Submit calendar items and photos by Wednesday for Friday’s Weekend section. Please include your phone number. E-mail features@muskogeephoenix.com, fax 684-2865 or mail to Features, P.O. Box 1968, Muskogee 74402. For information, phone Features Editor Leilani Roberts Ott, 684-2908, or Features Writer Travina Coleman, 684-2901.

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING OLD SCHOOL PARTY, 10 p.m. Friday, Azalea Inn, 800 S. 32nd St. Music by The Black Rocker. Admission: $5.

TEAM ROPING, Barton Arena of Warner is producing team roping draw pots on Fridays and Saturdays — Fridays, Barton Arena in Warner, and Saturdays, Hilltop Arena in Muskogee. Books open, 7 p.m. and close 8 p.m. Information: 463-3269 or 616-9269 or e-mail letsrope@crosstel.net.

PLAYNIGHT SERIES 2008, 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Porter Roundup Club. Events include flag race, cloverleaf barrels, pole bending and surprise event. Negative coggins required, original copy. Concessions. Information: 261-9690.

CHRISTIAN COFFEEHOUSE, 8 to 11 p.m. Fridays, Ark of Faith, 401 E. Broadway. Audience members may bring one song, one poem, one two- to three-minute testimony.

STORYTIME AT WALDENBOOKS, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Waldenbooks, Arrowhead Mall, 501 N. Main St. Traditional storytelling, clowns, puppets, sing-along songs and guest readers will be featured during the school year. Information: 687-3112.

DECK THE HALLS, 7 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Bring a homemade ornament for an ornament exchange. Tickets: $2 plus two cans of food for the food pantry. Can call the church office 682-3496 for tickets and more information. Tickets available until Sunday. There will be lots of Christmas cookies, hot chocolate, spiced tea and fun.

THREE RIVERS MUSEUM’S TOYS FROM THE PAST, 220 Elgin, Wednesday to Dec. 31, month-long display of Christmas decorations and antique toys, dolls and trains. The public is invited to loan their treasured items to be included. Admission: $3, adults; $1.50, students. Information: 686-6624.

SEE YOU AT THE POLE, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays, Wagoner High School. Ministers, parents and grandparents are welcome to support students by attending prayer before school. Information: Peggy Bruce, 485-4902.

CHRISTMAS KINGDOM AIR-BLOWN WORLD HOLIDAY INFLATABLES, dusk to 10 p.m. daily to Dec. 31, The Castle of Muskogee, Fern Mountain Road and U.S. 69. Entrance is free but donations are accepted. Drive through The Castle’s Christmas Kingdom with more than 1,000 Christmas inflatables ranging from 4 to 13 feet tall. Everyone from Santa and Rudolph to the Grinch and Spongebob Squarepants are on display. Shop at Santa’s Workshop to make Christmas gifts by hand or visit the Christmas Village. Information: 687-3625.

THE GARDEN OF LIGHTS, dusk to 10 p.m. daily to Jan. 1, Honor Heights Park, North 40th Street. Entrance is free but donations are accepted. The drive-through display includes more than a million shimmering lights that enhance the natural beauty of the park, gardens, trees, gazebo, waterfalls and ponds. Gift shop is on site. Information: Muskogee Parks and Recreation, 684-6302.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, hosted by Muskogee New Friends, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, first Thursdays of the month, Muskogee Civic Center, second floor. Information: Sherri Apperson, 686-9453.

DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS WALK AND OPEN HOUSE, 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday. Stroll the sidewalks of downtown Muskogee and enjoy the sights, sounds and fragrant smells of Christmas. Complimentary refreshments at participating businesses, local entertainment and a drawing for Magic Holiday money totaling $500. Information: Downtown Muskogee Inc., 683-2400.

LIGHTS ON AT SEMINARY HALL, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Northeastern State University campus, Tahlequah.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND CRAFTS FAIR, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6, Eufaula Community Center. There will be quilts, Christmas decorations, homemade gifts, soaps and more.

MUSKOGEE GARDEN CLUB CIVIC PROJECT, 9 a.m. Dec. 6. Volunteers will meet in front of Muskogee Chamber of Commerce office to plant 1,000 tulips bulbs on Broadway. This is the fourth year the club has purchased and planted bulbs on Broadway. Information: Matthew Weatherbee, civic projects chairman, 682-9276.

