Local events calendar

Pam Payne, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.
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Dec. 1—Friday, Dec. 2

—Dec. 2, 3, and 4, "The Nutcracker" by Beckley Performing Arts/Dance Theatre School, Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium.

Dec. 2, 3, and 4, How Great Thou Art Theatre Group's "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" concert, The Raleigh Playhouse & Theatre, 6 p.m. Tickets $15 for adult and $10 for children.

Saturday, Dec. 3

—Combined Veterans and Christmas Parade, downtown Beckley, 11 a.m., over 100 floats, bands, etc.

—Tamarack Marketplace, One Tamarack Park, Beckley, Gallery Exhibition opening Pop! Goes the Culture beginning at 3 p.m. Call 304-256-6843. Visit tamarackwv.com.

—Second annual Hinton's Hometown Christmas Festival, Historical Hinton, 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., shopping local vendors, delicious food, fun photos, Christmas parade and enjoy a carriage ride and more.

—Fayetteville's Gingerbread Festival, Fayetteville, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

—Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m., Chuck Mathena Center in Princeton, cost is $25. Tickets ci.ovationtix.com/35994/production/1139487.

—Holly Days-A Celebration of Light, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia, 1 Clay Square, Charleston.

—Tea with Santa, The Resort at Glade Springs, 11 a.m. to noon. For tickets go to gladesprings.ticketleap.com/santa.

Sunday, Dec. 4

—Free movie "Why the Nativity," 6 p.m., Maxwell Hill Baptist Church, 301 Teel Road, Beckley.

—West Virginia Jazz Orchestra, The Granada Theater, 537 Commerce St., Bluefield, 5 p.m. Holiday season with holiday classics, admission is free.

—Sensory Santa at the Youth Museum, 2 to 4 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 9

—Tamarack Marketplace will feature artist demonstrations by Allen & Ronnie Hamrick about flute making and blacksmithing Friday and Saturday. Visit tamarackwv.com

—Winter Walks, 1 to 2 p.m., Sprouting Farms, 4661 State Route 3/12, Talcott, come for a winter's walk around the farm. Sponsored by Sprouting Farms and Active Southern West Virginia.

Saturday, Dec. 10

—Mountain Home Christmas, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 10, 12 and 14, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Lewisburg. An original production that celebrates the holiday season in the Mountain State. Visit gvtheatre.

—Bramwell Christmas Tour of Homes, Bramwell Presbyterian Church, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11

—Northgate Baptist Church, 301 Pinewood Drive, Beckley, annual Christmas program, 6 p.m.

—Free Christmas music with Matt Mullins, noon to 3 p.m. at Tamarack Marketplace, 1 Tamarack Park, Beckley, in the Brunch Room.

—Christmas at Wildwood, Raleigh County Historical Society, 2 to 4 p.m.

—A Very Narrows Christmas at Narrows Farmers Market, 3 to 8 p.m. Holiday Market Vendors from 2 to 5 p.m. Narrows Christmas Parade at 5:30 p.m. Pictures with Santa, write a letter to Santa and free hot cocoa.

—Tattered and Worn Antiques — Primitives, 1717 N. Jefferson St., Lewisburg. Stop by annual Christmas open house, 1 to 7 p.m. — By Pam Payne