Family day this Monday, Fort Calgary, (750 9 Ave SE) is hosting a family fun event. There will be Siksika stories, a free movie, and optional character brunch.
Admission is $5 for children – $12 adults for Regular Admission.
http://www.fortcalgary.com/experience/events/winterfest-2018/
This long weekend is full of great events in our city.
Monday February 19th 11:00am-4:00pm, Eau Claire market is holding a family fun day. Free admission, and there will be a petting zoo, magician and much more!
The panda passage at the Calgary zoo is set to open may 7 2018!
The pandas have spent 5 years in Toronto, and will come to Calgary in March.
The zoo had a 100$ million upgrade to welcome the pandas.
The two adult pandas and two young pandas, Jian Panpan and Jia Yueyue.
click this link to see videos of the baby’s in Toronto zoo
Loose moose theatre http://loosemoose.com is performing sleeping beauty until February 18th. Tickets are 15$. See shows here http://loosemoose.com/shows.htm
The police say that if you don’t need to go out on the roads, don’t.
The following schools are closed for the day due to weather:
Edelweiss Prepatory school – 600 Northmount Drive N.W.
Strathacona Tweedsmuir School – just outside Okotoks
Mountain View Academy N.E. Campus
Edge School – Springbank
Tanbridge Academy School
Khalsa School Calgary
Calgary Adacemy
Summit West Independent School
North Point School – PEP Hockey is also cancelled Thursday
Calgary Quest School
E.C.I. Learning Academy – Chestermere
More schools are open but school busses are not running.
Starting February 10-18 (Saturdays 10:00am-7:30pm) the Chinese cultural centre (Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre – 197 First Street SW) will be hosting the Chinese New Year celebration.
They will have decorations, Dragon & Lion Dance, music, Chinese lantern displays, martial art demonstration, singing, folk art, food, and booths selling gifts.
Snow will keep going off and on over the next week. Find indoor activity’s at Telus spark! They have a new whale exhibit http://sparkscience.ca/experience-telus-spark/events/whales-tohora
The exhibit will be open until June 20
Starting Monday at 9 am there will be a parking ban enforced for any area marked with the snow removal signs. It will be held for 72 hours. Cars that are not moved will be ticketed and towed.
February 1-28th the hot chocolate festival is a way to find which hot chocolate is the most tasty in our city. ALL of the proceeds get donated to support the meals on wheels. In the years since the festival has started, it has raised over 62 thousand dollars.
Participating cafes, restaurants, and chocolatiers feature signature hot chocolate drinks created especially for this competition. There will be voting for the best drink!
This link will lead you to the delicious list of where to find drinks http://yychotchocolate.com/find-a-drink/
Starting today, the glenbow museum is opening it’s new exhibit on Frida Kahlo!
She was recently featured in the Children’s movie “Coco” and the movie featured examples of some movement art based on Fridas art style. She has been an inspiration for art and women for decades. http://www.glenbow.org/exhibitions/frida-kahlo-her-photos/