60th Anniversary Celebration! Kick off Ukiah on Ice, sponsored by Ukiah Valley Medical Center

As we celebrate 60 years of extraordinary health care, we realize that our community is our greatest gift. You have trusted us to provide the highest quality of health care for those that matter most to you. As a thank you, we would love to celebrate with you and your family! Join us on December 4th as we kick off Ukiah on Ice. The entire celebration is FREE to our community. There will be ice skating, great food, a kid’s zone, ice skating performances and live music by the Funky Dozen. We look forward to celebrating with you! 

December 4th: 12:00 NOON-4:00 p.m.: Free Ice Skating & Kick Off Event
December 5th: 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: Free Ice Skating
December 6th: 3:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.: Free Ice Skating 

We are grateful to the City of Ukiah for continuing Ukiah on Ice through Sunday, January 8th. For more information on dates and times please contact Ukiah Valley Medical Center, 707-463-7493 or the City of Ukiah, 707-467-5766.

Ukiah Garden Club Holiday Workshop – Annual Holiday Tea

December 4 @ 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm       

Ukiah Garden Club 1203 West Clay Street 

The annual holiday tea which besides also having food items for sale, there will be refreshments for the public. Everyone is welcome.

Fresh, uniquely decorated wreaths and swags, pinecone decorations, and other holiday items.

Fresh wreaths and swags are available now. Our custom decorated wreaths and swags are made fresh from greens gathered from our woodlands. Each is hand made by club members and beautifully decorated. A wide assortment of sizes are available.  Come by to choose your wreath and swag at our clubhouse!

3rd Annual Winter Feast (Farm to Table Dinner)

December 8 @ 5 PM 

Good Farm Fund invites you to the Third Annual Winter Feast!

A farm to table dinner featuring locally raised meat, produce, cheese, and grains, hot cider, and a no-host bar with local beer & wine. A special treat for dessert this year – seasonal local pies from Kemmy’s Pies featuring grain from The Mendocino Grain Project.! Plus… an auction, live music by The Thin Air String band and great company.

Santa’s Grand Entrance at Parducci

December 10 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Santa’s Grand Entrance is at 11:30 a.m.!  Mulled wine, hot cocoa, pictures with Santa, music, goodies, face painting, fantastic wine sales. http://www.parducci.com

501 Parducci Rd., Ukiah

Holiday Lights "Slow Roll"

Thursday, December 15 at 6 PM - 7 PM

Alex Thomas Plaza

310 S State St

Bring a bike, lights and be ready for fun!
Slow Roll strengthens our community by bringing people together. It’s for everyone; all ages, all skill levels and every type of bike is welcome. Our slow pace keeps the group safe and gives riders a unique perspective of our great city and its neighborhoods. We'll slow roll past the best Holiday Lights Houses on the west side of Ukiah. Light your bike and see you there!

The Wacky Winter Song & Dance Extravaganza 2016

December 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Wacky is SPACE’s acclaimed winter dance festival featuring over 100 dancers ages 8 to young adult plus Guest Artist Alumni. The performers are enrolled in SPACE’s dance classes and directed by Laurel Near and Amanda Rosenberg.

Wacky is on Saturday, December 17 at 2 p.m at the Ukiah High School Cafetorium, 1000 Low Gap Rd., Ukiah. General admission tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for youth under 18 and are available at Mendocino Book Company, the SPACE Box Office and online at www.spaceperformingarts.org. For information call 707-462-9370.

Caroling in the Caves
December 4, 2016 (Sun) from 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Saracina Vineyards
11684 S Highway 101
Hopland, CA 95449
707-670-0199

What better way to launch the holiday season than to join us on Sunday, December 4, from 2:30 to 5:00pm for caroling in our wine caves, a hayride, and some festive treats.  Leading us in song will be members of the Ukiah High School Chorus.  After exercising your vocal cords, enjoy a farmer's hayride to Saracina camp, where you will enjoy Saracina wine, holiday treats, hot chocolate, and s'mores by the fireside to warm your hands and hearts.  

Join us for this casual, holiday-in-the-country afternoon.  To purchase tickets, please visit our website atwww.saracina.com/events, call our Tasting Bar at 707.670.0199 between 11am and 5pm daily, or email tastingbar@saracina.com. 

