The group Squeaky Clean will perform rock ’n’ roll classics Friday at Theatre By The Sea, in Matunuck.

Children’s festival: Theatre By The Sea, 364 Cards Pond Rd., Matunuck, is hosting a performance by Squeaky Clean, performing rock ’n’ roll classics from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, Friday at 10 a.m. and noon. Refreshments will be available, and craft activities will follow.

Tickets are $10, and may be reserved at the box office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by calling 782-TKTS (8587). Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more by calling 782-3800, ext. 18.

Library programs: Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, 35 Kingstown Rd., Narragansett, will screen the movie Ariel’s Beginning today at 11 a.m.

Tomorrow from 1 to 1:30 p.m., local Girl Scouts will lead a session of singing, dancing and games.

Admission to each program is free.

Outdoor programs: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is conducting a nature hike at its Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Rd., Charlestown, Saturday at 3 p.m.

The movie Open Season will be screened Saturday at 10:15 a.m. A craft day is scheduled Friday from 2 to 4 p.m.

All programs are geared to children age 6 to 12. For information or to register, call 364-9124, ext. 48.

“Farm Tales”: Patti Gardiner leads Wednesday morning “farm tales,” 90-minute sessions of stories, visits with farm animals and snacks, at South County Museum, on Strathmore Street in Narragansett, each Wednesday at 10:30. Admission is $5, free to members. For information, call 783-5400.

Indoor gym: The South Kingstown Parks and Recreation Department sponsors indoor gym sessions for children age 4 and under, with parents, at the Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale, each Monday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Fees are $1 for adults, 50 cents for children, free to those under 1. For information, call 789-9301.

Open story times: The Watch Hill Improvement Society Library hosts story times for all ages each Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., and Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

Westerly High School students lead story times for children age 3 and up, each Monday at 1:15 p.m., and Friday at 10 a.m., at the Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly.

Children may bring their Teddy bears and “drop in” to half-hour story times each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., except school vacation week, at Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina.

The Willett Free Library, on Ferry Road in Saunderstown, conducts preschool story hours each Thursday afternoon at 5. For information, call 294-2081.

Story time for children is conducted Monday and Friday at 10:15 a.m. at the Davisville Free Library, 481 Davisville Rd., North Kingstown, with stories and crafts are appropriate for ages 2 to 5.

Hope Valley’s Langworthy Library, 24 Spring St., conducts story hours each Wednesday and Friday, from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Church story hour: The West Kingston Baptist Church, 263 Waites Corner Rd., West Kingston, is conducting weekly story hours for pre-school-age children and younger, with their mothers, led by Ruth Mlyniec and meeting Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:30.

Each session of “Amma’s Story Time,” so named because “Amma” is a term for grandmother in several languages, will have a theme, and will feature a children’s book, a Bible story, an activity and snack. For information, call 789-0523.

Book groups: The Peace Dale Library conducts a book discussion group for students in grades 6 through 8 the first Thursday of the month from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. A group for children in grades 4 through 6 meets the last Thursday of the month at 4 p.m.

Children in grades 4 through 6 may join a book club at the Robert Beverly Hale Library. For information, call 783-5386.

The Cross’ Mills Public Library hosts “Reading Explorers,” which meets the fourth Thursday of the month, from 6 to 7 p.m., for children age 9 to 12.

The Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., Jamestown, hosts a book discussion group for children in grades 4 through 6, and their parents, the first Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Sing-alongs: The Hopkinton Recreation Department sponsors sing-alongs for toddlers, accompanied by an adult, each Wednesday morning at 10 at its activities center in Crandall Field, Ashaway.

Anime club: The Jamestown Library, 26 North Rd., Jamestown, hosts an Anime club for teenagers to view and discuss animated Japanese films, meeting the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Chess club: Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, hosts a chess club, meeting the first and third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m., for children age 6 and up.

Knitting: The Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly hosts a knitting club for children in grades 6 through 12 each Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. Yarn will be provided, but kids should bring their own knitting needles. For information, call 596-2877, ext. 2.