Blendon Woods Civic Association

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Sat Nov 21 2009

10:00 AM

Blendon Woods Metro Park- Turkey Talk: Just for Kids

Title:	JUST FOR KIDS: TURKEY TALK
Description:	We'll learn the history and folklore of turkeys and why they play such a part in our Thanksgiving holiday.
Location:	Blendon Woods
Meeting Place:	Nature Center 4265 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. Westerville OH 43081
Program Date:	11/21/09
Time:	10:00 am
Price:	$0.00
Accessibility:	Fully Wheelchair Accessible

 

For off-line registrations or further information please call (614) 508-8111, unless another number is given in the program description.

2:00 PM

GALLERY WALK GAHANNA

Art comes to life in historic Olde Gahanna with this family friendly event. Eclectic shops, restaurants and businesses along Mill Street and Creekside provide the perfect backdrop for gifted artists to demonstrate and display their talents.
Dates: April 18, 2009 through November 21, 2009 ; Saturdays from 2PM to 9PM
Location: Olde Gahanna and Creekside, Mill Street & Granville Street, Gahanna, Ohio

Sun Nov 22 2009

2:00 PM

FAMILY CRAFT WORKSHOP at Inniswoods Metro Park

Inniswoods Metro Park Westerville

Sunday, November 22      2-4pm      Program at Innis House

Join us in creating gifts and decorations to personalize your holidays.

Thu Nov 26 2009

All Day

Thanksgiving

Fri Nov 27 2009

1:00 PM

Roscoe Village Christmas Open House

Christmas Open House Dates: November 27, 2009

Location: Historic Roscoe Village

Hours: Friday 1-4 p.m.

Admission: Free

Address: 600 N. Whitewoman St., Coshocton, 43812

Phone: 740-622-9310, 800-877-1830

Web: www.roscoevillage.com

Continuing with the 40th Anniversary celebration and introducing the holiday season, Roscoe Village hosts Christmas Open House at Dr. Johnson's House. Dr. Johnson's house is always beautifully adorned for the holiday season including elegant live pine wreaths decorated with naturally dried flower, cones, nuts and seed pods. As you enter the home, you will find a beautifully decorated tree with antique and old-style decorations. The delicious aroma coming from the kitchen pantry offers up yummy Christmas treats such as plum pudding, comfets cookies and hot cider served to you by a woman of the 1800s portrayed by Seneth Darr.

Sat Nov 28 2009

12:00 PM

Westerville Home for the Holidays

Location: Historic Uptown Westerville
Uptown District-Java Central-Municipal Courtyard-Marketplace N.
Contact: www.shopuptownwesterville.com

Time: Noon to 8 PM
Home for the Holidays in Uptown Westerville, 6pm, The Westerville Uptown Merchants Association invites you to share in our annual old-fashioned holiday celebration including music, carriage rides and more! www.shopuptownwesterville.com

6:00 PM

Holiday Lights Parade & Festival

Holiday Lights Parade & Festival
Gahanna's Holiday Lights Parade and festival is one of the most unique anywhere. You'll find family oriented activities for all ages in the quaint and historic "Olde Gahanna". Go early and shop and dine, then watch the 10th annual evening parade with 100 plus lighted floats, horse drawn carriages, marching bands, and more!
Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009
Location: Downtown Gahanna, Granville to Mill Street, Gahanna, Ohio
Admission: Free

in anticipation of the 11th annual Holiday Lights! Parade & Festival. Join Grand Marshal Tiney McComb, Chairman of Heartland Bank, on Saturday, Nov. 28, as Gahanna heralds the season with one of the most popular holiday events in central Ohio, the famous parade of lights. The parade steps off at 6 p.m. from the Gahanna Municipal Building, 200 S. Hamilton Rd., travels north on Hamilton, then west onto Granville Street and into downtown Gahanna.
The festivities will begin at 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 27, with two new attractions:
• A holiday children’s village located in the center of Olde Gahanna on Creekside Plaza, and
• The new family-oriented Holiday Mystery Pizza Party. Visitors will enjoy a delicious pizza dinner as they collectively solve the holiday caper at the Olde Gahanna Sanctuary, 82 N. High St.
The fun continues on Saturday with the Holiday Story Time Breakfast, Santa’s Secret Workshop and visits with Santa. Additional festival activities include: children’s crafts and games, holiday cuisine, horse-drawn holiday rides, entertainment, the Olde Gahanna Community Partnership Festival of Trees silent auction, unique offerings at a variety of downtown establishments, and most notably, the Holiday Lights Parade.
The flurry of activity is just starting when the sun goes down, as Ohio’s premiere evening parade begins (6 p.m.) and warms the crowd with lighted entrants, including: both community designed and professionally constructed floats, three marching bands, horse drawn carriages and a host of other dazzling surprises, along with post-parade fun.
In addition to the parade and festival, visitors strolling through Creekside Park & Plaza will delight in the magnificent 30-foot lighted tree, the new holiday children’s village, and the twinkling light displays at the Winter Wonderland at Creekside Park (Nov. 13, 2009 - Jan. 4, 2010).
Don’t miss the exciting kickoff to the magical holiday season at the 11th annual Gahanna Holiday Lights! Parade & Festival. For additional information, visit www.gahannaholidaylights.com or call (614) 418-9114.

