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November 2009
Your one-stop shop holiday events list
Now that the holiday season is right on top of us, it’s time to take stock not only of what we are thankful for, but what holiday events there are throughout Butler and Warren counties.
Please note this list WILL be updated with even more entries. If you don’t see an event listed below, free free to leave a comment and let us know about it.
MIDDLETOWN AREA
Light Up Middletown: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, through Dec. 31 at Smith Park, 500 Tytus Ave. A drive-through fantasy light display. Admission by donation. Balloon glow will be Dec. 8.
Christmas Spectacular: Various times through Dec. 31, La Comedia Dinner Theatre, 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. Combines Santa story with Nativity story.
Santa Parade: 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. Macy’s-style parade starts at the Middletown Public Library and moves down Broad Street to Governor’s Square Park. Features meet and greet with Santa at the park after the parade.
Charity Ball: 6 p.m. Dec. 4, at the Manchster Inn, 1027 Manchester Ave., Middletown. Annual event raises funds for the Maternal Child Health Center at the Atrium Medical Center.
Santa’s Wonderland of Art: Holiday sale at the Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, featuring a glass-blowing workshop, visits with Santa and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5, noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 6. Santa and glass blowing Saturday only.
Christmas in Trenton: City’s annual holiday celebration starts at 11 a.m. Dec. 5 with a parade starting at the Community Park and ending at Barn n’ Bunk. Entertainment at Bloomfield Elementary School from 1 to 4 p.m. Lighting of tree in Founders Park at 5:30 p.m.
Kinderconcert: Music/dance show by the Sorg Opera Company, 1 and 4 p.m. Dec. 5. Dave Finkelman Auditorium, Miami University Middletown.
Handel’s “Messiah:” Annual free concert by the Middletown Civic Chorus, 3 p.m.. Dec. 6, First Christian Church, 4520 Rosedale Road, Middletown.
Highlands Holiday Home Tour: 4 to 8 p.m., Dec. 6, in the Highlands Historic District around the Church of the Ascension, 2709 McGee Ave., Middletown.
Middletown Lyric Theatre: “The Spirits of Christmas” featuring William “Kip” Moore, 8 p.m. Dec. 11, 12 and 3 p.m. Dec 13 at Middletown Lyric Theatre, 1530 Central Ave. Blue Christmas: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Manchester Inn, 1027 Manchester Ave., Middletown. Annual blues concert raises money for Hope House.
Christmas in Warren County: Community Concert featuring all local groups: bells, choirs, churches, schools and other local performing groups. 7 p.m. Dec. 13, free. Lebanon Presbyterian Church, 123 N. East St., Lebanon.
Hamilton-area events after the jump:
HAMILTON AREA
Holiday Lights on the Hill: 6 to 10 p.m. through Jan. 3, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum,
Christmas Walk: 5:30-10 p.m. Nov. 27 to Dec. 30, at Niederman Farm, 4972 LeSourdsville-West Chester Drive, Liberty Twp. A free walk-though Christmas display with lights and Biblical displays. Walking path is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Free hot chocolate and cookies. Free entertainment in the barn.
The Nutcracker: Featuring the children of the Miami Valley Ballet Theatre. 7 p.m. Dec. 3-5; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 5-6.
Oxford Holiday Festival: Horse Drawn Carriage rides, school choruses, visits with Santa and watching the mayor light up Oxford. All children who visit with Santa will receive a gift, 6 p.m. Dec. 4, free. Uptown Parks, W. High St. at N. Main St., Oxford.
•Fairfield Holly Days: 4-6 p.m. Dec. 5 at Village Green Park and Fairfield Community Arts Center on Wessel Drive, Fairfield. Visit with Santa, wagon rides, unveiling of the 2009 Festival of Trees, and lighting the trees of Village Green.
City of Hamilton night at Festival of Lights; 5 p.m. Dec. 5, $9 ages 13 & older, $6.50 ages 2-12. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati.
Holiday train display: Ned Holzerle uses his train hobby to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis and Christian Cooperative Nursery School. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 5-6, Adults $7, kids $5. 3088 Millville Oxford Road, Oxford. Free parking and shuttle available at Marshall Elementary School at 3260 Millville Oxford Road.
