Education

The circus performers Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix are coming to LTV Studios for the Friday Family Frolics series tomorrow at 5 p.m. to make the whole family hoot and holler. Plus: Summer reading wrap-up parties, family art activities, fun at the library, an outdoor movie, and more coming up for kids and teens.

“We found Faith through a fluke,” said the award-winning singer and PBS-TV host Cristina Fontanelli, referring to Faith Mullaly, a 13-year-old Montauk student who will be performing at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton on Saturday as part of a charitable concert organized by the Cristina Fontanelli Foundation.

The East Hampton Star’s Summer Academy took a field trip to Amagansett this week for a stop at Bonfire Coffeehouse, which opened in May. Laura Donnelly, the East End’s expert food critic and longtime Star food columnist, offered a primer on restaurant reviewing. After tasting a range of Bonfire’s sweet and savory offerings, here’s what our students had to say.

Story times, craft projects, a family beach cleanup and much, much more are on the schedule for kids this week.

East Hampton Library’s annual free Children’s Fair is set for Sunday from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Herrick Park, with rides, carnival games, food, performers, crafts, and authors signing their children’s books.

The Hayground School is planning a major capital project that will add a new arts and science building and an amphitheater to its 12.8-acre campus in Bridgehampton.

The East Hampton School District has embarked on a study with a consultant on the feasibility of putting electric school buses into service beginning three years from now.

With the goal of helping parents bring up children who can cope with unexpected change and challenges, the Ross School will kick off a new series of educational talks about parenting on Monday.

Rafaela DeMartis, a teen who loves to read, is here to help Y.A. readers like her discover their next favorite books. Here, she suggests three series, "because if you enjoy them, you have lots to look forward to."

Puppets and purses have little in common, save for their respective charms, but together they'll make for a fun mashup in a workshop at the Leiber Collection Museum in Springs on Sunday with Liz Joyce of Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre. Plus: Aromatherapy, chess, summer reading, Latin music for kids, puzzle races, and more coming up this week for kids and teens.

To solve the problem of Montauk School parents needing care for their prekindergarten-age children after the in-school program ends at 2 p.m., the school district and Project Most are working together for the first time. Plus, the school has some curriculum changes on the horizon.

The curtain rises Friday on the latest black-box-style production from South Fork Performing Arts, “The Music Man Jr.,” an adaptation of the classic musical for young performers. Plus: arts and crafts, Magic: The Gathering and Uno games, tie-dye T-shirts, international snacks, a scavenger hunt, and more coming up for kids and teens.