Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of December 8th!
The Sip & Shop Holiday Pop-Up at Copper Horse Coffee is today and tomorrow, with free coffee tastings, coffee and coffee brewing devices, gifts from Terra Rosa, and local artwork and soaps.
Local authors Gail Mazourek and Cynthia Machamer at the Newfield Public Library this afternoon at 3.
A chicken BBQ fundraiser at the McLean Fire Department from 4 until they run out.
This evening, a punk rock happy hour at Deep Dive. Unreal City playing Music in the Shire at Hopshire Farm from 6-8. SingTrece & Stone Cold Miracle w. Harmony with Hunter at Garrett’s Brewing in Trumansburg starting at 7. And Maddy Walsh and the Blind Spots with Dirty Mae at the Range starting at 10.
Tomorrow morning, Paws to Read at the Southworth Library in Dryden starting at 10:30. Kids can come read to friendly dogs from the Cornell Canine Companions.
The Little Red Artisan Market is at the Triphammer Marketplace Saturday and Sunday with dozens of artists and lots of handcrafted gifts.
Santa’s running all over town Saturday, appearing on the Downtown Ithaca Commons alongside a hot cocoa bar and Sparky the Unicorn. With cookies and crafts at the Lansing Fire Station on Ridge Road. And a photo op at Purity Ice Cream. See if you can catch up to the reindeer and visit Santa at one of these spots.
The Winter Festive Youth Market is tomorrow afternoon at Center Ithaca.
A Muppet Christmas Carol at the Smith Opera House in Geneva at 2.
The Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers Winter Concert is at Ithaca College’s Ford Hall at 3pm.
The Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts Winter Dance Recital is at 5:30.
Sarah Noell and Friends are at South Hill Cider. The Burns and Kristy holiday show is at the First Unitarian Society.
For your Sunday, the Tenzin Chopak Trio at Cayuga Shoreline at 2pm, and Electrolyte is at the Downstairs! Die Hard is showing at the Smith Opera House in Geneva at 7.
Looking ahead to next week, an inclusive winter holiday concert on Friday at the First Unitarian Society, and a Pink Floyd tribute show to benefit REACH Medical at Deep Dive. Then next Saturday, don’t miss the Winter Artisan Market at Press Bay and the annual Rutabaga Curl at the Ithaca Farmers Market.
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