Except where indicated, all area codes are 419.

DANCE

Performance

The Joffrey Ballet: Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway St., Detroit; 419-237-7464; Sat., Sun., 2:30 and 7:30.

Ballroom, Big Band, Polka, Country, Latin, and Salsa

Toledo Party Hall: 4052 Airport Hwy.; Little Grand Opening Dance: Sun., 6-9; salsa lesson, Mon., 7; salsa dance party: Mon., 8.

Diehn American Legion Post 468: 5580 Centennial Rd., Sylvania; 882-9080; Fri., 7:30-11.

Toledo Area Polka Society: Conn-Weissenberger Hall, 2020 W. Alexis Rd.; 345-5928; Squeeze Box and vocalist Mollie Busta: Sun., 3-7.

Alfredo's Studio of Dance: 5224 Renwyck Dr.; 536-3243; Fri., rumba lessons: 8; dance: 7:30-11; Saturday Night Dance: Sat., 7:30-11.

Toledo Dance Club: All Occasions Banquet Hall, 3419 Hill Ave.; Fri., 7:30.

Mi Hacienda Restaurant: 3302 Glanzman Rd.; 380-0411; salsa lessons: Wed., 8.

Seniors

Bowman Dance Club: Eleanor Kahle Senior Center, 1315 Hillcrest Ave.; 419-255-0792; Wed., 1-3:30.

ETC.

Events

Greater Toledo Auto Show: SeaGate Convention Centre, 401 Jefferson Ave.; 255-3300 or 843-2611; Thurs., 3-9; Fri., noon-9; Sat., 10 a.m.-9; Sun., 10 a.m.-5.

Yoga Day 2011: Monclova Community Center, 8115 Monclova Rd., Monclova; 419-350-6301; Sat., 8:30 a.m.-2.

Celebrate Groundhog Day: Wildwood Preserve Park Metroparks Hall, 5100 West Central Ave.; 407-9700; Wed., 9-11 a.m.

Learning

Hostelling International's Travel Circle Series: Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, Oak Openings Lodge, 4139 Girdham Rd., Swanton; 407-9700; Larry Lindsay: Bicycle Tour of Four National Parks in Utah: Sat., 2:15.

Planetarium Programs

Lourdes College's Appold Planetarium: 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. Reservations: 517-8897; The Zula Patrol: Down to Earth: Sat., 7:30.

Ritter Planetarium: University of Toledo, Bancroft Street: 530-2650; The Winter Skies Over Toledo: Fri., 7:30; Crashlanding Louie: Sat., 1.

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum Planetarium: 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-764-0478; The Sky Tonight: Star Talk: Sat., 11:30 a.m., 1:30, and 3:30; Sun., 1:30 and 3:30. Black Holes, the Other Side of Infinity: Sat., 12:30. Oasis in Space: Sat., 2:30.

Dining

Community Dinner: Calvary Bible Chapel, 3740 West Alexis Rd.; 472-9765; Fri., 5:30-6.

Pancake Breakfast: First St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1121 Grasser St., Oregon; 693-7128; Sat., 8 a.m.-noon.

Breakfast: VFW Post 9656, 4120 Piehl Rd., Lambertville; 734-856-3245; Sun., 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Fish Fries: Conn-Weissenberger American Legion Post 587: 2020 W. Alexis Rd.; Fri., 5-7. American Legion Post 646: 1074 Clarion Ave., Holland; Fri., 4:30-7:30. Harry E. Pond American Legion Post 99: 3247 E. Manhattan; Fri., 5-8. Maumee Eagles: 2301 Detroit Ave., Maumee; Fri., 5-8. Northwood VFW Post 2984: Fri., 5-7:45.

FUN PLACES

Northwest Ohio

Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; It's Friday!: weekly lectures, tours, and events: 6:30-9:30. Museum hours: Tue.-Thu., 10 a.m.-4; Fri., 10 a.m.-10; Sat., 10 a.m.-6; Sun., noon-6.

Imagination Station: 1 Discovery Way (Adams and Summit streets); 244-2674. Dr. Snowflake: through Sun. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Toledo Zoo: 2700 Broadway; 385-4040; daily: 10 a.m.-4. Frozentoesen Winter Weekends: throughout Jan. and Feb.

Toledo Farmers' Market: 525 Market St.; 255-6765. Market hours: Sat., 8 a.m.-2. Poultry House: Tue.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4; Sat., 6 a.m. to 4; Sun., 10 a.m.-2.

