Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Free and Fun Things to Do this Weekend

Friday

Bring candy and icing and make a gingerbread house, 6 p.m., Williamsburg Branch Library, 594 Main St., Williamsburg. Pack your favorite decorations – the gingerbread’s provided. Registration required. 513-724-1070.

See what lurks in the darkness during a winter night hike, 6 p.m., Sycamore Park, 4082 Ohio 132, Batavia. Explore the forest on a naturalist-led hike through the park to see what creatures come out at night. 513-876-9013; www.parks.clermontcountyohio.gov

Sing along to holiday favorites at Tis the Season, 7:30 p.m., Seton High School, 3901 Glenway Ave., West Price Hill. Hear classic and modern music selections featuring the Cincinnati Metropolitan Orchestra, Children’s Chorus and the Metropolitan Singers. 513-941-8956; www.gocmo.org

Catch performances of the opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, UC Clermont Campus, 4200 Clermont College Drive, Batavia. With Northern Kentucky University chorus members. 513-732-5200

Saturday

Here’s another gingerbread house-making opportunity, this one at 10:30 a.m., Union Township Branch Library, 4462 Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road, Union Township. Bring candy and icing – all other supplies are provided. Registration required. 513-528-1744.

You can actually touch museum objects during Family ARTventures, 1 p.m., Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park. Meet in front lobby. Parking $4, free for members. 513-721-2787.

Experience the busy town of Bethlehem at the time of Jesus’ birth during A Night in Bethlehem, 5:30-8 p.m., Crestview Presbyterian Church, 9463 Cincinnati-Columbus Road, West Chester Township. 513-777-6555.

Hear holiday favorites and sing along during the Sycamore Community Band Holiday Concert, 7-8 p.m., St. Bernard Church-Spring Grove Village, 740 Circle Ave., Spring Grove Village. Led by Pete Metzger. 513-697-0868; www.sycamoreband.org