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CALENDAR of EVENTS<br />
December 8 - 12<br />
Victorian Front Porch<br />
Christmas Tour<br />
Opelika Historic District,<br />
8th & 9th Streets<br />
This Christmas season, December 8-12,<br />
Opelika’s Northside Historic District is<br />
celebrating like it’s 1899! For five days in<br />
early December 60 Victorian and historic<br />
homes near downtown Opelika are transformed<br />
into colorful, nostalgic reminders of<br />
Christmas from a simpler, slower-paced era.<br />
December 12<br />
Kreher Preserve and Nature Center<br />
Family Discovery Hike<br />
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.<br />
Join our guides for an educational adventure<br />
as you and your children take in the<br />
many sights and sounds of the Nature<br />
Center. Discovery Hikes offer excellent<br />
opportunities to learn about nature and see<br />
wildlife up close, while enjoying fresh air<br />
and exercise in our beautiful outdoors.<br />
December 14 – 16<br />
Rocky Brook Rocket Reindeer Express<br />
Opelika Municipal Park<br />
(Monkey Park)<br />
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.<br />
The Opelika Parks and Recreation<br />
Department is hosting the Rocky Brook<br />
Reindeer Express, and will take you through<br />
stunning Christmas scenes with thousands<br />
of lights sure to put you in the Holiday<br />
mood!<br />
December 15<br />
Buffalo Nichols at Standard Deluxe<br />
Standard Deluxe<br />
7:30 p.m.<br />
Please welcome to the Little House at<br />
Standard Deluxe: Buffalo Nichols on<br />
December 15.<br />
*All events subject to change/cancellation.<br />
Visit aotourism.com for a complete list of calendar events.<br />
December 15<br />
Collinwood Luminaries<br />
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.<br />
Collinwood Luminaries is a neighborhood<br />
event with live characters and animals<br />
showing the path to Christ. Drive-thru this<br />
lovely neighborhood by candlelight which<br />
leads to a live nativity.<br />
January 20<br />
12th Annual Polar Plunge<br />
Samford Pool<br />
9 a.m. – 11 a.m.<br />
Save the date for the 12th Annual Polar<br />
Plunge on Saturday, January 20th, <strong>2024</strong>!<br />
Recruit sponsors to support you as you<br />
take the plunge in support of Lee County<br />
Special Olympics. Individual and group<br />
costumes are encouraged! This event is<br />
presented by Auburn Parks and Recreation<br />
and Lee County Special Olympics. Proceeds<br />
benefit Lee County Special Olympics.<br />
January 25<br />
East Alabama Arts: Canadian Brass<br />
Opelika Center for the Performing<br />
Arts<br />
7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.<br />
With an international reputation as one of<br />
the most popular brass ensembles today,<br />
Canadian Brass has truly earned the distinction<br />
of “the world’s most famous brass<br />
group”.<br />
January 26<br />
Simone Dinnerstein:<br />
The Eye is the First Circle<br />
The Gogue Performing Arts Center<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Simone Dinnerstein performs The Eye<br />
Is the First Circle, a project conceived<br />
and directed by Simone Dinnerstein, in<br />
collaboration with projection designer<br />
Laurie Olinder and lighting designer<br />
Davison Scandrett. This performance is<br />
the second of three scheduled appearances<br />
by the world-renowned pianist as part of<br />
the Gogue Center’s 2023–24 Orchestra &<br />
Chamber Music Series.<br />
February 6 & 7<br />
My Fair Lady<br />
The Gogue Performing Arts Center<br />
7 p.m.<br />
sumptuous new production of the most<br />
perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment<br />
Weekly), Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.<br />
Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production<br />
is “thrilling, glorious and better than<br />
it ever was” (New York Times). “Every so<br />
often a revival comes along that reminds<br />
you how indispensable great theater can<br />
be” (NY1).<br />
February 10<br />
Mardi Gras Parade<br />
Downtown Auburn<br />
3 p.m.<br />
The Krewe De Tigris Mardi Gras Parade<br />
will be on February 10, <strong>2024</strong>, in downtown<br />
Auburn. Don't miss this entertainment<br />
district event!<br />
February 13 & 14<br />
To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
The Gogue Performing Arts Center<br />
7 p.m.<br />
All rise for Academy Award winner Aaron<br />
Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer<br />
Prize-winning masterwork. The New York<br />
Times Critic’s Pick To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
is “the most successful American play in<br />
Broadway history” (60 Minutes). Rolling<br />
Stone gives it five stars, calling it “an<br />
emotionally shattering landmark production<br />
of an American classic,” and New York<br />
Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon.<br />
Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with<br />
breath and nuance and soul.” With direction<br />
by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher,<br />
To Kill a Mockingbird—“the greatest novel<br />
of all time” (Chicago Tribune)—has quickly<br />
become “one of the greatest plays in history”<br />
(NPR).<br />
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