There’s plenty going on this weekend…and it’s going to be above freezing! Celebrate what could be the last weekend of mild weather of 2014 by finding some fun to get into this weekend!
FRIDAY
Grand Opening: U.S. Bank Ice Rink — 5:00pm to Midnight — The U.S. Bank Ice Rink on Fountain Square opens to the 
public on Friday, November 21, at 5:00pm! Bring the whole family down for an evening hot cocoa and skating fun. Visit www.MyFountainSquare.com for more information. $4 Admission; $4 Skate Rentals
Grand Opening of Holiday in Lights and Santaland in Sharon Woods –It’s back and better than ever…Holiday in Lights and Santaland in beautiful Sharon Woods! Bundle up family and friends and enjoy a cruise through the lights November 21−December 31, 2014 and a visit with Santa November 21–23 & November 28–December 23, 2014. Both events run nightly Sundays–Thursdays from 6–9 p.m. and Fridays & Saturdays, 6–10 p.m. Holiday in Lights is well-known for its thousands of twinkling lights and more than 120 holiday-themed displays that are enjoyed all from the warmth of your vehicle! And if that’s not enough to get you in the spirit, step into Santaland in Sharon Centre an get a photo with Santa, laugh at Mr. Scrooge, enjoy Dickens Carolers, see a festive train display, enjoy holiday treats and much more. Admission into Holiday in Lights is $13 per vehicle (or $45 for buses and 15-passenger vans). A $2 off coupon is available at holidayinlights.com. Entrance into Santaland is free.
Beach Mountain Grand Opening — The Beach Waterpark, 2590 Waterpark Drive, Mason, OH 45040 — Beach Mountain promises to make sure “every day is a snow day” with an exhilarating 400-foot snow tubing hill with 10 lanes of slip-sliding fun for everyone 42″ tall and 3 years old and above! There will also be a separate smaller snow tubing hill provided for children under 42″ tall and a play snow village. Warm up with a steaming cup of hot chocolate or coffee, and delicious warm snacks in heated concessions area. Parking is FREE! Open November 21, 2014 – March 1, 2015, operating hours vary. Snow tubing sold in two-hour increments. www.thebeachmountain.com
manaTots story time with Miss SArah — blue manatee children’s bookstore and decafe — 10:00am.
French Story Time — blue manatee children’s bookstore and decafe — 10:30am – 11:00am. http://www.bluemanateebooks.com/home/activatees.html
SATURDAY
Holiday Shop Hop — 4pm-8pm — Covington’s downtown retailers invite you to a holiday shop hop, a tour of our diverse retail offerings with a holiday bus to help you get around downtown. Participating retailers will have special offers sand refreshments. Participating businesses include: Greenline Salon, Dragons Hoard, District 78, Blend, Shrewdness of Apes
Days Gone By Antiques & Vintage, Home Style , flow – a shop for men, Roebling Point Books and Coffee, Sims Furniture. https://www.facebook.com/events/965706693452473/
Kids CrossFit Saturdays at noon. CrossFit Kids classes for ages 4-12. The classes are only $5 each or you can get a whole month unlimited for $35.
Holiday Shopping Event — Villa Hills Civic Club 729 Rogers Road Villa Hills, Ky 41017 — 2-5pm — Holiday Craft & Vendor Event! Start your holiday shopping early with over 15 different direct sale vendors and crafters. Raffles, door prizes, samples and lots of fun. Check their Facebook event page for more details.
Five-Star Library Scavenger Hunt — 1:00pm — Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County — The Public Library recently earned a five-star rating, and to celebrate with those who made this possible it is holding a Five-Star Library Scavenger Hunt at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at all 41 library locations. Five gold stars will be hidden inside each branch library with clues where they can be found. There also will be five stars hidden on each floor at the Main Library. Five lucky winners at each branch and 15 winners at the Main Library will receive a coupon for a free cheese coney from Gold Star Chili. Those winners and the other “star finders” will be entered into a grand prize drawing for a Five-Star Library holiday ornament and a $25 gift card from Gold Star Chili. www.CincinnatiLibrary.org
The Krohn Zone Presents: Holiday Foods with Chef Ursula — 1-3 pm — Meet Chef Ursula and learn about 
contemporary twists on traditional holiday appetizers! Easy-to-make for your next holiday get-together! Yummy samples! Included with price of admission to Holiday Show Adults $7 • Children (5-12) $4 • 4 and under FREE. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn
manaTots story time — blue manatee children’s bookstore and decafe — 10:00am. By popular demand, for weekday workers and weekend wakers – a story time for the teeniest ‘tees!
