Smarty Scoop on Weekend Events

By Katie M

It's great to be Wednesday! Lots of stuff going on around the Triad and you can definitely tell there is love in the air ;) Before you scroll down to check out the event line-up, don't forget that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is roaring into town today with Barnum’s FUNundrum! We've been giving away tickets left and right to all our Facebook fans (and we now have more than 1,500 fans thanks to all of you!!!!). If you haven't entered our contest, you still have time. Juck click here to get all the details (you need to have a Facebook account to participate).

Here's wishing you and yours a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend. Enjoy!

Art You Can Handle ~ Origami Photo Album
Thursday, February 11 at 7PM
Studios@625 Trade Street
Hosted by Smarty Mom Marybeth Barrett (from Addressing Spaces) and Kathleen Kirk
Just in time for Valentines Day! Create a Memory Story with Guest Designer & Paper Expert, Patti Parnell. You will receive step by step instructions on how to crop your pictures and adhere to the sections to create your very own Memory Story. Included in this kit are background papers and a few handmade embellishments. You will each create and take home your masterpiece at the studio. Patti will also provide you with DIY instructions to help you create another one at your own home. Lights snacks will be provided. We encourage you to grab a girlfriend and your favorite bottle of vino for a great night out with friends. Cost per person $25, includes all supplies and light snacks. Space is limited. Call 336.406.7072 to reserve your spot. Registration form is available at www.addressingspaces.com.

Pirate and Princess Palooza – Tickets on Sale Now
Saturday, February 27th from 11am-1pm
Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Preschool, 2614 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge
Ahoy there Mateys and Fair Ladies. Join us for some swashbuckling fun with Captain Jim’s Magic Show, a Silent Auction, Raffles, and kid friendly grub. (Will be peanut & tree nut free). Tickets are $15.00 for 1 adult & 1 Child. Additional tickets can be purchased for $5.00 each. Immediate Family Max $25.00. Last Day for Ticket sales, Sunday, February 21st. Tickets can be purchased (Mon-Fri 9am-1pm) at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Preschool. Or call 336-609-7074 or email CUhrlass@triad.rr.com
for more information.This program is ORPC Preschool’s only fundraiser to purchase Rainy Day Indoor Play Equipment. Princess & Pirate attire welcome!

The Velveteen Rabbit
Friday, Feb. 12 at 10 am
Childrens Theatre of Winston-Salem, 610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem
$8 general seating

53rd Annual Pancake Jamboree
Friday, February 12 from 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Benton Convention Center, W-S
Hosted by Twin City Kiwanis Club, this charity event has become one of the most treasured fundraising efforts in Winston-Salem. Its proceeds support over 20 worthwhile youth programs across the community. Serving all-you-can eat pancakes and Neese’s sausage, the meal also includes Pepsi soft drinks, coffee, milk and orange drink. Take out service also available. Adults, $6; ages 12 and under, $3.

Winterfest at SciWorks
Saturday, Feb. 13 from 11 am to 5 pm
SciWorks, 400 W. Hanes Mill Rd, W-S
Celebrate Winter at SciWorks! Enjoy make-and-take craft activities, animal interviews, Planetarium Shows - lots of special activities featuring the science of this wonderful time of year - Winter! In our "SciWorks Attic" exhibit, we've brought out some of our visitors' favorites! - the putting green, pitching cage, to name a few...and... The Track is Back!! In the "Ancient Carolinians" exhibit, you will discover that 12,000 years ago, long before Roanoke's Lost Colony, Ancient Rome or even the Egyptian pyramids, people lived and thrived in what is now North Carolina. You also will learn how archaeologists have painstakingly unearthed that history over the past 60 years. This exhibit will be with us through May 1.All WinterFest activities are FREE with paid museum admission.

Alice In Wonderland Tea Party
Saturday, Feb. 13 at 2 pm
Sweetie's at Reynolda Village, 114-C Reynolda Village, W-S
An Invitation From The Queen of Hearts! Children's Tea Party. Refreshments, Games,activities, photos all with the costumed characters from Alice In Wonderland. RSVP no later than February 10th.....limited to 25 children! Meet us through the looking glass at the back door of Sweetie's Reynolda Village and don't be late for a very important date!!! Cost: 25.00 per child.

Butterfly Kisses Daddy/Daughter Dance
Saturday, Feb. 13 from 5 - 7 pm
Children's Museum of Winston-Salem, 390 South Liberty Street, W-S
This is a night you both will always remember with a yummy pizza dinner, special craft activity, silly games and relays, and dancing with your little girl (learn the cupid shuffle dance!) We will have a photographer there to take a very special picture of just you and your little girl. And we won't say goodbye without dancing the last dance to the very special and very fitting "Butterfly Kisses". $12 per person for Members, $15 per person for Non-members.

18th Annual Chinese New Year Festival
Saturday, February 13 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., GSO
Experience the traditions of the Chinese culture. A day of activities for the entire family, featuring the traditional Lion Dance, folkdances, traditional music, martial arts, gift booths, calligraphy, costume photos and food. Free admission.

Punch Drunk Love - Valentine's Day Special
Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 and 9:30 pm
a/perture cinema, 311 West 4th Street, W-S
Barry Egan's existence has always been free of complication -- perhaps too free! Every day passes exactly like the one before it, with his attention split between his work - he owns a company that markets themed toilet plungers -- and his seven overbearing sisters, who thoroughly enjoy ridiculing and manipulating him at every opportunity. As a result, he never really has any time for himself -- no time for fun and, most certainly, no time for romance. But three random and seemingly unconnected events quickly turn his life upside down. In the span of a single morning he witnesses a bizarre car accident, picks up an abandoned harmonium from the street and meets Lena, a mysterious young woman, who becomes much more than a complicated distraction. Cost: $7.50

Valentine’s Day at Greensboro Children's Museum
Sunday, February 14 from 9 a.m.-noon.
Greensboro Children's Museum, 220 N. Church St., GSO
Make lots of lovely cards and crafts for you to take to your sweethearts. Free with museum admission, $6.

Don't forget to register to win $25 gift cards (plus $25 gift cards for each of your three girlfriends) to shop at Beverly Hills on Main and Harry Smidgepodge in Jamestown! Click here to get all the scoop, and to register. The winner will be randomly picked on Friday, Feb. 11 and announced Feb. 14. Good luck, Smarties!

Posted by Triad Smarty Pants at 5:00 AM