The final weekend of February offers some engaging activities for kids and parents, the annual IceFest event in Yorkville, and much more.
- The Canadian International Auto Show continues at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre until Sunday.
- The Outdoor Adventure Show is on from Friday to Sunday at the International Centre in Mississauga.
- Bloor-Yorkville Icefest 2012 features ice sculptures and ice carving demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday after opening with the fundraising party IceNite on Thursday night.
- Saturday is African and Caribbean Cultural Heritage Day at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- Unfortunately the Kortright Centre for Conservation has had to cancel Dog Sled Races planned for this weekend due to a lack of snow, but they're still offering an evening "Owl Prowl" program on Saturday night.
- There's a also a Hoot and Howl event in Rouge Park on Saturday night.
- Among the special events at city museums this weekend, Family FUNdays continue at most locations this Sunday, on Friday night Montgomery Inn offers the Black History Month presentation Finding Freedom: The Joshua Glover Story, Fort York has partnered up with the Culinary Historians of Canada to celebrate marmalade on Saturday, and the Canadian premiere of Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith begins at Todmorden Mills on Thursday.
- On Sunday afternoon the Bata Shoe Museum offers the next event in their Roaring Twenties Lecture Series with theatre and film designer Martha Mann Southgate speaking about "Interpreting the Designer".
- For families, Totsapalooza: Mouse-City Calling edition is on Sunday at The Revival.
- This Sunday is the final day of the Model Railroad Club of Toronto's "Romance of the Rails" show in Liberty Village.
- Also on Sunday afternoon, the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science is holding the free event "Let's Talk Science", offering hands-on activities for kids ages 6-12 (Look under "Winter 2012 Lectures" on the website for details).
- And from the calendar of User-submitted events for February:
- The Fondue Feastival continues at all three Bier Markt locations until Sunday.
- Tonight (Thursday) Milton District High School is holding "A Taste of Milton".
- On Saturday volunteers will be at the Toronto Humane Society building shelters for homeless cats.
- The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is holding a Singsation Saturday workshop at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
- And on Saturday night the Huntington Society of Canada is holding a Casino Royale fundraiser at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex (CNE grounds).
If you're an event planner hosting something this weekend, feel free to tell us about it in the comments section below. For later events, learn how to submit an event listing to About.com: Toronto.
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