What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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MARCH 12-18, 2023 WHAT'S UP! 39 PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com Twitter: NWAbecca REPORTERS Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com Twitter: @NWAApril (479) 770-3746 DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER T2's formula includes thrills, laughter, lessons and tears. (COURTESY ILLUSTRATION) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Also coming up at Trike March 28-May 2 is Creative Players: Under the Sea at 4 p.m. Tuesdays for PreK and Kindergarten ($90 per session); Storytellers: Under the Sea at 4 p.m. Tuesdays for grades first to second grade ($90 per session); then Tech Theatre: Makeup Costume Design for grades 5-12 from 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays March 30-May 4 ($150 per session). • Fenix Arts at Mount Sequoyah offers "Art Takes Flight," an exploratory spring break art camp for ages 8-12 from 9 a.m. to noon March 20-24. All classes will be taught by certified and experienced art instructors and will include art instruction in drawing, clay and collage. $175 for the week or $35 per day at fenixarts.org/art-takes-flight. The gallery is located at 150 N. Skyline Drive in Fayetteville. Not quite camp, but still fun: • Terra Studios will host "Spring Break Palooza" with donation-based art crafts and live music for all ages March 22-26. Pinch Pot classes will be at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 with clay bunny classes at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Enroll in classes at usingart.com. A Blue Bird art lab (clay) will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday. Music will be from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 1-3 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Arkanthaw will sell beverages from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Terra Studios at 12103 Hazel Valley Road, Durham (just southeast of Fayetteville). • Crystal Bridges hosts Spring Break Specials to celebrate the opening of "Diego Rivera's America" exhibit with creative activities for all ages. Presented in partnership with the Latin Arts Organization of Arkansas, the week kicks off with an all-day community fiesta — Pintura Fest — and goes on to pack every afternoon of spring break with creative fun. Free, no tickets required. Drop in anytime from 1-4 p.m. at 600 Museum Way in Bentonville. crystalbridges.org • Fort Smith Regional Art Museum hosts Creative Cartooning online for ages 10 and older at 1 p.m. March 21-24. The classes will start with a couple of illustration exercises and then expand on creating characters, poses and backgrounds. Free. Sign up at fsram.org/creative-cartooning-2023. • Apple Seeds Inc. still has spots open for The Kids Table Summer Camp which focuses on gardening, harvesting fresh ingredients and making delicious recipes through hands-on activities. Each session is from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the weeks of June 5-9, June 19-23, June 26-30, July 10-14 for $195 per week. Enroll at appleseedsnwa.org. Note: Community School of the Arts in Fort Smith will be closed the week of Spring Break. Community Creative Center in Fayetteville hosts art camp for kids 7 to 12 from 9-11:30 a.m. March 20-24 Projects will include painting, watercolor, printmaking, collage, papercraft and more. Price is $125. Clay camp for ages 7 to 12 will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. March 20-24. Projects will include coil building, slab construction, sculpture, and modeling in clay. Wheel Camp for ages 12 to 16 will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 20-24. (File Photo)