Outdoor cinema mania
If you’re yet to take your brood to watch a movie in the great outdoors this summer, there’s still time.
London is playing home to several pop-up screens right now, and plenty of them are south of the river. Huzzah! Having already touched down in Clapham, Dulwich and Wimbledon this summer, touring favourite Luna Cinema heads next to Kew Gardens (August 31 – September 4), where screenings of Moana and an Enacto sing-along are among its family-friendly line-up.
Meanwhile, Pop Up Screens is calling in at Hither Green (August 19 – 21) and Greenwich Peninsula (August 26 – 28), showing The Greatest Showman, Ghostbusters Afterlife and Moulin Rouge!.
- Luna Cinema at Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2DF. Admission: £14.75 – £17.75. www.thelunacinema.com/venue/
kew-gardens/ - Pop Up Screens, Hither Green, Manor
House Gardens, Taunton Road, SE13 5SU / Greenwich Peninsula, Central Park,
East Parkside, SE10 0BN.
Admission: £10.
www.popupscreens.co.uk/
Discovering The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic story The Secret Garden, about a girl who discovers wonders hidden in a sprawling country house, is the inspiration behind an immersive exhibition running this summer at the Garden Museum.
The story has been adapted multiple times since its release over a century ago and the exhibition celebrates some of its most familiar illustrations. A series of interactive games, trails and the chance to do some light gardening will keep little ones engaged.
- Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB.
Until September 4, 10am – 5pm, daily.
Admission: £14/kids go free.
www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
Summer holidays with the Black Prince Trust
Got a restless summer holidayer on your hands and in need of some support to keep them busy?
The Black Prince Trust is offering a host of free sports lessons to kids and teens aged 8 – 18 over the summer holidays in a bid to boost physical activity and group participation.
There’s boxing, basketball, football and multi-sport sessions to get involved with, and as an added bonus, healthy lunches are provided for free to those who take part in the sessions. On top of that, the trust is giving short, 30-minute workshops on all-important topics including nutrition, employment and mental health.
- Black Prince Community Trust,
5 Beaufoy Walk, Off Black Prince Road, London SE11 6AA.
July 25 – August 26, 10:30am – 4pm.
Admission: FREE.
www.blackprincetrust.org.uk/activitybooking/
That’s a tune!
What’s your favourite song? Or the one that always puts you in a dancing mood? Or the first ever single you bought on vinyl (or tape, or CD, or, er, whatever the kids do these days)?
Whatever it is, come and celebrate it at Brixton House, where ‘Tune! Vinyl Record Storytelling’ is a project encouraging visitors to share the stories behind the songs they love most. Bring your vinyls and the whole family along with you.
- The Nook at Brixton House, 385 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8GL. August 12, 5pm. Admission: FREE. www.brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/tune-vinyl-record-storytelling/
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