December Feature: Tis the Season to Discover!
If you are looking to get in a holiday mood, plan a trip to
the Village of Amherst,
a small community just east of Stevens
Point, during their Annual Village Christmas. The
event, December 5 & 6 hosts a Outdoor Christmas Decoration Contest for
homes and businesses, tours of the historic Amherst Inn Bed & Breakfast, retail and restaurant specials. Also going on
during the Village Christmas is the Tomorrow River Christmas Craft Show, known
for it's specialty handmade items.
Thursdays in December, through the 17th, Downtown Stevens Point hosts Home For the Holiday's, an event full of yuletide spirit.
Retail stores, like Robin's Nest Gifts, The Companion Shop, Dala's Import Oasis, Gepetto's Workshop, Divepoint Scuba, Kindred Spirts, SugarCubed, Art Village, and Paper Doll, are just a few with extended hours for the event. If
you need to get your list to Santa, visit the Enchanted Forest,
complete with more than 30 holiday displays, in the Centerpoint Marketplace.
Santa will be available Thursday and Friday evenings, and Saturday afternoons, through December 19th. 
Find a distinct holiday treasure by stopping by the Fine Art
Gift Gallery at the Riverfront Arts Center.
The gallery transforms during the holiday season to provide paintings, jewelry,
pottery, art classes, photography, hand woven and knit accessories, sculpture,
and cards all by spectacular area artists. The Fine Art Gift Gallery is open
through December 24. For more, visit the Q Gallery, a local Artist Cooperative,
which will be featuring work by Joan North, December 6 and 7, featuring her
wearable art.
For a traditional season favorite, get tickets to the
Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra's show December 5 & 6, featuring the
Monteverdi Master Chorale and Point Dance Ensemble. An evening of seasonal
music and selections from the Nutcracker Suite. Dinner and Theatre packages are
available through @1800. Sunday's matinee performance offers family rates (tickets
for a family of 4 are only $15). Then for another great performance check out 'AfterImages',
December 4-6 and December 9-11, the Department of Theatre & Dance will be on
the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point campus.
Click here for a complete listing of events throughout
December.
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Traveling through the Stevens Point Area soon? Stop at the Visitor Information Center, 340 Division Street North, Stevens Point, to see these displays.
The Central Wisconsin Children's Museum features hand's on activities for children and their families. They offer a variety of special events, such as Healthy Family Fun Nights, Sunday Stories, Autism Night, and more.
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