Explore these resources courtesy of the Columbus VA. Interested in learning more? Contact Heather Seymour, Heather.Seymour@va.gov We look forward to building on this list!

WiFi/Internet

• Spectrum: No cost for 60 days for new customers with K-12 or college students in household
• Comcast Xfinity: No cost for 60 days for new customers who are eligible for public assistance programs
• Sprint: Unlimited data for 60 days, 20 GB of free mobile hotspot use
• T-Mobile: Unlimited data for 60 days, 20 GB of mobile hotspot
• Verizon: Free 15 GB of data

Visual Art

• MoMA is offering free online art courses you can take from home
• Deb’s Virtual Art School: Monday-Friday at 2PM. Free live viewing and education for drawing, painting, collage and print
• List of free university art classes
• Free online art class videos by category
• Need a quick stress break? Here are literally dozens of free coloring pages from Canadian artists
• Virtual museum tours
• Google Arts & Culture compiles over 500 virtual tours of museums around the world

Theatre

• The Metropolitan Opera: Free nightly opera streaming starting at 7:30PM.
• Playbill: Compiled a document that lists out 15 plays/musicals and how you can watch them from home
• The Globe is streaming a Shakespeare play for free every fortnight
• Stream classic operas by Verdi, Mozart and Puccini for free this April
• Andrew Lloyd Webber’s biggest musicals are streaming free on YouTube for a limited time

Writing

• Free online poetry course
• Assistance with writing poetry, prompts, and educational classes Film
• SXSW Online Festival Coming From Amazon Prime Video
• Live Stream Ann Arbor Film Festival 3/24-3/29
• Free films/videos to view separated by category at top of page

Dance

• The Rockettes Will Launch a Weekly Dance Class Live on Instagram
• FLUX + FLOW : Dance and Movement Center
• On-Demand Dance Classes www.youdance.com
• Adam Boreland of the Orlando Ballet online Dance classes HERE
• BalletNova online classes
• The Swan: three minutes of dance to soothe the soul in lockdown

Music

• Streaming orchestras and symphonies
• Symphony performances
• The Isolation Check-In: Live Streams and More From the National, Kyle MacLachlan
• Fender is giving you three months of guitar lessons online, for free

Online Schooling

• Free Yale course on The Science of Happiness
• 31 free Harvard online courses you can take through edX

Virtual Events

• Virtual Kennedy Space Center
• Spend a Virtual Day at Epcot
• Disney Virtual Experiences

Kids

• A free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler
• Famous People Reading Children’s Books
• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: Free online drawing session every day at 1PM.
• Online story reading for kids
• The Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari
• Joe Wick’s PE for kids
• Online school coursework for kids K-9
• Art Education resources for kids
• Veteran homeschooling parents share advice