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JUNE 7-13, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 11 GO ONLINE! Summer Fun Is Everywhere Social distancing requirements make it tricky for kids to attend summer camp — unless those camps are online! And if they are, they can be anywhere. Organi- zations across the country are offering virtual summer camps that cover a variety of wide-ranging interests — and some of them are even free of charge. Storystudio Chicago storystudiochicago.org This Chicago-based organization offers weeklong writ- ing workshops for students from 5th to 12th grades. Instructors include published authors, writing experts and "active players in Chicago's literary scene." $295. Camp Wonderopolis camp.wonderopolis.org Maker experiments make interactive STEM and litera- cy-building instruction engaging to kids of all ages. Free. iD Tech idtech.com Coding, game development and robotics classes will please your tech savvy student from ages 5-19. At $299 for most classes, tuition is high, but siblings and friends get access to the classes as well, and class sizes are kept to a maximum of five students. $299. Met Opera Global Summer Camp metopera.org/discover/education/global-summer-camp/ home During this eight-week program, campers will discover a new opera through hands-on activities and other fun learning prompts, watch the opera, and share their work with a global community of young opera fans. Free. Camp Kinda campkinda.org Camp Kinda offers kids from grades K-3 around three to four hours of educational activities a day, all connected by a weekly theme. Free. MakerCamp makercamp.com The founders of the Maker Movement offer a summer's worth of summer projects for crafty kids. Free. The Bronx Zoo Wildlife Camp Online bronxzoo.com/learn/children-and-family-programs/ wildlife-camp-online Animal loving kids — grades K through 8 — can get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at animals and exhibits as they participate in science and conservation actions. $250; $75 for each additional sibling. Columbus Zoo Zookids columbuszoo.org This virtual summer camp includes daily, two-hour live interaction with camp counselors and downloadable family activities. $100. — LARA JO HIGHTOWER LHIGHTOWER@NWADG.COM Lauren Blass watches son Bennett of Rogers play with toy trains during the "Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails" exhibit at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville. While closed due to covid-19 concerns, the Amazeum will offer online summer camps beginning this month. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Ben Goff) The "take and make" kits include instructions and the materials needed to make the craft (with the exception of scissors, glue, markers/crayons). Bentonville Trike Theatre 209 NE 2nd St., Bentonville 464-5084 triketheatre.org "Trike Theatre is committed to providing access and theater oppor- tunities to cultivate creativity for our young people," says spokeswoman Allison Crum. "In order to support efforts to contain the spread of covid- 19 during this time, Trike Academy created Trike iCademy, where virtual camps and classes are taught by our teaching artists and integrate video as well as off-line activities to continue to teach, explore and create theater with and for our young people. "Our goals," Crum says, "are to have fun, continue to build community among our young artists, and provide a space where our young artists can grow in their theater pursuits." And, she adds, "our virtual classes and camps provide a broader reach not only to Northwest Arkansas, but [they] open doors to working with young artists around the U.S., which is really exciting. At Trike, we prefer in-person connection, so while virtual classes remove those opportunities, our teach- ing artists have found new, innovative ways to see, learn and do theater." JUNE 22-26 — A Midsummer Night's Quarantine: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a magical forest? Come find out as Trike explores a "quarantine" version of one of Shakespeare's most iconic comedies, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The week will end with a special live virtual performance. Grades 3-6. 9 a.m.-noon. JUNE 22-26 — A Midsummer Night's Quarantine: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a magical forest? Come find out as Trike explores a "quarantine" version of one of Shakespeare's most iconic comedies, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The week will end with a special live virtual performance. Grades 7-12. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. JUNE 29-JULY 3 — Production Camp: Bad Ideas for Television Shows: A ragtag collection of would-be produc- ers show up in droves to submit ideas for a network's next big hit. The week will end with a special live virtual performance. Grades 3-8. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. JULY 6-10 — A Whole New World: Join Trike's teaching artists as we guide you through designing, creating, and building a world of your very own. Grades Pre-K to K. 9 a.m.-noon. JULY 6-10 — A Whole New World: Join Trike's teaching artists as we guide you through designing, creating, and building a world of your very own. Grades 1-2. 1-4 p.m. JULY 27-31 — Harry Potter Camp: Use theatre skills to explore potions, magical creatures, spells, and wand making. Grades 3-8. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. AUG. 3-7 — You Kill Monsters: A D&D Storytelling Experience: Join the resident DM as they take you on a weeklong Dungeons & Dragons style campaign while reading scenes from the D&D inspired play "She Kills Monsters." Grades 7-12. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Scott Family Amazeum 1009 Museum Way, Bentonville 696-9280 amazeum.com All of the Amazeum's camps will be virtual in June and July. Materials will be shipped to campers' homes prior to the start of each camp so they have everything they need for an interactive, hands-on, Amazeum-style camp experience. Screen time will be limited to short check- ins with campers each day giving them plenty of time to explore, discover, wonder and play. Sign up at: amazeum.org/programs/camps/summer- camps Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 600 Museum Way, Bentonville 418-5700 crystalbridges.org Join Crystal Bridges staff for an hour of connection through artmaking at the weekly CB Sketchbook Club. In each session, participants will explore a different prompt provided by museum art instructors. Sketchbooks offer the freedom to experiment with materials, themes, techniques and to record the things that inspire you. Take some time before the event to sketch in response to the prompt, then come to the event ready to share your work. Feel free to use whatever materials you have at hand, from a quick sketch on a napkin to a watercolor painting in your journal. Classes meet at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday and are for all ages. Find out more at crystal bridges.org/calendar. FEATURE