Community Corner

Get Out: Holiday Lights, Festivals, Sales

Activities for Dec. 1-7.

Check with event organizers for any schedule changes. Go to our events page for more activities.

1.
Where/When: 6pm, Fri
Why Go: This is the place to be to kick off the Christmas and holiday season.
Pricing: Free

2.
Where/When: Church Hill and Glen roads, 4pm, Sat
Why Go: For anyone on this side of town, this has become a popular way to kick off the holiday season
Pricing: Free

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3.
Where/When: 23 Barnabas Road, 5:30pm, Sun
Why Go: Not to be outdone, Hawleyville offers this quaint tree lighting for residents on the western side of town
Pricing: Free

4.
Where/When: , 9:30am, Sat; 11am, Sun
Why Go: Friends of the C.H. Booth Library holds sale of gift quality books, CDs, DVDs and other items
Pricing: Free

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5.
Where/When: , 9am, Sat
Why Go: Garden Club members plan for this sale all year long where wreaths, swags and table arrangements for the holiday will be sold.
Pricing: Free

6.
Where/When: Main Street, 11am, Sun
Why Go: Historic walking tour of Main Street, Teddy Bear tea, gingerbread house contest, decorated door and house contest are part of this holiday mainstay in town sponsored by the Newtown Youth & Family Services
Pricing: $15

7.
Where/When: , 8pm, Fri-Sat; 2pm, Sun
Why Go: Catch the final show of the Town Players' season
Pricing: $20

8.
Where/When:
, 7-9pm, Sun
Why Go: Few things better than all-you-can-eat-and-drink pancakes, sausage, apple sauce and beverage with rotarians
Pricing: $7, adults/$3 children

9. The Mighty Macs (G)
Where/When: , 7pm, Thu-Sat; 1, 4, 9pm, Fri, Sat
Why Go: Learn how the big business of collegiate women's basketball got started in this movie about the first women's collegiate basketball championship.
Pricing: $2

10. The Help (PG-13)
Where/When: , 7pm, Sun-Wed; 1pm, Tue
Why Go: Jessica Chastain received a Hollywood Film Festival Breakthrough Actress Award for her role about a white socialite who encourages black maids in her community to talk about their experiences in the segregated South during the 1960s.
Pricing: $2


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