Christmas Walk in the Village: noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 6, free. German Village Historic District, Dayton and Third streets, Hamilton,
Breakfast with Santa Claus: Presented by Hamilton Parks and Recreation Dept., For kids 12 and under with parent or guardian. Special holiday entertainment by Remy and Friends. Visit with Santa Class and photo. Special holiday craft project, 9 a.m. Dec. 12, $14 per person. Michael J. Colligan Lodge, 20 New London Road, Hamilton, (513) 785-7060.
Fairfield Breakfast with Santa: 9:30 or 11 a.m. Dec. 12 at Fairfield Community Arts Center Community Room, Wessel Drive. Santa hosts a breakfast for Fairfield children up to 8 years old. To register, call (513) 867-5348.
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The holiday rush starts NOW!
Think all holiday rush starts on Black Friday?
Oh ho ho ho noooooo …. the holiday rush starts this very day, Nov. 20, when Hamilton has its tree lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. today, with the Main Street Music Fest at the same time. Click here for details on the tree lighting and here for more on the Music Fest.
Pyramid Hill’s Holiday Lights on the Hill opens tonight too. And Hamilton’s Santa parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday morning.
Middletown’s celebration starts Sunday, Nov. 22 with the Holiday Affair on the Square and its homeless art exhibit. The day begins with a holiday brunch at the Manchester Inn, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Middletown Arts Center will be open from noon to 4 p.m. featuring the art work of graphic artist and historian Sam Ashworth.
At 3 p.m. the festivities begin on Central Ave, between Verity Parkway and Main Street. The street will be closed to traffic, allowing guests to enjoy free horse-drawn carriage rides through the district.
The opening art walk of a traveling exhibit entitled “Homeless: Telling Our Own Stories” will also run from 3 to 5 p.m.. The show features different types of artwork asking the viewer to explore homelessness through the eyes of the homeless themselves. A discussion of the exhibit will be at Miami Middletown Downtown at 4:30 p.m. at 4 N. Main St.
Miami Middletown Downtown will also host a reception for work by the Guerilla Arts Collaborative. There will be free warm beverages, and holiday entertainment will be provided by local musician Chuck Evans.
At 5 p.m., the action moves to Governor’s Square Park on the corner of Central Avenue and Broad Street. Brief performances will be given by William “Kip” Moore & Friends representing Middletown Lyric Theatre, the Angel/Wesley Choir from the First United Methodist Church, the GATE music class from Middletown Public schools and others. The evening will be capped off by the lighting of the city’s holiday tree. Most of the Saturday events were coordinated by the Art Central Foundation. For more information, see their Web site at www.artcentralfoundation.org.
Other upcoming Middletown holiday events include the opening of Light Up Middletown in Smith Park at 6 p.m. Nov. 27 and the Santa Parade at 5 p.m. Nov. 28 along Broad Street.
Already ongoing in Springboro is La Comedia Dinner Theatre’s Christmas Spectacular, which I review here.
Time does not permit the listing of every holiday event in this post, but watch this space; there will be PLENTY more where this came from.
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Nothing to do? Not if you look in here!
Greeetings and salutations! My name is Eric Robinette. You may have known me in a former life as Sir Critic, who has moved to his own domain. Now you can call me Sir Culture.
That’s another way of saying I’m the arts and entertainment reporter for the coverage areas of our newspapers, including Middletown, Hamilton and the general vicinity. I have been the entertainment reporter in Middletown for 10 years, but my geographic boundaries have been enlarged, and I’m enjoying learning more about the Hamilton area.
One of my new responsibilities is to post to this Things to Do blog. I’ll be alerting you all to various entertainment events in Butler and Warren counties, and I’ll give you my insight on the events that I attend.
One of the complaints I hear quite often is that “there’s nothing to do here.” Sorting through the mountain of emails and press releases I get, I can only raise my eyebrows and respond, “Really? Seems like there’s quite a lot to me.”
One of my favorite things to do on the movie blog was to ask my readers for their input, and that’s what I’d like to do with this blog. So I ask you - what would be most helpful to you? What would you like to see on this blog that could help you find things to do? What events do you like to attend? What would you like to see more of?
Do tell. There’s something to do right there!
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