🌳 Outdoors

• Let your budding scientist enjoy a summer of exploration, engagement, and discovery in eight different week-long camps.
• Monday-Friday, June 8-July 12
• Note: Sessions are filling up fast — drop your name on the waitlist so you don’t miss out.

• Let your little one run wild with animal activities and interactions + stay cool at Safari Splash. Older kids will have behind-the-scenes access to learn about veterinary and zoology sciences.
• Bonus: Check out select dates for Overnight Zoo Camp + 10% discounts for zoo members.
• Monday-Friday, June 5-Aug. 11
  

🎨 Arts and theater

• Put your rising star on the stage for a one-week junior session like “Under the Sea” and “Frozen Adventures” or a three-week production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.”
• Monday-Friday, June 3-Aug. 9

• Aspiring artists will enjoy crafts and gallery explorations focused on the “Surrealism and US: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940” exhibition.
• Monday-Friday, May 28-July 26 | Online registration opens Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m.

🏕️ Sleep away

• Sing songs, make s’mores, and have adventures across 360 acres. There are eight themed week-long camps, two-week options, or a three-night mini camp for little ones.
• Sunday-Saturday or Wednesday-Saturday, June 12-Aug. 3

• Kids can spend two- to three-week sessions in the Piney Woods (~3.5 hours southeast) with adventure activities like wakeboarding and horseback riding.
• Sunday-Saturday, May 26-Aug. 3

• Afternoon Art | Tuesday, March 19 | 4-5 p.m. | Southwest Branch Library, 3311 SW Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington | Free | Kids are invited to express their creativity through paper, cardboard, markers + more.
• Trivia Night | Tuesday, March 19 | 8-10 p.m. | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 111 E. Third St., Fort Worth | Free | Grab your friends and put your knowledge to the test at this weekly event.

• Storytime in the Park | Wednesday, March 20 | 10-11 a.m. | Diamond Hill Park, 3709 Weber St., Fort Worth | Free | Enjoy the warm spring air with stories, songs, and activities.
• IVE | Wednesday, March 20 | 8 p.m. | Dickies Arena, 1911 Montgomery St., Fort Worth | $95.50-$195.50 | Join the South Korean girl group for their first world tour: “Show What I Have.”

• Third Thursday | Thursday, March 21 | 5-9 p.m. | South Main Village + Vickery Villages, Fort Worth | Free | The Near Southside art walk is back — peruse local artists at 17 local galleries + venues.
• “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” | Thursday, March 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth | $38-$83 | Sing along to hits like “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” performed with original film footage projected over the live band.

• Let’s dance — the NCAA Men’s tournament bracket is set + TCU is seeded No. 9. Catch the Horned Frogs against No. 8 Utah State on Friday, March 22 at 8:55 p.m. on TBS. Plus, the TCU Women’s team reached the postseason for the first time in five years.

• A new app-based massage concept is open in the Foundry District. Squeeze Massage, created by the founders of Drybar, lets guests book and pay for appointments, set preferences, tip + leave reviews on their phones. Get $15 off of monthly memberships for the first six months with code “FWGO15.”

• Timberview Farmstead is now open in south Fort Worth on the former property of Timberview Golf Course, which closed in 2015. The new venture is a teaching farm for kids in underserved communities where they can learn aquaponics, food production, and animal care. (WFAA)

• Oak Creek Homes, a local subsidiary of Texas-based American Homestar Corp., is launching a new tiny homes production venture. The southeast Fort Worth facility creates Park Cottage Tiny Homes, a wheel-mounted small house “with outdoor enthusiasts in mind.” (Dallas Innovates)

• Capt. David Harris, the first Black pilot to fly for a major US commercial airline, died at 89 years old. Fort Worth-based American Airlines hired the Ohio native in 1964 + Harris went on to have a 30-year career with the airline. He also taught at the American Airlines flight academy.

• The US Department of Defense awarded Fort Worth-based aviation manufacturer Bell Textron a $455 million contract to produce 12 AH-1Z helicopters for the government of Nigeria. The work will take place primarily in Cowtown and partially in Amarillo + is expected to be complete in July 2028.

• Mike Modano, the Dallas Stars’ all-time leader in points and goals, is now memorialized in bronze outside the American Airlines Center. Learn more about the legend’s new statue with his signature jersey flap on Locked On’s daily podcasts.
  

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• Fort Worth Botanic Garden
• Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
• Longhorn Park
• Airfield Falls Trailhead and Conservation Park
• Or if you’re up for a bit of a drive, head about 70 miles southeast of the city to the Ennis Bluebonnet Trails for a sea of state flowers starting Monday, April 1.