We welcome children to join in the fun. Please call for special pricing for children's tickets.

Hopland Hikes: Seasonal Greetings Hike & Wreath Making

December 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Hopland Research and Extension Center

4070 University Road 
Hopland, CA United States

Enjoy the red berries of the madrones, and clumps of mistletoe as you take a refreshing hike around HREC observing the winter glory. You may even get the chance to meet newborns as the first of the lambs arrive!

Stay after the hike for the chance to make your own seasonal wreath, made from locally sourced foliage. Warm apple cider will be offered in the hall after the hike.

$20 per person (children under 12 FREE) – proceeds raise funds for educational programs.

Register online at: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=18647

Mendocino County Museum’s Holiday Wonderland in Willits, December 3

Take a stroll through Mendocino County Museum’s Holiday Wonderland on Saturday December 3, from 1-5 pm. Guests will enjoy music, holiday crafts, decorated galleries, games and play activities, storytelling and Museum Gift Shop specials. This event complements Roots of Motive Power’s Holiday Express where you can ride the train and visit Santa!

From 5-7 pm, attend a Community Tree Lighting at the Museum, sponsored in part by the Willits Chamber of Commerce and the City of Willits, featuring a holiday sing-along and refreshments.

Magical Christmas Train

The Magical Christmas Train is coming! Starting December 3rd you can join Santa and friends for an evening of fun, festivities, and magic!

This holiday season, share your cookies with Santa Claus and his elves aboard our Magical Christmas Train. We deliver Santa right to your table, so you can skip the lines and experience Christmas through the imagination of a child.

From Willits tickets include a 90 minute train ride through a storybook wonderland, cookies, hot chocolate in a souvenir mug, and a personal visit with Santa Claus himself.

From Fort Bragg tickets include a 60 minute train ride through a storybook wonderland, cookies, hot chocolate in a souvenir mug, and a personal visit with Santa Claus himself.

Come dressed in your Christmas morning pajamas, if you’d like, and join us in carols and reindeer games. One thing is certain, there is never a dull moment aboard the Magical Christmas Train.

Have your child’s name inscribed in their very own copy of “Morgan and the Magical Christmas Train” storybook by adding a storybook to your order at checkout and include your child’s name in the “Additional Notes” section.

Trains begin departing Saturday December 3 and continue through December 23. Make sure to check the schedule!

Skunk Train, 299 E Commercial St. 
Willits, CA 95490  

https://www.skunktrain.com/experie…/magical-christmas-train/

December 2 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thousands of twinkling lights adorn the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, where enchantment is found around every corner! This community event will run each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. November 25 through December 18, 2016. Adult tickets are $10 and children age 16 and under are free thanks to the funds raised by our spectacular annual benefit, the Festival of Lights Gala. Join us at the Gardens for live music, food, drinks, and fun in the big tent each evening of the Festival. Outside the tent, an unbelievable show of glittering color will draw you into the Gardens.

Holiday Lights Parade – Fort Bragg

The Holiday Lights Parade starts at 5:00 PM with Santa’s arrival.

Caroling begins at 6:00 PM followed by the tree lighting and the parade at 7:00 PM.

The parade will follow a route from west Pine Street’s judging area, to Franklin Street, to Oak Street and then on to Main Street to complete the circle back to Pine. Viewing is possible along the entire route, with prime seats staked out early on Main Street near the Guest House museum and the Christmas tree.

Magical Christmas Train

The Magical Christmas Train is coming! Starting December 3rd you can join Santa and friends for an evening of fun, festivities, and magic!

This holiday season, share your cookies with Santa Claus and his elves aboard our Magical Christmas Train. We deliver Santa right to your table, so you can skip the lines and experience Christmas through the imagination of a child.

From Fort Bragg tickets include a 60 minute train ride through a storybook wonderland, cookies, hot chocolate in a souvenir mug, and a personal visit with Santa Claus himself.

Come dressed in your Christmas morning pajamas, if you’d like, and join us in carols and reindeer games. One thing is certain, there is never a dull moment aboard the Magical Christmas Train.

Have your child’s name inscribed in their very own copy of “Morgan and the Magical Christmas Train” storybook by adding a storybook to your order at checkout and include your child’s name in the “Additional Notes” section.

