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7-8 Holiday Food and Gift Festival

This is a fun and family oriented event featuring a wide variety of unique gifts, handmade arts and crafts, clothing, jewelry, bath products, home decor, gourmet food, and more. Dena'ina Center, Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. anchoragemarkets.com

14 Anchorage Symphony Orchestra--People's Choice

The Symphony Orchestra is proud to welcome home Eliesha Nelson of North Pole. Nelson, currently a violist with the Cleveland Orchestra, will be performing Bartok's Viola Concerto. The rest of this concert is up to the people. Over the summer, community members have the opportunity to play "music director" through surveys sent to mailboxes, inboxes, and social media. Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. anchoragesymphony.org

14 Alaskan Christmas Bazaar

With more than one hundred vendors from all over the state of Alaska selling their handmade, unique items, this bazaar is the perfect place to begin your holiday season. Be sure to stop by the silent auction tables filled with hundreds of hard-to-find deals. City Church, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. alaskanchristmas.com

21-22 Christmas Arts and Crafts Emporium

This is a showcase for Alaska artists and crafters to display and sell their products during the holiday season, a free winter holiday show featuring a large variety of Alaska made arts and crafts, sold by their creators. Dena'ina Center, Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. anchoragemarkets.com

24-28 GCI Great Alaska Shootout

The Alaska Community gets its hoops fix--Host University of Alaska Anchorage takes on top foes in one of the longest-running tournaments in college basketball. Alaska Airlines Center. goseawolves.com

26 Skinny Raven Turkey Trot

The annual Turkey Trot brought to you by Skinny Raven is back and warmer than ever. We also have a new, one-loop 5K for the big turkeys and a one-loop 3K for those mini turkeys out there. We will be collecting food items and matching cash donations up to $1,000 again this year to help make sure everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Dena'ina Center, races start 11 a.m. skinnyraven.com

27 Holiday Tree Lightning

Meet Santa and his reindeer and watch the ceremonial lighting of the tree in Town Square. Enjoy a concert with free hot cocoa and cookies. Town Square, concert begins 5:20 p.m. anchoragedowntown.org

11/17-12/20 King Island Christmas

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