Through Sat 1/8
If you’re at loose ends in the Akron area this week, come to downtown Akron to have a blast — a Winterblast, that is — at Lock 3.
A lot of the fun revolves around the Ohio’s largest outdoor ice rink, where you can skate, of course, or rent an ice bike or an ice bumper car. You can also play “polar putt putt” indoors. Or you can have a conversation with Archie the Talking Snowman; be sure to ask him when he thinks people will get vaxxed so this pandemic can end. Concessions are available onsite, including beer and wine. So bring the kids during the day and come with your adult friends in the evening to hang out around a fire pit or in a rentable igloo.
They open at 11am every day through Saturday January 8, except January 1, when they are closed. They’ll be open until 9pm every night except Friday December 31 and Sunday January 2 when they’ll only be open until 6, and Friday January 7 and Saturday January 8 when they’ll stay open until 11pm.