Can't afford an Olympic ticket? Well, without spending a dime you can still enjoy the biggest party to ever hit Utah. What follows is a sampling of free Games-time entertainment:

Olympic Square

Downtown Salt Lake City

Feb. 8-24

There will be two stages with free entertainment, big-screen televisions and interactive exhibits with various Olympic sponsors.

Downtown Festival

Washington Square around the City-County Building/Main Street

Feb. 8-24

At Washington Square there will be an Old West village with Western faades and cowboy talent, a fine-art gallery and performing groups every day from 10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. on the main stage. The Beach Boys are scheduled to perform at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Main Street from South Temple to 400 South will have many attractions including food and vendor booths and roving musicians. A complete schedule of downtown festival performers is available at ( www.slcgov.com/Olympics).

Park City Main Street Celebration

Feb. 8-24

Main Street in Park City is a pedestrian mall filled with big screen televisions, roving entertainment, live entertainment from 4 to 9:30 p.m., fireworks every night at 8 p.m., two pin-trading locations, warming fires, visitors information services and a snow maze for kids provided by monster.com.

Chevy Hot Zone

Kimball Art Center, Park City

Feb. 8-24, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Activities at the Chevy Hot Zone, hosted by former MTV personality Ken Ober, will include live "big-screen" coverage of Olympic events, as well as appearances by past and present Olympians, including Kristi Yamaguchi, Dan Jansen, and Peggy Fleming. The Chevy Hot Zone will also feature daily entertainment, free hot chocolate, and interactive fun and games, including special "Hot Zone" video game competitions on the big screen.

Bud World

Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City

Feb. 8-24

Along with several varieties of beer, Bud World will offer live entertainment, big-screen broadcasts, interactive games, sports clinics, acrobatic skiing, animal shows, Clydesdales and snowboarding shows.

Nu Skin's World of Ice

Center Street and University Avenue in Provo

Feb. 8-23

Noon to midnight

The festival includes the International Ice Carving competition Feb. 15-16, giant ice sculptures on display starting Feb. 8, free ice skating, giant screen television, performing groups and international food vendors.

The Avenues Olympic festivities

Salt Lake City

Dinners for Eight: Feb. 8-24

Avenues and Capitol Hill community residents invite you to join them for dinner in their homes. Take this opportunity to get to know Salt Lake locals while enjoying good food and lively conversation.

Historic Homes Tours

Feb. 12, 9 a.m., Feb. 19, 9 a.m.

Take a tour of the historic homes, churches and monuments in the Avenues and Capitol Hill neighborhoods with a local resident as your tour guide. Meeting place: 76 North "H" St., (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)

Avenues Music Festivals

Local Folk Music

First Unitarian Church, corner of 1300 East and 600 South, Salt Lake City. 582-8687

Every Sunday in February, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Salvation Army Band

First Presbyterian Church, 12 North "C" St. (at South Temple)

Sunday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (during church services)

Stone Circle-Celtic Music plus Buyin' Time-Bluegrass Music

Cathedral Church of St. Mark's, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City

Monday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.

Organ Music and Church Tours

First Presbyterian Church, 12 North "C" St. (at South Temple)

Feb. 11-16, 18-23, beginning at 11 a.m. each day until 3 p.m.

Paradigm Concerts — From Jazz to Classics including Joel Rosenberg on viola and Jed Moss on piano

Cathedral Church of St. Mark's, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City

Monday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Salt Lake Children's Choir

First Presbyterian Church, 12 North "C" St. (at South Temple)

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.

"The African-American Contribution to American Music"

Calvary Baptist Church, 1090 S. State, Salt Lake City

Feb. 11, 7 p.m. panel discussion, 8 p.m. concert

The Salt Lake Ethnic Arts Council presents a narrated concert highlighting the African-American contribution to America's music covering early New Orleans spirituals, Jazz, blues and gospel.

Cottonwood Presbyterian Church Choir

Utah & World Music plus classical pianist Ricks Knudson playing Bach, Beethoven and more.

Cathedral Church of St. Mark's, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.

The Salt Lake Choral Artists (under Harry Cross) and St. Mark's Chamber Orchestra (Rulon Christiansen, conductor) playing Bach, Faure, Dvorak and Cundick

Cathedral Church of St. Mark's, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City

Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.

