a&e happenings

THURSDAY BIERGARTEN TRIVIA NIGHT

Gary's Brewery Trivia Night is back by popular demand. Thursdays from 7-9 p.m., test your trivia skills with a glass of beer or wine. Arrive early to grab a spot. Gary's Brewery is located at 208 Newman Ave. For more information, visit facebook.com/garysbrew.

KID-FRIENDLY

PCKIDS JR. CHEFS EARTH DAY EATS

Class is 1-3 p.m., Saturday, April 22, at Pensacola Cooks, 4051 Barrancas Ave. For ages 6-12. Tickets are $40 per students. Visit facebook.com/ pensacolacooks to sign up.

UWF EXPLORE SUMMER CAMPS University of West Florida Continuing Education is offering more than 50 UWF Explore Summer Camps this year.

The STEAM camp experiences offer handson learning opportunities from university faculty and local educators for incoming first-12th graders. Camps are located on the Pensacola campus and in downtown Pensacola at the Pensacola Museum of Art. The academic enrichment summer camps are theme based, but there are also musical theater and art camps. Some of the camps include:

• Bugs Don't Bug Me (incoming first-second graders): Learn about the importance of bees and the teamwork of ants and find out what is the most dangerous creature in the world. Build insect habitat models, mixing up honey Play-Doh and going on an outdoor buggy scavenger hunt.

• Extraterrestrial Expedition (incoming thirdfourth graders): Explore what evidence is out there supporting the existence of aliens including local stories. Design an alien spacecraft, make moon rocks, create an alien abduction lamp and have a glow day.

• National Parks Road Trip (incoming fifthsixth graders): Explore the natural wonders of some of America's favorite National Parks. Learn about Yellowstone, Mammoth Cave, The Grand Canyon and the Everglades. Make your own stalactites, create art inspired by unique landscapes and answer the question—who would win, an alligator or a crocodile? At the end of the week, campers will plan and create their own trip to a National Park.

• Mock Trial (incoming seventh-ninth graders): Learn the skills of trial advocacy including rules of evidence, how to examine witnesses, opening statements and closing arguments. Mock Trial camp gives campers who are interested in law, public policy and leadership an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in legal analysis.

All camps are weeklong except for Broadway Bound, which is the only program that is two weeks in length. Incoming third-eighth-grade campers will sing, dance, act and participate in set and costume design. At the end of the two weeks, the campers will put on a musical for their families.

For more information or to register, visit uwf.edu/explorecamps.

STEM with topics ranging from flying drones to navigating through hurricanes. The program is offered daily, Monday-Friday,9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call for availability.

• "Cruises" is designed for students ages fifth12th grades as an introduction to the National Flight Academy's flagship Deployment program. For three days, students stay overnight and learn a variety of topics including meteorology, aerodynamics, mathematics, bathymetry, physics and more. Tuition for the three-day overnight cruise is $475 per student. A minimum enrollment requirement of 36 is needed in order for each session to run. 2023 Cruise dates are March 24-26, March 31-April 2 and April 14-16.

• "Deployment," the NFA's flagship program, is a six-day, five-night deployment for seventh-12th grade students. Attendees live aboard the virtual aircraft carrier Ambition, a 102,000-square-foot, four-story structure. The Deployment program envelops them into life as a Naval Aviator aboard a modern aircraft carrier. Missions progressively become more challenging throughout the week as the AXPs advance their aviation science skills as well as their communication skills. Christmas Break Deployment dates are Dec. 11-16 and Dec. 1822. Deployments begin at noon on Sunday and end on Friday at noon with a graduation ceremony in the National Naval Aviation Museum's Blue Angels Atrium.

To learn more about the NFA's program opportunities, or to register online, go to nationalflightacademy.com. For more information, please contact Stephanie Pugh, Client Relations Director at National Flight Academy, by email at spugh@nationalflightacademy.com or by calling (850) 458-7836.

PMA SUMMER CAMP PMA's Summer Camp Registration is open. Sign up at pensacolamuseum.org/learn-engage/summer-camps.

Choose from one of five summer camp weeks based on your campers age and interest:

• June 5-9: Explorations in Art / 1st-2nd grades

• June 12-16: Art Adventures / 3rd-4th grades

• June 19-23: Art Investigations / 5th-6th grades

• June 26-30: Visual Experimentation & Expression / 7th-8th grades

• July 24-28: Summer Art Intensive / 8th-12th grades

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