School Hosted Events 
The following events are hosted by individual schools: 
Peace Plays
- Corresponds to the Peace Tale genre
- Performed in December - the student's first chance to present Bridges work at their schools
Family Stories Night (optional)
- A chance for parents to participate in Bridges
- Corresponds to the Family Stories genre
- Schools often combine this event with other school-wide events
Pen Pal Exchange
- Students correspond with a pen pal from a Bridges classroom in a different school
- Over the course of the year, students exchange letters several times
- The concept is to broaden the students' idea of community to include other classrooms throughout the city
Neighborhood Bridges Book of Stories
- Each class publishes a book of their own work
- Students choose one of the stories they have written during a Bridges session
- The books are created in collaboration with the Minnesota Center for Books Arts
Scenic Artist Visit 
- Scenic Artists from The Children's Theatre Company spend two Bridges session with each class
- During the first session, students learn how sets, costumes, and props are constructed, while making plans to create their own
- In the second session, the scenic artist leads the class in constructing the scenic elements that they will use at the Crossing Bridges Festival
- The scenic elements are made out of recycled materials, reinforcing the idea that what is considered trash can often be transformed into something beautiful, useful, and theatrical
Crossing Bridges Dress Rehearsal
- Performed in late spring, just before The Crossing Bridges Festival
- Offers students a second opportunity to perform at their school
- A great practice for performing on the CTC main stage
CTC Hosted Events
The following events are hosted by CTC:
Bridges Day
- Students attend a performance at The Children's Theatre Company
- After the play, the students eat lunch and meet their pen pals, continuing the dialogue that, until this day, has existed only on paper
Crossing Bridges Festival
- Held at CTC in May, the festival honors the work the students have done throughout the year
- Students spend the last month of the Bridges year preparing an original play to perform at the festival
- CTC hosts the festival and a reception on three nights - these are attended by Bridges students, their families and school communities
- Crossing Bridges is an opportunity for students to apply all of the theatre and collaborative skills they have been learning throughout the school year
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Neighborhood Bridges Events 
