Drama Classes Offered this Fall at Trike Theatre

Fall Classes Provide Drama Instruction for Students in Northwest Arkansas

Trike Theatre, Northwest Arkansas’ Professional Theatre for Youth, is offering fall classes in downtown Bentonville for children and youth during a 10-week session: September 13- November 17. The classes last between 50-70 minutes and are offered once a week at the Kaleidoscope Dance Academy studios, 106 NW 2nd Street (next to Harp’s). For students 3rd-12th grade, we offer Improv, Acting, and Musical Theatre. For younger actors, 4 yrs through 2nd grade, we offer Creative Drama, Treasure Trunk Theatre, and Reader’s Theatre. Trike’s professional theatre teachers align class goals/objectives with Arkansas Drama frameworks and work to improve student’s skills in creative problem solving, teamwork, communication, improvisation and acting.  Trike had an incredible summer full of innovative drama camps; in fact, one parent commented, “this was our first experience with Trike Theatre and I have to say I was really impressed by how professional and organized everything was. We had such a great experience that I can’t wait to do more camps.” 

Spots are still available for students who are interested in the following classes:

*Musical Theatre,  Tuesdays, 3 - 4:10 pm, 3rd - 6th grade ($150)

*Musical Theatre, Tuesdays, 5:45-6:55 pm, 7th - 12th grade ($150)

*Story Drama, Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:20 pm, 4yr - PreK ($115)

*Treasure Trunk Theatre, Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:20 pm, K-2nd grade ($115)

*Acting, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:40 pm, 3rd - 5th grade ($150)

*Reader’s Theatre, Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:20 pm, 1st - 2nd grade ($115)

*Improv, Thursdays, 4:30 - 5:40 pm, 3rd - 6th grade ($150)

*Improv, Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:10 pm, 7th - 12th grade ($150)

A 10% discount may be applied to the price of the second and lower price camp per family.

For more information, go to www.triketheatre.org  or call 866-331.3681.

Summer Reading Club concludes at Fayetteville Public Library with special events to celebrate “One World, Many Stories.” Participation in the Library’s Summer Reading Club helps K-12 students combat the summer slide in reading skills and promotes literacy skills in preschoolers. The following events are geared to families.

Wednesday, August 3, 1 pm: Upstage Melodrama. Teen volunteers present “The Search for the Secret Book of Atrebor.” Best for grades K-5.  Free.

Saturday, August 6, 10:30 am: Partners in Play with Trike Theatre, an extraordinary theatre experience for families. Best for ages 3-5. Free.

Tuesday, August 9, 6:30 pm: Around the World Bedtime Storytime. Wear your PJs! For children of all ages. Free.

Thursday, August 11, 11 am to 2 pm: Daytime Lock-In for Grades K-2. Lunch and fun, book-related activities for students who have completed Kindergarten through 2nd grade. $10. Register in person at the Library’s Children’s Desk. Meets in the Walmart Storytime Room.

Friday, August 12, 8:30 pm to Saturday, August 13, 8 am: Overnight Lock-In for Grades 3-5. Get locked in the library for an overnight sleepover full of fun and games. Students must have completed third through fifth grade. $20. Register in person at the Library’s Children’s Desk.

Most events take place in the Walker Community Room.  Admission is open to the public.  For more information, call the Library at 856.7170.

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Teen Summer Reading Club at Fayetteville Public Library concludes with two special events and meetings of two on-going interest groups. These free programs revolve around the theme, “You Are Here!” Participation in the Teen Summer Reading Club combats the summer slide in reading skills and provides enrichment activities.

Tuesday, August 2 from 5 to 7 pm: Silent Library FPL: Worldwide. Quietly take on international challenges and win! Meets in the Walmart Storytime Room.

Thursday, August 4 from 6 to 8 pm: Olympic Jam with DJ Beat Bachs. Get wet and play FPL Olympic Games to live DJ mixes. Summer Reading Club grand prizes will be announced at 7:30 PM.

Monday, August 8, 5 pm: Teen Anime. Snack on breakfast munchies while enjoying favorite anime series. Meets each second of the month.

Tuesday, August 30 from 4 to 6 pm: Teen Gamers’ Club. Includes video, card and board games. Meets the last Tuesday of each month.

All events take place at the Fayetteville Public Library.  Admission is free and open to the public.  For more information, call the Library at 856.7170.

