Sun Dec 1 Digby/Annapolis Christmas Daddies

12 – 8pm Royal Canadian Legion Branch 20, 92 Mount Street, Digby.

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Tue Dec 3 Cookie Exchange and Game Night

6-7:30pm Weymouth Library.  This is a traditional evening of laughter, fun, and good cookies. Participants need to bring three dozen cookies (of the same kind) with recipes to exchange with others. Register no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29 by contacting the library.

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Tue Dec 3 Building Good Habits

6-7pm Meteghan Library. Registered dietician Kaitlyn Comeau will discuss making healthy habits for yourself in a way that is beneficial and sustainable. Learn about the pros of micro-habits and habit-stacking, and how they can change your life for the better. Register no later than Friday, Nov. 29 by contacting the library. This program was made possible thanks to a food literacy grant from Nova Scotia Provincial Library.

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Fri Dec 6 and Sat 7 and Sun 8 Dick Whittington & His Cat

Dec 6 and 7 at 7:30 pm. Dec 8 at 3pm. King’s Theatre. Community Theatre. Adult $20. Youth $5. Join our hero, Dick Whittington, as he embarks upon an adventure to seek his fortune in Ye Olde London Towne, where “the streets are paved with gold”. With Terry R. Francis’ hilarious and fast-paced script, Dick and his faithful cat must thwart the wicked schemes of King Rat (“Boo! Hiss!”) and his Rodent Army, to save the Londoners from tyranny, and bring ‘happiness ever after’ to his friends and family. Directed by Annapolis District Drama Group stalwart Simon Bonnington, and starring many of your best loved local actors, you are sure to be right royally entertained!

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Sat Dec 7 Bear River FD Breakfast (no Poster)

7-10 am Bear River Fire Dept. Adults $15

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Sat Dec 7 Clay Christmas Ornaments

10am-12pm Meteghan Library. Children can make Christmas tree ornaments out of salt dough clay.

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Sat Dec 7 The Polar Express

10:30 am King’s Theatre. Film – Family, Animation, Holiday. Free. G.  Santa will be present for our annual FREE Christmas movie! Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump”; “Cast Away”) reunite for “Polar Express,” an inspiring adventure based on the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Sat Dec 7 Christmas Market & Santa Claus Parade

11 am – 4 pm Vendors at Weymouth Legion. Parade at 5:30pm. HillBilly Band and photos with Santa. 6:30pm Tree lighting at Sissiboo Landing.

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Dec 07 Festival of Trees Tree lighting, Parade, Prizegiving

Sissiboo Landing

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Tue Dec 10 Twelve Days of Christmas

6-7:30pm Weymouth Library. Children aged 6 to 12 can enjoy a fun-filled evening of games, snacks and stories with the theme of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Space is limited so register no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 by contacting the library.

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Tue Dec 10 Healthy Eating on a Budget

6-7:30pm Meteghan Library Registered dietician Kaitlyn Comeau will discuss how to eat healthier, more balanced meals while not breaking the bank. Space is limited to 16 people and is for adults. Register no later than Friday, Dec. 6 by contacting the library. This program was made possible thanks to a food literacy grant from Nova Scotia Provincial Library.

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Tue Dec 10 Joel Plaskett (New Date)

7:30pm King’s Theatre Music Adults $50 Youth $25 From rocking Halifax’s Marquee Club to performing for the masses at Massey Hall or touring the country with his father, Joel Plaskett has forged a reputation as one of Canada’s most engaging performers and respected singer-songwriters. Plaskett’s songs are a perennial part of the national playlist, a fixture on “best of” lists, and the soundtrack to the lives of faithful fans across the country and around the world. His accolades over a quarter century include a Juno, numerous East Coast Music, Canadian Folk and Music Nova Scotia awards, and two Polaris short list nominations.

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Wed Dec 11 Service Canada Information Session

1pm – 2pm Digby Library.  Join Craig Moulaison from Service Canada to learn about some of the programs and services available. He will be discussing Employment Insurance, Social Insurance Numbers, Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security, Passports, and Canadian Dental Care Plan. The session incudes a question-and-answer period at the end.

