DURING NOVEMBER

AROUND THE AREA

Montpelier Through December 16 -

Arthur Zorn, new work by the abstract impressionist at the Skinny

Pancake, 89 Main

Street. Through December 31 -

Lazy Pear Gallery, works by 15 local artists and sculptors on display, 154 Main

Street, Montpelier.

Barre Through December 31,

Holiday Season Art Show at Studio Place Arts at 201 N. Main Street, wide variety of arts and crafts by local artisans including hundreds of handmade gifts.

WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 2

Northfield 5:30 p.m. - Norwich v.

Lyndon State, Women's

Basketball at home. 6 p.m. - Masonic Bingo,

Masonic Temple. 6:30 p.m. - Town Charter

Meeting, Municipal

Building. 7:30 p.m. - Norwich v. Rivier,

men's basketball at

home.

Williamstown 7:30 p.m. - Girls basketball,

Williamstown v.

Lakes Region at home.

Montpelier 11:30 a.m. - Preschool

Discovery Program, learn about the life cycles of Reptiles and Amphibians, North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm Street, children 3 - 5, $5 per child,

229-6206 for information.

7 p.m. - Poetry's Spiritual

Language, Kellogg Hubbard Library with Dartmouth English Professor Nancy Jay Crumbine.

THURSDAY,

DECEMBER 3

Northfield 5:30 p.m. - Northfield

Boys Basketball v.

Twinfield at home. 6 p.m. - Annual Rotary

Senior Citizen's Christmas Dinner, Comisky School, make reservations

at 485-8112.

Williamstown 7 p.m. - Williamstown v.

Winooski at home, boys

basketball.

Montpelier 7 p.m. - Naturally

Nicaragua, North Branch Nature Center, see extraordinary photos taken in Nicaragua, 713 Elm Street, FREE,

229-6206 for information.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

Northfield 4 p.m. - Norwich v. Holy

Cross at Kreitzberg Arena,

women's hockey. 7 p.m. - Norwich v.

Amherst, Kreitzberg Arena with post game party in Milano Ball

Room, Blue Line Club

Members $3/$5 others. 6 p.m. - Free dinner at the

United Methodist

Church. 5:45 p.m. - Tree Lighting

on the Common begins with caroling led by the High School Chorus, lighting promptly at 6 p.m. with Santa to follow sponsored by the American Legion, Daisy Troop 408 will be collecting

non-perishable

items for the food shelf. 7 p.m. - Norwich v.

Amherst at Kreitzberg

Arena, men's hockey.

Montpelier 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Holiday

Sale, Trinity United Methodist Church, holiday items, clothing and

more, 229-9155 for

information. 4 - 8 p.m. - Art Walk,

twenty venues feature art from local artists, many also hosting

receptions, downtown

locations. 5:30 p.m. - Illumination

Night begins at Vermont College of Fine Arts with annual tree lighting in front of Noble Hall with

reception to follow in

College Hall Chapel. 7:30 p.m. - The Messiah,

Annual sing-a-long with the Vermont Philharmonic Society and local soloists at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, $15/$12 seniore and students/$5 kids 6 and

under.

Randolph 4 - 7 p.m. - Christmas

Bazaar, crafts, baked goods, wreaths, white elephants, raffles and more, luncheon available, Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Route 66 and Hebard Hill Rd., 728- 5251 for information.

SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 5

Northfield 9:30 a.m. - William Cahill

Alumni Hockey Games, classes from '50's

through '70's, Kreitzberg

Arena 11 a.m. - Hockey, Norwich

classes '80's through '00's followed by luncheon at Sullivan Musem & History Center, $25 with jersey,

coin and lunch/$12

lunch only. 1 p.m. - Northfield Boys

Basketball v. So. Royalton

at home. 4 p.m. - Norwich v. Hamilton

at Kreitzberg Arena, men's hockey with post game feturing appetizer buffet at Plumley Armory, $5 per person/$

10 family.

Williamstown 5:30 p.m. - Girls Basketball,

Williamstown v.

Hazen at home.

Montpelier 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Old Fashioned

Holiday Fair, wreaths, baked goods, quilt raffle, luncheon

served, Unitarian

Church. 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - 5th

Annual Soup Festival and Silent Auction to benefit Deaf Vermonter's Advocacy Services, Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, $7/$3

children, call 661-4081

for information. 7 p.m. - An Evening at the

Library honoring Chris Bohjalian hosted by Ken and Elizabeth Squier and the trustees of the Kellogg Hubbard Library at the library, an evening of wine and cheese, music, $50 to benefit the library, Call

223-3338 for information

and tickets. 7 p.m. - Vermont Fiddle

Orchestra holiday concert, City Hall Arts Center, $15/$12 seniors and students/12 and under free, 877-343-

3531 for information

and tickets. 8 p.m. - Contradance,

Grange Hall just off Northfield Street, Route 12, called Adina Gordon and music by Dave Langford and Colin

McCaffrey, $8.

