Our popular model city-building workshop, Mouse City, is a fun way for kids and families to explore real-life civic issues, ranging from improving public transit to sustainable development. Join us on Sunday, March 1, when Mouse City tackles its biggest urban planning challenge yet: the arrival of cats!

Will the new, feline citizens force longstanding residents of Mouse City to flee? Or will the cats and mice work together to rejuvenate their hometown? To frame these questions, we’ll read aloud John Sobol‘s acclaimed picture book, Friend or Foe? Urban planners aged 4-12 can develop their own answers as they build a model city out of recycled craft materials.

Cat & Mouse City takes place on Sunday, March 1, 10am-noon, at Daniels Spectrum (585 Dundas St East – across from Regent Park). Admission is FREE. No registration. All materials provided.

Everyone has a superpower. What’s yours? Writers aged 8-12 can create their own superheroes at our DIY Superhero Lab, when it returns to The 519‘s Kids Action and Arts Space (KAAS) on Saturday, March 7, between 10am-1pm. FREE

This workshop focuses on the one thing that superheroes from The Avengers to The X-Men have in common: an incredible origin story. Participants leave with a booklet of their very own superhero story.

KAAS provides arts based programming for kids of LGBTQ families, or kids who identify within the community, or are gender diverse. For more details, click here.