Kids Korner: Sept. 5 to 12, 2024
PROGRAMS
Dino Safari Festival
Walt Whitman Shops, 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station will host its 5th annual LuminoCity Dino Safari Festival, featuring exhibits,animatronics with light art, an interaCtive recreation zone and more, now through Sept. 22. Featuring more than 70 life-size dinosaur displays, food, and an educational area with a safari dig and dino fossil hunt. The show runs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 9:30 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m. For tickets, visit luminocityfestival.com or purchase onsite.
First Steps in Nature
Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown continues its First Steps in Nature series for ages 2 to 4 on Sept. 6 at 9:30 a.m. with hands-on exciting activities, crafts, stories and much more. Children will gain a greater appreciation of nature and wildlife while having fun. $20 per child. To register, visit sweetbriarnc.org. 631-979-6344
Art in the Barn
Walt Whitman Birthplace, 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station continues its Art in the Barn series for children in Pre-K to 3rd Grade and their parent/guardian with a family portrait workshop on Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Taught by Lena Massari Sawyer. $25 per child and guardian, $20 second child. Pre-registration is required by visiting waltwhitman.org.
Sky Scavengers
As part of its Sunday Funday series, Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown presents Sky Scavengers on Sept. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. Come meet the Center’s turkey vultures for Turkey Vulture awareness weekend. Participants will meet some of their friends and learn all about these local birds through games and activities. Create a cool turkey vulture craft to take home. $15 per child, $5 per adult. Register at sweetbriarnc.org. 631-979-6344
My Grown-Up & Me Tiny Explorers
Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook presents an eight-week program, My Grown-up & Me Tiny Explorers for children 2–4 years old with a guardian on Mondays, Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 21, 28, and Nov. 4 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Spend the morning together encouraging curiosity and appreciation for nature. Through the fusion of science and art, children and their grown-ups will explore the world around them with instructors Elisavet Loukaidou and Katie Bloodgood. Fee is $150. To register, visitlongislandmuseum.org.
Story & Craft with Nana Carol
The Next Chapter bookstore, 204 New York Ave., Huntington hosts a Story and Craft event with Nana Carol on Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m. Free. No registration required. Appropriate for ages 0-4. 631-482-5008
THEATER
‘Rapunzel’
Up next at the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport is Rapunzel: A Tangled Fairytale from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27. Rapunzel’s sixteenth birthday has come, meaning that she’ll be able to see the outside world for the first time, just as her “mother” promised. Scared to let her go, though, the witch reneges. Lucky for Rapunzel a young Prince happens across her tower and calls out to her, as he’s seen the witch do: “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!” Before the Prince and Rapunzel have their inevitable “happily ever after,” though, they’re going to have to face the wrath of the witch and a few other hilarious obstacles. All seats are $20. To order, call 631-261-2900 or visit engemantheater.com.
‘Kooky Spooky Halloween’
Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson continues its children’s theatre season with A Kooky Spooky Halloween from Oct. 5 to 19 with a sensory sensitive performance on Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. Recently graduated spirit Abner Perkins is assigned to the Aberdeen Boarding House — known for its spectral sightings and terrific toast. Here, Abner finds himself cast into a company of its wacky residents. When his secret is revealed, he is forced to leave his haunted home and set-off on a quest with his newly found friends. Hilarious hijinks and a message of cooperation highlight this Halloween-inspired musical for the entire family. All seats are $12. To order, call 631-928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.
