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<title>Self-Guided Driving Tour</title>\
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<title>Jewels to Jelly Beans: Treasures from the Presidential Vaults</title>\
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<title>Exotic Lands--Europe Imagines Egypt and the East</title>\
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<title>Suzanne's Fruit Farm</title>\
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<title>World of the Pharaohs--Treasures of Egypt Revealed</title>\
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<title>After-School Artists</title>\
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<title>Prized Possessions</title>\
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<title>Life on the Home Front: The Modern Family's Responce to World Conflicts</title>\
<description>October 27, 2009 - March 31, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Marked Tree, Marked Tree Delta Area Museum</description>\
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<title>Mid-Southern Watercolorists Fall Exhibition</title>\
<description>November 1 - 30, 2009&lt;br /&gt;North Little Rock, Laman Library Gallery, 2801 North Orange</description>\
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<title>Arkansas Craft Gallery featured works of Dahlstedt Pottery</title>\
<description>November 1 - 30, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain View, 104 East Main Street</description>\
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<title>Dripstone Trail Tour</title>\
<description>November 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Fifty Six, Blanchard Springs Caverns Visitor Information Center</description>\
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<title>Wild Cave Tour</title>\
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<title>Photography Class</title>\
<description>November 3 - December 8, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pine Bluff, 701 Main St.</description>\
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<title>German I</title>\
<description>November 3 - December 15, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, University of Arkansas Fort Smith Echols Conference Center</description>\
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<title>Progress in a Small Frontier Town: The Story of the Atkinson-Williams Building</title>\
<description>November 3, 2009 - December 31, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith Museum of History</description>\
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<title>English as a Second Language</title>\
<description>November 4 - December 16, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, U of A Fort Smith</description>\
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<title>Stained Glass</title>\
<description>November 4 - December 16, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, U of A Fort Smith</description>\
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<title>33rd Annual Photography Competition and Exhibition</title>\
<description>November 5 - 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith Art Center, 423 North 6th St</description>\
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<title>Friday Night Hootenanny</title>\
<description>November 6 - December 18, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Berryville, 302 on the Square, inside Grandview Hotel</description>\
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<title>McGehee Farmer's Market</title>\
<description>November 6 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;McGehee, Gazebo Park</description>\
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<title>Nevada County Trade Days</title>\
<description>November 14, 2009 - February 13, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Prescott, Downtown</description>\
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<title>13th Annual &quot;Enchanted Land of Lights &amp; Legends&quot;</title>\
<description>November 17 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Regional Park  Hwy 65B</description>\
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<title>Opera Performance at Ouachita Baptist University</title>\
<description>November 19 - 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Arkadelphia, Jones Performing Arts Center, OBU Campus</description>\
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<title>Homegirls by Karen Evans</title>\
<description>November 19 - 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pine Bluff, Hathaway-Howard Fine Arts Center</description>\
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<title>8th Annual Home for the Holidays Home Tour</title>\
<description>November 20 - 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;North Little Rock, </description>\
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<title>10th Annual 2009 Classic Car Cruise</title>\
<description>November 20 - 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain View, Cash's White River Hoedown</description>\
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<title>21st Annual Eureka Springs Fall Antique Show &amp; Sale</title>\
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<title>74th Annual World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival</title>\
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<title>Pet and Family Photos with Santa</title>\
<description>November 21 - December 6, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, Cammack Village City Hall, 2710 N. McKinley</description>\
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<title>&quot;Lights on the Landscape&quot;</title>\
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<title>Lights of the Ozarks</title>\
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<title>Merchant's Open House</title>\
<description>November 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Clarksville, City Wide</description>\
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<title>Merchant's Holiday Open House</title>\
<description>November 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Paris, Downtown Square and other Businesses</description>\
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<title>November Dripstone Photo Tour</title>\
<description>November 22, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fifty Six, Blanchard Springs Caverns Visitor Information Center</description>\
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<title>13th Annual Tour of Holiday Lights</title>\
<description>November 22 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Paris, On the Square</description>\
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<title>CIRQUE SHANGHAI Bai Xi</title>\
<description>November 23, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Texarkana, Historic Perot Theatre, 219 Main at Third, Downtown</description>\
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<title>7th Annual Chili Cook-Off</title>\
<description>November 24, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Hot Springs, 200 Exchange Street Parking Deck</description>\
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<title>West Memphis Holiday Lighting Festival</title>\
<description>November 24, 2009&lt;br /&gt;West Memphis, Worthington Park off of Missouri Street</description>\
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<title>14th Annual Lights of the Delta</title>\
<description>November 24 - December 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Blytheville, Arkansas Aeroplex, Downtown</description>\
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<title>Little River County Courthouse Lighting</title>\
<description>November 25, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Ashdown, 351 North Second Street; Courthouse lawn at dusk</description>\
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<title>2nd Annual White River Winter</title>\
<description>November 25 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Bull Shoals, Roy Danuser City Park</description>\
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<title>Thanksgiving Day Celebration</title>\
<description>November 26, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Altus, St. Mary's Lawrence Hall</description>\
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<title>Rumble on the Ridge</title>\
<description>November 26 - 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Forrest City, Mustang Area in Forrest City</description>\
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<title>Altus Festival of Lights</title>\
<description>November 26, 2009 - January 1, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Altus, City Park</description>\
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<title>Santa in the Park</title>\
<description>November 27, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Basin Park</description>\
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<title>Merchant's Early Bird Sale</title>\
<description>November 27, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Clarksville, City Wide</description>\
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<title>Arkansas Craft Gallery's Holiday Open House</title>\
