Free Things To Do Online While Social Distancing

C0LLETTE · 03-29-2020, 01:33 PM

CULTURE
A wide swath of the world’s museums are accessible via Google’s Arts & Culture app. You’ll find everything from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Musée d’Orsay and Frida Kahlo Museum (also known as the Blue House) to hidden gems like Turkey’s Museum of Innocence, a museum set up by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk to accompany his 2008 novel of the same name. And if you didn’t get a chance to check out now-closed exhibits, like Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” or Ai Weiwei’s 2015 takeover of Alcatraz, here’s your chance.

Closer to home, take a new guided tour through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The 20-minute video covers two galleries, Indigenous Perspectives and Canadian Journeys.

Music lovers should take advantage of Boise State’s virtual field trips to music destinations . Visitors can experience Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, La.; Cleveland; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia through text, photos, audio and video.

C0LLETTE · 03-29-2020, 01:37 PM

Sorry. The links haven't copied properly but all of this should be relatively easy to find and all the sites that can do this...for free.

PlatinumPearl · 11-05-2020, 10:43 AM

This is for the UK. I'm not sure if non-residents can apply or not but If you're interested in inquiring I've attached the link below.

https://chdliving.co.uk/adopt-grandparent

Stone-Butch · 11-05-2020, 03:26 PM

Platinum Pearl, I was glad to see your post concerning adoptive grandparents. Six years ago I was introduced by a friend to a lovely young couple from Turkey who had no relatives or friends here in Canada. I got to know them very well and she informed us that she was pregnant. Well, that beautiful daughter of theirs showed up four years ago and when she was born I was asked if I would want to be her Canada grandmother. I accepted with pride. I visit her every few days on Skype and I get all the latest stories from her. After all, four year olds have tons of stories LOL. I see her once in a while as they do not live far but we all have the masks going on. To get smiles and hugs from this precious child is more than I could ever ask, not having kids of my own. That lovely couple are like kids I never had.

Orema · 02-28-2021, 04:34 AM

Visit Hoopla @ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and use your library card to view movies and tv shows or listen to audio books for free.

Very nice resource.

Orema · 03-14-2021, 06:02 PM

Check out Women’s History Month on PBS.org at: https://www.pbs.org/articles/2021/03...ry-month-2021/

And here’s a link to the American Experience: Voice of Freedom at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...voice-freedom/

Orema · 04-14-2021, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Orema

Visit Hoopla @ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and use your library card to view movies and tv shows or listen to audio books for free.

Very nice resource.

Another resource for viewing movies online for free is Kanopy at https://www.kanopy.com/

I signed up using my library card.

And Hoopla and Kanopy are available on ROKU

PlatinumPearl · 02-21-2022, 05:48 PM

A virtual reality pop-up museum that is dedicated to the history and future of plant-based milk is launching for the month of February. Milk Future will allow visitors to experience a multi-room, interactive virtual-reality exhibition featuring profiles on prominent plant-based milk innovators, such as Califia Farms and Miyoko’s Creamery, facts and figures about the environmental impacts of dairy farming, as well as photography from participating animal sanctuaries in the United States, Canada, England, and Israel. Special events will include “Doctors Talk Dairy: A Conversation About Dairy and Your Health” in partnership with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a dairy-free cook-off, and a milk mixology workshop.

The Milk Future main exhibits are free and open to the public, and the optional virtual events are ticketed, pay-what-you-can events. The museum will also feature a virtual gift shop where visitors can purchase branded products and a Milk Future Dairy-Free Discovery Box, containing an assortment of plant-based dairy items from various brands.

https://www.milkfuture.com/

PlatinumPearl · 04-04-2021, 01:01 PM

Learn a language for free!

https://www.duolingo.com/

PlatinumPearl · 04-04-2021, 01:26 PM

Houseparty is a face to face social network.

Houseparty is a social networking app that allows up to eight people to video chat at once in a “room.”
Users can have infinite rooms and easily float between rooms. Users receive a notification when friends
open the app and can join chats with friends (and friends of friends).

Available on iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and as a Google Chrome extension.

https://houseparty.com/

PlatinumPearl · 03-30-2020, 11:24 PM

Play cards online with friends... http://playingcards.io/

I haven't tried the site yet so not sure how it works or if it's any good but if anyone does please provide a review.

Kelt · 04-06-2020, 04:21 PM

Re-create famous pieces of art with found items around the house

GeorgiaMa'am · 04-06-2020, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelt

Re-create famous pieces of art with found items around the house

Really funny! There are tears in my eyes. I also enjoyed Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings.

Orema · 04-10-2020, 09:13 AM

Here's a link to the Smithsonian National Zoo Webcams: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

And here's the link to the Cheetah Cub cam where a mama Cheetah recently gave birth to four cubs: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam

It's pretty quiet over there right now.

Orema · 04-10-2020, 09:17 AM

Virtually Tour 500+ Museums and Galleries
By Emily Price

Social distancing means that we’re all spending a lot more time at home, canceling or rescheduling vacations, and probably not going out to things like movies and museums. Staying at home doesn’t mean you can’t experience a little travel, and maybe a little culture, from your home computer.

Google Arts & Culture has a collection of more the 500 different museums and galleries up on its site that you can visit virtually. Clicking through to each one will bring up images of some of the museum or gallery’s collection, and in some cases full virtual tours of the museum you can take to pretend like, in a way, you’re actually there.

You can check out the full (massive) list of included galleries and museums. The list defaults to listing some of the most popular options first, but you can also sort them in alphabetic order or look at where they all are on a map.

