Tons of sparkling ice art will grace downtown Market Street. Watch the award-winning First Night Ice Carvers create a giant sculptures in Hufnagle Park. Beautiful historic homes, tree-lined, lamp lit streets and a distinctive downtown shopping district provide the perfect backdrop to the Heart of Lewisburg Ice Festival. Kids love ice sculptures any day–it’s art they can touch, and in the park, even sit and crawl on. The event starts on Friday with sculpting in the park and late night shopping passes. Saturday is a great day with Ice Festival games in Hufnagle Park, the Polar Bear Plunge and The Chocolate Lovers Festival.
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Friday, February 3th
Noon – Ice Carving begins on site in Hufnagle Park.
1-4 p.m. Watch the First Night Ice Carvers create ice sculptures in the park
5:30 p.m. A Cappella on Ice, Campus Theatre. Bucknell’s premium a cappella groups—Beyond Unison, The Bison Chips, The Sillohuettes and Two Past Midnight—, each with their own unique sound, will perform a concert to benefit Bucknell A.C.E.S. Suggested donation $5. A.C.E.S. was founded in the Dominican Republic (DR) by Dominicans to help Dominicans. Its programs are targeted to address the extreme disparity between rich and poor in Santo Domingo, the capital of the DR. Their programs address basic humanitarian and developmental challenges facing the poor in these communities. A.C.E.S. programs include building of schools, supporting medical clinics, running food drives and offering short-term educational opportunities for children. In 2005 a Bucknell graduate student, Linell Stabler traveled to the DR to observe A.C.E.S.’ human services programs in action. Impressed with A.C.E.S.’s impact on the local communities she decided to create a satellite organization in the United States, A.C.E.S.-North America based in Williamsport, PA. Three years ago, Bucknell University established the first college branch of A.C.E.S. in the United States. We are completely student run and have annual spring service trips to the DR. The funds we raise buy medical supplies, food and building materials to continue the school construction, supply the food drive and offer another free health clinic.
6 – 8 p.m., Saxman Ravi Evans performs live at Starbucks Café, Barnes & Noble at Bucknell.
8:00 p.m., Tiempo Libre at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Bucknell University. Tickets and information are available at (570) 577-1000 or by visiting here. Nominated for a Grammy three times, Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest young Latin Bands today. “The orchestra’s modern take on Afro-Cuban roots blended with Latin jazz is second to none.” -Miami News Times
Stores open late until 9 p.m. Save 15% off a single item at all participating locations with the Heart of Lewisburg Ice Festival Shopping Pass.
Saturday, February 4th
7-11 a.m., Pancake Breakfast, Sponsored by the Lewisburg Lions Club, Lewisburg Club, 131 Market Street. All you can eat! Adults $6. Children under 10 $3.
10 a.m. Frosty 5K. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Campus Theatre. For more information or to register, go to www.fitforfunds.com/frosty5k
11 a.m -2 p.m., Children’s Games in Hufnagle Park, sponsored by Sunset Rotary and Early Care & Education LEARN Team Union/Snyder County
11 a.m., Story Time in the third floor community room of Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University, book “The Three Snow Bears” by Jan Brett. An activity will follow the story.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fifth Annual Chili Cook Off, sponsored by Lewisburg Sunset Rotary and Yuengling, Puirseil’s Irish Pub, South Sixth Street. Who makes the best darn chili? $5 to taste all the chili and YOU are the judge! Free Yeungling Pint Glasses to the first 50 guests, plus enter a raffle to win a Yuengling Snowboard, Ski Passes to Jack Frost & Big Boulder, Ski jackets and more! To enter your chili, call 570-524-1321.
2 p.m. Polar Bear Plunge, St. George Street landing. Join the more than 200 adventuresome people who brave the wintery waters of the Susquehanna River. Great fun, whether you are watching or splashing. $20. Register on-site here or on sight day of the event from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. First 300 to register get a commemorative t-shirt.
3:00 p.m. Chili Cook-Off Prizes awarded, Puirseil’s Irish Pub, 17 South Sixth Street.
4:00 p.m. Ice Age – *Free screening at the Campus Theatre. *Please consider donating gently used winter coats for our Ice Festival Winter Coat Drive or monetary donations to the Winter Heating Fund of Haven Ministries, Sunbury PA.
6:30 – 10:30 p.m., Cocoa Fest, a chocolate lover’s festival for kids, at the Donald Heiter Community Center, 100 North Fifth Street. $10 per child
7 p.m. Chocolate Lover’s Festival, Lewisburg Hotel, 136 Market Street. All you can eat hors d’ oeuvres, all you can sample chocolate and beveragefor $30/person. Evening also includes a silent auction, raffle and cash bar. All proceeds benefit the center’s work in the community. Tickets are available in advance only on-line at www.donaldheiter.org
Ice Festival Specials
Warm your Hearts-Pets in Need, Brushstrokes, 340 Market Street. On February 3-5 Brushstrokes will be a drop-off site of needed items and funds for several of the local shelters and rescues.
Hand-Made Mittens made from recycled sweaters and lined with fleece will be available for sale in the café of Barnes & Noble at Bucknell on Friday from 1 until 8, and on Saturday from 11 – 4.
A LEWISBURG DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP EVENT WITH LEWISBURG SUNSET ROTARY
