Skate on State

Skate on State.
Where Skating and a Ferris
wheel come to life!




For the young and the young at heart, Skate on State is a magical opportunity to experience ice skating the old fashioned way--outside on an open air rink with the lights of Downtown all around you. Then, take the family for a whirl on the Ferris Wheel, and treat one and all to a spectacular view of the city. Add in a steaming cup of hot chocolate, and you have an outing that would put even Scrooge in the holiday spirit.

Open daily November 15, 2005 - January 1, 2006
Weekdays: 4 p.m. — 10 p.m.
Weekends and school vacation days: 10 a.m. — 10 p.m.
Thanksgiving and Christmas; 12 p.m. — 6 p.m.
614-222-0505

Prices:
Skate Admission: $6.50
Skate Rental: $2
Ferris Wheel Ride: $3

Parking:
Parking is available in the City Center Garage and under the Statehouse.

The Amazing Chocolate Tree

What: The Amazing Chocolate Tree
Where: The Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus Ohio
When: November 12, 2005 – February 20, 2006
Link: http://www.fpconservatory.org/exhb_chocotree.htm

Step inside the wondrous world of chocolate!
This imaginative exhibition takes you inside the exciting world of chocolate making – from the roots of the tree to the candy factory. Take an interactive journey through a 20-foot flower dome, a 20-foot cacao pod, and a rainforest with cacao trees that bring life to the history, process, and use of chocolate around the world. The exhibition ends at a life-size chocolate factory that involves you in the entire process of chocolate production. This exciting, enlightening exhibition evokes a sense of wonder for all ages.

As the first stop on a countrywide tour, The Amazing Chocolate Tree was jointly developed among six of the country’s major botanical gardens as the first of a series of extraordinary travelling exhibitions. The exhibition will then travel to the five other botanical gardens - Atlanta Botanical Garden, Dallas Arboretum, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and Phipps Conservatory.