Putter around the skyway and get the big picture: Your weekend planning guide
Grab your putters and hit the skyways or catch five big films at the Science Museum of Minnesota's Omnifest.
From free events to family fun to adults-only, here's a roundup of events to get you out of the house.
Free: Crashed and bashed
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Red Bull Crashed Ice returns to St. Paul for the fifth year in a row this weekend. This year, the city will be hosting the season finale of the downhill race series.
This year's Crashed Ice will also feature, for the first time, a women's championship. In previous years, women have participated in only specific Crashed Ice events.
Don't want to bother with the hassle of driving and parking? Download a free Metro Transit pass here.
Before you go, get a 3-D view of the track.
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Winter bonus: Warm weather forced it to shut down last weekend, but the Art Shanty Projects is back for one final weekend in White Bear Lake.
The shanties will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
For families: The big picture
If you hurry, you can catch five big films at the Science of Museum's Omnitheater — Omnifest ends March 3.
Meet some of the wildlife of the Great Lakes, witness nature's most fearsome and fascinating forces or explore the world's tropical rainforests. If that's not your thing, you can take in the holy sites of Jerusalem or uncover the secrets of the humpback whale.
Save even more time by buying your tickets online.
Bonus: The force is strong this Saturday afternoon at the museum's "Star Wars Day." Build jitterdroids, launch stargliders, test your "Star Wars" IQ in the Jedi trials and more. All activities are included in regular museum admission.
For adults: Get crafty with wine and beer
Get your drink on by (responsibly) celebrating craft beer and wine this weekend.
The 15th annual Winterfest at Union Depot will feature more than 80 brewery and brewpub members of the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild.
Buy your tickets online.
If you can't make it to Winterfest, check out the Grand Minnesota Taste-Together at Grand Casino Hinckley.
Tickets for that event are also available online.
Indoors: A birdie in the sky(way)
Tee off beginning Friday at the 10th annual Skyway Open in downtown Minneapolis, benefiting the Intersections: Downtown 2025 Plan's Committee to End Street Homelessness.
The mini-golf tournament features golf holes designed by leading Minneapolis-based architects and contractors, and located throughout the skyway system.
Ticket prices and packages vary; putters and golf balls are provided.
Outdoors: Happy tails, happy trails
Six- and eight-dog sled teams will race this weekend at the eighth running of the WolfTrack Classic in Ely, Minn.
Come Saturday for the vet checks and/or arrive early Sunday to meet the mushers and their canine teammates.
The first eight-dog team will leave the start line at 9 a.m. Sunday for the 50-mile race, followed by subsequent teams every two minutes. Once all eight-dog teams have departed, the six-dog teams start their 30-mile race.