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Kids Culture 07.22.21

Thu, 07/22/2021 - 08:05
Project Most has ukulele lessons coming up for kids.
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Ukulele Lessons and Textiles

Among several activities lined up for Saturday, Project Most is offering a beginner ukulele class for children in fourth through sixth grades at noon. The cost is $20, and the class will be held outdoors if the weather is nice. All Project Most classes meet at the East Hampton Neighborhood House.

Also that day, there will be a textile printing workshop at 10 a.m. for children in first grade and up. One T-shirt is provided for kids to decorate with patterns, colors, and shapes, but they can also use their own garments. The cost is $35.

At 10:30 a.m. for children ages 3 and 4, there will be an art session for making dangling wall decorations, followed at noon by a Lego bridge-building challenge for kids in kindergarten through third grade. This one costs $20.

Positivity and Inclusivity

Mil's Trills is a children's music project in Brooklyn that focuses on positive, inclusive experiences for families. The group will visit the Southampton Arts Center today at 4 p.m. for a free all-ages show (advance registration required).

The center will also team up with the Giant Room, a New York City organization that helps kids explore and develop new interests, for an art workshop inspired by the well-known children's author and artist Herve Tullet next Thursday at 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Full Moon and Beach Creatures

Keep your eyes on the skies tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. for the "buck moon" during a full-moon hike hosted by the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and the South Fork Natural History Museum in the field behind the museum in Bridgehampton. Admission is free, and advance registration is required by email to [email protected].

On Saturday at 10 a.m., children 6 and up can join in a beach walk at East Hampton's Northwest Harbor to learn about the salt marsh ecosystem and its inhabitants. On Sunday morning, SoFo's underwater drone will be the star of an all-ages pond-exploration program at 10:30. Each program costs $15 for adults and $10 for children; museum members are free.

Race Cars and Rainbows

The East Hampton Library will host the Talking Hands Theatre company tomorrow for a puppet show called "Race Cars" at 10:30 a.m. Also tomorrow, for kids ages 6 to 9, there will be an art session with a rainbow theme inspired by the artist Frank Stella at 3 p.m.

On Monday, children up to 3 years old can take part in stories and songs focusing on numbers starting at 11:30 a.m., and on Wednesday morning at 10:30 the theme for stories and crafts will be tigers. Sign-up for all library programs is on the event calendar at easthamptonlibrary.org.

Stories and Trivia in Montauk

The Montauk Library's next story time on the green is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Blankets to sit on have been suggested. On July 31, a Saturday, the library will post a Harry Potter trivia game on its children's blog at montauklibrary.org.

Hands-On at Hampton Library

Children ages 8 to 11 can learn how to do cross-stitching at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton tomorrow at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, for kids in sixth grade and up who are fans of Harry Potter, a make-your-own-monster-book activity starts at 2:30 p.m. Sign-up is at myhamptonlibrary.org.

 

 

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