CRAFTY MAMAS WAGONER ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, Exhibitor’s Show Barn, between Maple Park and the football stadium, Wagoner. It is being held in conjunction with Wagoner Christmas shows, Christmas Home Tour and businesses in Wagoner. Vendors with handmade items have registered from Wagoner, Broken Arrow, Checotah and Muskogee with only a few spaces available. Booth rental is $50 for both days. Information: Teri Hoffman, 485-4679; or Terri Nicholas, 520-5040.

KIT CARSON’S WILD WEST JEWELRY SHOW, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City. The one-man trunk show features the original designs of Carson, who lives and works in New River, Ariz. He is one of a handful of elite jewelers featured in the exhibition “Craft in America: Expanding Traditions” showing at the museum through Jan. 18. Information: www.nationalcowboymuseum.org or call (405) 478-2250.

EMERALD BALL, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Herb Rozell Ballroom, Northeastern State University Center, Tahlequah. Black tie optional. Tickets: $75 before Dec. 2, $85 each at the door. Information: 458-2143.

MUSKOGEE COUNTY GOSPEL SINGING CONVENTION, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7, first Sundays, except October; Greenleaf Apartments, 715 S. York St. Information: Zane and Linda Harding, 733-4259; or Charles and Fay Learned, 683-4230.

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 10, Warner Public Library, hosted by Friends of the Warner Public Library. Refreshments served. This program is free and open to the public. Information: 463-2363.

CANDLELIGHT TOUR, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13, Fort Gibson Historic Site. Reservations required for groups starting approximately every 15 minutes. Admission: $7. Call 478-4088.

COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 13, second Saturday, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Activity Center, 2130 W. Okmulgee Ave. Free. Enter through the south doors. Information: 687-7571.

SANTA CLAUS BREAKFAST, 9:30 a.m. until noon Dec. 13, Muskogee High School cafeteria, in association with McDonald’s and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Muskogee area children accompanied by an adult are welcome. Meals for children are free.

AAUW HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS TOUR, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 14, Tahlequah. Homes: Don and Susanne Betz, 526 Seminary, on the NSU campus; Thea Nietfeld, 550 S. Mission; Bob and Cheryl Parrish, 13976 N. 503 Road; Ken and Margot Purdy, 310 W. Keetoowah. Tickets: $5 in advance or $6 at the door and may be purchased at Cox Drug, Curves, Cyndi’s Hair Salon, Kate Miller Optometry, Meigs Jewelry, NDN Art Gallery, Tahlequah Drug Company and from any AAUW member.

TEEN ROCK BAND 2 TOURNAMENT, 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15, Muskogee Public Library, Teen Zone. The library invites teens to participate in a rock band tournament and free-play. Prizes will be awarded to winners in the four-player Battle of the Bands and the single-player Guitar Rock-Off competitions. Information: 682-6657.

CHRISTMAS IN THE DEPOT DISTRICT, Dec. 20, Three Rivers Museum and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, tour both museums free of charge and enjoy Toys from the Past display, music throughout the day and prize drawings. Information: Beth Seim, OMHOF executive director, 687-0800, or 686-6624.

COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 27, fourth Saturday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Parish Life Center, 301 N. Virginia. Free. Enter through the west doors. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council No. 962. Information: Alan Zbavitel, Grand Knight, 683-1662 or Joe Brandt, K of C activities chairman, 577-6141.

RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, featuring the Rockettes, show times vary Dec. 22 to 24, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets: $76, $51 and $27. Tickets will go on sale in September. Group sales available now. Ticket information is available online at www.bokcenter.com, area Homeland stores, Tulsa Convention Center Box Office or by calling 1-877-TULSA-CC. Information: 596-7153.

DANCING WITH THE STARS TOUR, Jan. 2, 2009, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. Tickets: $51.50, $67, $97, $127, and $195 and available online at www.bokcenter.com, area Reasor’s and Homeland stores, Arby’s Box Office or by calling 1-866-7-BOKCTR.

MUSKOGEE BRIDAL SHOWCASE, 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 25, 2009, Muskogee Civic Center. There will be merchants to help with every aspect of your wedding planning. Door prizes will be given. Tickets: $5 at the door. Booth space available. Information: Peggy Lamb, 687-1851.

MISS OR MR. AZALEA PAGEANT, March 28, 2009, Muskogee Civic Center. Pageant is open to girls from birth to 18 and boys from birth to 36 months. Information: Debbie Morgan, 463-2693.