SUNDAY
Krohn Conservatory Ten Reeds Musical Performance — 1-3pm — A chamber ensemble group from the UC College-Conservatory of Music. Join us for this wonderful LIVE music performance. The ensemble includes clarinets and oboes and they will perform Beethoven, Christmas Carols, and everything in between! The ensemble is happy to answer questions from the audience about our instruments and the world of classical music. Perfect for the whole family. Included with price of admission to Holiday Show Adults $7 • Children (5-12) $4 • 4 and under FREE. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn
ALL WEEKEND LONG
Opening Weekend of Comedy of Errors at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company — “The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s earliest and wackiest comedy and features not one, but TWO sets of identical twins, leading to twice the confusion, and twice the fun. Twin masters Antipholus and Antipholus (Justin McCombs and Josh Katawik) and their twin servants Dromio and Dromio (Jeremy Dubin and Paul Riopelle), separated at birth and each unknown to the other, just happen to end up in the same town on the same day. What ensues is an increasingly unlikely string of misunderstandings and mistaken identities as the twins unintentionally wreak havoc on each other’s lives. Audiences will be doubled over with laughter at Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”. This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY offering and Cincy Shakes offers student discounts on ALL student tickets!! To purchase tickets or for more information, call the CSC Box Office at 513.381.BARD (2273) ext. 1, or go online at www.cincyshakes.com.
PNC Festival of Lights at Cincinnati Zoo — Festival of Lights opens to the public on Saturday (member preview is Friday night!) No holiday in Cincinnati would be complete without a visit to the see the amazing light display that is Festival of Lights! Strolling entertainment, a new S’mores-N-More station, and so much more. http://cincinnatizoo.org/events/festival-of-lights/
Holiday Junction at Cincinnati Museum Center — Explore the Duke Energy Holiday Trains and enjoy Omnimax movie Rocky Mountain Express, and more. Stay tuned — Santa arrives the weekend of November 28 along with many more fun holiday events. Check them out on the Cincinnati Museum Center website: http://www.cincymuseum.org/holiday
Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction — The magical indoor holiday celebration Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction begins its six-week run Saturday, November 15. Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction has become a not-to-be-missed family event and a true holiday tradition in the Midwest. The event runs through Sunday, Jan. 4. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be welcoming children, teens, parents and grandparents with 80,000 square feet of holiday fun, all under one roof, all in a climate-controlled environment. Festive lights and decorations, and a beautiful North Pole walk-through adventure — plus as an added feature three holiday themed train displays FREE to the public — are just part of the popular family celebration. Of course, all of the other spectacular EnterTRAINment Junction attractions are part of the holiday-time experience, including the world’s largest indoor model train display, the popular 1,000 ft. replica of the historic Coney Island Amusement Park, the weird-and-wacky A-Maze-N FunHouse, a giant kids’ interactive play area and the American Railroading Museum. Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction is open daily Nov. 15-Jan. 4 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day). Times are Mon.-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. There are special extended hours Dec. 13-Dec. 23 and Dec. 26-30 when EnterTRAINment Junction will be open until 9 p.m. (Closes at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve). Various admission packages start as low as $9.95 and, as always, parking is free. EnterTRAINment Junction is located at 7379 Squire Court, off I-75 at the Tylersville Rd. exit (#22). For more information, call (513) 898-8000, or (877) 898-4656. www.entertrainmentjunction.com
Krohn Holiday Show — Magic and Mistletoe 10:00 am- 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday – All Aboard for a Traditional Krohn Holiday! Our 2014 Holiday show will feature the return of our interactive train display and thousands of colorful poinsettias, cyclamens, and tropical flowers, plus additional garden railway surprises. Visitors will also experience local musicians, Schmalz holiday displays, extended candlelight hours, strategically placed baskets of mistletoe and great photo opportunities. Magic will definitely be in the air!
HOLIDAY FUN
This is the time of year when we start looking forward to light displays and Santa sightings! Make sure you check out the following posts when you are looking for some holiday fun!
Holiday Activities in Northern Kentucky
Behringer Crawford Museum’s Holiday Toy Trains
Holiday Shop Local Guide
Holiday Light Displays
Holiday Happenings Up North
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