upcoming events


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DECEMBER 2024


Friday, December 6: Jingle All the Way ~ Stories, songs, and sing-alongs. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Homewood Public Library Auditorium, Homewood, AL. Tickets $25, available online at homewoodpubliclibrary.org/jatw

A blend of happy holiday stories, favorite Christmas songs, and jolly sing-alongs to help jump-start your holiday season, with stories by Dolores and music by Bobby Horton.


Sunday, December 8: Jingle All the Way ~ Stories, songs, and sing-alongs. 4 - 5:30 p.m., Shelby County Arts Council Theatre, Columbiana, AL. Tickets are $30 plus processing fee, available online at https://ci.ovationtix.com/36023/production/1214596?performanceId=11528816

A blend of happy holiday stories, favorite Christmas songs, and jolly sing-alongs to help jump-start your holiday season, with stories by Dolores and music by Bobby Horton.


Friday, December 13: Jingle All the Way ~ Stories, songs, and sing-alongs. 7 - 8:30 p.m., Ritz Theatre, Sheffield, AL. Fund raiser for the Sheffield Public Library and Ritz Theatre. Tickets are $20, available online at tennesseevalleyarts.ticketspice.com/jingle-all-the-way.

A blend of happy holiday stories, favorite Christmas songs, and jolly sing-alongs to help jump-start your holiday season, with stories by Dolores and music by Bobby Horton.


Saturday, December 14: No Humbug! The story behind "A Christmas Carol." 11 a.m. - noon, Locust Hill Historic Home, Tuscumbia, AL. $5, tickets available at the door. Part of the annual "It's a Dickens Christmas, Y'all" event in Tuscumbia, AL. For more info, click here or call 256-383-9797.

When we think of “A Dickens Christmas,” we usually think of the kind of Christmas that might have been celebrated in England in the mid-1800s: a blazing fireplace, plum pudding with a sprig of holly stuck on top, rosy-cheeked carolers in long scarves and top hats, a horse-drawn carriage clip-clopping along cobblestone streets. It’s the kind of Christmas depicted in countless versions of Dickens’ most beloved story, A Christmas Carol.

In this special presentation, storyteller Dolores Hydock shares the surprising and little-known backstory of how Dickens was inspired to write his “little Carol,” and what happened to the story – and to Christmas – once A Christmas Carol made its way into the world.


Sunday, December 15: No Humbug! The story behind "A Christmas Carol." 10 - 10:45 a.m., Great Hall, Independent Presbyterian Church, 3100 Highland Avenue, Birmingham. Free.

The surprising and little-known backstory of how Dickens was inspired to write his “little Carol,” and what happened to the story – and to Christmas – once A Christmas Carol made its way into the world.

Sunday, December 15: An Old-Fashioned Christmas, Two Ways.
2 - 3 p.m., Alabaster Public Library, 100 9th Street NW, Alabaster, AL. Free.

"A Christmas Memory," Truman Capote's tender memory of an old-fashioned Alabama Christmas, is sometimes called "An American Christmas Carol." In this afternoon free program, Capote's story will start us off as we join in on the elaborate, hilarious, and touching Christmas preparations of young Buddy and Miss Sook. Then we'll finish up with an excerpt from the original "Christmas Carol" as we peek in on a cozy Christmas celebration with the Cratchit family. God bless us, every one!



Tuesday, December 17: Jingle All the Way ~ Stories, songs,  and sing-alongs. 7 - 8:30 p.m., Leeds Performing Arts Center, 8140 Parkway Drive, Leeds, AL. Sponsored by the Leeds Arts Council. Tickets are $20, available online at www.leedsartscouncil.org/store.

A blend of happy holiday stories, favorite Christmas songs, and jolly sing-alongs to help jump-start your holiday season, with stories by Dolores and music by Bobby Horton.


Friday - Saturday, December 20 - 21: Twas the Night Before Christmas and other stories; part of the Happy Holiday Pops Concert of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, Amarillo, TX.