Music & Truffles (Mooredale Concerts) — Time once again to think about cultural education, not just regular school stuff, and Music & Truffles is the program that will get young ones up to speed on classi

Canadian National Exhibition — Our annual farewell to summer event is about more than the midway and the food building. The CNE this year has some great events for kids and families. Of course, the young set alwa

BuskerFest — The only thing similar to the artists at BuskerFest and those not-so-talented dudes who sometimes strum guitars on street corners is that they both work outside. But this event brings the top outdoor performers from around th

The Circus Comes to Town (Toronto Reference Library) —  A lot of art and entertainment helps us escape the everyday. And when you see this collection of posters, pamphlets, books and artefacts celebrating c

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (High Park) — Complain all you like that CanStage keeps remounting the same play for its annual High Park outdoor showing. Be even more annoyed that ahdri zhina mandiela urban-inspired version is being totally

Whether on the beach, at the cottage or on the home front, with this round-up of toys, the playing is easy.

Who would wear fur from head to toe on a tropical Caribbean island? The answer is just one of the things that makes Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort ideal for preschoolers. Furry and familiar, Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster and fellow

The 10- year- old looks at the small gully, glances down at her hand- held Global Positioning System (GPS) then, with her head up, jumps over the ditch and runs up the hill. According to her coordinates, she is “arriving

(YTV) — Reality TV is taking over the tube, and seeping into the kid market now. This latest addition is one your youngsters might want to catch. This Canadian production is going to find a promising singer under 15 from

On a typical summer day, parents may find themselves participating in more activities with their kids. As the heat draws us outdoors to take trips, explore nature and try to cool off.
And, as children head outdoors, many parents sens

Wondering what to do with the computer that’s been shuffled off to some corner of your house to make room for a newer model? Donate that used computer and related items to Little Geeks Foundation, a not-for-profit that collects, refurbis

The CN Tower is still officially the tallest freestanding building in the world (not for long, Dubai’s got a tower under construction that’s got it beat), and although it’s been around since 1976, there’s always something new. Now,

Masks and Madness in Macbeth (Shakespeare in Action/Workman Arts) — It’s important to be exposed to Shakespeare at a young age, but who says kids need to sit through all five acts of the great tragedy to reall

(Famous Players Canada Square) —  We’re so lucky to have one of the world’s top film festivals right here in town, and luckier still that it runs a side festival that brings unique international children’s films toget

Some would say, that nature is the best classroom. Dr. Jane Goodall has taken that thought to heart. For the past 40 years she has conducted remarkable research on the Chimpanzee family, close relatives of the human family. Now you

If you haven’t been checking out this classical music series for kids (there are five throughout the year), see if you can get tickets for this show that’s all about strings.

What would you say if you heard that 30 per cent of youth, aged 12 to 21, say they rarely or never participate in organized sport during the school year?   This is according to an Ipsos-Reid poll conducted in 2003,