Google Arts & Cultural Link to galleries and museums online:
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en

GeorgiaMa'am · 04-20-2020, 07:35 PM

x-posted in What did you watch on Hulu, etc. other streaming sites . . .

The National Theatre of London is showing its plays recorded live, a different one each week, on YouTube. Plays change on Thursdays. Showing now: "Polly Findlay's acclaimed production of Treasure Island featuring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), until Thursday 23 April."

https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home

Ginger · 04-21-2020, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

Really funny! There are tears in my eyes. I also enjoyed Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings.

That is HILARIOUS!!

PlatinumPearl · 05-19-2020, 10:50 PM

Home Depot has activities for kids
Check out the link below.

https://www.homedepot.com/c/alp/acti...-for-kids/qz47

AlexF · 05-20-2020, 07:38 AM

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11-05-2020, 10:43 AM	#3
PlatinumPearl Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Human Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,150 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 966 Thanked 2,419 Times in 890 Posts Rep Power: 21474846	Adopt a Grandparent (UK) This is for the UK. I'm not sure if non-residents can apply or not but If you're interested in inquiring I've attached the link below. https://chdliving.co.uk/adopt-grandparent

11-05-2020, 03:26 PM	#4
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,630 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,249 Thanked 9,301 Times in 3,005 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Free things to do online during covis Platinum Pearl, I was glad to see your post concerning adoptive grandparents. Six years ago I was introduced by a friend to a lovely young couple from Turkey who had no relatives or friends here in Canada. I got to know them very well and she informed us that she was pregnant. Well, that beautiful daughter of theirs showed up four years ago and when she was born I was asked if I would want to be her Canada grandmother. I accepted with pride. I visit her every few days on Skype and I get all the latest stories from her. After all, four year olds have tons of stories LOL. I see her once in a while as they do not live far but we all have the masks going on. To get smiles and hugs from this precious child is more than I could ever ask, not having kids of my own. That lovely couple are like kids I never had.

02-21-2022, 05:48 PM	#8
PlatinumPearl Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Human Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,150 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 966 Thanked 2,419 Times in 890 Posts Rep Power: 21474846	A Virtual Reality Pop-Up Museum A virtual reality pop-up museum that is dedicated to the history and future of plant-based milk is launching for the month of February. Milk Future will allow visitors to experience a multi-room, interactive virtual-reality exhibition featuring profiles on prominent plant-based milk innovators, such as Califia Farms and Miyoko’s Creamery, facts and figures about the environmental impacts of dairy farming, as well as photography from participating animal sanctuaries in the United States, Canada, England, and Israel. Special events will include “Doctors Talk Dairy: A Conversation About Dairy and Your Health” in partnership with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a dairy-free cook-off, and a milk mixology workshop. The Milk Future main exhibits are free and open to the public, and the optional virtual events are ticketed, pay-what-you-can events. The museum will also feature a virtual gift shop where visitors can purchase branded products and a Milk Future Dairy-Free Discovery Box, containing an assortment of plant-based dairy items from various brands. https://www.milkfuture.com/

04-04-2021, 01:01 PM	#9
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04-04-2021, 01:26 PM	#10
PlatinumPearl Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Human Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,150 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 966 Thanked 2,419 Times in 890 Posts Rep Power: 21474846	Houseparty Houseparty is a face to face social network. Houseparty is a social networking app that allows up to eight people to video chat at once in a “room.” Users can have infinite rooms and easily float between rooms. Users receive a notification when friends open the app and can join chats with friends (and friends of friends). Available on iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and as a Google Chrome extension. https://houseparty.com/

03-29-2020, 01:33 PM	#1
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,174 Times in 4,339 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	CULTURE A wide swath of the world’s museums are accessible via Google’s Arts & Culture app. You’ll find everything from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Musée d’Orsay and Frida Kahlo Museum (also known as the Blue House) to hidden gems like Turkey’s Museum of Innocence, a museum set up by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk to accompany his 2008 novel of the same name. And if you didn’t get a chance to check out now-closed exhibits, like Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” or Ai Weiwei’s 2015 takeover of Alcatraz, here’s your chance. Closer to home, take a new guided tour through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The 20-minute video covers two galleries, Indigenous Perspectives and Canadian Journeys. Music lovers should take advantage of Boise State’s virtual field trips to music destinations . Visitors can experience Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, La.; Cleveland; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia through text, photos, audio and video.

03-29-2020, 01:37 PM	#2
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,174 Times in 4,339 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Sorry. The links haven't copied properly but all of this should be relatively easy to find and all the sites that can do this...for free.

02-28-2021, 04:34 AM	#5
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,601 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,444 Thanked 34,695 Times in 8,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Visit Hoopla @ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and use your library card to view movies and tv shows or listen to audio books for free. Very nice resource.

03-14-2021, 06:02 PM	#6
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,601 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,444 Thanked 34,695 Times in 8,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Check out Women’s History Month on PBS.org at: https://www.pbs.org/articles/2021/03...ry-month-2021/ And here’s a link to the American Experience: Voice of Freedom at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...voice-freedom/

03-30-2020, 11:24 PM	#11
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04-06-2020, 04:21 PM	#12
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04-10-2020, 09:13 AM	#14
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,601 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,444 Thanked 34,695 Times in 8,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Smithsonian National Zoo Webcams Here's a link to the Smithsonian National Zoo Webcams: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams And here's the link to the Cheetah Cub cam where a mama Cheetah recently gave birth to four cubs: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam It's pretty quiet over there right now.

04-10-2020, 09:17 AM	#15
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04-20-2020, 07:35 PM	#16
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05-19-2020, 10:50 PM	#18
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