Travelin’ the Arkansas Ouachitas: Events Taking Place During November

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Zoie Clift, travel writer
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

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In order to better serve your needs and to keep you from getting extremely long documents from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, we have decided to break down our Travelin’ Arkansas release into regions organized by date. This way you will be able to look only at the areas you are interested in covering. The territories covered in Travelin' Arkansas adhere to the six geographical regions found in the Arkansas Tour Guide. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: communications@arkansas.com or 501-682-7606.

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Over 250 vendors display a variety of handmade arts and crafts at the 22nd Annual Winter Wonderland Craft Festival Nov. 27-28 at the Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs. The town is well known for Hot Springs National Park, home to Bathhouse Row and thermal baths. For more information visit www.hotsprings.org or call Charlotte Dodd at 501-2626-3651.

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ArtBlast 2009 is coming to the Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs Nov. 28. The interactive, hands-on arts festival was created for children age 4-18 and includes 18,000-sq.-ft. of art activities. The event is a collaboration of non-profit art organizations and is $5, or free for children accompanying an adult. For more information visit www.artblasts.org or contact JoAnn Mangrone at 501-625-3992.
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Submitted by the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism
One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, 501-682-7606
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