Hopkins Community Betterment is hosting the Hopkins Second Annual Holiday Lighting Contest. Sign up by contacting Cameron Morrison at 660.254.3754 by Sunday, December 18. Judging will take place Tuesday, December 20. Prizes are $100 for first place, $75 for second place and $50 for third place and are sponsored by US Bank.
The students of Alpha Psi Omega (APO), Northwest Missouri State University’s honorary theatre fraternity, are hitting the road again this winter with a play for area children. The engaging and interactive children’s show, “Once Upon a Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks,” casts the audience as a jury and allows it to choose how the play
The Graham United Methodist Church is holding a lunch benefit for the Christmas Adopt-a-Child program from 11 am to 1 pm, Sunday, December 11 in the fellowship hall. The menu includes beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, hot rolls, desserts and drinks. It is freewill donation and the proceeds will provide clothing, hygiene
The Nodaway Chorale will present a concert of holiday vocal music at 4 pm, Sunday, December 11, at Schneider Performing Arts Center, Maryville High School, 1501 South Munn Street, Maryville. The theme of the concert is “Holiday Tapestry.” Chorale Music Director Jim Rash explains, “With thousands of holiday music titles of every type and taste,
The Elmo Fish Fry is being served from 5 to 7 pm, Saturday, December 10 at the Elmo Community Building. The menu is fried fish, chicken, potatoes, salads and drinks. Cost is $12 for ages 12 and up; $5 for children 11 and under. Proceeds go to community service projects.
The Maryville Public Library will once again offer the Children’s Business Fair (CBF) for Nodaway County children age eight up to high school senior. The first CBF meeting, which is informational, will be at 5:30 pm, Thursday, December 15 at the library. The participants will create a business idea, then develop the idea from concept
The Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street, is hosting gingerbread fun for students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The “disguise a gingerbread” contest is in the library lobby. This project uses brown kraft paper, not actual gingerbread. Project and judging will be due, Thursday, December 15. For all of December, an in-house gingerbread fact
The second annual Maryville Christmas Card Tour starts Saturday, December 10 and runs through Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25. Sponsored by the Laura Street Baptist Church, there is a map and a scavenger hunt information available at the church. Completed hunts can be returned to the church office for a prize. There are 21 cards
“Alibis,” a murder-mystery by Peter Kennedy, will be presented at 7 pm, Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9 and 2 and 7 pm, Saturday, December 10, with dessert served at each performance. The play takes place at The Rose Theatre, Maryville. Cast members are, front: Clint Rowen playing aristocrat Sir Tanley Fraude; Scott Lance, playboy
The annual Christmas Creche Exhibit at the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton is now on display. “This year we have over 350 nativity sets on display,” said Dakota Redford, curator at the museum. “This is one of the largest displays in the Midwest, and we are happy to be able to make it available
