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You’ve enrolled the kids for school but don’t forget to pencil in fall activities for you and your family too! The City of Wichita’s Evolve guide features hundreds of classes, camps, activities, sports and more. They’re offered by Wichita Park & Recreation, the Wichita Public Library and CityArts. Did we mention some activities are free?
- Online – Visit wichita.gov/EVOLVE to learn more about the classes, view the schedules, and register online using Visa or MasterCard.
- Phone – Call the facility where the program is held and register by phone using Visa or MasterCard.
- In Person – Visit the facility you will attend and pay using cash, check, Visa, or MasterCard. Make sure to check the location’s hours of operation before you arrive.
The summer Evolve guide is conveniently grouped into several categories including:
- Rentals
- Tots
- Youth
- Adult
- Active Adult
Your tots will be begging to come back to these kid-approved classes and activities!
Books and Reading: Free virtual story times and Nursery Rhyme Time. Also, sign up for Kansas Reads to Preschoolers month in November. We’re reading Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard!
Sports: Little Sluggers, T-Ball Clinic, Sports of all Sorts, Soccer, Football, Boxing, Basketball, Martial Arts, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Tiny Tumblers, Intro to Tennis, Ninja Warrior Fitness and more!
Visual and Performing Arts: Ballet & Tap, Little Artists, Music Makers, Fun at the Piano and many others.
Camps: Junior Chef Boot camp, Messy Science, Mystery Theater, Twisted Sports, Wonka Chocolate Factory, Nerf Wars, Animation, Video Game Design and more!
Community Education: Teen Escape Room: Stranger Things, Pokestop at the Library, Dragons Love Tacos, Middle School Book Club and Teens Dungeons and Dragons: Escape Room to name a few.
Sports: Tennis, Basketball, Pickleball, Boxing, Acrobatics, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Archery, Track and Field, Basketball, Golf and the list goes on!
Visual and Performing Arts: Ballet & Tap, Dance Team Prep, Comic Book Character Design, Guitar Made Easy, Piano, Youth Photography, Teen Pottery and others.
Don’t forget to schedule your own fall fun! Join a sand volleyball league, invite your friends to try a Pickleball class, paint your pet’s portrait or sign up to learn graphic design through Canva for free!
Check out the Evolve Guide to view the huge variety of sports, fitness, art and photography classes for adults!
Make sure to check out the Wichita Public Library’s Learning Circles. They’re designed for those who want to take an online class with a study group. The course topics include:
- Write Your First Novel
- Personal Finance 101
- Foundations in Mindfulness
- Fiction Writing for Teens
- The 1619 Project
If you’d like to view the entire Evolve Activities Guide, visit www.wichita.gov/evolve, look for the navigation bar at the top and click on “Activity Guide.” You can also click on any of the boxes below which are labeled with specific categories of classes and activities. Register soon. Classes start Sept. 1!
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