A Children's Cultural Celebration

Treehouse Children's Museum, Ogden

Free with price of museum admission

Through March 10, various times

Treehouse Children's Museum will present professional puppet shows, interactive exhibits on Utah geography and Greek myths and legends, and participatory programs for young children and their grownups. Information: 394-9663

"Beyond the 98th Meridian" Images of the American West Exhibition

Heritage Museum of Layton, Layton

Through Feb. 28, Tuesday-Friday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 1-5 p.m.

A museum exhibit from the Arizona Commission on the Arts highlighting images of the American West. Information: 546-8579

Celebrating Utah's Voice in Poetry

Libraries throughout Utah

February-March 2002

Over 75 years of Utah's poetic heritage brought together in one fantastic evening. Coordinated by the Utah State Poetry Society. For specific locations and times: 263-4004.

Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts

Center of Liberty Park (600 East and 1100 South), Salt Lake City

Open daily noon-5 p.m.

This exhibit features Native American baskets and beadwork; quilts, rugs and woodcarving; saddles, horsehair and rawhide work; Tongan quilts, Mexican piatas, Japanese paper arts

and other traditional arts made by Utah artists. Information: 533-5760.

Enhancements: Handcrafted Functional Objects

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan

Through March 15

A selection of sculpture, ceramics, paintings and textiles that emphasize handcrafted and functional objects and combine beauty with versatility. For more information and museum times: 1-435-797-0163.

Faces and Voices of Refugee Children Exhibition

Rose Park Elementary School, Salt Lake City

Feb. 8-24, Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Center for the Documentary Arts presents an exhibit that communicates the crises that refugee children have survived, the journeys they have made and their resettlement experiences in Utah.

Information: 355-3903 or 578-8554.

Gallery Strolls

Salt Lake City

Feb. 8, 15 and 22, 6-9 p.m.

The Salt Lake Gallery Association hosts this tour displaying a wide variety of art from more traditional and representational works to contemporary, abstract and cutting edge works. For more information or a gallery stroll map: 539-0343 or 575-8800.

Heber Valley — Courtship of the People and the Land

Heber Valley Railroad Depot, Heber

Feb. 6-24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Heber Valley Arts Council presents a photographic and literary glimpse into the transformation of the beautiful valley by the people and the transformation of the people by the valley. Information: 1-435-657-1356.

Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 Exhibition

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City

Through March 15, Monday and Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1-5 p.m.

Multimedia presentation of the Nazification of German sport during the 1936 Summer Games. Highlights the stories of athletes who boycotted, participated in or were banned from the Games.

Nine Mile Canyon: The Utes of Utah

Children's Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City

Free with admission to the museum.

Through March 16, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Discover the Ute culture through hands-on exploration at the Children's Museum of Utah. Information: 328-3383

Orrin Porter Rockwell Winter Cowboy Poetry Festival

Various locations, Brigham City

Feb. 14-16

The Brigham City Fine Arts Council presents humorous cowboy poetry, authentic dutch oven cooking, Western music and artwork, cowboy paraphernalia and more. Information: 1-435-723-0740.

Utah Intercollegiate Art Exhibition

Weber State University Art Gallery, Ogden

Through March 15, Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

This exhibition and competition, sponsored by the Weber State University department of visual arts, plays host to all of Utah's colleges and universities. Information: 626-6455.

Utah's Jewish Legacy Exhibition

University of Utah, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City

Through March 19, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.

Utah's Jewish Legacy is a multi-faceted exhibition presenting a documentary and photographic exhibit, and an evening of music and dialogue representing the myriad of experiences, cultures and traditions of Jewish life in Utah from the pioneer days until contemporary times. Information: 485-7338.

"Visions & Victories"

Various locations, Bountiful

The scope of this festival, presented by the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, will include traditional art forms/activities (visual arts, woodcarving, photography, videography, poetry and prose writing, theater and ethnic folk dance), which are currently part of the arts/cultural fabric in Davis County. Information: 292-0367.

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"Yesterday's Tomorrow's" and "Imagining the West" Exhibition

University of Utah, Architecture Building, Salt Lake City

Through March 9, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

This exhibition features the Smithsonian's "Yesterday's Tomorrows" images of how early designers and planners imagined future cities, along with "Imagining the West," which focuses on the vernacular architecture of the American West. Information: 581-7174.

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