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Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) Community Day at the Children’s Pavilion! This event will offer the Hampton Roads community a first look at and opportunity to tour CHKD’s transformational new mental health hospital and outpatient center.

This weekend in Virginia Beach, don’t miss the book-focused fun of the Literacy Arts Festival!

Do you have a middle or high school student (grade 3-12) who is interested in science? Make sure to register for this FREE upcoming event at ODU in Norfolk!

What fun! Hampton Roads Families, your active child is going to want to contribute to this local art project!

Coming up in Hampton – a FREE basketball clinic at Boo Williams Sports Complex!

Bring your own kayak, SUP or canoe (and life jackets!) for family fun on the lake at Oak Grove Park this weekend (and other dates through September 2022).

The 7th Annual Play Ball event in Newport News has a new date! Enjoy baseball games, sporting games and activities, and free hotdogs and chips.

For most families, they are torn between saving for college or saving for retirement. It doesn’t have to be that way!

Calling all young writers, performers, and musicians! Join us at The Muse for a fun night of poetry, prose, music, and everything in between. Open for any teen to perform; all are welcome to attend.

Fountain Field Days are back! Come out to enjoy Free Family Fun at Townebank Fountain Park in Norfolk!

FREE Performances! Innovative, impossible, acrobatic, graceful, breathtaking…adjectives don’t do justice to the performances of BANDALOOP, which take place in midair on buildings and other man-made structures as well as in nature.

The VB Festival of Champions will be an action-packed day of competition…and a lot of fun! Add in a kid’s challenge course, food trucks, and lots of other surprises…and we know you’re guaranteed to have a rocking time!

Is your active child into electronics and robots? Don’t miss the FIRST Chesapeake Robotics Championship where you can enjoy FREE admission, and FREE interactive exhibits for all ages. There will be different robotic alliance matches every 5 minutes!

Did you miss the tall ships last time they were in town? Here is your chance for a FREE tour of the Coast Guard Eagle!

Celebrate the first week of Spring with a FREE Rita’s Ice!

The Muse Writers Center is offering a selection of virtual, in-person and hybrid writing classes, workshops, and seminars for youth writers for FREE in 2022!

You won’t want to miss this special presentation from Teens With A Purpose, the event is now up for you to view on youtube!

This webinar will help families explore loss, understand grief, and develop the support that children need while processing their experiences, recognizing their strengths, and honing positive coping skills.

The Free Holiday Drive-In Movie Series is part of the 30-day Coliseum Central Holiday Extravaganza Presented by Sentara – a series of in-person and online activities and giveaways meant to spread holiday cheer.

Coliseum Central is lighting up the night with its newest event, “Holidays in the Sky” – a series of holiday-themed laser light shows in the Hampton Coliseum parking lot on November 19, 20 and 21!

If Elephant and Piggie are big names in your house, don’t miss this event showcasing the newly opened Richard A. Tucker Memorial Library in Norfolk!

This Saturday, experience Jack and the Beanstock with a FREE performance from Rainbow Puppets! 

Dancing Wheels is a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities.

Parents, are you feeling hopeful or discouraged about your child’s future? Learn strategies that you can use to enhance your child’s well-being despite stressful situations, or adversities they may face.

A new production, being performed by Virginia Opera in several locations, Earth To Kenzie! This performance is open to the public and appropriate for all ages, although ideal for ages 9+.