SummerWrite: Hunger Games, Ages 14&Up
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 07/24/2015
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This course is based on the popular series by Suzanne Collins. Participants will learn hands-on skills in tracking, shelter building, fire building, wild edibles, and finding food each morning at the Gell Capitol District. Afternoons will be spent engaging in readings, discussion, and activities on social, ethical, and environmental issues facing our present and futuristic world. On Thursday contestants will being their game, earning points based on learned skills and trying to snag valuable survival items while they work to protect their personal flag from capture. Under the careful watch of the Gamekeepers, the final event will last well into the evening out in the woods surrounding the Gell Center. A culmination brunch feast and awards will close the program on Friday morning. Participants should be willing to spend a night in the woods and play the game!
Instructors: Angie Cannon-Crothers, Edgar Brown & Dan Herd
ALL DAY 9am - 4pm; Thursday overnight, Ending 12pm on Friday (van returns to W&B 1pm)
If meeting at the class at Gell Center: $285 W&B Members / $315 General Public
If attending from 740 University Ave: $385 W&B Members / $415 General Public
Note: Held at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes. A van will run from Writers & Books leaving promptly at 8am, returning at 5pm (1pm Friday)
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