WHAT: Teen Summer Reading Club final events

WHEN: August 2011, times vary

WHERE: Fayetteville Public Library, Walker Community Room, 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Summer Workshops for Kids
Registration is underway at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History for two children’s summer workshops. “What a Doll!” for ages 8 to 12 will be held Thursday, July 7 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Participants will make and take rag, sock, and corncob dolls. “Whimmydiddles, Flipperdingers, and Graces” for ages 8 to 12 will be held Thursday, August 4 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Participants will make and take old-fashioned toys. Cost for each workshop is $5 for museum members; $10 for nonmembers. Space is limited; preregistration and prepayment are required. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale .  For more information, call 750-8165.

Let’s Play! Summer Saturday program

Families and kids of all ages are invited to the Shiloh Museum’s Summer Saturday program, “Let’s Play,” Saturday, June 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Enjoy low-tech toys and games such as croquet, horseshoes, checkers, dominoes, jump rope, hula hoops, hopscotch, and thaumatropes, plus model train displays by members of the Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.  At 1:00 p.m., toy collector Bruce Fox will discuss “Fisher Price Toys: From the Great Depression to the New Millennium.”

The event is free; registration is not required. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale .  For more information, call 750-8165.

Tall-grass Prairies

Ozark Ecological Restorations founder Joe Woolbright and local bird expert Joe Neal will discuss the history of plants and birds related to Northwest Arkansas’s tall-grass prairies Wednesday, June 15 at noon at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale . The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call 750-8165.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Writing Group

LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet Monday, June 6 and Monday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588.

Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas

The Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas will meet Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Shiloh Museum outreach coordinator Susan Young will discuss Ozark plant lore. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call Marci Vaughn at 770-6080.

Railway Society

The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call 750-8165.

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Photo Identification Group

The Shiloh Museum ’s Photo Identification Group will meet Saturday, June 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the museum to continue identifying people, places, and events in Northwest Arkansas photos taken over the last 40 years. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call 750-8165.

Civil War Roundtable

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet Thursday, June 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call 750-8165.

Wireless Society to Meet

The Ozark Wireless Society will meet Saturday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.  The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale .  For more information, call 750-8165.

Sacred Harp Singers

The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet Sunday, June 26 at 1:30 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale . For more information, call 750-8165.

Susan Young

Outreach Coordinator

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

118 W. Johnson Avenue

Springdale, AR  72764

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Take Off for Kids is a high-flying fund-raiser for the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter – no pun intended.
The aviation-based “poker run” will involve 30 pilots, testing their skills in a day of competitive fun that will include visits to five airports in two states.

On June 11, 2011, aviators will start with an 8 a.m. breakfast at the Rogers (AR) Municipal Airport and be in the air by 9:30 a.m., making stops in Monett, MO; Harrison, AR; Russellville, AR; and finally Springdale, AR, where they will be treated to lunch.

At each stop, pilots will receive five playing-cards sealed in envelopes (one from each airport). They won’t know what cards they have until after lunch, when the Best Hand Contest will be played. The pilot with the best hand overall will win the contest and be awarded bragging rights and a nice gift, rumored to be an iPad.

Other competitions and activities include:

• Precision Flight Planning Contest – Before beginning the journey, pilots will submit their estimated flight times (to the nearest minute) for the entire trip. The aviator who comes the closest to their total estimated flight time will win the contest.
• Spot Landing Contest – The pilot who touches down in Harrison closest to the spot marked on the runway will win.
• Plane Wash – Participants will be treated to a free plane wash before departure from Springdale to head home.
• Passenger participation – Passengers are welcome to register for the event. Passengers are not required to register, but each registered passenger is entitled to one hand in the Best Hand Contest and will be treated to breakfast and lunch with their pilot and receive a personalized cap, as thanks for participating.

The deadline for all registrations was May 27, 2011.  The registration fee is $100 per registered participant (pilots and passengers), and 100% of the registration proceeds will be given to the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter.

For more information, visit http://www.take-off-for-kids.com/airports/.

Students looking for a fun and creative way to spend their spring break will find it at Trike Theatre, Northwest Arkansas’ professional theatre for youth.  Trike Theatre is located in downtown Bentonville and is offering Spring Break Camps, March 23-25, with K-6^th graders creating performances to surprise their parents and friends. 