<description>November 27, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain View, Arkansas Craft Gallery, 104 East Main</description>\
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<title>22nd Annual Winter Wonderland Craft Festival</title>\
<description>November 27 - 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Hot Springs, Hot Springs Convention Center</description>\
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<title>Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's The Nutcracker </title>\
<description>November 27 - 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fayetteville, Walton Arts Center</description>\
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<title>It's A Wonderful Life in West Memphis</title>\
<description>November 27 - December 20, 2009&lt;br /&gt;West Memphis, </description>\
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<title>12th Annual Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights</title>\
<description>November 27 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Horseshoe Bend, All Downtown Business and Churches</description>\
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<title>Christmas Lights Display at Iron Mountain on DeGray Lake</title>\
<description>November 27 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Arkadelphia, Iron Mountain Lodge and Marina</description>\
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<title>The Holiday Lights Over Harbor</title>\
<description>November 27, 2009 - January 1, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Mount Ida, Mountain Harbor Resort</description>\
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<title>Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>November 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Marked Tree, Hwy 63B/Frisco Street</description>\
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<title>ArtBlast 2009</title>\
<description>November 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Hot Springs, Hot Springs Convention Center</description>\
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<title>3rd Annual Marked Tree Fire Department Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>November 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Marked Tree, Hwy 63b and Frisco Street </description>\
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<title>13th Annual Christmas Parade of the Ozarks</title>\
<description>November 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Parsons Stadium, Hwy 265 &amp; Emma Avenue</description>\
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<title>Fifth Annual Arts Eureka Art Show</title>\
<description>November 28 - 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Best Western Inn of the Ozarks</description>\
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<title>Deltic Timber's 8th Annual Festival of Trees</title>\
<description>November 28 - December 8, 2009&lt;br /&gt;El Dorado, 110 E. 5th Street</description>\
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<title>Caroling in the Caverns </title>\
<description>November 28 - December 20, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain View, Blanchard Springs Caverns</description>\
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<title>10th Annual Holiday Open House</title>\
<description>November 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Rogers, Rogers Historical Museum </description>\
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<title>Christmas Around the Square</title>\
<description>November 29, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Berryville, The Historic Berryville Square</description>\
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<title>&quot;A World War I Christmas&quot; in the Hawkins House</title>\
<description>November 29, 2009 - January 2, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Rogers, Rogers Historical Museum </description>\
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<title>SOE Redneck Tenors-Christmas Spec-tac-yule-ar</title>\
<description>November 30, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith Convention Center</description>\
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<title>9th Annual Enchanted Forest &amp; Holiday Trails of Lights</title>\
<description>November 30 - December 30, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Sherwood, Sherwood Forest</description>\
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<title>13th Annual Monticello Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 1, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Monticello, Downtown</description>\
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<title>UA Fort Smith Secrets to Landscaping</title>\
<description>December 1, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, University of Arkansas Fort Smith Echols Conference Center</description>\
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<title>Arkansas Craft Gallery--Woodworks of Joe Doster</title>\
<description>December 1 - 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain View, Arkansas Craft Gallery, 104 East Main</description>\
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<title>2009 Holiday Lights Display</title>\
<description>December 1 - 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;North Little Rock, Burns Park</description>\
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<title>MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE</title>\
<description>December 2, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, MACARTHUR MUSEUM OF ARKANSAS MILITARY HISTORY</description>\
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<title>Spin-A-Round Meeting</title>\
<description>December 2, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Prairie Grove, Latta Barn</description>\
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<title>The Homecoming</title>\
<description>December 2 - 20, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Searcy, Performing Arts Center on the Square</description>\
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<title>41st Collectors Show &amp; Sale</title>\
<description>December 2, 2009 - January 3, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center</description>\
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<title>Carols by Candlelight, presented by The Fort Smith Chorale</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, First United Methodist Church, 200 North 15th Street</description>\
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<title>Sugar Plum Ball</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, Statehouse Convention Center Ballroom</description>\
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<title>Russellville Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Russellville, Downtown</description>\
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<title>28th Annual Fordyce Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fordyce, Downtown</description>\
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<title>Arkadelphia Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Arkadelphia, Main Street, Downtown</description>\
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<title>RHA 26th Annual Celebration of Lights at Southern Arkansas University</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Magnolia, Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center</description>\
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<title>43rd Annual Silver Tea</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa Crystal Dining Room</description>\
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<title>West Memphis 57th Annual Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;West Memphis, Missouri and Broadway Streets</description>\
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<title>13th Annual Christmas Parade</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Prescott, Downtown</description>\
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<title>5th Annual Christmas Open House</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Stamps, City Complex on Highway 82</description>\
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<title>24th Annual Christmas on the Square</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Prescott, Nevada County Courthouse Square</description>\
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<title>Holiday Lighting Ceremony</title>\
<description>December 3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Jacksonville, Jacksonville City Hall</description>\
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<title>33rd Annual CARTI Auxiliary Festival of Trees</title>\
<description>December 3 - 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, Statehouse Convention Center Ballroom</description>\
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<title>&quot;Best Christmas Pageant Ever&quot;</title>\
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<title>52nd Annual Christmas Parade</title>\
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<title>7th Annual Christmas Ball</title>\
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