{"id":31721,"date":"2022-08-04T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31721"},"modified":"2022-08-11T20:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T00:44:17","slug":"family-friendly-activities-return-to-auroras-movies-in-the-park-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/family-friendly-activities-return-to-auroras-movies-in-the-park-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Family-friendly activities return to Aurora\u2019s Movies in the Park series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019ve ever wanted to learn how to make your own comic strip, or even more about some of the arts and crafts traditions of South America, come out early to Aurora\u2019s Movies in the Park programs this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popular film series, which sees feature films unspool on an inflatable screen in local parks is back this year and making up for lost time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Movies in the Park drew families out last year, activities were limited due to public health restrictions. That\u2019s all changed for the 2022 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor each of our movies, we\u2019re doing pre-movie programming an hour before the movie starts just to keep families settled in and keep them busy,\u201d says Shelley Ware, Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora. \u201cLast year, we still had our rectangles on the ground [for bubbles] and spaced families apart, and there wasn\u2019t encouragement of engagement amongst the community \u2013 but this time we\u2019re able to do activity stations for kids to bounce from one to another prior to the film with no guided seating placement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFamilies can literally come, set up where they would like to be in the park and go from there. It\u2019s just a lot more casual of an atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fun begins Thursday, August 18, at Town Park with the 1993 classic Dennis the Menace starring Walter Matthau. This first film is slated to begin at 9 p.m., with pre-show activities beginning at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere, you can learn to make your own comic strip with templates at one of our activity stations,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cOnce you learn how to make your own comic strip you can carry on this activity even after movie night!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second film, Disney\u2019s Encanto, will unspool Thursday, August 25 at Town Park beginning at 8.45 p.m., with a pre-show of activities exploring the world of Colombia through crafts and activities beginning at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEncanto is special because it follows a girl in the mountainside of Colombia as she tries to save the actual Encanto going through the dynamics of family and how it stays together,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cWe\u2019re celebrating Colombian culture with themed crafts and activities for kids. Even though they\u2019ll see it in the movie, we\u2019re also hoping through the activities to teach them about another part of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series comes to a close on Thursday, September 1, with Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with activities, including obstacle courses, set to begin at 7.30 p.m. before an 8 p.m. showtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a really action-packed, energetic one,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cKids might be a little bit rambunctious and excited as they head back to school and we\u2019ll keep them busy on that night with obstacle courses to see how they can be the fastest because, with Sonic, it\u2019s all about speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s also about seeing a movie in the great outdoors, she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can sit in a theatre 12 months out of the year, but gathering with family, friends, and neighbours to see a film under starry skies is a unique experience that people should take advantage of, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou only have these three special nights to just take it in,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more, see aurora.ca\/moviesinthepark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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