The Meltdown Winter Ice Festival brought wintery fun to Richmond this past weekend.
Live carving demonstrations, face painting, and K-9 demonstrations were just some of the fun to be had from Thursday, Jan. 29 through Saturday, Jan. 31.
Joshua Smith captured these photos for the Western Wayne News.
Melty the Moose watches as Sammy Moore carves a cartoon character during a live carving demonstration at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, as part of the Richmond Meltdown. 
Richmond High School cheerleader Anna Steele paints Star-Lynn Cox’s face during a Richmond Meltdown event at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. 
Melty the Moose watches as Sammy Moore carves a cartoon character during a live carving demonstration at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, as part of the Richmond Meltdown. 
Ice carver Sammy Moore checks her work during a live carving demonstration at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, as part of the Richmond Meltdown. 
Richmond Police Department K-9 Skee and handler Keifer Uphaus give a demonstration at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, as part of the Richmond Meltdown. 
Guests watch as Sammy Moore carves a cartoon character during a live carving demonstration Jan. 29 at Morrisson-Reeves Library as part of the Meltdown Winter Ice Festival in Richmond. 
Sammy Moore finishes her carving of a cartoon character during a live carving demonstration at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, as part of the Richmond Meltdown.
A version of this article appeared in the February 4 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.