Noel Wien Library

December 27th Wednesday

1-6 p.m.

Drop-in Crafts for kids 3 and older. Come by the Berry Room and make clown and heart necklaces.

Free.

Noel Wien Library. Information: 459-1052

New Year’s fireworks

Sparktacular Celebration at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Fireworks will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday and will be launched from UAF’s West Ridge.

Thompson Drive, from Geist Road to the roundabout, will be closed at 7 p.m. The roundabout will remain open.
The areas of Tanana Loop and Yukon Drive nearest the fireworks staging area at the overlook pullout on West Ridge will be closed to the public at 7 p.m. Motorists will be able to access the UAF campus from North Tanana Drive, Alumni Drive and Sheep Creek Road.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North will be serving free hot cocoa and cookies.

The museum galleries will be open to the public at no charge from 7-9 p.m.

Spectators are reminded that Alaska Railroad trains travel through the area between 7:30 and 9 p.m. Alaska Railroad officials request that spectators, both pedestrian and those on snowmachines, remain clear of the railroad tracks for safety reasons.
The Sparktacular event is organized by Mike Thomas, owner of University Chevron, and is sponsored by several Fairbanks community groups and businesses.
It is open to the public.