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Special in-house exhibit featuring items from our Collections show how people in St. Catharines survived the often harsh winter conditions. Investigate an interactive Depression-era kitchen, showcasing an ACE metal ice box, a pantry filled with winter necessities and a 1924 Locomotive washer, as well as a 1970’s living room where they can tune into the 1971 Memorial Cup final hockey game on a 1965 RCA Victor “New Vista” television. Visitors may also build a snow fort and decorate a snowman.

 St. Catharines Museum

1932 Welland Canals Parkway

St. Catharines, Ontario

L2R 7K6

905-984-8880

Open weekdays – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Open weekends – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 Admission by Donation

Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Ryan Miller
February 3rd-11th 2012

Transported from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, audiences meet a startling array of characters, ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto, to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage. These are the stories and characters of today, the songs for a new world.

The composer who brought us The Last Five Years and Parade brings us some of the best songs of contemporary musical theatre.

“It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.” -- composer Jason Robert Brown.

For more information visit www.hammerentertainment.ca/season.html

Hey kids and families it’s Valentine’s Craft Central on Sunday, February 12th at Eastgate from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. when kids and parents can visit  Sears Court and make their own personal Valentine for that special someone.

As well, shoppers can help the Heart and Stroke Foundation by making a dollar donation to the Foundation.  For every loonie donated, Eastgate will match the donation!

“The Valentine’s Craft Day is a fun way for kids to make Valentine’s cards for their moms, dads and grandparents.   The day is also a great opportunity for shoppers to make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.  Cardiovascular disease touches us all.  In fact, every 7 minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke,” said Eastgate Square Marketing Director, Barbara Miele.

In addition, shoppers can stop by the Customer Service Centre at Eastgate with receipts totalling $75 and dated between February 1st and February 14th to receive a beautiful picture frame for their loved one. Quantities are limited and one per customer.

For further information about Valentine’s Craft Day, please contact Customer Service at Eastgate Square at 905-561-2444.

Time:
Friday: noon-7:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am-5:00pm
Monday: 10:00am-5:00pm

Location:
The Careport Centre
270 Longwood Rd. S
Hamilton, ON L8P 0A6
Ticket Pricing:
Admission: $12.00 for adults, $9.00 for youth (13-17) and seniors (65+), 13 and under free
Visit www.boatshowandsale.com to save $3.00 off admission

Description:
The annual Central Ontario Boat Show & Sale is the perfect family outing and will be sure to entertain on Family Day weekend. The show opens its doors on Friday, February 17th and goes straight through to holiday Monday, February 20th, 2012.
With the success of last year’s show, the show has expanded by 25,000 square feet. “The show is just packed this year and we may hit as many as 300 different boats,” stated Dwayne McKillop, President of Continuum Productions. Returning to the 2012 show are the top 50 dealers stretching all across Ontario. Dealers are coming from as far West as Chatham, as far East as Peterborough as far North Bracebridge and South to Fort Erie. Boaters can find everything they need, in addition to boats, from lifejackets to shatter proof dishes to rafts from a number of booths located within The Mariner’s Marketplace. Something new this year is the COBSS Seminar Stage, where experts will come together to deliver complete and comprehensive information on boating safely and other topics.

What: Dinner & Silent Auction -  a Fundraiser for Routes Youth Centre, Dundas  
When: Friday February 24, 2012 Doors Open 6pm; Dinner 7pm
Where: Dundas Lions Memorial Community Centre, 10 Market St. Dundas
Tickets: $50 per person (905) 627-4334 or (905)929-0572
www.routesyouthcentre.ca

The theme for the evening is – “The Power of One”. Doors open at 6pm with a cash bar. Meal is prepared by Chef Thomas Hall, White Rabbit Catering. Guests can peruse a wide selection of silent auction items before dinner & bid throughout the evening. Following dinner a brief update of Routes & its 2011 successes plus Hamilton Tigercats’ own Pigskin Pete will provide some insight into his troubled youth & how he overcame those challenges.     

Routes Youth Centre is operated by a community-based volunteer Board of Directors – Dundas Youth Chaplaincy. We provide a safe place for young people to hang out. Our goal is to help at-risk youth to find socially productive and satisfying “routes” to pursue in their life and living.

Times:
Thurs. Mar. 1 5 - 9pm
Fri. Mar. 2 Noon - 8pm
Sat. Mar. 3 10am - 7pm
Sun. Mar. 4 10am - 5pm

Location:
The Careport Centre
270 Longwood Road S, Unit #1
Hamilton, ON
L8P oA6
Ticket Pricing
Adults (18+): $12.00
Seniors (65+): $10.00
Youths (13 - 17): $10.00
Kids under 13: Free
Special Offer: Save $3.00 off admission when you buy online

Description:
The Ideal Home & Garden Show presented by RE/MAX is the premier interior and exterior event in Southwestern Ontario. Consumers will be able to come together and learn from celebrities, specialists and experts in home design, decorating and landscaping. This year’s show features the “Super Stage” where celebrities will lead the audience through everything from how-to create scrumptious meals using home-grown ingredients to the most popular paint colours and fabrics of 2012. After consumers have learnt all they can from our celebrity guests, they can then put these tools and tips to use where more than 3 football fields of exhibitors will be on hand with everything from fireplaces to furniture to the latest in home theatre

Celebrity guests include:
*Jane Lockhart, Host of W Network’s Colour Confidential
*Iron-Chef Lynn Crawford, Host of The Food Networks’ s Pitch’n In
*Rob Rainford, Host of The Food Networks’s Born To Grill
*Mary Dobson, regular on City TV’s Cityline
*Reena Nerbas, Author of Household Solutions

The evening consists of a 5 course meal, live and silent auctions and dancing after dinner. Raising awareness and funding for the HHSM store front and program centers many free services to the homeless and working poor in Hamilton. HHSM offers free clothing bedding, hygiene products, a safe space and a friendly face.

Or go to www.hhsmhamilton.com for further information

Canadian rock legends ‘Lighthouse’ will be performing at Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts, 8pm Wednesday April 8th, 2012.  Lighthouse was Canada’s group of the year, 1972, 73, and 74, and authors of such iconic hits as “Sunny Days” and “One Fine Morning”.  They will perform in an effort to benefit the Canadian Spinal Research Organization, with all proceeds dedicated towards funding targeted research towards finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury.’  Tickets are now available for $59, and for $89 for VIP seats that include an after-party meet-and-greet w/ the band.  Tickets available through the R.H. Centre box office http://www.rhcentre.ca.

Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman
and Marc Shaiman
Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
April 20th - May 5th 2012

Hairspray delights audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out -- and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show." Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?

Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical

For more information visit www.hammerentertainment.ca/season.html