The 44th annual Northeast Ohio Photography Show at the Canton Jewish Community Center will run from Feb. 5 through Feb. 25. The Jewish Center, at 2631 Harvard Ave. NW, is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
A special preview for entrants, sponsors, patrons and donors will take place at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4.
The show, sponsored by the late Dr. Samuel S. and Celia G. Reinglass, will run through Feb. 25.

Wondering what to do with your Saturday Mornings? Don’t wonder any more – try one of our Saturday Fitness Classes or enroll your kids in our Saturday Swim Lessons! The Massillon Parks and Recreation Department will have new sessions of H2O Boot Camp, Turbo Kick and Swim Lessons. Try one and you will be hooked! New Sessions start January 9 and February 13.

The Great Backyard Bird Count runs every President's Day weekend. Stark Parks invites bird lovers to help with the count by picking up a tally form at the Exploration Gateway, 5712 12th St NW at Sippo Lake Park. You may do your count at home, or stay at the park on Feb. 13th to count from inside the Exploration Gateway or on the Sippo Lake trails. All you need is 15 minutes and a tally sheet. For more information call 330-409-8096 or log on to www.StarkParks.com.

The Canton MATHCOUNTS Competition will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 13 in the main auditorium at Stark State College of Technology.
Registration is open to all Stark County schools with grades 6 through 8.
The state competition will take place in March.
For more information, go to www.mathcounts.org.

The Carroll County Animal Protection League will hold a membership drive and fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at Kishman’s IGA at 202 E. High St. in Minerva.
The league will be selling its cookbooks, plus dog and cat toys.
All proceeds will go toward the CCAPL’s goal of acquiring land and building an animal shelter for Carroll County. Stop by and learn about our plans to give homeless animals a safe place to live until they can be placed in a new home.

The 2010 Great Big Home & Garden Expo will take place Feb. 6-14 at the I-X Center in Cleveland.
The show will feature three custom-built model homes, 21 gardens, hundreds of exhibits, a host of other features and celebrity appearances, and a multitude of new ideas, products and inspiration for home improvement projects.
The show is being produced by Marketplace Events of Solon.
Company spokesman Ty Pennington will make two live appearances at the show Feb. 13.

Perry graduate and Kent State University alum Stephanie Zimmerman recently opened a male-female resale store — selling gently used young men and women's clothing, shoes, and accessories, and books — in the Hartville MarketPlace. The store will have a grand opening party on Feb. 13 with homemade appetizers and a special promotion of 20 percent off items with red or pink in them in celebration of Valentine's Day. The same day, the MarketPlace is hosting its own ’50s-theme Valentine's Day party. Come join the fun!

The Hartville Farmers Market sets up shop at the Hartville Marketplace and Flea Market at 1289 Edison St. NW in Lake Township from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays year-round. It offers fresh vegetables and fruits, baked goods, jams and jellies and more.
For more information, call (330) 877-9860 or visit www.hartvillemarketplace.com.

Great Backyard Bird Count Sat., Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ask you to count birds today. We’re counting at TWC! Join the TWC Birders and help take this “snapshot” of TWC birds. Come for 15 minutes or a couple of hours (as long or short a time as you like), identify and count birds, and enjoy a snack. We’ll post our results to the GBBC web site, where you can see results from across the continent. Free, but we’ll request a donation for snacks.

Canton Symphony Orchestra presents SymphonyLand, a fun way to introduce children (ages 4-8) to instrumental sounds. Assistant Conductor Matthew Brown reads a children's story book and leads you through a musical world with a Woodwind Trio. All Tickets $5.00. This performance is a great outing for Grandparents and Grandchildren! Call Irene Barker at 330-452-3434 x 610 for reservations. Performances at 9:30am and 10:30am.

Central Catholic High School will host a free fitness fun camp for 6- to 10-year-old children on four Saturdays Feb. 13 through March 6.

The sessions will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Each session will focus on different health topics and include classes, activities and giveaways.

A new Kent State University Museum exhibit, “The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels,” looks back at the iconic club formed in 1912.
The exhibit, which runs from March 19, 2009, through Feb. 28, 2010, highlights the profound effect of the club, whose most memorable activities were the annual masked balls at staged venues around the city. On display are the posters and costumes, both designed and worn by members at these extravagant balls.

