"Gift of Lights" - Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, IN

The Gift of Lights sponsored by Indiana Michigan Power. Come to the Zoo Friday through Sunday, November 23 to December 23, 5 to 9 pm to see our inaugural holiday lights display. More than a million lights will be wrapped around trees and in free-standing displays.

Our Round Barn Bar will be open so you can have a glass of wine or beer as you walk through the Zoo in winter.

Regular price tickets will be $9 for adults and $7 for children. Because this is a special event, members will not receive free admission.

Every Sunday, Friday, Saturday
Next Dates: Dec 21-3, 2018

Admission fee: $9 adults and $7 children

Location Information

Potawatomi Zoo
500 S. Greenlawn Avenue
South Bend, IN 46615

Dec. 21, 2018 -- Winter Solstice

Celebrating the Solstice

December’s full Moon, which will be visible on the night of the winter solstice, is aptly called the Full Cold Moon. If there are no clouds to obscure it from view, it should shine with all the intensity of the Sun and be bright enough for trees to cast shadows.

In Celtic tradition, one sacred place to be visited during the solstice time is an open area or hill that affords a view of the horizon in all directions. What better way to celebrate than to bundle up and climb to the top of the tallest hill? This is not a time to be hibernating; get outside and connect with the natural world in all its glorious seasons!FROM: Old Farmer's Almanac

Christmas at Loretto - December 16, 2018 (South Bend Chamber Singers) - 7:30 p.m. (Ticket information)

This annual holiday concert by the South Bend, IN Chamber Concert Singers always draws a large crowd of Northwest Indiana residents.  For this year’s concert we have commissioned a new work from American composer William McClelland. Acclaimed for his “vivid music,” “appealingly direct manner of expression” and “fertile contrapuntal imagination,” McClelland has written a wide variety of music in many styles and forms. His new piece for the SBCS, a setting of “Caedmon’s Hymn” in the translation by Burton Raffel, is the oldest English of known authorship, written in the early 7th century.  There are only a very few settings of this text, and none using Raffel’s translation.  For mixed choir and organ, the work will feature SBCS’s long-time accompanist, David Eicher.  The concert will close, as usual, with our traditional, candlelit “Silent Night.”

Beautiful New Music for the Season

Featuring the world premiere of a new work by American composer William McClelland along with other new works for the season and familiar carols in new arrangements

Sunday, December 16, 2018

7:30 p.m.
Church of Our Lady of Loretto
Saint Mary’s College, South Bend, IN

www.southbendchambersingers.org/

"Our Lady of Guadalupe" Celebration December 11, 2018 - St. Mary Church (Roman Cath.) Niles, Michigan

TIMES: Rosary 5 p.m. Mass at 6 p.m. Songs with Mariachi 7 p.m. Dinner at 8 p.m.

Everyone is invited -- article in Parish Newsletter

Address: 203 S. Lincoln Avenue, Niles, MI 49120

Human Rights Day - December 10, 2018 - South Bend, IN

PLACE: United Auto Workers Local 5, 1426 Main Street, South Bend, IN

Community Celebration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be at 6 pm on Monday, December 10 at UAW Local 5, 1426 S. Main St., South Bend. There is no cost for the event

 

• 19th Year Celebrating the United Nations signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights This year we are highlighting Article 14 The Right to seek Asylum.
• We will start the program with a little history of why this article was an important right. We can't repeat the History of the St. Louis and the 264 asylum seekers who were returned to their deaths. We have a similar crisis today. 
• We must reform our Immigration Laws, and policies that make asylum a realistic goal for folks. We must not turn our collective backs on their plight for a better life.
• Afterwards we will celebrate with food and friendship. Linden Grill has been contracted to provide their specialty of Chicken Wings and their sauces. 
•   League of Women Voters URL = https://my.lwv.org/indiana/south-bend-area/event/community-celebration-united-nations-universal-declaration-human-rights

Holiday Extravaganza (South Bend, IN Cubs Basebal) - Dec. 8, 2018 - Four Winds Field

The South Bend Cubs are hosting their 4th annual Holiday Extravaganza on Saturday, December 8th, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Entry and exit will be through the Cubs Den Team Store off of Western Avenue. All other gates to Four Winds Field will be closed. The event is open to the public and is free of charge.

This year, Santa and Mrs. Claus will have a special photo area in the HEATED Home Plate Suite for children and families to get their picture taken. Pictures will be available to download from the Four Winds Field Facebook page.

Other activities include a "12 Days of Christmas" Scavenger Hunt, free hot chocolate and cookies, letters to Santa station, and ornament decorating. Those who hang their decorated ornaments on the tree in the Cubs Den Team Store will be entered into a drawing for a Cubs prize pack. Plus, Stu and Swoop will be in attendance.

The South Bend Civic Theatre will have a special performance of The Christmas Schooner on the video board at 12:00pm. The South Bend Salvation Army will be accepting donations for the Kroc Center.

While at Four Winds Field, visitors can wrap up their holiday shopping at the Cubs Den Team Store. Special in-store only sales will be announced on Friday. In addition, local vendors and crafters will have free candy or samples to hand out to kids waiting for Santa

"Ugly Sweater" 5K Run - Elkhart, IN - December 8, 2018

www.elkharteducationfund.com/

The 2018 Ugly Sweater Run will now be held on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8!

‘Tis the Season To Be Tacky!

Registration Fee
includes toboggan hat & professional timing!
Student & ECS Employee Discounts Available

12:00PM Check In & Packet Pick-Up
3:00PM 5K Run Start
3:05PM 1 Mile Sweater Stroll
4:15PM Awards & Entertainment

Stay for holiday crafts, reindeer games & live music!