Ice sculpting, beer, drag queens and a triathlon: A guide to this year's Winterlude

All the necessary raw materials — snow, ice, frigid temperatures and an almost excessive enthusiasm borne perhaps of a need to convince ourselves that we enjoy living in such an inhospitable clime — are in place as the 41st edition of Winterlude kicks off Friday.
For youngsters, especially, there’s almost no end to the venues and events at which, over the next 18 days, they can complain bitterly of freezing toes, frostbitten noses, too-tight skates, and snot all over their