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Winterfest – Presented by the Potawatomi Snowmobile Club; snowmobile races, ice fishing contest, ice skating; 4-H Park at Crooked Lake, Angola; free; race registration begins 9 a.m.; racing starts at noon; for other events and times, call 260-833-4956 or 260-833-2536.
ABOVE: Brenda McBride helps Jenny Sanderlin during a beginners knitting class Wednesday at Salomon Farm on Dupont Road. Sanderlin says her first knitting project was making little scarves for her daughter’s Barbie dolls.

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RIGHT: “It’s like frying an egg,” says Kathy Lee, a participant in a beginner’s class. She explained the more you practice, the better you become. For more information on classes, go to FortWayneParks.org.
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The Fort Wayne Derby Girls open their season Saturday at Memorial Coliseum, taking on NEO Roller Derby of Akron.

COMEDY

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Steve Iott and Andy Beningo – 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $9; 486-0216.

THURSDAY

Ian Gutoskie and Donna Carter – 7:30 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $8; 486-0216.

DANCES

SATURDAY

Fort Wayne Traditional Music and Dance Society – Contra dance, 8 to 11 p.m.; University of Saint Francis, 2701 Spring St., north campus building; Saint Francis students, employees and children younger than 12 free; adults, $8, students, $5; 484-4880.

Van Wert Dance Club – Ballroom dance; 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.; Goedde Building, 205 W. Crawford St., Van Wert, Ohio; $5; 419-238-6571.

HOLIDAY EVENT

TODAY AND

SATURDAY

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

MUSEUM EXHIBITS

ALL WEE

KEND

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum – The stainless-steel collection of the Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum in Cleveland, 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 Automobile 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 Automotive Museum, Auburn; open daily; admission for three museums, $10.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Foellinger-Freimann

Botanical Conservatory – “Down on the Fisher-Price Farm” exhibit, through April 8; 1100 S. Calhoun St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 3 to 17, free to ages 2 and younger; call for hours, 427-6440 or www.botanicalconservatory.org.

Science Central – “Treasure,” exhibit grand opening 11 a.m. Saturday with speaker Fort Wayne City Councilman Geoff Paddock; free admission 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday; exhibit open through May 30; 1950 N. Clinton St.; $8 adults, seniors and ages 3 to 12; $16 non-members, $10 members; call for hours, 424-2400 or www.sciencecentral.org.

TUESDAY

John Paulding Historical Society – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 600 Fairground Drive, Paulding, Ohio; free; 419-399-8218 or www.johnpauldinghistoricalsociety.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.

TODAY

AND SATURDAY

Winter garden walk – 10 a.m.; Education and Resource Center, 551 N. Wabash St., Wabash; dress accordingly; 250-563-1020.

SATURDAY

Food, fun and fitness fair – Fueling Your Family sponsored by Fort 4 Fitness 4YourHealth Community Wellness; hands-on activities and performances; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Glenbrook Square, near Macy’s, 4201 Coldwater Road; free; 481-4868 or www.fort4fitness.org.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Stateline Gun Show – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday; Williams County Fairgrounds, Montpelier, Ohio; $3, children younger than 10 free with adult; 419-737-2801 or www.statelinegunshow.com.

TUESDAY

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

Jenna Bush Hager – Daughter of former President George W. Bush; 7:30 p.m.; Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, Van Wert, Ohio; $10 to $20; www.npacvw.org.

Interdisciplinary panel – To discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s views on unions and labor during “King and Labor: The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike”; 6:30 p.m.; University of Saint Francis, Brookside Ballroom, 2701 Spring St.

“Landowners Meeting on Conservation Programs” – Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project; 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Roanoke Brethren Church, 415 S. Main St., Roanoke; experts from Natural Resources Conservation Service and Fish and Wildlife Service to explain landowner assistance for Allen and Huntington counties; free; 478-2515 or email info@lrwp.org.

THURSDAY

Mizpah Shrine Circus – Ends Jan. 29; 6:30 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $10 to $20; for show times and additional dates, call 422-7122 or visit www.mizpahcircus.com.

SPECTATOR SPORTS

TODAY

Komets hockey – vs. Tulsa Oilers; 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

Fort Wayne Derby Girls – vs. Neo Roller Derby Girls; 6 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $15; kids 6 to 12, $7; 1-800-745-3000.

Komets hockey – vs. Tulsa Oilers; 7:30 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

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged” – 6 to 8 p.m.; Presented by Shakespeare from the Heart; Firefly Coffeehouse, 3523 N. Anthony Blvd.; 373-0505.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

“Shakespeare’s Will” – 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; general admission, $20 advance, $24 at the door, ages 60 and older, $18 advance, $22 at the door, full-time students, $10 at the door; 422-6329. Ends Jan. 29.

“Murder Among Friends” – Dinner 7 p.m., show 8 p.m.; Arena Dinner Theatre, 719 Rockhill St.; $35; 424-5622.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

“The Year of Magical Thinking” – 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; general admission, $20 advance, $24 at the door, ages 60 and older, $18 advance, $22 at the door, full-time students, $10 at the door; 422-6329. Ends Jan. 28.