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Saturday

Winter Waterfowl (5yrs+)

Tommy Thompson Park
Foot of Leslie St, S of Lakeshore Blvd E
416-661-6600, X5770
www.trca.on.ca
10am-12pm; Free, Registration required
Conservation staff will identify waterfowl species, offer identification tips and demonstrate the habitat creation underway at this unique park. Dress warmly for the outdoors and bring binoculars and a bird field guide if you have them. In the event of extreme weather conditions on the day of the event, call the hotline for a notice of cancellation.

Parks & Recreation Spring & Summer Registration

416-338-4FUN to register
play@toronto.ca
www.toronto.ca/parks
Spring and summer registration begins at 7am for Etobicoke District

Family Time

Riverdale Public Library
370 Broadview Ave
416-393-7720
2-2:45pm; Free
Stories, songs and crafts for preschool children and caregivers.

Sunday

Annual Flapjack Olympics Mountsberg

Mountsberg Maple Towne
905-854-2276
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
11am-3pm;
Catch the spirit with a series of fun, pancake-related events! Warm up your spatulas - this popular family event is great for all ages.

Mooredale Concerts: Music & Truffles

MacMillan Theatre, U of T
80 Queens Park Circle
416-587-9411
www.mooredaleconcerts.com
1:15-2:15pm; $10/ticket, $25/series of 3 concerts
Entertaining, interactive - classical music concerts for children 5-15. Great introduction to music for adults too! Featuring Les Violins du Roy playing from Vivaldi’s

The Four Seasons. Everyone receives a wrapped chocolate truffle!

Lake Field Music Social
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St W
416-588-0307
www.lulalounge.ca
6:30-8:30pm; Free (light refreshments incl), After the social: optional attendance for Sicilian Jazz Project: $15/ticket
An open invitation for skilled, student and recreational music makers across the GTA to learn about Lake Field Music and their 2010 camp programs. Performances include Lake Field Music Camp’s Artistic Director Michael Occhipinti and members of his Sicilian Jazz Project, jamming with previous summer camp participants.

Parks & Recreation Spring & Summer Registration

416-338-4FUN to register
play@toronto.ca
www.toronto.ca/parks
Spring and summer registration begins at 7am for Scarborough District

Saturday & Sunday

Haru Matsuri/Spring Festival

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
6 Garamond Court
416-441-2345
www.jccc.on.ca
11am-5pm; $10-$19
The JCCC can guarantee that spring will arrive early as they celebrate Haru Matsuri /Spring Festival! This year’s theme of Fans, is sure to be a wonderful inspiration! Haru Matsuri includes Japanese arts and craft booths and many cultural vendors. The JCCC’s martial artists will demonstrate more than 8 different disciplines. Entertainment runs continuously on the main stage. Japanese food will be available for purchase. Don’t forget to visit the children’s activity centre!

Pay-What-You-Can-Weekends

Scarborough Historical Museum
1007 Brimley Road, N of Lawrence in Thomson Memorial Park
416-338-8807
12-4pm; PWYC
It’s Pay-What-You-Can every weekend in March at Scarborough Historical Museum. Bring the whole family to experience Scarborough’s rural past.

Maple Syrup Days

Mountsberg Maple Towne
905-854-2276
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
10am-4pm; $6.50/adults, $4.50/5-14yrs, Free/4yrs-, pancakes, wagon rides extra
Explore the Mountsberg Sugar Bush to see how sap turns into syrup. Take in a maple candy making session, travel on a horse-drawn ride ($2/person) through the bush, see dramatic birds of prey demonstrations and stop by the Pancake Pavilion in the woods for a plate of flap jacks covered in pure maple syrup!

Sweet Water Season

Crawford Lake
905-854-0243
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
10am-4pm; Admission: $6.50/adults, $4.50/5-14yrs
Visit the reconstructed Iroquoian Village and learn how maple syrup was discovered and used by Ontario’s First Peoples as you take in an interactive (and edible) Sweet Water demonstration, maple themed crafts and activities for kids. Snowshoe rentals are available –weather permitting.

Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

The Kortright Centre-9550 Pine Valley Dr &
416-667-6299
www.trca.on.ca/maplesyrup
9:30am-4pm; $8/Adults, $6/children, Free/4yrs & under
Don’t miss a drop! Come out and ‘tap into nature’. Demonstrations, wagon rides, activities, crafts and, of course maple syrup!