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City Place springs into April with Family Friendly Offerings and Festive Easter Celebration
Spring is in full swing at north Houston’s City Place, where April ushers in a month filled with family friendly activations. The excitement is all taking place on and around the community’s central Plaza at 1250 Lake Plaza Drive, Spring, TX 77389.
Seasonal Programming
Hop on over Saturday, April 19 for City Place’s annual Easter Celebration. Festivities include photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny, an Art Bike workshop, petting zoo, DJ, face painting, balloon twisters and appearance by the Texas Bubblers, the master bubble wranglers that make giant bubbles using huge wands. The event is free to attend and open to the public from 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm.
City Place’s latest art exhibition Flower Clouds continues into the month of April. Commissioned by London-based creative studio Graphic Rewilding – known internationally for imaginative installations that bridge urban and natural worlds – the installation is presented as a collection of seven whimsical park benches that colorfully depict more than 25 species of natural vegetation (as well as insects and birds) native to the Texas Gulf Coast region. Visitors relaxing and posing on the oversized benches will be enveloped by hyper-lush meadowscapes, as if they were floating on a floral cloud. Open to the public and free of charge, the art piece can be experienced daily from 7 am until 10 pm.
Reoccurring Programming
Soccer Shots returns every Wednesday – April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 – with workshops that build on sport skills and character development. Classes for children aged 2 to 3 will take place from 4:30 pm to 5 pm, followed by 5:10 pm to 5:45 pm sessions for kids aged 3 to 5. The weekly camps require a fee and registration. To sign up, visit this link.
On Thursdays, April 3, 10, 17 and 24, MDSA: Be Dance! Class will host complimentary dance classes on The Plaza teaching children the fundamentals of dance through movement and balance. The interactive and engaging programs are offered from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm.
Saturdays – April 5, 12, 19 and 26 –spotlight a trip of complimentary fitness offerings with picturesque City Place Park waterfront as the backdrop. Yoga on the Plaza, a one-hour experience with meditation element, takes place at 10 am. Then, get fit, toned and sculpted with Band Sculpt Class from 11 am until 11:45 am. Resistance bands will be provided. Afterwards, Mommy & Me Fitness Class welcomes parents with children aged 8 and up from 11:45 am until 12:30 pm.
Mr. Leo’s Puppet Show takes center stage on Saturday, April 5 from 11 am until 1 pm. Then, on Saturday, April 12, Pix on the Plaza features a complimentary outdoor screening of the blockbuster movie Wicked beginning just after sunset (approximately 8 pm). Come early for a special meet and greet with witches Elphaba and Glinda starting at 6:30 pm. Blankets and low-profile chairs are welcome, and complimentary popcorn will be available while supplies last.
The Fun Bus winds its way to City Place on Saturday, April 26 from 11 am until 1 pm for a complimentary mobile gym experience designed for kids aged 18 months to seven years old. With enthusiastic instructors leading games, obstacle courses and themed activities, children can swing, bounce and climb in a colorful, 35-foot refurbished school bus.
To close out the month, the always popular Texas Bubblers are back again on Sunday, April 27 from 12 pm until 2 pm.
City Place – formerly Springwoods Village – is a sustainable, forward-thinking and dynamic hub for business, leisure and living located at the axis of the Grand Parkway, Hardy Toll Road and Interstate 45. Spanning 2,000 acres, protected forests and natural ecosystems coexist beautifully within an architecturally significant, built environment that has attracted major employers such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ExxonMobil, HP Inc., Southwestern Energy, St. Luke’s Health and the American Bureau of Shipping, along with a daytime workforce approaching 20,000. Complementing two existing residential enclaves – Audubon Grove and Harper Woods – in addition to several luxury apartment communities, a new development initiative will soon add a multitude of single and multifamily housing options. Miles of trails connect an array of amenities including three Marriott hotels, more than 30,000 square feet of indoor meeting and event space, 4.75 million square feet of office space, a 150-acre nature preserve, 10-screen Star Cinema Grill dine-in theater, 38,000-square-foot 24-Hour Fitness super sport club, The Market – Houston’s first LEED Certified multi-tenant retail development – and a 60-acre, mixed-use urban core that frames a programmed, waterfront plaza and park. For more information, please visit www.CityPlaceNow.com.
