Don’t have plans for the weekend? Why not visit the Snow Village at Parc Jean-Drapeau? Want a unique winter experience? You can book a room at the village’s ice hotel or even spend the night in an igloo. If sleeping in frigid conditions is not your cup of tea, then stop by the Amarula Ice Bar during Happy Hour for a cocktail and enjoy the music by Guest DJs. Or you can make a reservation at the Pommery Ice Restaurant or enjoy the heated spas. There is even an Ice Chapel for all those who dream of a White Wedding! There are also tons of activities for the whole family like the snow sculpture exhibit, the snow labyrinth and the snow slide. The Snow Village will be open to the public until March 31st.

http://www.snowvillagecanada.com/

NOTE: Michael Snow is also updated in the 150 Artists for Canada 150 series, here.

Michael Snow must really be a polymath.  The cultural impact of this Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, videographer, sculptor and painter is phenomenal, given that just two of his remarkable installations hold thousands of tourists (and locals) spellbound at Toronto landmarks annually.

His works include the two-part “Audience” sculpture atop the Rogers Centre, a domed stadium near the lake (above), and the arresting installation of 60 life-size, fibre-glass Canada geese in flight across the atrium of the Eaton Centre shopping mall in the downtown core.

(Photo above: Don Shall; below: Toronto Life)

I was reminded of Michael Snow’s impact – and how little we take account of his artistic reach – when I posted about the Vancouver Art Gallery’s new exhibit  on art in Canada in the 1960s earlier this week.   Snow’s…