Summit Cycling Center is seeking donation of used bicycles, tricycles and cycling-related equipment to support its program of providing bicycles at little or no cost according to community needs.
Summit Cycling Center is a local nonprofit organization that provides bicycle safety and mechanical training, promotes transportation alternatives and provides bicycles at little or no cost based on Akron area community needs. Some used bicycles are used for community program training purposes. Other bicycles will be rebuilt and sold or given away in the Akron area.

The annual Buckeye Marble Collectors Show will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Holiday Inn Belden Village.
Admission is free, and appraisals are free.
The hotel is at 4520 Everhard Rd. NW in Jackson Township.

Every girl dreams of her perfect wedding. ... and now it’s time to let Pat Catan’s help you prepare for your big day during its free Bridal Fair, Feb. 6 through Feb. 13.
Feb. 6 features "Demo Day” with special segments highlighting invitations, bow making, reception table ideas and more.
Experienced floral designers and craft coordinators will be available all week to assist with your personal inspirations and offer other creative suggestions for planning your wedding.
Visitors who attend Bridal Fair Week will also have the chance to win a custom “Wedding Gift Basket” valued at $200.

February 9 - 27

A collaboration of the Art Department and Black History Month Committee
Main Hall Gallery, Free
Mon. – Fri. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - noon

WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES...
often we are surprised by the thoughts and feelings that sweep over us. Our culture tells us to "be strong," which sometimes means to stop grieving. But as Grief Share knows, sometimes one of the best ways to cope with grief from the death of a loved one is to talk about your pain with others who care. This is the reason why The Chapel in North Canton is offering to the public this nationally recognized grief support program called Grief Share.

WHAT IS GRIEF SHARE:

Friends of the Stark County District Library has rescheduled to Feb. 13 the Bag Day Book Sale that was canceled Feb. 6 due to bad weather The sale, open to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13.
The Bag Day Book Sale is in the garage across the parking lot from the Main Library building.
The regular Used Book Sale will be in the cafe area just inside the front door of the Main Library building.

Burlington Coat Factory at 4790 Everhard Rd. NW is collecting monetary donations to support the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund.
Donations will be accepted through Feb. 17. All Burlington Coat Factory locations will accept donations to the fund.
Assistance provided by the American Red Cross may include sending relief supplies, mobilizing relief workers and providing financial resources.

Is your grandmother’s mirror stashed in a box in the back of your closet and you’ve always wondered if it’s trash or treasure? How about that set of old spurs you brought back from your trip to Yellowstone National Park?
There’s no need to wait for Antiques Roadshow to come to Canton — just bring your treasure to the library Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the second annual Antiques Appraisal Show.

Through the Help Haiti campaign, Westfield Belden Village mall is serving as a donation collection site for Convoy of Hope Charities. Donations can be made at the Concierge Center in the north wing. Proceeds are transferred directly to those in need.
Convoy of Hope is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that already has an emergency command center operating just outside of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and is distributing water and supplies to victims of the earthquake.

Celebrate Valentines Day with America’s First Couples. Before email, twitter, and texting, men and women corresponded through the art letter writing. The letters of selected Presidents and First Ladies are presented in a dramatic presentation that is sure to be a living history Valentine.
Performance 10am
Refreshments following the program
Reservations Required

Dog Adoptions at the Stark county Dog Pound
OPEN HOUSE
1801 Mahoning Rd., NE
Canton, Oh. 44705

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 from 11 am to 3 pm

Refreshments........and lots of wonderful dogs that
need loving homes........all up for adoption.

Come and find your forever Valentine K9!!!!!!!!!!!!!

www.Starkdogs.org

Beginning Carving Course
Sats., Jan. 9, 23, Feb. 13, 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

“The Unguarded Moment,” a retrospective exhibit of 50 photos by Steve McCurry, is on view from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays Feb. 6 through April 2 at the Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography, at 520 Cleveland Ave. NW in downtown Canton.
Admission is free.

McCurry is the photographer who took what has been called the most recognizable photograph in the world today — the green-eyed “Afghan Girl” on the cover of National Geographic in 1984.

On Saturdays and Sundays in January and February from noon to 3 p.m., you can experience the thrill of hand-feeding wild birds at Beech Creek Botanical Gardens and Nature Preserve, at 11929 Beech St. NE in Washington Township, just outside Alliance.
Volunteers will be available to coach you on attracting chickadees to feed from your hand.
The bird feeder is just across the bridge, about a quarter mile from the parking lot.
Dress for the weather. We will provide bird seed, a fire, and a warm beverage.
Admission is free; donations are appreciated.

