Have you made plans for the long weekend yet?
Burnaby Village Museum, as always, will be a great destination for family fun for Victoria Day. The museum is holding its annual Victoria Day festivities on Monday, May 22 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The day’s fun includes entertainment and kids’ activities throughout the day, plus a regal visit from Queen Victoria herself. The Queen’s procession runs from 1:45 to 2 p.m. throughout the site, and there will be speeches, a happy birthday and anthem singing at 2 p.m. at the bandstand.
You can also join in the Queen’s Levee at the bandstand from 2:20 to 3:45 p.m. – and don’t forget cupcakes in the multi-purpose room from 2:20 to 3:30 p.m.
Check out www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca for all the details, or just drop in to the village (6501 Deer Lake Ave.) to check out all the fun for yourself. Admission is free, and rides on the historic C.W. Parker carousel are $2.65.
MAKING ART
Love the idea of making art as a family? Check out an upcoming Family Clayworks course at the Eileen Dailly Centre.
The city is offering the course for kids aged four to eight years, with adult. Kids and grown-ups can work together to create fun projects and learn basic hand-building techniques. You’ll also get to fire and then paint your creations. All kids must attend with an adult.
The next course starts Saturday, May 20 and runs three Saturdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at a cost of $31.95. Check out the city’s spring-summer arts guide or see the link through www.shadboltcentre.com.
HOMEWORK CLUB
Calling all students in grades 8 through 12. The Cameron branch of Burnaby Public Library offers a Teen Homework Club that gives students a friendly space to drop in for exam prep and other homework.
Students can drop in on Wednesdays to study, work on projects and use library resources. It takes place in the Juniper Room at Cameron Recreation Centre, right near the library.
It’s a free, drop-in program, and no registration is required. It runs 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, with sessions coming up on May 17 and 24. See www.bpl.bc.ca/events for details. (And please note: it’s not a tutoring service.)
DEVELOPING TEEN TALENT
Do you have a talented teen in your household?
The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts offers a number of teen intensive programs over the summer, which give youth a chance to immerse themselves in a variety of arts-related programs for a week at a time.
Whether your teen’s interest is in architecture, clay arts, writing, theatre, dance or robotics, there’s something on offer. Check out the city’s spring-summer arts guide, or follow the links through www.shadboltcentre.com.
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