What’s Poppin’: March 8 and 9
Saturday:
The Waverley Library will hold a Story Time with the Thunder Bay Drag Queens and Kings event from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. It will be followed by a 30-minute crafting session led by TBay drag artists Faux Rocious and Fairy Contagious.
Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay will hold a Building with Beads Mardi Gras Gala at the Valhalla Inn Ballroom, with a symposium beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Magnus Theatre will present The Canadian Curling Club at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Thunder Bay North Stars Junior A Hockey Club will play at 7:30 p.m. at the Fort William Gardens.
Sunday:
Ice Races continue this weekend at Mission Bay, starting at 12 p.m.
Winter FunDays is back again this weekend from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This week, Science North will have a winter science workshop at the Current River Community Centre. The Baggage Building Arts Centre will also hold a upcycled puzzle piece creations session with CAHEP, where residents can transform puzzle pieces into jewelry, ornaments or imaginative toys.
All Weekend Long:
The annual two-day NOSA Spring Gun Show is back for the public to buy, sell or trade: guns, knives, ammunition, collectors' cartridges, reloading supplies, optics and accessories. A food concession will also be on site. The show will run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and free to children 12 or under.
The Thunder Bay Museum will host a new exhibit in its first-floor galleries reflecting the contributions of women at the Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William during the Second World from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Cambrian Players will present Home I'm Darling at 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Thunder Bay Museum will display the travelling exhibit Treaty 3: Manidoo Mazina’igan, The Sacred Document. The display was developed by The MUSE in collaboration with Grand Council Treaty #3, Library and Archives Canada, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario. It will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Events listed here are submitted by the community. If you want to see your event listed or you know What's Poppin' on upcoming weekends, let us know by emailing us before 4 p.m. on Friday. Be sure to include as much info as possible!