Sun Nov 29 2009

12:00 PM

Worthington Holiday on the Green

Worthington Holiday Open House

Dates: November 29, 2009

Location: Downtown Worthington

Hours: Sunday noon-5:30 p.m.

Address: Intersection of routes 161 and 23, Worthington, 43085

Phone: 614-891-6293

This traditional event launches the Christmas shopping season in historic downtown Worthington. On Sunday noon village shops feature refreshments, holiday demonstrations, musical entertainment, carriage rides, Winter Farmers Market, located indoors at the Griswold Center at 777 High Street on the village green, and merchandise specials. Santa arrives at 1 PM to reside in his sleigh for photos with children outside the Worthington Inn. This event closes with the annual Christmas Tree lighting which takes place on the Village Green.

Tue Dec 1 2009

5:00 PM

Ohio Statehouse Holiday Open House and Tree Lighting

Statehouse Holiday Festival Open House and Tree Lighting

Dates: December 1, 2009

Location: Ohio Statehouse

Hours: Tuesday 5-7 p.m.

Admission: Free

Address: Broad St.& High St., Columbus, 43215

Phone: 888-OHIO-123, 614-752-9777

Web: www.ohiostatehouse.org

The holiday season opens in Ohio with the 94th annual Statehouse Tree Lighting. Join the community for this free festival of holiday activities, including: carolers, refreshments, model trains, community mascots and much more. Historical characters and modern dignitaries will be on hand to greet guests, including Santa himself.

The Ohio Statehouse will officially kick off the holiday season on Capitol Square on December 1 with a public open house and holiday festival. The "Ohio Statehouse Holiday Festival and Open House" will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. inside the Capitol Square complex in downtown Columbus. The event is free and open to the public.

The public is invited to "come to the People's House" and participate in the FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY holiday festival and open house. The event will include refreshments and performances by community choirs and the Chapel Brass of the Salvation Army. Other program elements will include: Lego Club model train display, a Santa and Mrs. Claus photo station, a finger printing I.D. station, a puppet show, Civil War re-enactors, various community mascots and much more.

The lighting of the Statehouse and two evergreen trees on the grounds with flood lights will be marked with the firing of a Civil War-era cannon. The lighting of Capitol Square will take place at 6 p.m. The cannon will be fired by members of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A.

The Ohio Statehouse Holiday kickoff event is a tradition that dates back to 1915. The annual holiday event has been entertaining people and celebrating the holidays for the past 94 years. The focal point of the 2009 event will be the indoor festival in the Statehouse Rotunda and Atrium, providing an evening of family-friendly activities.

The Festival:
Scheduled Holiday Festival and Open House activities to date include:

Mascots and Characters:

• Nutcracker and Clara (BalletMet) characters
• Santa and Mrs. Claus
• Several community mascots courtesy of The Mascot Organization

Musical Performances:

• Bexley High School Vocal Ensemble
• The New World Singers of the Columbus Children's Choir
• Chapel Brass of the Salvation Army
• Con Brio Children's Choir
• Reece Lincoln Band performing, Blues Christmas
• Signs of Christmas
• The Singing Buckeyes
• Voices of Hawthorne
• Worthington Chorus Travel Ensemble

Demonstrations and Vignettes:

• The Division of the State Fire Marshal Arson Dog Safety Demonstration
• Ohio Highway Patrol Bomb Dog Safety Demonstration
• Phoenix Children's Theatre for Children performing, Madeline's Christmas
• Puppet performance by Puppet Kind

Activities:

• BalletMet costume display
• COSI flying reindeer display
• Lego Train Club model train display
• Mr. Etch-A-Sketch display and demonstration
• Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus photo station
• Strolling Victorian period dressed individuals
• Reading of The Nutcracker by BalletMet
• Reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas

Age Appropriate Arts and Crafts Activity Stations:
Children will be given a holiday activity passport to get stamped at each activity station. After completing the activity, each child will receive a special Ohio Statehouse token.

