This week’s blizzard has forced a number of cultural organizations to cancel events. And that’s put a crimp in many a weekend plan. For meteorologist Ginger Zee, weather is her weekend. Ginger is a meteorologist at NBC 5, and she knows all too well how the conditions outside can do a number on your schedule.

And though you’ll usually see her in front of the green screen every weekend, she joined Eight Forty-Eight to share her thoughts for turning Friday through Sunday into a wintry wonderland.

Ginger’s Picks:

Saturday, Feb. 5:
The French Pastry Schools Scholarship Foundation Party

Anytime:
Museum of Science and Industry: Science Storms

Ice Skating at Millennium Park

Perennial to check out chef Ryan Poli who is part of the Hottest Chef in Chicago Contest

DJ Ron Trent Music Button: Ashford & Simpson, “Street Corner” Solid (Capitol Records)