FYI Calendar: Christmas cookie class Nov. 20 at Alma Library

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/KAREN E. SEGRAVE 12/7/02 Homemade sugar Christmas cookies are ready for Santa complete with drippy icing and sugar spinkles. Kids all over Arkansas are decorating cookies with hopes that Santa will enjoy their creations.

Nov. 19 (Sunday)

Foraging Hike -- And cooking demo with Tim Hammer, 9 a.m., Ozark Folkways in Winslow. $30. ozarkfolkways.org.

Artist Demo -- With Makayla Long, 11:30 a.m., Terra Studios in Durham. Free. usingart.org.

Fall Art Lab -- Turkeys (origami) & Mushrooms (air-dry clay), 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Terra Studios in Durham. $2-$4. usingart.org.

Sunday Music -- Woven, noon, Terra Studios in Durham. Free. usingart.org.

Sugar Plum Fairy Tea -- With Western Arkansas Ballet, 2 p.m., Riverfront Glass Pavilion, 100 North B Street, Fort Smith. $20-$30. waballet.org.

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Nov. 20 (Monday)

Make It Monday -- 11 a.m., Van Buren Public Library. Free. 474-6045.

Drop-In Tour: Collection Highlights -- 11:30 a.m. Monday, Thursday & Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday, Garrison Lobby at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.

Drop-In Tour: Architecture -- 1 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Garrison Lobby at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.

Christmas Cookie Decorating Class -- 5 p.m., Alma Public Library. Register at 632-4140.

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Nov. 21 (Tuesday)

Story Time -- 10 a.m., Mountainburg Public Library. Free. 369-1600.

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Nov. 22 (Wednesday)

Story Time -- 10:30 a.m., Van Buren Public Library. Free. 474-6045.

Drop-In Tour: Big Picture -- Art, architecture and nature, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, Garrison Lobby at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.

Drop-In Tour: 3 in 30 -- 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Garrison Lobby at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.

Games & Gab -- 1:30 p.m., Van Buren Public Library. Free. 474-6045.

Free Play Board Games -- 3:30-6:15 p.m., Mountainburg Public Library. Free. 369-1600.

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Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving Day)

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Nov. 24 (Friday)

Drop-In Tour -- Sculpture and Nature, 1 p.m., Garrison Lobby at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.

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Nov. 25 (Saturday)

Artist Demo -- Allison Bailey, 11:30 a.m., Terra Studios in Durham. Free. usingart.org.

Christmas on the Creek -- With the Emma Exchange, photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus and live music starting at noon. The Christmas tree lighting is at 4:30 p.m., and the Christmas Parade of the Ozarks at 6 p.m. on Emma Avenue in downtown Springdale. downtownspringdale.org

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Nov. 26 (Sunday)

Squirrel Jam -- Fourth Sunday music night, 5 p.m., Ozark Folkways in Mountainburg. Free. ozarkfolkways.org.

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Nov. 29

"A Christmas Carol" -- Adapted by Amy Herzberg and Robert Ford from the Charles Dickens classic, through Dec. 24, TheatreSquared in Fayetteville. Tickets prices vary by performance. theatre2.org.

-- Becca Martin-Brown

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