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SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
CycleFest USA Motorcycle Show and Expo – 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday; Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $12 adults, $6 ages 7 to 12, free to ages 6 and younger; 1-800-745-3000.
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The Mad Ants take the court Saturday against Canton at Memorial Coliseum.

COMEDY

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Karen Mills and Jeff Oskay – 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $9; 486-0216.

THURSDAY

John Fox and Owen Thomas – 7:30 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $12.50; 486-0216.

DANCES

TODAY

American Style Ballroom

Group lesson, 8 p.m.; open dancing, 8:30 to 10 p.m.; 6041 N. Clinton St.; $5; 480-7070.

SATURDAY

American Style Ballroom – 7 to 9 p.m., 6041 N. Clinton St.; $6; 480-7070.

Renaissance Ballroom – 8 to 10 p.m.; 7145 Indiana 1 N., Ossian; $5 a person; 622-6644.

SUNDAY

Music Box Ballroom Dance – 6 to 9 p.m.; Lighted Gardens, 10794 N. Indiana 1, Ossian; $6 members, $9 non-members.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

ALL WEEKEND

Foellinger-Freimann

Botanical Conservatory – “Night Before Christmas” exhibit, ends Sunday; 1100 S. Calhoun St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 3 to 17, free to ages 2 and younger; “Science Fun for Everyone: Toys and Games,” 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday; call for hours, 427-6440 or www.botanicalconservatory.org.

TODAY AND

SATURDAY

“Christmas Invitational Art Show By Fort Wayne Artists Guild” – Ends Jan. 28; Lo’s Galleria on Broadway, 519 Broadway, New Haven; hours, 493-1500 or www.losgalleria.com.

“Holiday Show” – Ends Jan. 28; Castle Gallery, 1202 W. Wayne St.; hours, 426-6568 or www.castlegallery.com.

SUNDAY

Japanese American New Year’s Party – Noon to 4 p.m.; music, silent auction, carry-in meal; IPFW, Walb Student Union Ballroom, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; 424-5070.

MUSEUM EXHIBITS

ALL WEE

KEND

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum – The stainless steel collection of the Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, including a Delorean; also more than 120 classic, antique, vintage and special interest cars on display; $10 adults, $6 students, $25 family, free to ages 5 and younger; hours, 260-925-1444 or www.automobilemuseum.org.

National Military History Center

and Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum

“Sugar Magnolia,” Grateful Dead original tour bus; World War II vehicles and guns; 5634 County Road 11-A, Auburn; admission for both museums, $10 adults, $6 to ages 11 to 7, free to ages 6 and younger; 260-927-9144 or www.militaryhistorycenter.org.

National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States – “Like You Used to Own” includes post-war, prototypes, light and heavy duty, International Harvester/Navistar gallery, race and muscle cars; also gas pumps, 1948 diner memorabilia; adjacent to Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automotive Museum, Auburn; admission; hours, 260-925-9100. “The Futurliner from NATMUS,” ends in March.

Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum – History of local racers and race tracks of northern Indiana, artifacts and race cars; located inside the National Military History Center and Kruse Automobile Museum, Auburn; open daily; admission for three museums, $10.

Wabash County Historical Museum – “Historic Harleys” exhibit, ends Saturday; 36 E. Market St., Wabash; $5; $3 seniors and ages 6 to 12, free to ages 5 and younger; call for hours, 260-563-9070.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Science Central – “LIGO: Astronomy’s New Messengers,” ends Sunday; 1950 N. Clinton St.; $8 adults, seniors and ages 3 to 12; call for hours, 424-2400 or www.sciencecentral.org.

SATURDAY

Black Pine Animal Park – “Animal Enrichment Day,” 1 to 4 p.m.; 1426 W. 300 N., Albion; $7 to $8; accepting “wish list” items for animals; 260-636-7383 or www.blackpine.org.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

ALL WEEKEND

Headwaters Ice Skating Rink – Noon to 10 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 333 S. Clinton St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 13 and younger, $2 skate rental; free to ages 13 and younger every Wednesday, $2 skate rental; 422-7625.

Toboggan Run – 5 to 10 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; Pokagon State Park, Angola; $10 per toboggan per hour; park entrance fees applied; 260-833-2012 or www.IN.gov/dnr. Ends Feb. 26.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Gun and Knife Show – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday; Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $6 adults, $2 for ages 6 to 12; 1-800-745-3000.

Fort Wayne Bridal Spectacular – Noon to 4 p.m.; fashion show at 2 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $8, free to ages 11 and younger; www.fortwaynebrides.com.

SATURDAY

“Let’s Move” Garden Walk – 10 a.m.; Charley Creek Gardens, Education and Resource Center, 551 N. Wabash St., Wabash; dress for weather; 260-563-1020.

Ann Thallemer – Author of “Unequal Justice”; 1 to 3 p.m. Warsaw Community Public Library, Warsaw; 574-267-6011.

TUESDAY

Little River Ramblers Nature Hike – Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project; 9 a.m.; meet at Boy Scout office parking lot, end of Old Canal Place Drive; free; 478-2515 or info@lrwp.org.

“Courageous Conversations about Race: The Journey Continues” – Sponsored by It Is Well With My Soul; 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza; reservations, 420-0765.

THURSDAY

Martin Luther King’s Birthday Celebration – Zumba-thon, noon to 1:15 p.m.; “The Chocolate Hour: Empowering the Dream,” 6 p.m.; IPFW, Walb Union Ballroom, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; 481-6165.

SPECTATOR SPORTS

TODAY

Komets hockey – vs. Dayton; 8 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $23 to $10 adults, $18 to $8 seniors and students, $13 to $6 ages 11 and younger; 1-800-745-3000.

SATURDAY

IPFW basketball doubleheader – vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks; women, noon; men, 2:30 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved $12.50 or $8.50; 1-800-745-3000.

Mad Ants basketball – vs. Canton; 7:30 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $20 to $5; “Dancing with the Arc Stars,” half-time show; 1-800-745-3000.

SUNDAY

Komets hockey – vs. Dayton; 5 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $23 to $10 adults, $18 to $8 seniors and students, $13 to $6 ages 11 and younger; 1-800-745-3000.

THEATER

TODAY

“Barrymore’s Ghost” – 7:30 p.m.; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; $25 advance, $30 day of show; 422-6329.

THURSDAY

“The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” – 7:30 p.m.; Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.; tickets start at $27.50; 1-800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.