Fall Garden Festival
East Hampton Gardens on Gingerbread Lane will host a fall festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be face painting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., pumpkin painting from 10 a.m. to 1, a chance to make fall bouquets, and a petting zoo throughout the day. A Dreesen’s Donut truck will serve sweet treats and coffee. The cost is $40 for adults and $25 for children. Registration is online by searching “fall fest at East Hampton Gardens” at Eventbrite.com.
Catch the Homecoming Spirit
This weekend is the East Hampton High School football team’s big homecoming game, but there’s more in store for families at Herrick Park besides sports action. Before the game, starting at 11 a.m., there will be a parade from the high school to Herrick Park, and from 11:30 to 1 p.m. there is a festival there featuring a bounce house, high school clubs hosting tables and activities, food trucks, vendors, and more. Kickoff is at 1; a halftime show by the marching band is also planned. Go Bonac!
Movies in Sag Harbor
The Sag Harbor Cinema has two family-friendly movies playing this weekend
“Piece by Piece” (2024, rated PG) uses Lego-style animation to take audiences “on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams,” the cinema says on its website. Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Busta Rhymes, and other popular musical acts are featured. First-run show times vary daily through next Thursday evening.
Another set of musical icons, the Beatles, are the focus of “A Hard Day’s Night,” the weekend’s matinee program for kids and families. The 1964 film, rated G, features favorite Beatles tunes as the band members “play cheeky comic versions of themselves.”
Cinema admission is $18.50 for adults and $14.50 for children 12 and under, with a discount available for members and Southampton Town residents. They can be bought online at sagharborcinema.org.
Time for Spooky Fun
The East Hampton Library challenges kids 7 to 10 to use their budding science and engineering skills in making a “bone bridge” out of cotton swabs and other common materials on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m.
That day also happens to be National Horror Movie Day, and the library will screen the 2006 film “Monster House” (rated PG) for high school students in the Y.A. Room.
Next Thursday, high school students can earn community service hours by decorating the library in advance of its big Halloween event later in the week. The decorating session starts at 3:30 p.m.
Sign-up for library events is online via its event calendar.
Tie-Dye for Teens
The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill welcomes high school students tomorrow from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. for a tie-dye workshop. “Create a new tie-dye shirt or bring your own cotton-based clothes to upcycle while enjoying free pizza and soda,” the museum says in an announcement. It’s free to attend, but registration is required ahead of time at parrishart.org.
Projects at Project Most
On Saturday at the Most Holy Trinity School on Meadow Way, Project Most will host a STEAM workshop in which kids 3 to 5 can make citrus-scented playdough from 11 a.m. to noon. The cost is $25. Participants will get to take their playdough creations home.
A three-part workshop in stop-motion animation is open to kids 5 to 14 on Mondays from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. beginning next week and running through Nov. 4. Students should take a flash drive to take their movie project with them at the end of the workshop. The cost is $75 for the three weeks. Sign-up is online at projectmost.org.
Halloween at the Museum
Looking ahead, the Children’s Museum of the East End has some spooky, family-friendly events in the works. On Friday, Oct. 25, there will be a Hal- loween party for families with kids 2 to 8 years old from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be crafts, games, a costume contest with prizes, and more festivities, all for an admission fee of $25 per person (free for museum members).
On Oct. 30, infants from 2 to 16 months get their turn to dress up at Baby’s First Halloween. Admission is $19 per person (free, again, for CMEE members). Registration is online at cmee.org.