Barre Noon - 2 p.m. - Wagon

Rides at the Depot.

Randolph 4 - 7 p.m. - Christmas

Bazaar, crafts, baked goods, wreaths, white elephants, raffles and more, luncheon available, Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Route 66 and Hebard Hill Rd., 728-

5251 for information.

Waitsfield 6 - 8 p.m. with auction at

8 p.m. - Annual Art Show and Auction, unique paintings, sculpture, furniture, pottery and more, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 496-5545 for information.

Stowe 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Stowe

Annual Christmas Fair featuring wreaths, baked goods, afghans, quilt raffle and more,

Stowe Community

Church.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

Northfield 11 a.m.- Norwich 100

Years of Hockey Burnch at Plumley Armory with coaches Bob Priestly, Donald 'Toot' Cahoon and Tony Mariano,

2000 and 2003 championship

teams, $12. 3 p.m. - Norwich v. Manhattanville

at Kreitzberg

Arena, women's hockey. 5 p.m. - Norwich Men's

Basketball at home with

opponent to be

announced. 7 p.m. - These Girls (El-

Banate Dol) film screening and discussion led by Elizabeth Maier, part of the Muslim film festival series, Norwich Cabot Science Center,

Room 85., FREE.

Montpelier 1 - 4 p.m. - Open House,

North Branch Nature Center, holiday season open house with refreshments, 713 Elm

Street, FREE, 229-6206

for information. 5 p.m. - Holiday Concert

with the Capital Orchestra featuring Mozart's Sleigh Ride, Montpelier High School Auditorium, donations appreciated, 223-8610

for information.

Barre 3:30 p.m. - Messiah, Barre

Opera House, Annual sing-a-long with the Vermont Philharmonic Society, $15/$12 seniore and students/$ 5 kids 6 and

under.

Randolph 4 p.m. - Randolph Chorus

at the Chandler Music Hall featuring two choruses - the 51-year-old Randolph Singers and the 25-year-old Sounding Joy Singers, Admission

by free will donation.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

Williamstown 7 p.m. - Selectboard Meeting,

Williamstown High

School Library.

Barre 6 - 8 p.m. - Green Mountain

Cloggers, Green Mountain Tavern, 10

Keith Ave., $20 a month

for lessons.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

Northfield 6 p.m. - Northfield Boys

Basketball v. Stowe at

home. 7 p.m. - Norwich Men's

Hockey v. St. Michael's College, Kreitzberg Arena.

Williamstown 7 p.m. - Williamstown v.

So. Royalton, boys basketball at home.

WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 9

Northfield 6 p.m. - Masonic Bingo,

Masonic Temple 6 p.m. - Northfield Girls

Basketball v. Montpelier at home. 6:30 p.m. - Northfield Conservation Commission, Municipal Building.

Williamstown 7:30 p.m. - Girls Basketball,

Williamstown v.

Stowe at home.

Montpelier 5:30 p.m. - Poetry Discussion

Series talking about poems of George Herbert with Peter Gilbert, Vermont Humanities Council

offices, 11 Loomis

Street. 7 p.m. - Celebrating Green

Mountain Book Club's new book and reading and signing with Tom Slayton, Bryan Pfeiffer, Reidun Nuquist and Susan Shea at the Kellogg Hubbard Library.

THURSDAY,

DECEMBER 10

Montpelier 6:30 p.m. - After the Damage

is Done: Making Amends and Making Changes, the things we don't like to talk about,

Kellogg Hubbard

Library. 6:30 p.m. - Premiere of Life

in Washington County, a documentary produced by Senator Bill

Doyle, Capital Plaza

Hotel, FREE.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

Northfield 6 p.m. - Free dinner at the

United Methodist

Church. 7 p.m. - Norwich Men's

Hockey v. So. N.H. at Kreitzberg Arena.

SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 12

Barre 1 p.m. - Daughters of the

American Revolution, Rebeckah Chapter, Lucia's Italian Restaurant, second grade students will do dances from Korea and America, Central Vermont Folk Singer, Paula

Gillis, 485-8266 for

more information.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

Randolph 3 p.m. - Willem Lange

reads Charles Dicken Christmas Carol at the Chandler Music Hall, $15/$12, call 728-6464 for tickets and information.

Brookfield 3 p.m. - Brookfield Community

Singers in their annual Christmas Concert, Pond Village Church.