Daybook for Sunday, Dec. 10- Saturday, Dec. 16

Submit your free events two weeks before your event to bit.ly/2tPEb9s or e-mail calendar@heraldsun.com.

Share success stories and puzzles, as well as holiday food. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 1-3 p.m. Free members/$10 nonmembers. Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society, 6905 Fayetteville Rd, Durham. RSVP DebbieTheTeacher@gmail.com, 919-978-3742.

Open to everyone. Homemade latkes; games and activities with kids; music and dancing. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 2-5 p.m. Levin Jewish Community Center, 1937 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham. bit.ly/2AvgeeJ, 919-354-4955.

A total of 120+ artists exhibiting. Details: Sunday Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Durham Convention Center, 301 West Morgan St, Durham. bit.ly/2j9n6Us.

Small batch and one-of-a-kind goods meticulously crafted or found with thoughtfulness and care are available for purchase. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 12-5 p.m. Free admission. Durham Armory, 212 Foster St, Durham. 719-440-8636.

Don’t know what to give that someone special for Christmas? Why not donate to a wonderful organization in honor of that person? 18 non-profits from the community will be represented. Cash or check. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 8:30-12:30 a.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1737 Hillandale Rd, Durham. stlukesdurham.org, 919-286-2273.

Story time, Maple View Farm in holiday lights, Santa & milk and cookies. Reservations required: 919-942-6122. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 5:30 p.m.; 6:30 p.m.; & 7:30 p.m. Maple View Agricultural Educational Center, 3501 Dairyland Rd, Hillsborough.

Pictures may be taken using your own camera or phone, or you may choose for our photographer to take a picture for you. Cost is $5 per picture. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 1-5 p.m. Admission is $5. Hillsborough Visitors Center, 150 East King St, Hillsborough. bit.ly/2iN02Po, 919-732-7741.

Holiday food and wine market, local NC producers will be sampling and selling their products for holiday gifts. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 1-5 p.m. Free, 21+. The Rickhouse, 609 Foster St, Durham. bit.ly/2AcLaR1, 919-686-5748.

Family-friendly, hilarious comedy magic show! Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 2:30 p.m. $3. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St, Carrboro. 919-918-7364.

$5 bag sale - bring your own bag. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, 919-968-2777.

Visit our furry friends. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 2-3:30 p.m. The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St, Durham. www.regulatorbookshop.com, 919-286-2700.

Prayers, scripture readings, and a candle light vigil to end gun violence. Details: Sunday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1737 Hillandale Rd, Durham. stlukesdurham.org, 919-638-4426.

Featuring the Mary Scroggs Elementary School Chorus. Details: Monday, Dec. 11, 5:30 p.m. Southern Village, 400 Market St, Chapel Hill. bit.ly/2zV8Kyf.

Meet Dr. Mubenga, hear his vision and ask questions. Also think about and discussing with each other the needs of PAC 2 for the coming year. Details: Monday, Dec. 11. 9, 6-8 p.m. Open to the public. DPS Training Facility, Cafeteria, 2107 Hillandale Rd, Durham.

The session will provide an overview of the study on pedestrian, bicycles and transit analysis and results, and opportunity for public input and questions. Details: Monday, Dec. 11, 6:30-8 p.m. Chapel Hill Library, 100 Library Dr, Meeting Room B, Chapel Hill. 919-969-5093.

Sponsored by NC Resists. Write letters to to political prisoners (or anybody) with birthdays and folks needing extra support right now. Supplies and stamps provided. Details: Monday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. Free. Pinhook, 117 W Main St, Durham. bit.ly/2ByW6Gl, 919-667-1100.

Reading and signing by Robin Kirk, Andrea Selch, and Jennie Malboeuf. Details: Monday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St, Durham. www.regulatorbookshop.com, 919-286-2700.

Sponsored by the Museum of Life and Science. Tools and technology provided to tinker with, from circuit building to fiber arts. Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m., 21+. Free; $10 suggested donation. Motorco Music Hall, 723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham. bit.ly/2zBa6Ol.

Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8:30 p.m. Free. Pinhook, 117 W Main St, Durham. www.thepinhook.com, 919-667-1100.

All needleworkers and skill levels welcome. Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Watts Street Baptist Church, 800 Watts St, Durham. Contact Joe Darby, jdarby002@nc.rr.com.

Sponsored by the American Red Cross. Donors will receive a Red Cross T-shirt. Snacks will be served. Make an appointment to donate: 1-800-733-2767, redcrossblood.org. Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Fetzer Hall, UNC, South Rd, Chapel Hill.

Annual visit from Santa, including a festive breakfast, giveaways, light exercises and visits and photos. Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8:30 a.m. Free. Northgate Mall, Food Court, 1058 West Club Blvd, Durham. bit.ly/2zKSJvw, 919-286-4400.

Cookies, crafts and a children’s show. All ages. Details: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Carrboro Century Center, 100 North Greensboro St, Carrboro. 919-918-7364.

Details: Tuesdays, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Free. Johnny’s Gone Fishing, 901 W. Main St, Carrboro. www.johnnysgonefishing.com, 919-932-5070.

At The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Details: Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m. Free. The Regulator Bookshop, 720 9th St, Durham. www.regulatorbookshop.com, 919-286-2700.

Details: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Carillon Assisted Living, 1911 Orange Grove Rd, Hillsborough. RSVP: Laurie Sawyer, laurie.sawyer@carillonassistedliving.com, 919-732-9040.

