Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

April 1, 10:00 a.m., Merle Hay Mall Cinema
The State Historical Museum’s 16,000-year-old woolly Mammoth will welcome Manny the Mammoth to Des Moines in a few weeks when Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizoma, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah and Jay Leno, opens at the Merle Hay Mall Cinema. The theater will present a special viewing of the movie at 10 a.m., April 1, as a fundraiser for the State Historical Society of Iowa. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling 515.283.1757 or at the State Historical Building’s gift store, 600 E. Locust in Des Moines. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets can also be purchased at the Merle Hay Mall Cinema in advance or at the door. The theater is located behind the Merle Hay Mall at 3800 Merle Hay Road. A portion of the proceeds benefit the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Ice Age Saturday

April 8 and 15, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. (both Saturdays)
Parents, grandparents, children and other Ice Age movie and mammoth fans are invited to “Ice Age Saturday,” a celebration of the museum’s biggest exhibit ever: Mammoth: Witness to Change, which features the 16,000-year-old Hebior Mammoth discovered in Wisconsin and mammoth bones discovered at a construction site in Des Moines in 2001. Fun-filled activities for the entire family will include learning the Mammoth March with professional dancer Janice Baker and the story of an ice boy and his family from professional storytellers. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling the museum gift store at 515.283.1757 or at the door. Proceeds benefit the State Historical Society of Iowa.