Handcraft gift shopping...

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Next Saturday, the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild is having their biennial auction at St. Mark Presbyterian Church (10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville MD) starting at 10am. This auction includes a live auction, a silent auction, a yarn sale (yarn for $1/pound), book and equipment tables, and is catered by potluck. It is a lot of fun, and generally has a range of finished projects from silk quilts to handwoven challah covers to Fair Isle sweaters for auction. This year's theme is 'Dinner Party', so table linens and centerpieces are anticipated.

Next weekend is also the second weekend of the Countryside Artisans Tour, which is an open house by several artisans in their own studios, mostly in northern Montgomery County. There are yarn dyers, potters, a blacksmith. a furniture maker, and a glassblowing studio on the tour this year.

And of course, there is the DC Downtown Holiday Market until the December 23rd, in the Penn Quarter.

Library presentation

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The Art and Artifice of Audiobook Narration

George Guidall: The Art and Artifice of Audiobook Narration
Accokeek Branch
Wednesday, December 8, 7 pm.
George Guidall has entertained audiobook listeners for over 20 years, garnering rave reviews in publications like Audiofile, Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. He has recorded classic favorites like Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, and thrilled listeners with his readings of  Wally Lamb’s bestseller, I Know this Much is True. Mr. Guidall is the recipient of an Audie, the Oscar Award’s equivalent for best audiobook, for his reading of John Irving’s A Widow for One Year.
Author Stephen King said about Mr. Guidall, “I treasure the way he’s brought some of my favorite stories—including my own—to full brilliance.” An accomplished actor for over 40 years, he received an Obie for best Off-Broadway performance, and has performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival with legendary actors Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline. Joins us for an entertaining evening with George Guidall. Families welcome. Seating limited to first 75 customers. Pick up tickets at Information Desk.

Peppermint Patty Christmas

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Strand Theater presents

A Peppermint Patty Christmas by Kate Bishop
directed by Da'Minique M. Williams

Patricia dreads going home for the holidays. It seems her winter gloom descends like the dancing robot Santas and the light-up Messiahs, earlier and earlier every year. But this year, she's going to set a different dinner table. Patricia made a promise to herself, her girlfriend, and her therapist that this is the year -- no matter how much her mom tries to keep conversation meteorological in nature -- this year she's going to try something new. She will tell the truth. The whole truth. And nothing. But. The truth.

 A Peppermint Patty Christmas will be performed at the Strand from December 2nd until December 18th. General admission is $15, Students/Seniors are $10.  Reservations can be made by phone 443-874-4917 or ONLINE.