Fort Meigs Museum and Visitor Center: 29100 W. River Rd., Perrysburg; 874-4121; Museum Hours: Wed.-Sat., 9:30 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Frogtown Froggy Museum: Fort Industry Square, Suite 1-A, Summit St.; 567-694-2351; Hours: Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., 1-5.

House of Games: 131 B Airport Hwy., Swanton; 826-4263; Hours: Tue.-Thu., 3:30-midnight; Fri., Sat., noon-4; Sun., noon-7. (18 and older after midnight).

Oregon-Jerusalem Historical Society's Brandville School: 1133 Grasser St., Oregon; 472-1331; museum and library open: Thu., 10 a.m.-2.

Stranahan Arboretum: 4131 Tantara Drive; 841-1007; Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-1.

Toledo Botanical Garden: 5403 Elmer Drive; 536-5566. Open daylight hours. Visitors Center: Hours: Mon-Fri., 9 a.m.-5.

Toledo Firefighters Museum: 918 Sylvania Ave.; 478-3473. Hours: Sat., noon-4.

Allen County Museum: 620 Market St., Lima; 222-9426. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5; Sat., Sun., 1-4.

Fulton County Historical Museum: 229 Monroe St., Wauseon; 337-7922. Hours: Tue., 1-7, Thu. 10 a.m.-4, Sat. 10 a.m.-2.

Hancock Historical Museum: 422 W. Sandusky St., Findlay; 423-4433. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 12:30-4:30.

Kingwood Center: 900 Park Ave. West, Mansfield; 522-0211. Garden hours: daily, 8 a.m.-5.

Maritime Museum of Sandusky: 125 Meigs St., Sandusky; 624-0274. Hours: Fri., Sat., 10 a.m.-4; Sun., noon-4

Mazza Museum of International Art from Children's Picture Books: University of Findlay's Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, Findlay; 434-4560. Hours: Wed.-Fri., noon-5 ; Sun., 1-4.

Merry Go Round Museum: 301 Jackson St., Sandusky; 626-6111. Hours: Sat., 11 a.m.-5, Sun., noon-5.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: 751 Erieside Ave., Cleveland; 216-781-7625; From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen; through Feb. 27; 2010 Inductees: through March 14; Treasures from the Vault: ongoing. Hours: Thu.-Tue.: 10 a.m.-5:30; Wed., 10 a.m.-9.

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center: Spiegel Grove, Fremont; 332-2081. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Tiffin Glass Museum: 25 S. Washington, Tiffin; 448-0200. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 1-5.

Michigan

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum: 220 E. Ann St., Ann Arbor; 734-995-5439; Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit; 313-494-5800; Hours: Tue.-Sat, 9 a.m.-5; Sun., 1-5.

Detroit Historical Museum: 5401 Woodward Ave. (at Kirby), Detroit; 313-833-1805. Michigan Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial: Sat. through Feb. 13. Hours: ; Wed.-Fri., 9:30 a.m.-3; Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Detroit Science Center and Dassault Systemes Planetarium: 5020 John R. St., Detroit; 313-577-8400; Hours: Wed.-Fri., 9 a.m.-3; Sat., 10 a.m.-6; Sun., noon-6.

Dossin Great Lakes Museum: Strand Drive, Belle Isle, Detroit; 313-852-4051; Hours: Sat., Sun., 11 a.m.-4.

Exhibit Museum of Natural History: University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-764-0478; Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

The Henry Ford: 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn; 800-835-5237. Henry Ford Museum: daily: 9:30 a.m.-5.

Hidden Lake Gardens: 6214 Monroe Rd. (M-50), Tipton, Mich.; 517-431-2060; Hours: Daily, 8 a.m.-4.

Lenawee County Historical Museum: 110 E. Church St., Adrian; 517-265-6071; Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2; Sat., 10 a.m.-4.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens: 1800 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor; 734-647-7600; gardens open daily: 8 a.m.-dusk. Conservatory hours: Mon., Tue., 10 a.m.-4:30; Wed., 10 a.m.-8; Thu.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4:30.

Motown Historical Museum: 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit; 313-875-2264. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6.

Old Mill Museum: 242 Toledo St., Dundee; 734-529-3430. Hours: Fri.-Mon., noon-4.

Walter P. Chrysler Museum: Chrysler's Auburn Hills Campus, Featherstone and Squirrel Rds., Auburn Hills; 888-456-1924 or 248-944-0001. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

William G. Thompson House Museum: 101 Summit St., Hudson, Mich.; 517-448-8125. "Pretty in Pink," china exhibit: opening Wed. Hours: Mon., Wed., 12:45-3:30.

