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UNTIL 12 FEBRUARY

Fireside Soup and Bread

Campbell House Museum 160 Queen St W 416-597-0227 www.campbellhousemuseum.ca, www.toronto.ca/special_events/wintercity 12pm, 12:45pm, 1:30pm; $8/person, $25/family Gather around the historic kitchen hearth to learn about Toronto’s culinary roots. Admission includes a bowl of hot soup from the cauldron made from 19th-century recipes, fresh bread, and apple cider, plus a museum tour and a copy of the recipe to take home.

1 FEBRUARY

Bunch Family Dance Party: Outer Space Edition

Circa, 126 John St info@bunchfamily.ca Tickets: www.bunchfamily.ca 2-5pm; $12/adults, $10/kids, free for non-walkers A special WinterCity bash where kids and parents can mix it up on the dance floor with aliens and learn to do the robot from robots. Be prepared to encounter strange, extra terrestrial landscapes. Shake it on the dance floor side by side, hang with the deejay or with a spaceman and create glowing interplanetary art.

Puppets on Ice

Dufferin Grove Park 875 Dufferin St www.dufferinpark.ca 1-4pm; A mob of puppets will descend on the skating rink at Dufferin Grove Park. Take a puppet for a spin around the ice while a DJ plays some cool tunes.

8 FEBRUARY

The Little Sweetheart Ball

Capitol Event Theatre 2492 Yonge St rethinkbreastcancer.com 3-6pm; $50/adult, $5/child (7 and under) Inspired by the baby boom in Hollywood and among Rethink Breast Cancer’s own staff and supporters, The Little Sweetheart Ball is a “babylicious” benefit for breast cancer where alpha toddlers can see and be seen. This Valentine’s party is for hot mamas, hip daddies and tiny tots to come out and support Rethink Breast Cancer’s Support Saturdays program. Look for the Little Paper table and place your bid for a Little Paper cover in the silent auction.

8, 15, 22 FEBRUARY

Annual Winter Show

171 East Liberty St 416-536-8927 www.modelrailroadclub.com 12-4:30pm; $8/adults, $4/Children Take a peek into another world and enjoy the fun of model railroading as the Club opens its’ doors for their annual show. Take a trip back in time to the late 1950’s where steam is still king. Visit the “Central Ontario Railway” a world in miniature, a model railroad where trains travel over 5,000 ft of track, passing by hills, small towns, forests and lakes connecting two major cities.

16 FEBRUARY

You Dance Family Day

The Walter Carsen Centre for the National Ballet of Canada 470 Queen’s Quay W Register with Linda Rimsay, space limited 416-964-3780 x2073 www.national.ballet.ca 10:30am-12pm: Open Class-Watch apprentices from the Ballet in Class; 11am-1:30pm, 2-4:30pm: Family Movement Workshop (8-12yrs) & You dance performance of exciting ballet repertoire in full costume.; YOU dance is an outreach initiative presented jointly by The National Ballet of Canada and Canada’s National Ballet School. Through participatory workshops and live professional performances students in grades 4 through 6 enjoy a comprehensive and inspiring exposure to dance.

21 FEBRUARY

Tinars For Tots

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom 1214 Queen St W 10am (Doors 9:30) $5 Adults / Tots Ride Free Spring always comes early when you use your imagination… Pages Book Store, Bunch, and The Little Paper present a morning of books and crafts featuring Edward and the Eureka Lucky Wish Company by Barbara Todd and Patricia Storms & The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher

28 FEBRUARY – 31 March

Sweet Water Season

Crawford Lake 905-854-0243 www.conservationhalton.on.ca 10am-4pm; Wknds & holidays - 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 .