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Upcoming Events The Polar Express Dec. 23 | 2 Screenings! All aboard! Next stop… The North Pole. Put your PJs on and bring your whole family together to see this heartwarming holiday film on the big screen. Pop in for a family-friendly festive beverage and sweet treats at Holidaze before or after the screening! Opens daily at 5pm. Trike Theatre presents Digging Up Arkansas Jan. 22 | 2 SHOWS! This educational play produced and created by Walton Arts Center in partnership with Trike Theatre of Bentonville uses artifacts, songs, stories and student participation to teach Arkansas history from the year 1000-1936. Tickets just $10 for children and $15 for adults! Recommended for ages 9+. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom Feb. 3 | Tickets $10! A new musical adapted from the award-winning memoir by Lynda Blackmon Lowery that tells her the inspiring true story of being the youngest person to walk from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama during the Voting Rights March in 1965. A Conversation with Fran Lebowitz Feb. 4, 2022 Straight from her hit Netflix special "Pretend It's a City," directed by Martin Scorsese, get ready for a night of no-holds- barred conversation with the queen of "tell it like it is!" Known for her sardonic social commentary, the cultural satirist and purveyor of urban cool offers her acerbic view on- stage moderated by KUAF's Kyle Kellams. Invoke The Adventures of Prince Achmed Feb. 17 | Tickets $10! From the famous collection of Middle Eastern folk tales One Thousand and One Nights, the oldest-surviving, full-length animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed is brought to life by multi-string quartet Invoke, performing the score live on- stage. 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR 72701 waltonartscenter.org | 479.443.5600 The Polar Express Series Sponsors: Digging Up Arkansas Additional support provided by Eric & Elda Scott | Ted & Leslie Belden | Anton & Linda Myers Media support: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Northwest Arkansas Business Journal KUAF | KNWA Show Sponsors: Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom Fran Lebowitz Invoke Tickets and certificates make great gifts! DECEMBER 19-25, 2021 WHAT'S UP! 11 Holiday events continue LARA JO HIGHTOWER NWA Democrat-Gazette Ongoing HOLIDAZE POP-UP BARS — The "nice" Holidaze is open 5-11 p.m. daily through Dec. 23 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. & the "naughty" version is open 5 p.m.-2 a.m. daily through Dec. 31 at 101 N. Block Ave. Free; drinks available for purchase. waltonartscenter.org/ holidaze; facebook.com/holidaze. THE PERFECT GIFT: LIBRARY BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS — Honor someone special while sharing your love of reading by donating to the Fort Smith Public Library's The Perfect Gift: Library Books for Christmas program. Through Dec. 31, visit any Fort Smith Public Library location to choose a book to add to the library's collection in honor or memory of someone special. Children's books are a $10 donation; adult books are a $25 donation. Proceeds from the Perfect Gift fundraiser will go to the library's materials fund to be used for the purchase of new library materials. For more information, call the library at 783-0229 or visit the library's website at www.fortsmithlibrary.org. ICE SKATING RINK — 5-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m. Friday, 3-10 p.m. Saturday, through Dec. 31, Merchants Parking Lot on Webster Street in Van Buren. $5. vanburen.org. VAN BUREN'S CHRISTMAS AT THE PARK — For a hefty dose of holiday magic, come and see Van Buren's Christmas at the Parks light displays. Two display locations — Van Buren Municipal Park, 1764 City Park Road and Freedom Park, 957 E. Main St., are participating. Now through Dec. 31. Free. facebook.com/VBChristma- sattheParks FORT SMITH ICE RINK — 5-9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays; 1-5 p.m. Sundays, through Jan. 2, 100 N. B St. in Fort Smith. $8-$12. fortsmith. org/ice-skating/ THE RINK AT LAWRENCE PLAZA — Ice skating, Monday-Thursday, 5-8:45 p.m.; Friday, 5-9:45 p.m.; Saturday, 12-9:45 p.m.; Sunday, 2-4:45 p.m., through Feb. 13, 214 N.E. A St. in Bentonville. $7. bentonvillear. com/887/The-Rink-at-Lawrence- Plaza SHINE ON — A pop-up holiday shop by the Momentary and Crystal Bridges, through Dec. 31, 203 N.E. A St. in Bentonville (across the street from 21c Museum Hotel). 657-2310. See Events Page 38