In remembrance of the five-year mark of the Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy, as well as well as the 500,000 American victims and survivors of gun violence since. Details: Thursday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m. United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill. 919-942-3540.

Details: Thursday, Dec. 14, 6 p.m. Open to the public. Golden Belt, Neighborhod Improvement Services, 807 E. Main St, Bldg 2, 3rd Floor, Durham.

Representative Marcia Morey will speak, along with a panel of NC legal experts. Sponsored by The League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties. Details: Thursday, Dec. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill. bit.ly/1zH8vDp.

The 2017 Piedmont Laureate for Poetry will read from her book “Logophilia; The Art of Learning.” Details: Thursday, Dec 14, 3:30-5 p.m. Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill. bit.ly/2AzwviF, 919-968-2777.

Festive cheer at Honeygirl Meadery's Annual Holiday Open House. Tis the season for mead, cheese, & sweets. Details: Thursday, Dec. 14, 5-8 p.m. Honeygirl Meadery, 105 Hood St, Suite 6, Durham. 919-399-3056.

All children in Hillsborough are welcome to visit and tell St. Nick their holiday wishes. Each child will receive a gift. Details: Thursday, Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m. Toy donations accepted; no toy weapons or candy, please. Hillsborough Police Station, 127 N Churton St, Hillsborough. bit.ly/2Aw2OPo, 919-732-2441, ext 26.

Sign-up for an appointment in advance by visiting http://www.redcrossblood.org and enter keyword Library. Details: Friday, Dec. 15, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. North Regional Library, Meeting Room, 221 Milton Rd, Durham. bit.ly/2jfcQtI, 919-560-0231.

Learn about how Habitat for Humanity helps build houses, hear a Christmas tale about the Rockefeller Center Tree and build a graham cracker house. For ages 4 and up. Details: Friday, Dec. 15, 4-6:30 p.m. Orange County Public Library, 137 West Margaret Ln, Hillsborough. bit.ly/2nzJbAT. Register: 919-245-2532.

Featuring “Gingy: The True Story of the Gingerbread Boy,” a twist on the classic fairy tale “The Gingerbread Boy. Recommended for ages 4-8. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Carrboro Branch Library, McDougle Middle School, 900 Old Fayetteville Rd, Chapel Hill. 919-969-3006.

Make a pine cone bird feeder to take home and hang outside as a holiday treat. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 3 p.m. Eno River State Park, Park Office, 6101 Cole Mill Rd, Durham. bit.ly/2zX0lxd, 919-383-1686.

Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 8 a.m. Meet in front of the Wild Bird Center in Eastgate Crossing Shopping Center (1800 E. Franklin Street) in Chapel Hill for a 2-3 hour bird walk at a nearby site. New birders and birders of all skill levels are welcome. Heavy rain will result in cancellation. For questions, contact David Anderson at d47anders@gmail.com.

An old-fashioned Christmas parade with bands, firetrucks, and floats by community organizations. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. Free. Intersection of Bahama Rd and Ball Rd, Bahama. 919-471-6397.

Free to visit with Black Santa. Photos available for purchase. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Fayetteville St, Durham. www.blacksantaraleigh.com.

Sample lavender goodies, sip lavender hot chocolate, visit with farm hosts, find hand made unique holiday gifts, meet furry residents of Silver Horn Sanctuary in the barn. Info & RSVP: bit.ly/2wgyLGn. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunshine Lavender Farm, 4104 Millstone Rd, Hurdle Mills.

Living historians decorate the farm in a typical modest fashion of the time; soldiers on hand to demonstrate Christmas in the field; visit with St. Nick. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Bennett Place Historic Site, 4409 Bennett Memorial Rd, Durham. bit.ly/2orwmW5, 919-383-4345.

Visitors watch and listen as both soldiers and civilians celebrate the holiday. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m. $3 Adults/$2 ages 5-16/Chldren under 5 free. Bennett Place Historic Site, 4409 Bennett Memorial Rd, Durham. bit.ly/2orwmW5, 919-383-4345.

A fundraiser to benefit Durham Community Land Trustees. Meet, greet and learn about DCLT. Holiday merriment, treats, libations and childcare provided. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2-4 p.m. CoHo, 130 Hunt St, Durham. RSVP: info@dclt.org, 919-490-0063.

Hand crafted gifts; food trucks; Santa. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 4-8 p.m. Free admission. Carolina Inn, 211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill. bit.ly/2ApoyfF, 800-962-8519.

Handmade items, including candles, jewelry, ornaments, baked treats, etc. showcased by budding necessity-driven entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 12-4 p.m. Free. The Mothership, 401 W. Geer St, Durham. 919-593-8387.

Christmas fun and games; speaker Judy Blevins will share her life's story. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 9:45 a.m. $10, includes lunch. Croasdaile Village, 2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy, Durham. RSVP: Kay, dwomen1@gmail.com, 919-384-2073.

Proceeds benefit Independent Animal Rescue programs. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Petco South Square, 4011 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham. www.animalrescue.net.

Gifts for geeks; family friendly; Cosplay encouraged. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission. Durham Armory, 220 Foster St, Durham. bit.ly/2AZcp1D.

Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. Open to the public. Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 North Driver St, Durham.

Sponsored by Independent Animal Rescue. Details: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2-4 p.m. Petco South Square, 4011 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham. www.animalrescue.net.

This story was originally published December 9, 2017 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Daybook for Sunday, Dec. 10- Saturday, Dec. 16."