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FORT SMITH BREW YEAR'S EVE — With a cham- pagne toast and the famous 10,000 balloon drop at midnight at Fort Smith Brewing Company, 7500 Fort Chaffee Blvd. Dress attire is casu- ally appropriate. fortsmithbrewing. com. NEW YEAR'S BALL DROP & CELE- BRATION — Fort Smith Downtown Business Association hosts a 2023 New Year's Ball Drop & Celebration with food trucks, bounce arounds, DJ and much more starting at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Ross Pendergraft Park next to the Frisco Station. godowntownfs. org/events A RED CARPET AFFAIR — Drag Show hosted by Brooklyn Bisette featur- ing Dixie Love, PollyEsther Foxx and Roxie Starrlite with champagne and midnight ball drop at Club Kinkhead's, 1004 Garrison Ave. ($5 cover, 21 and older to enter) 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dec. 31. NEW YEAR'S EVE AT 906 — With hors d'oeuvres, midnight champagne toast, party favors, sing-along with Piano Guy Tony and dancing with Good Time Karaoke and a goody bag. Doors open at 5 p.m., entertainment starts at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 at 906 Lounge, 906 Garrison Ave. Tickets $50 at 434-4343 or at the door. PRAIRIE GROVE RACKENSACK NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH — Starts at 9 p.m. Dec. 31 at Crazy Horse Saloon, 16325 U.S. 62 West in Prairie Grove. RIVER VALLEY NEW YEAR'S ISLAND EVE — With See's Seafood, games, prizes and live music by Even Keel, Gabriell Gore & the Silent Thunder Band and Ozark Mountain Pan Groove from 7 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31 at JKC Cellars, 7709 Ellis St. in Barling. Tickets $75 at JKC Cellars and Eventbrite, links at face- book.com/EvenKeelBeachBand. ROGERS NYE WITH 90LB WRENCH — With give- aways and music by 90LB Wrench at Good Vibrations, 2500 N. 17th St., Suite 106. 90lbwrenchofficial.com/shows SILOAM SPRINGS NEW YEARS EVE WITH HILLESTAD — At 6 p.m. Dec. 31 with Cher-themed karaoke from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Park House Kitchen + Bar, 201 W. University St. face- book.com/kimberlyhillestadmusic. ELSEWHERE NEW YEARS EVE AT RUCKERS MUSIC AND MAYHEM — A "Simply Seger" concert with champagne, party favors, giveaways and a $500 cash balloon drop at midnight at 76 Wright Hill Lane in Jane, Mo., (on the corner of highways 71 and 90) ruckersmusicandmayhem.com. 38 WHAT'S UP! DECEMBER 25-31, 2022 ROUNDUP New Year's Eve Continued From Page 37 PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com Twitter: NWAbecca REPORTERS Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com (479) 770-3746 DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER With the end of the year in sight, we asked some of our friends in the arts what happened in their organizations in 2022 that excited them most. Their answers are an enlightening celebration of the arts community from the inside out. (SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Quentin Willard, owner of Fort Smith Brewing Company, prepares for a previous Brew Year's Eve balloon drop. This year's party includes a champagne toast. (NWA Democrat-Gazette File Photo/Hank Layton)