An ABCs (Artist's Business Cards) two-day workshop will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on two Saturdays beginning Feb. 13.
The class will meet in room 102 in the Canton Museum of Art at 1001 Market Ave. N in Canton.
Experiment with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and make your own business/calling cards.
The class is for beginning and intermediate students.
You must have a laptop with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Elements installed.
Cost is $25 for museum members and $40 for nonmembers.
Register online at https://www.cantonart.org/_modules/form.php?id=24 or call (330) 453-7666.

Rodman Library will hold a card class in February using basic techniques for rubber stamping and scrapbooking. Projects will be demonstrated in this ‘make-and-take’ class using the ‘pastel embossing’ technique.

The class will be open to adults and teens. It will be held on Saturday, February 13 at 1 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium.

The Akron Aeros and Akron Racers is holding auditions for performers to sing the national anthem during their 2010 season. Auditions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Summit Mall Center Court, 3265 W. Market St. For information, call (330) 253-5151.

Grades K-8: Spend your Saturdays with artist Michele Waalkes.

Sponsors: ArtsinStark, Building Healthy Communities, Stark County District Library

Jan 9....Meet the Artist Reception
Jan 16...A Closer Look
Jan 23...Optical Illusion
Jan 30...Rhythm and Rhyme
Feb 6...Taking Shape
Feb 13...Word Power
Feb 20...Artists Revealed Reception
Feb 27...Art on Display at the Black History Month Celebration at Main

This event will take place at the Stark County District Library DeHoff Memorial Branch.

The annual Augusta Masonic Lodge #504 Swiss Steak Valentine's Day Dinner will be 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13. The dinner is open to the public.
The menu is Swiss steak, vegetables, mashed potatoes, gravy, drink and dessert.
Cost is by donation. Carryout is available.
The lodge is at 1241 Bellflower Rd. in Augusta (Pattersonville), Ohio, at Bellflower and Arbor roads.
For more information contact W.M. Rich Fowler at (330) 868-3642.

A fundraiser for CJ Evans will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at First Christian Church, 6900 Market Ave. N. CJ was diagnosed with brain cancer in October.
Cost is $10 for ages 10 and up and $5 for ages 4 to 10. There will be baskets, raffle and silent auction items. For information call Melanie at (330) 875-6672.

Crystal Park United Methodist Church at 2219 Mahoning Rd. NE, Canton, will have a spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13. Cost is $6.50 for adults and $3 for children.

The Beach City Community Improvement Corp will have a Valentine’s candlelight spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Beach City Grange, 11735 Dolphin St.
Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for kids. Proceeds benefit the park fund.

Congregational United Church of Christ will hold a Valentine’s Swiss Steak Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13.
The dinner will include Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, corn, salad, homemade desserts and a drink.
Cost is $8 adults, $4 youth ages 4 through 12, free for children 3 and younger.
The church, at 1530 Easton St. NE in Plain Township, will donate $2 from every dinner to the Red Cross for the Haiti relief fund.

Learn to ski or snowboard with the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio Family Ski Club.

When: Saturdays 5 to 9 p.m. starting Jan. 9, 2010.
Where: Boston Mills Ski Resort, 7100 Riverview Rd., Peninsula.
Who: Families with children ages 8 and up.
Must be 8 years old by Jan. 1, 2010.

Five lessons are included. Rental equipment is available. Ski club runs the entire season.
After the fifth session or Feb. 9 (whichever is later), students are permitted to come any time on their scheduled day for the remainder of the season at no additional cost at either Boston Mills or Brandywine.

This event was rescheduled to today, Feb. 13, from its original date of Feb. 6 due to the snowstorm.

The seventh annual 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Center for Children with Dyslexia's Teddy Bear "Jail House Rock" Sock Hop takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Canton Masonic Temple, at 836 Market Ave. N, Canton. Cost is $7 per person or $12 per couple and a $5 bail out fee. For information call Carol Jones at (330) 456-6373.

The Cleveland Indians invite all sweethearts and lovers of fabulous food to an extravagant and affordable outing for Valentine’s Day from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Terrace Club at Progressive Field — an unforgettable evening filled with food, music and dancing at the most unique venue in Cleveland.

The Exquisite Celebratory and Launching Dinner will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 13 at LaPizzeria to celebrate with Pastor Carrie the launching of her book, “The Wind of Change,” whose foreword is by Bishop Flanvis Johnson.
Tickets are $50 per person.
La Pizzeria is at 3656 Dressler Rd. NW in Jackson Township.
Visit www.pastorcarrie.com for more information.

