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Saturday

Children’s Pillage in the Village

Swansea Community Centre
15 Waller Ave
www.childrenspillage.com
1-3:30pm, 50% off sale on selected items 3-3:30pm
$2/admission
A huge sale of gently used children's items; great selection of toys, clothing, videos, strollers, shoes, bedding and books.

Family Band: Homemade Musical Instruments (5yrs+)

Harbourfront Centre
235 Queen's Quay W, Miss Lou’s Room
416-973-4000
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/learn/courses/oneandtwoday.cfm
10am-3pm
$50/parent & child, $15/each addl child, registration required
In this workshop participants learn about music throughout history and around the world and create their own musical instruments with everyday materials and a variety of techniques.

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Theatre Direct

Artscape Wychwood Barns: Wychwood Theatre and Christie Studio
601 Christie St
www.theatredirect.ca/index.php/shows/scotiabank-nuit-blanche-2011/
Sunset-Sunrise
Free
Theatre Direct hosts two exciting interactive family-friendly installations for Nuit Blanche. Night Light Travels (Wychwood Theatre) uses sound, special effects, theatrical lighting, and striking large-scale projected images to create a magical world inspired by the experience of a child seeing the night after their bedtime. Entering through a bed sheet tunnel the audience discovers a room, which will transport them from bedrooms to the moon and beyond. Audio Graffiti (Christie Studio) is an interactive sound installation which uses GPS tracking equipped with wireless headset devices for participants to “tag” or “spray” sound onto walls. Several small musical instruments will be provided, which can be used along with one’s voice, to add sounds to the sonic mix.

TPOMBA Fall & Winter Used Clothing Sale

Leaside Gardens, William Lea Room
1073 Millwood Rd
www.tpomba.org/events.html
9-11:30am
Need toys, clothes and gear? This sale provides a large selection of infant and children’s gently used clothes, books, toys and baby gear. Sponsored by TPOMBA (Toronto Parents of Multiple Births Association). Please bring a re-usable shopping bag.

Wild Edibles Family Nature Walk

High Park Nature Centre
430 Parkside Dr
416-392-1748x2
www.highparknaturecentre.com
1-3pm
$2/recommended donation
There are plenty of trail-side nibbles this time of year in High Park. Join the walk to learn what is and is not edible and how to taste it safely and sustainably.

Saturday, Sunday

Culture Days

www.culturedays.ca/en
Free
A cornucopia of free, hands-on, interactive activities and “behind the scenes” experiences take place throughout the city where you can get up close and discover a world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators and designers.

Harvest Month Kick Off

Scarborough Historical Museum
1007 Brimley Road, N of Lawrence in Thomson Memorial Park
416-338-8807
www.toronto.ca/culture/museums/featured-events.htm#scarborough
12-4pm
PWYC
Savour traditional fare while kids help make a scarecrow and go on a scavenger hunt. Try hot mulled apple cider; soup cooked over the hearth, and baked goods.

Pumpkin Festival

National Film Board Mediatheque
150 John St
416-973-3012
www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2595
Sat: 10:30am-12pm (3-5yrs) Sat & Sun: 12:30-3pm (6-13yrs)
$5/child (adult, at no extra charge, must accompany children)
Call to reserve
The NFB is hosting a special pumpkin themed animation workshop this month. Create a special 3-D pumpkin or squash in clay and see it move around the screen.

The Memory in the Mud

Evergreen Brickworks
550 Bayview Ave
http://ebw.evergreen.ca/cal/event/memory-in-the-mud/
Sat: 10-11am, 3-4pm, 7-8pm, Sun: 3-4pm
Free
Join arts education experts Words in Motion for The Memory in the Mud, a moveable drama and historical tour. The event explores the history of Toronto and its foundations, the meaning of memory and secrets hidden in the former industrial site of Evergreen Brick Works and Weston Family Quarry Garden.

Sunday

Culture Days: ARAS

Avenue Road Art School
460 Avenue Rd
www.avenueroadartsschool.com
1-4pm
Free
Avenue Road Arts School is participating in Culture Days by opening its doors for a fun-filled day of art exploration, hands-on art activities, demonstrations and art exhibits.

High Park Harvest Festival

High Park Children’s Garden
Colborne Lodge Dr, S end of High Park
416-392-1329
www.toronto.ca/culture/museums/featured-events.htm#colborne
12-4:30pm
Free admission, activity fees
A great day of family fun including music, drama, storytelling, wagon rides, nature crafts and activities, traditional lawn games, seed collecting and a free children’s garden harvest lunch while it lasts.

Music with Bite: The Great Rhythmobile Adventure

Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay W
416-973-4000
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/today.cfm?id=3480
1pm
Free
Children get the chance to pull up a comfy cushion and sit close to the stage to experience the Rhythmobile (presented in French), a super-powered, all-terrain, hybrid vehicle which has run out of gas during a rally race, the play’s two main characters, a driver and mechanic launch a search for the rare fuel which powers their machine-full of mishaps. After the concert, children can enjoy a complimentary Natrel milk beverage and cookie.