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Kids Culture 03.25.21

Thu, 03/25/2021 - 11:26
An Eastern box turtle.
Victoria Bustamante

Story Time With Bay Street

Starting Saturday, Bay Street Theater will host online storytelling sessions with a diverse lineup of children's authors, each at 10:30 a.m., for eight weeks. This week's authors are Kate and Jim McMullan, who wrote "I Stink" and "I'm Dirty." Future readers include Theresa Trinder, Linsey Davis, Julie Andrews, and Emma Walton Hamilton. The cost is $15 per session and tickets can be bought online at bit.ly/3156mUC.

Turtles, Games, Coping

The East Hampton Library will offer kids a chance to learn about turtles and tortoises today at 4 p.m. via Zoom. Sign-up is online through the events calendar at easthamptonlibrary.org or by phone at 631-324-0222, extension 2.

For teens, there is online game time today at 4:30 p.m., featuring favorites like Among Us and pop culture trivia. On Saturday, the library will have an after-hours movie night starting at 7 p.m. using the app Teleparty. During spring break week, the library will have Jeopardy for teens on Monday at 4 p.m.

The library will have an online workshop for high school students on coping with and reducing stress next Thursday at 4 p.m. The Wellness Foundation will facilitate the hourlong session; registration information is on the library's website.

Subscribe to Fun

Via the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, patrons in grades six through 12 can sign up for book subscription boxes that are themed around popular young adult titles. April's box is focused on the fantasy book "Heartless" by Marissa Meyer, and includes stickers, craft supplies, and other goodies. Boxes can be picked up on the first day of each month, and if they are not picked up, they will be offered to any kids on a waiting list.

For animal lovers of all ages, the library will have an online presentation all about seals next Thursday at 7 p.m. with the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society.

Online and Outdoors with SoFo

Crabs and other beach critters will be the focus of a Zoom presentation for all ages on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center. The museum's Young Environmentalists Society will also meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday. At 1 p.m., SoFo educators will lead a seal walk at Cupsogue County Park in Westhampton. Sign-up information is online at sofo.org.

 


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