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ANCHORAGE

Zoo Lights

JAN 1-31

Weekly from Thursday through Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., head to the Alaska Zoo to visit the lighted parade of animals that take over the zoo each winter. They are big, bright, and beautiful. From front to back, the zoo is decorated with lighted animal displays-colorful, whimsical, and even animated. alaskazoo.org

JAN 12

Silent Film Night: Keaton and Chaplin

It's an evening of Silent Film giants: Buster Keaton plays a bumbling villain who ends up in The Frozen North. From the frozen snow to the rising water, Keaton's Fhe Boat finds him and his family on a voyage in hi homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another. In Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, it's WWI and Chaplin is recruited to the army's "awkward squad." Silent Film Night takes place at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. anchoragesymphony.org

JAN 16-28

Anchorage Folk Festival

The Anchorage Folk Festival's goal is to support, encourage, and promote music and dance through performance and education. Artists across town take to the stage at free concerts, and the festival also includes workshops, contests, classes, and dances. The kick-off party for the 30th anniversary of the festival takes places on January 16. anchoragefolkfestival.org

ANCHORAGE

JAN 1/5-2/23

Family Skate Series

Every Saturday in January and February (weather and ice conditions permitting), enjoy free skating with warming barrels, hot chocolate, and music at Westchester Lagoon. A special skate assist device is available for kids new to skating.anchorage.net

JAN 18-19

Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival

The festival features more than two hundred beers and barley wines from more than fifty regional brewers. Admission to the Egan Center for the Festival, which runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., includes a 6 ounce commemorative testing cup and thirty tickets for samples. auroraproductions.net

JAN 26

Haggis Basher's Ball and Burns Supper

This supper is in honor of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The gala event starts at 6 p.m. and includes a four-course meal, a carafe of scotch at each table, Highland Pipers, and dancing, all at the Sheraton Anchorage. tarbas.org

FAIRBANKS

JAN 11-13

Kid Fest

Shake off the winter blues by checking out Kid Fest, a three-day event packed with kid-friendly fun. Kids and parents alike will enjoy exciting games, inflatables, laser tag, mini golf, and great food at the Carlson Center from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m...