Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:30 AM

Starts: Thursday, February 23^rd 2012 at 7:30 pm

Ends: Thursday, February 23^rd 2012 at 9:30 pm

Theoretical physicist, and author of A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss is coming to Calgary!

Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and author with wide research interests, including the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, the nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics. He has investigated questions ranging from the nature of exploding stars to issues of the origin of all mass in the universe.

Join the Centre For Inquiry in Calgary where Prof. Lawrence Krauss will be discussing his new book “A Universe From Nothing”. Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? And how is it all going to end?

Tickets are $20 for the general public, $10 for “Friends of the Center”, and $15 for students, and can be purchased at the event or throughEvent Brite.

A new and fashionable trend in tourism is invading rural regions of western Canada. SUV crossovers, front windows obscured by maps and cameras, are driving down gravel backroads, sweeping around correction line curves and screeching to a stop when a wide-eyed fox creeps across to its den in the culvert.

Are lazy Sunday drives, once the mainstay of 1950s nuclear families, making a comeback? Are the drivers frantically trying to find the way to an uncle’s farm they haven’t seen since childhood?

No. The latest tourism destination is the proverbial ‘empty’ Saskatchewan landscape itself. Or, more specifically, the landscape of places that used to exist, but are no longer there.

Welcome to the latest tourism craze: hunting for ghost towns.

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The 2012 Heritage Festival of Saskatoon will highlight the sports, recreation, and leisure of Saskatoon and area with the theme Saskatoon PastTimes: See How We Played!  The festival is on Sunday, February 5, 2012, 12 – 5 pm at the Western Development Museum, 2610 Lorne Avenue.

Get transported back to an earlier time!  We invite you to become familiar with our rich heritage through the variety of heritage themed displays & interactive exhibits throughout the museum.  Come at noon and join in the opening parade!  Try your hand at rope making, nib pen & ink, and wheat grinding.  Take a sleigh ride or brush up on your “home skills”.  Don’t forget to stop by the photo booth!  These and other hands-on activities & demonstrations are offered throughout the day.  Entertainment on two stages features performances by fantastic children’s entertainers, dancers, singers, and musicians.   Free Admission to the Museum and Festival.

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Join us for face painting, games, crafts, storytelling and a whole lot of fun as we journey around the world through the day and celebrate family literacy.

Frances Morrison Library / Room 3 (Lower Level)

The Children’s Discovery Museum will be open to the public for free on Sunday.

The Kinsmen Day at the Museum, provided by the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon, will be held every fourth Sunday of each month in 2012, with admission to the museum free to everyone.

The event strives to ensure that financial barriers do not prevent children and families from taking advantage of the programs and exhibits at the museum, located at Market Mall. The museum will be open from noon to 4 p.m.

Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/travel/Children+museum+offers+free+admission/6017407/story.html#ixzz1k3Icl0Ms