5 things to do in the Finger Lakes this week

Mike Murphy, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
·3 min read

Football is done. Now what?

Fortunately, all sorts of fun and informative events are on tap this week (and the following is a direct message to football fans who’ve been out of the loop the last few months: You can say that every week in Canandaigua and the rest of the Finger Lakes).

Here’s what’s happening this week.

1. Fill in the branches of your family tree at Wood Library

Are you just starting your family tree, or have you run into a brick wall tracing a distant ancestor? Learn how to conduct a basic search and use other helpful tools to find relatives as part of the Genealogy Club, which meets from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Wood Library, 134 N. Main St., Canandaigua. All levels of experience are welcome. For details and to register for this or other Wood Library programs, visit woodlibrary.org or call 585-394-1381.

2. ‘Hallelujah’ for community theater

The Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Theatre always has something fun going on. “The Hallelujah Girls: A Righteously Funny Play” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, through Saturday, Feb. 17, with a matinee planned at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Phelps Arts Center, 15 Church St., Phelps. Tickets are $15, which includes a $5 donation to the Phelps Arts Center. Seating is limited. Tickets are available at Phelps Hometown Pharmacy, Flowers by Sandy in Clifton Springs and Renaissance—The Goodie II Shoppe in Canandaigua. Follow on Facebook at Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Theatre and on Instagram at @PCSCT where online ticketing information is available.

3. Fire & Ice Winter Festival in Canandaigua

Downtown Canandaigua’s homage to the winter season kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, and continues throughout the day Sunday, Feb. 18. Ice sculptures throughout the district will be sponsored by local businesses and lit for evening viewings before and after dining in one of the downtown restaurants and breweries. Events include the Warm Beverage Trail, Chef Chili Cookoff Challenge, horse and wagon rides, fireman experience, ice-carving competition, frozen T-shirt contest, speed carving competition, ice carving and chef's challenge awards. Plenty more activities await visitors.

4. Did someone say, antiques? Yes, in Canandaigua

The Canandaigua Classic Antique Show and Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hotel Canandaigua, 205 Lakeshore Drive, Canandaigua. In addition to checking out all the antiques, find out more about one of your own relics from 9 to 11 a.m., when H. Price Prazar will provide a verbal appraisal of antiques, books and collectibles for an extra fee. This year’s show admission is $9 per person. Download a coupon for a $1 off at canandaiguaantiquesclassic.org. Food is also available throughout the day and parking is free. The event is conducted in partnership with Kiwanis Club of Canandaigua.

5. Timely talk on immigration in Canandaigua

Director Robert Bilheimer will be part of the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum discussion, “A Waiting Room to Nowhere: Childhood Interrupted at Our Southern Border." The talk is scheduled at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave., Canandaigua.
Director Robert Bilheimer will be part of the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum discussion, “A Waiting Room to Nowhere: Childhood Interrupted at Our Southern Border." The talk is scheduled at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave., Canandaigua.

Robert Bilheimer, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award for Social Justice (2019), Pastor Abraham Barberi, a former gang member who founded an urban ministry and directs a nonprofit, and Jesus de la Torre, an expert in international relations and a research fellow at the Hope Border Institute, will be featured in a talk, “A Waiting Room to Nowhere: Childhood Interrupted at Our Southern Border." The talk is scheduled at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave., Canandaigua. Tickets are $25 for this George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum event. To purchase tickets, visit www.gmeforum.org or call the FHPAC box office at 585-412-6043. For more information visit www.gmeforum.org or call the Ewing Forum at 585-313-8443.

Mike Murphy covers Canandaigua and other communities in Ontario County and writes the Eat, Drink and Be Murphy food and drink column. Follow him on X at @MPN_MikeMurphy.

If you have an event you'd like to see listed in the "Things to Do" column, email Mike Murphy at mmurphy@messengerpostmedia.com.

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