CHAPEL HILL -- St. Thomas More School, 920 Carmichael St., will hold its annual Christmas Holiday Shoppe craft show on Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It features more than 60 artisans and crafters from across the Triangle.
Christmas Holiday Shoppe includes a raffle, musical entertainment, bake sale and the "Reindeer Cafe" serving a hot lunch.
Admission is free. All proceeds from Christmas Holiday Shoppe will support St. Thomas More School and the enrichment of its educational programs.
For information, call (919) 490-8493.
Altrusa pecan sale Dec. 5-6
HILLSBOROUGH -- The Altrusa Club of Chapel Hill will be selling new crop pecans in December. The sales raise money for Altrusa, the oldest service club for women.
Dates and locations for sales are:
- Dec. 5, Big Barn, Hillsborough, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Dec. 6., Big Barn, Hillsborough, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For information, call 942-3443.
'Hats Off to the Kids' Sunday
CHAPEL HILL -- "Hats Off to the Kids!" will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Old Well Room at The Carolina Inn. The event gives a chance to the community to celebrate the work being done to support the children of incarcerated women.
Hosted by Our Children's Place, the celebration allows guests to pick out their favorite handcrafted items, sample the afternoon treats provided by The Carolina Inn and celebrate and support the work being done to create a better life for young children whose mothers are incarcerated.
Guest Ashley Lucas will present a portion of "Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass," her performance looking at the lives of the families of prisoners.
Our Children's Place is a residential initiative allowing babies and preschoolers to live with their mothers while the women serve out their sentences for nonviolent offenses. It is designed to break the intergenerational cycle of crime, poverty, substance abuse and family violence.
Tickets are $25 each. Call Our Children's Place at (919) 843-2670 or e-mail ourchildrensplace@gmail.com.
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CHAPEL HILL -- The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will discuss "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's' Search for the Happiest Places in the World," by Eric Weiner., at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 2 at the Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive.
The author, a correspondent for NPR, has written a travelogue after a year of visiting the world's most and least happy places. From the Persian Gulf to the Arctic Circle, Weiner has discovered that happiness blooms where we least expect it. His purpose is to figure out why residents tell psychology researchers that they're actually quite happy.
Books Sandwiched In, sponsored by the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library, is a book discussion group open to the public.
