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🌱 Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings and 10 more events
Be sure to catch Dungeons & Dragons Meeting on the Big Island Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings at Sydnor Performance Hall (in Schewel Hall)
- Creative Expressions at Big Island Library
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.
- Wednesday: Variable clouds; not as cool, temps: high: 57, low: 31.
- Thursday: Cooler; an afternoon shower, with a high of 50 and low of 44 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Big Island
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★ Featured events ★
- Dungeons & Dragons Meeting
Von Canon Library, 1 University Hill Dr, Buena Vista
6:00 pm
Friday December 19
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Other local events
- Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings
Sydnor Performance Hall (in Schewel Hall) , 03103001 , Lynchburg
4:30 pm - Creative Expressions
Big Island Library , 1111 Schooldays Rd , Big Island
12:30 pm
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Morgan Wade: Home for the Holidays
Historic Academy Theatre , United States
7:30 pm - Southern Virginia University Men’s Basketball vs Regent
Knight Arena , Knight Sports Arena , 1 University Hill Dr , Buena Vista
6:00 pm - Girls Night Out the Show® at Trading Post (Lynchburg, VA)
Trading Post Music Hall , 1222 Main St , Lynchburg
8:00 pm - The Night Owls | Palmera House
PALMERA HOUSE - Retail & Cafe , 2307 Bedford Ave , Lynchburg
7:00 pm - Mistletoe Market
Lynchburg Community Market
8:00 am - Saturday Market
Lynchburg Community Market
8:00 am - Cowboy Christmas — Reba Farm Inn
Reba Farm , 1099 Ln , Bedford
11:00 am - Saturday with Santa
Forest Library , 15583 Forest Rd , Forest
1:00 pm - Mizfit Cosplayers of VA
Forest Library , 15583 Forest Rd , Forest
6:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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🗞 Nearby News
Forest
- A dazzling display in Bedford's Christmas landscape (newsadvance.com)
- CASEY: Reader knocks The Roanoke Times' metro columnist and his $500,000 salary (newsadvance.com)
Lynchburg
- GOP Sen. Roger Marshall Charged $44K To Taxpayers Over Last 2 Years For Aide's Commuting Expenses (upolitics.com)
- What does Melania Trump really think about Christmas? Ex-aide breaks silence seven years after the first lady's leaked "Who gives a f**k" rant (primetimer.com)
- ‘Your heart is in the right place, unfortunately this is all junk': Long Island woman shares Angel Tree gifts. Then people spot the off-brand Crayola (themarysue.com)
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