its fall festival this weekend at its headquarters on Montauk Highway in East Hampton. The fun will happen from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Music and Movement

Music Together by the Dunes is offering an eight-week music and movement class for young children and their adults starting on Oct. 19 at the Dancehampton studio in East Hampton. Classes will run from 10:15 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays. Tuition is $235, plus a one-time registration fee of $15 for new families, and includes all music materials. In addition, those who register for the East Hampton class can attend two extra class sessions at another Music Together by the Dunes location.

Registration is with Ina Ferrara, the program’s director, at 631-680-1392 or online at mtbythedunes.com. Dancehampton is on Lumber Lane.

Teen Dance, Ceramics, Hoops

Space is still available in after-school and weekend classes for teenagers at the Ross School in East Hampton. The list includes a funk, hip-hop, and jazz dance workshop on Saturdays starting this week from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The class, which costs $250, will run for five weeks.

Two-week intensive ceramics classes for ages 14 and up will be given on Oct. 22 and 29, Nov. 5 and 12, and Dec. 3 and 10. The cost is $125 for each session.

Three classes have already begun, but may still have space. Basketball skills with the New York Knicks’ coaches Jamaal Smith and Brandon Pettaway is being offered on Sundays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 9 through 13 and from noon to 2 p.m. for ages 13 to 19. The cost is $585. Also on Sunday, Benny Bonaventura is teaching a strength-and-conditioning class for ages 13 and up from noon to 2 p.m. for $315. Both Sunday classes will run through Dec. 4. And a modern dance class is being given on Mondays from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. for ages 13 and up. It will run through Dec. 12. The cost is $245.

Registration information can be found is online at ross.org/community or by calling 631-907-5555.