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Snow Castles of King Matjaz King Matjaz, one of the main figures of Slovene folklore, will wake up once again from his sleep in the mountain Peca - something you should not miss. In Podpeca above Crna na Koro-skem, the annual snow castle building competition will soon be held. With the constructing of a magical city of snow castles, the competing teams and visitors will lure king Matjaz from his cave so that he can choose for himself the best castle and take one of the female visitors as his Alencica, his wife. The competition will be accompanied by a number of entertaining events, and will close with the lighting of torches and the awarding of prizes for best castles, thus bringing the evening to its peak. The Podpeca snow-building event, held this year for the thirteenth time, brings in visitors from all over Slovenia, as well as from other parts of the world, taking the number of people attending close to ten thousand. Just last year, 89 snow castles were built, bringing the total sum of snow masterpieces built in all of the years of the competition up to 480. It is no wonder then that the Slovene Tourist Organization saw it fit to honor the happening with a bronze medal for innovative and creative tourist productions. January 29th in 30th at Podpeca, Crna na Koroskem The big railroad miniature A display of more than 30 examples of Slovenian architectual heritage, histroical aeroplanes etc., linked with a miniature railroad (all together 180m of tracks and 12 trains). Ljubljana Castle, Hribar hall Until 7.3.2005 Graphics and Books by Max Ernst Max Ernst represents an important and typical figure of the 20th century art movements, Dadaism and Surrealism. There are 196 of his graphics on display at this exhibition, featuring different techniques and formats, including Ernst's proposals for the layout of 26 books of the Surrealist genre. Mestna Galerija 1 and 2, from 4.2. to 9.3. The Partisan Print The exhibition goes back to the time of World War II and endeavours to display a representative selection of the various partisan prints produced during that time across the world. It aims to portray the artists' struggle between their desires to produce art and their required engagement in active and loyal service to their respective countries. The exhibition presents different kinds of prints: art prints, book illustrations and graphic design, leaflets, posters and other partisan materials. International Centre of Graphic Art, Tivoli Castle Open: 11:00 - 18:00, Mondays, Tuesdays closed ; until 20.3. Shrovetide Carnival This traditional carnival will involve a procession which will take to the streets of Ljubljana, featuring musical shows for kids and adults at Kongresni Trg. The procession will be led by "the Fire creature" who will be wearing many Shrovetide masks, including a number of traditional ones. Music groups, brass bands etc. will be travelling from all over Slovenia and Croatia to perform at the festival. Saturday 5.2. from 11:00 until 16:00, old Ljubljana Centre Gibanica 2. - biennial Slovenian dance festival Slovenia is one of the important European centres for contemporary dance and is home to many internationally successful dance performers such as the groups Betontanc and En-knap, as well as the individual performers Matjaz Faric and Branko Potocan. The first festival, held two years ago, was a great success. Cankarjev dom, Stara elektrarna, from 23.2. to 27.2.; www.exodus-festival.si