“We know that students are working hard right now, preparing for the benchmark exams and making up instructional time lost during the snow days. Our Spring Break camps are fun and expand students’ creative problem solving, team work skills and storytelling.” says Kassie Misiewicz, Trike Theatre’s artistic director. In Trike’s Puppets 4 U! camp, kindergarteners through second graders will work together to learn puppetry skills and build puppets with Trike teaching artist, Jason Suel.  They will explore trickster tales from around the world, make puppets and perform scenes for parents at the end of camp.  This camp for K-2^nd graders will be from 9am to 1pm and campers should pack a lunch.

Students in third to sixth grades will Create-a-Play! with Little Rock theatre educator, April Gentry-Sutterfield.  “Campers will collaborate to write a new work based on wacky tabloid-style news stories,” Gentry-Sutterfield says.  “Students who participate in Odyssey of the Mind will love this camp!”  The 3^rd-6^th grade camp will be from 12:30pm to 4:30pm.

Camp Cost is $85. There is a discount for Odyssey of the Mind students. Camps will be held at Kaleidoscope Dance Studio, 107 N.W. Second St. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 23-25.  Space is limited!  To receive a registration form, call Trike Theatre at 866-331-3681 or email info@triketheatre.org. 

GRADES K-1

Theatre Voyagers Playmakers 1

Let your imagination take flight and run wild in this class designed to bring out creativity through fun games and exercises!  Developing theatre skills, team work, co-operation and self confidence is the name of the game!  There will be a public performance at the end of the semester.  Choose one of the following sections:

Mondays, 4pm-4.45pm, $110, Min-5 Max-8.

Thursdays, 4pm-4.45pm, $110, Min-5 Max-8.

GRADES 2-4

Theatre Voyagers Musical Theatre

Sing!  Dance!  Act!  This fun class introduces students to the magic of the Broadway Musical!  Students will learn basic musical theatre skills  including acting, singing and choreography with a public musical performance at the end of the semester!

Wednesdays, 4pm-5pm, $120, Min-5 Max-10

Theatre Voyagers Theatre Production

You can be anything you imagine yourself to be in this class!  Let your imagination soar through a series of fun and exciting theatre games and script work.  There will be a 15 minute scripted production at the end of the semester!

Thursdays, 5.30pm-6.30pm, $120, Min-5 Max-10

GRADES 5-7

Acting for the Stage

Learn the fundamentals of acting through exercises, theatre games, monologues and scene work.  Find out what you need to know and do to get that role!  There will be a public performance at the end of the semester.

Mondays, 5pm-6pm, $120, Min-5 Max-10

Theatre Production

Learn the fundamentals of acting by performing selections from Shel Silverstein’s “Where The Sidewalk Ends.”  Students will be taught the principles of projection, enunciation, stage presence, blocking and team work culminating in a public performance!

Tuesdays, 4pm-5pm, $120, Min-5 Max-10

GRADES 8-12

ALT Glee!

The hit show “Glee” has exposed millions to the joys of musical theatre.  Now ALT GLEE comes to Arts Live Theatre!  Students will be given the opportunity to sing their favorite “Glee” arrangements with choreography and a public performance at the end of the semester!

Tuesdays, 5.15pm-6.45pm, $150, Min-5 Max-10

Arts Live Theatre Radio Theatre

Return to the days of radio drama with KALT Radio! In a partnership with KUAF, Arts Live Theatre will be presenting two very special broadcasts.  Both scripts will be rehearsed at Arts Live Theatre and recorded in studio at KUAF then broadcast over on KUAF HD channels!

Wednesdays, 5.15pm-6.45pm, $150, Min-5 Max-10

Visit artslivetheatre.com to download registration form and scholarship information.  For additional information call 479.521.4932.

Arts Live Theatre presents the family musical WILLY WONKA. Production dates: Thursday, November 18, 7pm; Friday, November 19, 7pm; Saturday, November 20, 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, November 21, 2pm. Production will be held at the UARK Ballroom, 644 West Dickson Street, Fayetteville. Tickets: $8 for ages 12 and under; $10 ages 13 and up. General seating. Tickets may be purchased online at ArtsLiveTheatre.com. Prepaid phone orders may be reserved by calling 479.521.4932. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. For additional information visit ArtsLiveThetre.com or call 479.521.4932

Theatre classes available for grades K-18. Classes include Theatre Travelers, Theater Voyagers, Acting for the Stage, Theatre Production and Arts Live Radio Theater. For additional information including schedule and fees visit http://www.artslivetheatre.com

Arts Live Theatre, 818 North Sang Avenue, Fayetteville