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SATURDAY

Celebrating the Year of the Tiger

Lillian H. Smith Library 239 College St, 4th Flr 416-393-7746 www.tpl.toronto.ca 2-4pm Free An exciting Chinese New Year celebration featuring a lion dance, Chinese musical instrumental performance, songs and more. Free Chinese New Years Scrolls (while they last). Chess in the Library (7-12yrs)

Maria A Shchuka Library

1745 Eglington Ave W 416-394-1000 www.chessinthelibrary.com Saturdays: 12pm Free, register at the library, space limited The start date for a weekly series. Learn chess & challenge other kids! Featuring: casual chess, blitz & CFC rated games.

Clay Bird Feeder Workshop (4-10yrs)

C1 Art Space 44 Ossington Ave 416-538-7999 www.c1artspace.com 10:30am- 12pm $18/child, call to register Kids learn to help feed birds during cold winter months by creating a feeder in clay.

Paddywak! Young People’s Concert

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Roy Thomson Hall 60 Simcoe St 416-593-4828 www.tso.ca 1:30pm, 3:30pm $18.50-$28.50, purchase tickets by phone or online Get ready for a toe-tapping percussion concerto with a master tap dancer and unexpected instruments, including a typewriter and paper bags. Pre-concert performance a half hour before the show in the lobby!

Valentine Puppet Show

Forest Hill Library 700 Eglinton Ave W 416-393-7706 www.torontopubliclibrary.ca Doors open 10am, 10:15am start Free Set the mood for Valentine’s Day festivities with a fun puppet show.

WinterCity Festival: Carnaval

Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen St W 416-338-7465 www.toronto.ca 6-10pm The sounds of Soca, Reggae and Dance Hall fill the air at this tribute to Carnaval. Award-winning mas band Tribal Knights bring their 2009 Carnaval King & Queen to Nathan Phillips Square along with the Afro-Brazilian sounds of the percussion group Batucada Carioca, stilt dancers and more. With DJ Blackcat.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Kuumba African Festival

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West 416-973-4000 www.harbourfrontcentre.com Free A festival featuring dance, music and food celebrating Black History Month. Stop by the Lego station and let your imagination run wild. Knock your socks off at the “Thriller,” Salsa or old school house dance workshops or craft a super hero...and that’s just for starters.

The Little Elf (3-10yrs)

Solar Stage Children’s Theatre 4950 Yonge St, The Madison Centre 416-368-8031 www.solarstage.on.ca 11am, 2pm showings $14/ticket A charming, interactive musical about an unlikely pair. Join a little Elf and her billygoat as they test the elf’s magic powers against a scheming wizard.

WinterCity: Temples to Terrabytes

Bread and Circus Kensington Market, 299 Augusta Ave 416-504-7082 (Toronto Tabla), 416-925-8898 (Bread & Circus) www.tablaensemble.com, www.breadandcircus.ca 2pm $20/adults, $10/3-12yrs This special WinterCity concert is an intimate South Asian themed spectacle of music and dance connecting ancient India to modern Toronto.

SUNDAY

Splash ‘N Boots

Living Arts Centre 414 Living Arts Dr 888-805-8888 www.livingartscentre.ca 1pm, 3pm $20/adult, $15/child Jump, twist, twirl and sing along with the interactive and original music of "Splash ‘N Boots," described as "The U2 of Children's Music."

WinterCity Festival: Festival du Voyageur

Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen St W 416-338-7465 www.toronto.ca 4-8pm Explore Canada’s French, Aboriginal and Metis Heritage as fiddling, step dancing, storytelling and traditional Aboriginal dance fill Nathan Phillips Square. Metis storyteller John Huston and Ojibway storyteller Aaron Bell invite you inside a 27 foot high Tipi, while outside Voyageur games such as tug-of-war and leg wrestling are demonstrated.