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Calendar: What’s Hot in August

August 1, 2010 //  by Uju//  Leave a Comment


Our pick of family-friendly events this August. We will update these listings regularly so do keep checking back.

Henry Moore at Tate Britain (ends Aug 8 )
In the Night Garden Live, O2 Centre (Aug 14-30)
Cycling in London, London Transport Museum, WC2 (ends Aug 22)
Hansel & Gretel Family Screening, Somerset House WC2 (Aug 20-22)
Ping London, London-wide (ends Aug 22)
Summer Weekends at Somerset House, WC2 (ends Aug 22)
Kids Summer at Westfield, Shepherd’s Bush (ends Aug 26)
Body Talk at Hackney Museum, Hackney, E8 (ends Aug 28)
Room on the Broom Live!, Garrick Theatre, WC1 (ends Aug 29)
Artplay 3, Orleans House Gallery, TW1 (ends Aug 29)
The Go!Go!Go! Show, Leicester Square Theatre, WC2 (ends Aug 30)
O2 Activity Zone, O2 Arena, Greenwich Peninsula (ends Sep 5)
Toy Tales, Cartoon Museum, WC1 (ends Sep 5)
Bling, V&A Museum of Childhood (ends Nov 14)

Ongoing
The Railway Children, Waterloo Station (ends Sep 4)
The Deep underwater exhibition at Natural History Museum (ends Sep 5)
Festival Brazil, Soutbank Centre SE1 (ends Sep 5)
Open-Air Theatre at Regent’s Park (ends Sep 11)
Grace Kelly at Victoria and Albert Museum (ends Sep 26)
The Queen’s Year, Buckingham Palace (ends Oct 1)
Enchanted Palace at Kensington Palace (ongoing until Dec 2012)
Nelson’s Ship in Bottle by Yinka Shonibare at Trafalgar Square (ongoing until 2012)
Galleries of Modern London at Museum of London (ongoing)

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Pictured above in her uber-trendy upside down glasses is Ivy, 22 months at the King’s Place On Sea family festival. Ivy’s mum Jane says ‘she likes to climb up on things (and people!) and do dangerous stuff. She’s also a big fan of juice.’

Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com

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About Uju

Uju Asika is a writer, blogger and creative consultant. She is the author of Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation (DK/Penguin Random House), Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (Yellow Kite/Hachette UK) and the delightful picture book A World for Me and You, illustrated by Jennie Poh (Hachette Children's Group). Uju's books are available at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones and other good bookshops. Follow Uju @babesabouttown on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram.

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