Minnesota Live’s Executive Producer Mike Marcotte shares some suggestions of things to check out this weekend.

• Brainerd Jaycee’s Ice Fishing Extravaganza, Gull Lake, Saturday, 1/29
• St. Paul Winter Carnival Events:
  Minnesota Snow Sculpting Competition, State Fairgrounds, 1/28-1/30
  Saintly City Championship Cat Show, St. Paul RiverCentre, 1/29-1/30
  47th Annual Winter Carnival Orchid Show, Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park, 1/29
• The North Star, Stages Theatre Company, through 2/13
• Bina’s Six Apples, Children’s Theatre Company, through 2/13