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Wed Dec 11 Love Actually

7pm King’s Theatre. Film - Comedy, Romance. Free. 14A. Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Among the characters explored are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon), Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry (Alan Rickman), a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary.

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Thur Dec 12, Fri 13, Sat 14 The Christmas Stranger – A Family Fantasy (Theatre)

7 pm (Sat 2 & 7pm). Marc Lescabot Theatre, Universite Sainte-Anne. Production by The Electric City/La Nouvelle France. Advance Tickets from Weymouth Mercantile from Nov 15.

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Thur Dec 12 A Tyler Shaw Christmas

7:30pm King’s Theatre. Music.  Adults $45.00. Youth: $20.00. Ring in the holiday season with all of your favourite Christmas classics in an evening of magic and lights with one of Canada’s biggest pop artists.

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Sat Dec 14 Christmas Sing Along – Original and contemporary Christmas Songs.

2pm St. Peter & St. Thomas Anglican Church, 5 Fort Point Rd, Weymouth North. Free will offering for the Weymouth Food bank will be appreciated. P.S THE ACCOUSTICS IN THE CHURCH ARE FANTASTIC!!

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Sat Dec 14 Home for the Holigays

7:30 pm King’s Theatre. Drag Queen. $30 for Adults. $15 for Youth (Recommended 16+). Steph Peaks has gathered her friends for another unforgettable night of live singing, lip syncs and more laughs then you thought you had. Gather your girlfriends, force your partner or invite that one coworker you just can’t seem to get to crack a smile, whoever you bring will leave with stories that will brighten up any awkward holiday dinner. Get those tickets now — you won’t wanna miss this!

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Sun Dec 15 The Colours of Christmas

2 pm  and 6 pm   King’s Theatre.  Children’s Theatre, Dance. Adults: $20 for one show/$30 for both shows (please contact the box office) Youth: $5 for each show. The Third Annual Sparkle Dance Community Christmas Showcase. Experience 70+ children, teens, and adult performers on stage in this highly entertaining community dance show. Led by Wendy Goudie, the younger Sparkle Dance students will be divided into two groups, one performing in the afternoon at 2pm and the other performing in the evening at 6pm. The older students will perform in both shows.

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Wed Dec 18 Conclave

7pm King’s Theatre. Film. Mystery & Thriller, Drama. PG. $10.95 Adult $6.95 Youth (under 18). CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.

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Sun Dec 22 Thane Dunn’s Elvis Christmas Special

7:30pm King’s Theatre. Live Music. $55 Adults $25 Youth. Two Time World Champion Thane Dunn and his Cadillac Kings are an Atlantic Canada favourite. Thane is known worldwide as one of the best in the business – so close to the real thing that he is actually endorsed by several people who worked and performed with the real Elvis. His shows are loved by young and old and are extremely fun and high energy.

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Fri Dec 27 & 28. Wicked

Fri at 7pm. Sat at 3pm. King’s Theatre. Film, Indie. Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy, Adventure. PG. $10.95 Adult $6.95 Youth (under 18). Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.

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Sun Dec 29 Memoir of a Snail

7pm King’s Theatre. Film. Indie. Drama. 14A. $10.95 Adult. $6.95 Youth (under 18). In 1970s Australia, Grace’s life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes anew when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Gilbert finds himself in the care of a cruel evangelical family, while Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts. As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky.

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Mon Dec 30 Dufflebag Theatre’s Peter Pan

2 pm King’s Theatre. Children’s Theatre. Adults $18.00. Youth: $12.00. Wendy Darling is sad to learn that she’s growing too old to stay in the nursery any longer and must move to the adult wing of the house. But when an adventurous young boy offers to fly her to Neverland where she can stay young forever, Wendy is catapulted into an adventure filled with magic pixies, charming pirates, and talking trees! Filled with their usual twists, surprises, and humour, DuffleBag Theatre’s Peter Pan is guaranteed to amuse young and old alike—especially when members of the audience are invited to star in the show!