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Calendar: What’s Hot in August (update 26/8)

August 25, 2010 //  by Uju//  2 Comments


Our pick of family-friendly events at the end of August.

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)
Notting Hill Carnival, west London (Aug 29-30)
The Go!Go!Go! Show, Leicester Square Theatre, WC2 (ends Aug 30)
In the Night Garden Live, O2 Centre (ends Aug 30)
Children’s Prom, Royal Albert Hall (Aug 30)
Camley Street Summer Playscheme, NW1 (ends Sep 3)
O2 Activity Zone, O2 Arena, Greenwich Peninsula (ends Sep 5)
Toy Tales, Cartoon Museum, WC1 (ends Sep 5)
Room on the Broom, Garrick Theatre (ends Sep 5)
Toad Hall at The Scoop, SE1 (ends Sep 5)
Peregrines at Tate Modern (ends Sep 12)
Where’s Spot Exhibition, Foyles, WC2 (ends Sep 19)

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)
Bling, V&A Museum of Childhood (ends Nov 14)
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)

Calendar Cutie
In the picture is pretty Larissa, 16 months. Mum Liz says Larissa is fond of ‘bursting balloons, her big brother Marvin and The Sound of Music!’

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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Category: London, Travel, Visitor's Guides, What's OnTag: activities, events, family, London-wide

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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  1. Classy Career Girl

    August 27, 2010 at 7:54 am

    Wow! You are one busy lady! Cute photo!

  2. Uju

    August 27, 2010 at 11:36 am

    Hi there CC girl, I am indeed busy but at least it’s fun! Isn’t Larissa lovely? If you have a cutie, send his/her photo in!

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