Train Rides

Adrian and Blissfield Railroad Excursions: U.S. 223, Blissfield; 888-467-2451; Murder Mystery Dinner: Sat, boarding 6; departure, 7.

Horseback Riding

Bedford Woods Stables: 2755 W. Samaria Rd., Temperance; 734-854-6140; daily, 9 a.m.-9.

Water Parks

Cedar Point's Castaway Bay Water Park Resort: 2001 Cleveland Rd., Sandusky; 627-2106; daily, 9 a.m.-10; day passes are available.

Great Wolf Lodge Water Park Resort: U.S. 250, Sandusky; 888-779-2327; registered guests only.

Holiday Inn Splash Bay Water Park: 1705 Tollgate Drive, Maumee. 482-7777; for registered guests and the public.

Kalahari Indoor Water Park Resort: U.S. 250, Sandusky; 877-525-2427; open daily at 10 a.m. for registered guests and the public.

METROPARKS

Farnsworth: 202 acres on U.S. 24, one mile west of Waterville, along the Maumee River. Bend View: Hike in from Farnsworth's Towpath trail; scenic river overlook.

Oak Openings: 3,674 acres bounded by Wilkins Road, State Rt. 295, and State Rt. 64.

Pearson: 320 acres on State Rt. 2, Oregon. Packer-Hammersmith Center, featuring Window on Wildlife and Black Swamp information.

Providence: 351 acres on U.S. 24 along the Maumee River, across from Grand Rapids.

Secor: 600 acres on West Central Avenue, five miles west of Toledo.

Side Cut: 393 acres along the Maumee River, lower parking lot on West Broadway, Maumee, and an upper parking lot off the Anthony Wayne Trail.

Swan Creek: 417 acres bounded by Airport Highway, Glendale Avenue, and Byrne and Eastgate roads. Entrances off Airport Highway and Glendale Avenue. Joseph A. and John W. Yager Center, featuring Window on Wildlife.

Wildwood Preserve: 460 acres. Central Avenue between Reynolds and Corey roads. Robert R. Metz Visitors Center, featuring Window on Wildlife.

SPORTS

Hockey

Toledo Walleye vs. the Trenton Devils: Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson; 321-5007; Fri., Sat., 7; vs. the Florida Everblades: Sun., 4.

Lake Superior at Bowling Green State University: Ice Arena; Fri., Sat., 7:05.

Men's Basketball

Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals: Croy Auditorium at the University of Findlay, 1000 Main St., Findlay; 434-4361; Thurs. night, 7:30.

Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green State University: Anderson Arena; Sat., 3 (Coaches vs. Cancer game).

Owens Community College vs. Columbus State Community College: Student Health and Activities Center, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg; Sat., 3; vs. Tiffin University Junior Varsity; Mon., 7; vs. Cuyahoga Community College: Wed., 7:30.

Women's Basketball

Owens Community College vs. Columbus State Community College: Student Health and Activities Center, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg; Sat., 1; vs. Cuyahoga Community College: Wed., 5:30.

University of Toledo vs. Kent State: Savage Arena; Sat., noon.

Running/Walking

Metropark Mutts: Chili Walk: Secor Metropark, 10001 W. Central Ave., Berkey, O.; 407-9700; walk starts in the parking lot of the National Center for Nature Photography; Sun., 3-4:30.

Group Run: start at Second Sole, 4130 Levis Commons Blvd.; Perrysburg; run through Levis Commons (approximately 3 miles); 931- 8484; Thurs. night, 6:30.

Group Run/Walk: The Shops at Fallen Timbers, Maumee; three-mile lighted course starts behind Red Robin; Wed., 6:30.

Skating

Ottawa Park Ice Rink: 2200 Bancroft; ice conditions: 936-2997; open skating: Thurs., Sun., Mon., 1-6; Fri., Sat., 1-8.

Tam-O-Shanter: 7060 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania; 885-1167; open ice skating: Thurs., Tue., 10-11:50 a.m.; Fri., noon-1:50, 3:30-5:20; Sat., 1-2:20; Sun., 1-2:20, 5-6:20; Mon., Wed., noon-1:50.

The Shops at Fallen Timbers: Maumee; synthetic ice rink. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 3-8:30; Sat., 11 a.m.-9; Sun., noon-5:30.

First Published January 27, 2011, 12:56 a.m.