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"The kitchen is probably my favorite room on this tour because it looks as if the family were just here, stringing popcorn garlands, making ornaments, polishing the silver, and preparing evergreen garlands," Smith says. "Most of the Victorian Christmas traditions are really quite similar to ours today. We decorate a Christmas tree, give each other store-bought or homemade gifts, and enjoy an elaborate Christmas dinner with our family and loved ones." 'Digi Know?' Shiloh Museum of Ozark History You can have all sorts of interac- tive fun with a few offerings at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, starting with its free museum trivia game sent straight to your phone. According to the museum's Twitter page, visitors can answer questions on their electronic device while perusing exhibits. "We have a sign at the front desk and users can scan the QR code to enter the game," says Angie Albright, Shiloh Museum director. There is no app to download. "Twenty questions populate the game, and it works like a scavenger hunt. Several questions have been developed for each section of the exhibit hall, and the questions change each time you play. When you finish playing, you can ask for a prize at the front desk. "You don't have to get a certain score or anything. You accumulate points, so people can compete against each other or against themselves if they do it more than once." Once you've completed the game, don't forget to collect your gift (and maybe rub it in your uncle's face while you're at it). To start playing, go to eksplor.app/start?game=shiloh1 or scan the QR code on their Twitter post from Dec. 8. 'Digi Know?' The photo collection at the Shiloh Museum is massive, one that both locals and people around the country make use of for all manner of things. With more than half a million images, it is also the largest historical photo collection in Arkansas. Now the museum staff and volunteers are digitally archiving everything to properly preserve the entire collection and more easily share it with the public with help from a grant from the Institute for Museum Library Services. The current exhibit "Digi Know?" shows a small cross-section of that enormous and still-growing collec- tion, as well as how to begin digitizing images yourself. The collection has photos, negatives and daguerreotypes, all in various states of preservation, some in disre- pair. It takes up the hallway space of the museum. Roughly 10 of the photos were blown up and printed on vinyl to cover the walls, bringing life to elements that would be difficult to catch in their origi- nal, miniature condition. A touch screen display in "Digi Know?" allows visitors to view several images from a collection gifted by the Washington County Historical Society in an interactive photo album. be played by "most anybody; it doesn't have to be who you first think." FILM SCREENINGS Moviegoers had a variety of screens on which to view festival films this year with theaters at Thaden School, The Momentary, Skylight Cinema and Walmart World Room in downtown Bentonville. The world premiere of "The Seven Faces of Jane" was shown in Fermentation Hall at the Momentary on the festival's opening night. The contemporary, experimental film was created by seven directors — Gillian Jacobs, who also starred in the film; Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola; Boma Iluma; Ryan Heffington; Xan Cassavetes; Julian Acosta; Ken Jeong; and Alex Takacs — none of whom knew what the other was doing, only their placement of the segment and a crucial "story kernel" they were to base their part of it around. Four of the seven directors attended the world premiere for a discussion about the making of the film and their part in it following the screening. Two other films made their world premieres at BFF, including "The Good Egg," about a woman nearing 40 who considers an unconventional egg donor after failed in vitro attempts, and "Smile or Hug," which was about an art teacher who gets dumped on her 30th birthday and works through her loneliness with her students. A Bike and Film Social for filmmakers and community members to meet, ride and enjoy art together concluded with a screening of "As We Have Always Done," a film that featured local cyclist Rachel Olzer. The Geena Davis Outdoor Theater and festival village opened late in the afternoon of June 23 in the courtyard of the Momentary, where lots of family favorites played on the big screen for free, including "Beetlejuice," "Encanto" and "Mulan." The outdoor theater did a special screening June 24 for the 10th Anniversary of "Hunger Games" with movie-related giveaways. On June 26, the final day of the festival's in-person events, "Where the Crawdads Sing" author Delia Owens, the film's director Olivia Newman and its producer Elizabeth Gabler came to Skylight Cinema for an extended preview screening of the movie, which was to be released soon after on July 15. The three spoke about the making of the movie at the sold-out event. UPDATE Since the 2022 Bentonville Film Festival concluded, the organization partnered with Black Girls Film Camp to virtually showcase 10 short films created by the teen BGFC filmmakers in August as a part of their Monthly Movies initiatives. The dates for 2023 have also been announced: June 13-18. DECEMBER 25-31, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 39 This year's Geena and Friends event featured Geena Davis with Angela Sarafyan ("Westworld"), Brianne Howey ("The Exorcist"), Chelsea Javier ("Smile or Hug") and Ashlie Atkinson ("Gilded Age"). Together they re-created popular male-centric scenes from "The Godfather," "The Hangover" and other movies. The actresses performed after having worked together on them for only a day. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/April Wallace) BFF Continued From Page 5 YEAR-END TOP 10 To Do Continued From Page 4 This photo shows World War II soldiers returning to the United States by ship. The image was a medium format negative in Shiloh Museum's archives. Now that it's developed and enlarged, Museum Director Angie Albright says you can see so much detail in what the soldiers are doing. It's part of an exhibit titled "Digi Know?" on show through Feb. 28 at the Springdale museum. (Photo by William Carl Smith) ROUNDUP