January events calendar.

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ANCHORAGE

1 to 30 Wildlife Wednesdays at the Zoo

The popular "Wildlife Wednesdays" free science lectures moved from the Loussac Library to the Zoo Gateway Building. Lectures start at 7 p.m. every second Wednesday. For more information, visit www. alaskazoo.org, phone 907-346-2858 or e-mail klarson@alaskazoo.org.

2 to 8 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships

Sponsored by ConocoPhillips, the national championships return to Anchorage's Kincaid Park, where the top skiers in the U.S. compete for the title of nation's best. For more information, phone 907-276-7609 or go online to www.anchoragenordicski.com.

8 to 10 Crystal Gallery of Ice Carving Competition

The event will be held in Town Square with teams from Anchorage and Fairbanks. Ice carvers create lovely carvings with "Arctic Diamond" ice from Fairbanks, while competing for cash prizes. Come watch the ice come to life and bring your ice skates and enjoy the Town Square Ice Rink. For more information, visit www.anchoragedowntown.org.

14 to 24 Cyrano's Theatre Company

Wind Blown and Dripping premiere by Peter Porco is an exciting and compelling story based on the great mystery writer Dashiell Hammett's years in WWII Alaska when he was stationed in Adak editing the post newspaper. For more information, visit www.cyranos.org or phone 907-274-2599.

16 Pride of Alaska

Experience the Anchorage Symphony's world premiere of a work commissioned and inspired by the Anchorage Museum's Permanent Collection. Plus, Alaska-grown double bass virtuoso Paul Sharpe, returns to delight his hometown with a Carmen Fantasy for Double Bass and Orchestra. For more information, visit www.anchoragesymphony. org or phone 907-274-8668.

18 to 22 Alaska Marine Science Symposium

The 2010 symposium will be convened at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage. Scientists from Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the nation and beyond will gather to discuss their research in the large marine ecosystems of the Arctic, the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. Updates and additional information will be posted as available at: http://www.alaskamarinescience.org.

22 to 23 Imago Theatre's ZOOZOO

Imago Theatre will populate the stage with characters and beings such as comedic amphibians, acrobatic larvae, circus boulders and more. ZOOZOO brings frogs, rabbits, penguins, hippos and other creatures in a show promising the best of Imago's family friendly theatre. Held in the Atwood Concert Hall at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. For more...