Winterval festival offers family friendly activities

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne's Downtown Improvement District and the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department is sponsoring the annual Winterval festival on Saturday, January 26.

Different organizations around the Fort Wayne area are providing family friendly activities.

A free Citilink bus will travel along Main Street in a loop every ten minutes.

The Winterval schedule is as follows:

The Botanical Conservatory

• 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• $1 off admission
• There will be indoor snowmaking from 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., a bagel bird feeder craft, cookies and hot chocolate. There will also be ice carving at 2 p.m.

Science Central

• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Half off admission
• Make Glacial Gak (slime) or try some tasty liquid nitrogen ice cream

The Old Fort

• 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Free admission
• See what winter life on the frontier was like in the early 1700's with French military, civilians and local Native American. There will also be a bake sale.

Fort Wayne Museum of Art

• 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• $1 per person
• Six exhibitions, plus the Permanent Collection

Cathedral Books & Gifts

• 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• 20% off sale

Arch, Inc

• 11 a.m.
• Fun & Free Lecture Series: The How-To’s of Restoring Historic Interiors
• Free admission

Allen County Public Library – Downtown

• 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Free admission
• Ice carving at 11 a.m.
• Kids crafts from noon – 2 p.m.

Headwaters Park Ice Rink

• 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
• Regular Admission
• Figure skating exhibitions at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, and 4:15 p.m.

Ice Carving

• 11 a.m.: Allen County Public Library at 900 Library Plaza
• 2 p.m.: Botanical Conservatory at 1100 S. Calhoun Street
• 3 p.m.: Community Center at 233 W. Main Street
• 4 p.m.: Arts United Plaza at 300 E. Main Street

History Center

• Noon to 5 p.m.
• Half price admission
• Enjoy a collection of more than 26,000 artifacts, photographs and documents representing the history of Fort Wayne and Allen County.

Lawton Park

• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
• Free admission
• Watch the Fort Wayne Rugby Club vs. IPFW in the annual Polar Bear Rugby Game

Community Center

• 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
• Free event
• Horse-drawn carriage rides, indoor curling, ice fishing, snow crafts, pinewood derby, and ice carving

Arts United Plaza

• 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Free event
• 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Watch ice carving on the plaza
• 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. enjoy cocoa and cookies
• 5:30 p.m. - IPFW and FW Youtheatre’s “Oliver"
• 6 p.m. - The Fort Wayne Fringe Festival Teaser
• 7:30 p.m. - Salsa Loca dance party

Fort Wayne Youtheatre

• Community Center: 3 p.m.
• Arts United Center: 5 p.m.
• Free admission
• Youtheatre traveling troupe will perform a show that includes the children’s favorites: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” “Yettel’s Feathers,” “The Lorax” and a preview of the upcoming “Oliver!”

TRIAAC

• 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
• Acoustic Spoken Word Café featuring singer songwriter Grey Gordon and poet Adrian Curry
• $5

The Embassy Theatre

• 8 p.m.
• Fort Wayne Philharmonic Pops: Swingin’ with Sinatra and Dorsey
• Tickets start at $25 at the Embassy Box Office or www.fwphil.org

Club Soda

• 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
• Eric Clancy Trio
• Free admission

Columbia Street West

• 10 p.m.
• The Freak Brothers
• $5 cover charge

The Brass Rail

• 10 p.m.
• Cain Marko, Lando
• $5 cover charge

Cinema Center

• 11:59 p.m.
• Midnight Movie: Reefer Madness
• Cheap beer for $1 donation!
• $5 cover charge