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Takes place February 1 to 10. Canmore winters are fun and full of magic. Every February, the Canmore community comes together during the Canmore Winter Carnival to celebrate the best parts of their unique winter lifestyle. With the BMW IBU Biathlon World Cup in town this year, Winter Carnival will be rad! Join Canmore for two weeks of indoor and outdoor events and experiences: ice carving competitions, kids’ ice carving, the always entertaining pooch parade, World Cup biathlon races, and the amazing Snowy Owl Kid N' Mutt races! For the full festival schedule, visit the website. * Some events are weather dependent. Schedule subject to change.

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

Mad Science Brixology Creatures Workshop. Brought to you by The Calgary Public Library, presented by Mad Science. Join Mad Science and discover nature’s engineering secrets as you investigate biomimicry and biomechanics! You can learn a lot about efficient design by observing plants and animals. In this class, children build a walking insect machine with LEGO® and then test different ways to help it climb up a steep incline. Suitable for ages 6 to 12. Spaces are limited. To register, visit the Calgary Public Library website.

Mad Science Planets & Moons Workshop. Brought to you by The Calgary Public Library, presented by Mad Science. Join Mad Science and explore the solar system by impersonating the planets to compare their sizes and distances from the sun. Learn the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse and how space probes harness the gravity of distant planets to use less fuel. Build and keep a Mad Science® Gravity Assisted Launcher! Suitable for ages 6 to 12. Spaces are limited. To register, visit the Calgary Public Library website.