Crickets (and Friends!) Weekend

Those “friends” are bound to include children, who can become far more acquainted with crickets, cicadas and katydids as a result of this celebration at Wave Hill, the public garden in the Bronx. The program, part of the series Wings Over Wave Hill, will include “Green Bugs Gathering,” a family art project each day, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in which young visitors can learn what distinguishes these species and make models of them for a singing insect parade, complete with cicada castanets. On Saturday only, at 1 p.m., children over 10 and accompanying adults are also invited to join a Crickets, Katydids and Cicadas Walk, in which the naturalist Paul Keim will collect the creatures in a sweep net for a close examination and analysis of their songs.