Trains begin departing Saturday December 3 and continue through December 23. Make sure to check the schedule!

Skunk Train 

https://www.skunktrain.com/experie…/magical-christmas-train/

December 10 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Mendocino Film Festival has announced a special holiday screening of Polar Express. In partnership with the Skunk Train and Coast Cinemas, the Mendocino Film Festival will bring a day of holiday cheer to Fort Bragg with this heartwarming film and photos with Santa. Proceeds will benefit the Mendocino Film Festival.

The day begins at 10:00 am, when children will have the opportunity to share their holiday wishes and take photos with Santa in the lobby of the Coast Cinemas. Then, children and adults alike will embark on a fun seasonal adventure when the film begins at 11:00 am. The film follows a young boy who doubts the existence of Santa but finds reason to believe as he discovers much about the world and himself during the course of a magical train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

‘“Tis the season!” says Mendocino Film Festival Executive Director Michael Fox. “This is my favorite time of year. We are delighted to partner with Coast Cinemas to bring the joy of film and family and the spirit of the season to our community.”

Tickets are available online at MendocinoFilmFestival.org, by phone at (707) 937-0171, and in person at the Coast Cinemas and the Skunk Train Depot.

December 18 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

It’s that time of year again when family and friends gather to watch, listen and participate in Song. Directors Laura Leigh and Don Krieger bring an artful group of singers together to perform Christmas favorites.  A live child nativity will act out and sing “Away in A Manger”, a must see for all.  These talented children ages 5-13 present a moment that began with the birth of Jesus.

Also a choir will perform “Twas the Night before Christmas”, a musical rendition of the famous poem by Clement Clarke Moore. Included will be Dayle Farina, Teo Ariola, Haidi Calkins, Jeremy Crockett, Pat Wilson, Sam Parsons, Jennifer Spangler, Kim Ghezzi, Eric and Karen Wilder.  Also each will sing a traditional Christmas Solo.

We focus on celebrating the holidays with this concert which is kid friendly and so a short program is planned.  Everyone is welcome!

Santa will be there to listen to the children’s wishes and hand out candy canes.  Brownies and cookies from Art Edibles and hot chocolate and apple juice donated by Gualala Arts will be offered in the foyer after the show.  Community members will donate goodies also.

This event is sure to be a fulfilled celebration of Christmas Joy.  Bring the family and meet your friends at the Gualala Art Center, Coleman Hall for “A Christmas Treasury of Song II.”

Tickets

Tickets are $12 for adults $6 for youth (12-17) in advance, $5 more day of event, children under 12 free.

For advance purchase, (coming soon) visit Brown Paper Tickets  or them at call 1-800-838-3006.
To purchase in person, visit the Gualala Arts Center or Dolphin Gallery in Gualala.

December 24 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

| FREE

Following the form in which it has been offered each year since 1919 at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, the Nine Lessons and Carols will again be presented at the Gualala Arts Center auditorium this Christmas Eve.

The audience joins in singing the nine carols: some old favorites, some new. Clergy and lay readers represent several of the coast faith communities: Mary, Star of the Sea and St. Aloysius Catholic Churches of Gualala and Point Arena; Light of the Coast – Science of Mind Center, Gualala; St. Paul’s Community United Methodist Church, Point Arena; Shepherd by the Sea Episcopal – Lutheran Mission, Gualala; Christian Science Community, Gualala and Sea Ranch; Starcross Community, Annapolis. In addition several of our coast community children and youth will contribute to this well-loved tradition and celebration, along with a special guest or two.

Seating at the Gualala Arts Center is limited and traditionally fills up. You are encouraged to plan ahead, arrive early and bring a flashlight for your safe walking to and from parking areas around the Arts Center.

Donations received at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols go to support South Coast Crisis Aid (also known as South Coast Crisis Line). These donations are the primary source of funding for SCCA. Your generosity supports emergency food, fuel, bus transportation and lodging assistance throughout the year via vouchers distributed by local clergy and by Action Network in Gualala and Point Arena. Please make your checks out to Shepherd by the Sea, with “South Coast Crisis Aid” in the memo line. Thank you!