• Antler and Santa hat craft activity station
• Coloring activity
• Face painting station
• Holiday magnets and Santa picture frame activity
• Ornament making activity
• Merry Mixtures activity

Other:
Ohio Statehouse Museum open through 7 p.m.
Statehouse Museum Shop open; special discount coupon available for this night only

Fri Dec 4 2009

7:00 PM

Westerville Tree Lighting

Tree Lighting
7:00 p.m. Uptown Westerville, 21 S. State St. 901-6500

Sat Dec 5 2009

8:00 AM

North Market Holiday Open House & Craft Extravaganza

North Market Holiday Open House & Craft Extravaganza

Enjoy the samples that will wet your appetite from the merchants at North Market! Local artists, vendors, and crafters will be on the second floor of the market place for your shopping pleasure! You'll have entertainment, holiday music, warm drinks, trees and all the trimmings, and roasted chestnuts plust much more!
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 8AM to 5PM
Location: North Market, 59 Spruce Street, Columbus, Ohio
Admission: Free
Website: www.northmarket.com

1:00 PM

Visit with Santa

December 5 – Visit with Santa
Creekside Plaza, 1-5pm
A holiday celebration wouldn’t be complete without a visit with
Santa. Picture taking and wish-making opportunities are available
with the Jolly Old Elf himself! An express North Pole mail box will be
available for leters to Santa, so send your wish list and keep working
on that good behavior!

5:00 PM

Christmas Classics on The Square at Easton

 Dates: December 5, 2009

Location: Easton Town Center

Hours: Saturday at Dusk

Address: 160 Easton Town Center, Columbus, 43219

Phone: 614-416-7000

Web: www.eastontowncenter.com

Stop by the Town Square and enjoy watching a little - or a lot - of our Christmas Classics on The Square! We're showing A Christmas Story on Saturday evening!

Sun Dec 6 2009

1:00 PM

BOWL TO HELP

Please form a bowling team or donate to the Helping Hands Free Clinic so they can help serve more uninsured poor in central Ohio

1:00 - 4:00 pm Columbus Square Bowling Palace

http://helpinghandsfreeclinic.wetpaint.com

Sat Dec 12 2009

1:00 PM

Visit with Santa

December 12 – Visit with Santa
Creekside Plaza, 1-5pm
A holiday celebration wouldn’t be complete without a visit with
Santa. Picture taking and wish-making opportunities are available
with the Jolly Old Elf himself! An express North Pole mail box will be
available for leters to Santa, so send your wish list and keep working
on that good behavior!

Sat Dec 19 2009

1:00 PM

Visit with Santa

Visit with Santa

December 19, 2009

Creekside Plaza, 1-5pm
A holiday celebration wouldn’t be complete without a visit with
Santa. Picture taking and wish-making opportunities are available
with the Jolly Old Elf himself! An express North Pole mail box will be
available for leters to Santa, so send your wish list and keep working
on that good behavior!

6:00 PM

Roscoe Village Restoration Candlelighting

Saturday - December 19, 2009 at 6:00pm

Main Stage in Roscoe Village - Free Admission

Telephone: 740-622-7644 Toll Free: 800-877-1830

 

Fri Dec 25 2009

All Day

Christmas

Sun Dec 27 2009

2:00 PM

Special Holiday Concert for Veterans

Website: www.honorflightcolumbus.or

Otterbein College-Cowan Hall

This special Holiday concert is free to all World War II Veterans, Adults $20 ($10 is tax deductible), Seniors $10, students 12 & under $10.

Tickets available at Gallery 202 in Westerville , call 614-890-8202

Otterbein’s Cowan Hall

30 South Grove Street

Westerville

•   WCMH’s Cabot Rea
•   American/European Opera’s Tony Gonzaga
•   Piano Prodigy Gavin George
•   The Continentials swing band

WWII Vets Free Admission $20 Seniors 65+ Students $10

Proceeds of the concert will benefit Honor Flight Columbus to send WWII veterans to Washington DC to visit the WWII Memorial. Tickets are $20 general admission; Senior Citizens and Students $10. Use the PayPal button under the Contributions tab to the left to purchase tickets. They will be held at the Will Call booth for you to pick up as you enter the auditorium.