Jayhawks Baseball Vegas Night will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight Feb. 13 at the Fraternal Order of Eagles at 303 Weirich Blvd. NW in Massillon (former Amvets).
The evening will include Texas hold'em, blackjack, video horse racing with live announcing; a cash bar.
$25 includes entrance and buffet dinner (dinner served 6 to 7 p.m.); $10 includes entrance only. Pay at the door.
For more information, contact Steven Mottice at (330) 701-9847 or eemail at championlane@aol.com.

Mardi Gras Ball, sponsored by the Canton Symphony. Join us at the Metropolitan Centre Saturday Feb 13th at 6:00pm as we celebrate the best of the Bayou! Dinner, Open Bar, Dancing, Auction. Music by the Grand Avenue Band. Crown Canton's own Mardi Gras King and Queen! Vote online ($1 per vote) for your favorite candidates. Cocktail or formal attire requested. Go to www.cantonsymphony.org or call 330-452-2094 for tickets and more information.

Heart for Bryan is a nonprofit focused on assisting heart transplant recipients with post-operative expenses. This organization is hosting a fund-raiser Valentine's Dinner Dance, from which proceeds will be earmarked for a local Jackson HS graduate in need of a heart transplant.

Just Disc Golf winter indoor putting league
Every Saturday at 7 p.m. starting Jan. 2.
$5 to enter; points series ends Feb. 27.
Cash payout day of, and end of league.
Groups "A" (pro, advanced, intermediate) and "B" (recreational, novice, beginner)
For more info call Jay at (330) 412-4894.

A Chorus For A Cause will present "Music of the Heart" on Saturday, 2/13/10 at 7:30pm at the Johnson Center of Malone University, 2600 Cleveland Ave., Canton. Under the direction of Christine Allison, the large community chorus will celebrate Heart Month, with proceeds going to the American Heart Associations' "Go Red For Women" and "Open Your Hearts for Pediatric Research" campaigns.
The program will feature show tunes, folk songs, gospel and traditional choral works accompanied by piano and organ.

Valentine’s Day Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Feb. 13. Music by the Muddcats $25/ couple (pre-sale), $30 (at the door) includes beer, wine, and pop. At Our Lady of Peace Church hall, at 839 39th St. NW in Canton.
Sponsored by the Our Lady of Peace Church Men's Club. All proceeds benefit school athletics. For tickets or more info contact Mike @ 330.933.4717

Brothers Production, a charitable offshoot of Masonic Lodges in Stark and surrounding counties, will host its annual Valentine’s Cabaret from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 13 at the F.O.P. Hall at 1411 Cherry Ave. NE (north of Fishers Foods) in Canton. The event features a dance with music by a disc jockey, finger food such as wings and small sandwiches, and a cash bar. Attendees may bring additional food and beverages. Admission is $10 at the door or in advance by calling (330) 284-5513. Proceeds go toward the group’s mentoring, back-to-school and scholarship programs.

Zombie Apparel will present its latest fashion collection at a Valentine's-themed fashion show at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 at the FJKluth Gallery, at 300 N. Water St. in downtown Kent.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.zombieapparel.com.

What do Romeo and Juliet, Robin Hood, Narnia, and West Side Story have in common? Great fight scenes, of course! And Malone University senior Brad Eick, a communication arts major from Carrollton, OH, has compiled these and more to bring En Garde! -- a showcase of stage combat-- to the Malone University stage in the Performing Arts Hall on the Canton campus, February 12-13 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for general audiences, $2 for students. Call the Malone University box office at 330-471-8202 for ticket information.

The Cleveland Jazz orchestra sets the mood for Valentine's Day with its “It’s All Love” concert showcasing some of the greatest love songs ever written, at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Hanna Theatre.
The night will feature sensuous, heart-felt ballads composed by America's greatest songwriters including "In a Sentimental Mood," and "My Funny Valentine."
The Hanna Theatre is in PlayhouseSquare Center in downtown Cleveland.
Tickets range from $18 to $30. Go to www.playhousesquare.org.

The Olde Stark Antique Faire will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Stark County Fairgrounds.
More than 100 dealers are expected to show and sell a wide range of antiques and other collectibles.
Auctioneer Dave Morris will offer free appraisals at his booth.
Admission is $4, with children under 12 admitted free. Early-bird admission at 7 a.m. Feb. 13 is $5.

Culture Shock plays the best ’70s and ’80s style rock and original material @ Bing's Lounge in Minerva, OH. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 13 - No Cover - 21 & Up
www.culture-shock.us