Kids Culture 11.06.14
Recycled Art Extravaganza
The Parrish Art Museum’s annual fall festival on Sunday will be a recycled art extravaganza. The fun begins at 10:30 a.m., when Steven and William Ladd, whose exhibition “Mary Queen of the Universe” is at the museum through January, work with families to make scrolls from bits of discarded fabric.
Bash the Trash will lead visitors in making musical instruments from recycled materials, or attendees can make woven artworks inspired by “Alan Shields: In Motion,” another museum exhibition.
El Colegio del Cuerpo, a contemporary dance troupe in residency at the Watermill Center, will perform from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Parrish and then teach a dance workshop. The Watermill Center and the Children’s Museum of the East End are collaborating with the Parrish on the festival.
Tickets cost $10, but Parrish members, children, and students will get in free. Advance registration has been suggested.
Clinics and Classes at Sportime
School may be out for Veterans Day on Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean the kids have to sit at home all day. The Sportime Arena in Amagansett will keep them moving with dodgeball, basketball, soccer, kickball, flag football, and more from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $65; siblings get a 5-percent discount. Sportime will offer a similar camp on Friday, Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving.
The next eight-week session of kids’ sports clinics and classes at the Sportime Arena will start on Monday, with programs for kids as young as 3.
Monday offerings are flag rugby for ages 6 to 13, from 4 to 5 p.m., and flag football for 6 to 12-year-olds from 5 to 6. Tuesdays bring a multisport program for 3 to 5-year-olds from 4 to 4:45 p.m., inline skating for ages 4 to 9 from 5 to 6, and roller hockey for kids 6 to 12 from 6 to 7. Friday evening dodgeball, from 5 to 6, will start on Friday, Nov. 14, for ages 9 to 12. On Saturdays starting Nov. 15, there will be a soccer clinic for 5 to 12-year-olds from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and baseball for kids 6 to 12 from 11 a.m. to noon. The soccer clinic costs $175; all others cost $150.
Registration can be made in person at the Abraham’s Path facility, or online at sportimeny.com.
Shinnecock Dancers Alight
The Shinnecock Dancers, dressed in traditional attire, will lead a family dance workshop at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $20, or $10 for members of the museum. Space is limited and advance sign-up has been suggested.
All About Eelgrass
Eelgrass beds and the animals they provide a habitat for will be the subject of a South Fork Natural History Museum program for young naturalists 8 to 12 on Saturday in Bridgehampton. At 1 p.m. Tyler Armstrong will talk about these important underwater forests, where seahorses, scallops, and blue crabs thrive. He will work with kids on ways to help protect them, too.
Children 3 to 5 will perform experiments with magnets and make a “magic trick” using things found around the house on Sunday at 10 a.m. There is a $3 materials fee. Reservations are required for both programs.
Sock Turkeys, Silly Words
At the local libraries this week, silhouettes, sock turkeys, and silly words are on the agenda.
The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will have kids 4 and older doing silhouette art tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. On Monday, the library hosts a story hour at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack.
A silly word story and craft are on tap at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. And on Wednesday at the East Hampton Library, kids 4 and older can make turkeys from socks from 4 to 5 p.m. Advance sign-up has been requested for all.