With semester 2 in full swing, you’re sure to need some kind of break from adjusting to your new classes. If you’re free on the weekend and feel the need to unwind from all the stress, check out whats going on around this weekend! You won’t regret it!
1) Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta’s Tradeshow
When: Saturday February 7, 2015 (10-4pm)
Where: Southcentre Mall 100 Anderson Road SE
Cost: FREE, unless you plan on purchasing a group’s product.
If you weren’t aware of it before, this event is the Tradeshow for the Junior Achievement Company Program.  The Junior Achievement Company Program is basically a program offered to students from grades 9-12 across the city. In it, youth are granted the opportunity to create their own company and develop and sell their own product, learning about how a business runs.  During this program, students learn many valuable life skills, and even earn credits doing it! In relation to that, this trade show is basically all the JA companies showcasing their product and selling it. If you have any friends currently in the company program, go drop by and support them by purchasing their product! If you don’t, go out and check to see what they have to offer, you may even find yourself buying something of your own.  And who knows? Maybe going will push you to join the program next year. 🙂 More information can be found here.
2) Ice Festival
Where:Symons Valley Ranch (14555 Symons Valley Road NW)
When: Feb 6-8 (10-5pm)
Cost: Free
Fancy seeing some cool ice art? Come on down to the Symons Valley Ranch Ice Festival, where families and people of all ages are welcome to join in outdoor winter activities while marveling at beautiful ice art. This event has already been mentioned before, but this weekend is the last weekend for the festival before it closes, so be sure to check it out before then!
3) Skating Party at Bowness Park
Where: Bowness Park
When: Februrary 7, 11:00am-3:00pm
Cost: Free
It’s a party and everyone’s invited! In partnership with the Bowness Community Association, the City of Calgary parks is planning a skating party at Bowness Park this weekend. This is a chance for you local residents and people across the city to visit Bowness park and see its new redevelopments. Enjoy great company, entertainment, refreshments and friends!
4) Circle Mirror Transformation
Where: Vertigo Theatre-The Studio (115 9th Ave SW)
When: Fri. February 6-8pm, Sat. February 7-8pm, & Sun. February 8-2:30pm
Cost: $25 for students
From the site:
“Four lost New Englanders enroll in Marty’s six-week-long community-centre drama class. But within the harmless theatre games, hearts are quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. It’s a beautifully crafted diorama, in which we see with hilarious detail and clarity the antic sadness of a motley quintet. Circle Mirror Transformation captures the subtle changes in each of our lives that lead to a complete metamorphosis.”
5)Â Calgary Boat & Sportmen’s Show
Where: BMO Centre, Stampede Park (20 Roundup Way SE)
When: February 6 1-9pm, February 7 10-8pm, & February 8 10-5pm
Cost: Juniors (6-15) $8.00
Boat enthusiasts are sure to check this one out. If you’re looking for a new boat to buy for the spring season, this is the place. Besides showing off boats as this events name implies, they also offer information sessions in outdoor education sessions, various fishing gear, a Birds of Prey show displaying live birds, a kid’s scavenger hunt, chainsaw art and much more! For any outdoor enthusiast, this event is a must go. Click here for more information.
There’s plenty to see and do this weekend, why don’t you take a break from your studies to check it out?
