This year’s Christmas Night Lights Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Saturday, December 5th in downtown Midland. There will be entertainment and hot chocolate to keep everyone warm.

• 6:30 p.m. parade begins (Illinois & Main traveling west on Illinois to A Street, south on A Street to Wall Street, east on Wall Street to Midland Center)

• 8:00 p.m. Santa & tree lighting (Centennial Plaza near Wall Street)

• 8:30 p.m. movie in the park (ELF in Centennial Plaza)

Here is a listing of the fun and festive activities that are on store.

5:15 – 6:30 pm
Frito Pie Chili Supper
Students in Philantropy Fundraiser – $4.00 a bowl
F. Marie Hall Academic Building – Amistad Atrium

Visits with Santa!!

Christmas at the Dollye Neal Chapel
Enjoy music by harpist, Megan Metheney, in a candle-lit
setting filled with holiday cheer. Top it off with hot chocolate
as you walk to the Hodge Carillon Tower Lighting.

Also, plan on seeing the special holiday
decorations at Hall’s Way.

6:45 pm
Lighting of the Hodge Carillon Tower
and Carolling by MC Chap Singers

7:00 pm
Opening Reception for the Fall Student Art Show
McCormick Gallery – Allison Fine Arts Building (AFA)

7:20 – 8:45 pm
“Sounds of Christmas”
Presented by the Midland College Chap Singers
and the Midland College Jazz Band
Wagner & Brown Auditorium in AFA Building

The 15th Annual Midland College
Student Art Hallway Sale
Art Wing – AFA Building
7 – 9 pm, Thursday, Dec. 3rd and 10 am – 4 pm, Friday, Dec. 4th.

Learn more about these events at www.midland.edu/events.

Midland College is located at 3600 N. Garfield in Midland.

Here is a run down of some of the area’s upcoming events.

Friday, November 27th at 8 pm – KOP Night at Granny & Grans 303 N. Lee,
Midland. $5.00 cover includes dinner. For more info, call 432-425-6584.

Wednesday, December 2nd from 7-10 pm – Open Mic at UTPB Student Union Commons.
For more info, contact John Esrontrias at 432-978-9787 or at jesrontrias1213@yahoo.com.

Saturday, December 12th from 2-4 pm – Open Mic Christmas Party at Manor Park’s
“New” Club House. For more info, call 432-694-6576.

Thursday, January 21, 2010 – Poetry Slam at WI-FI Java Cyber Cafe on the campus of Odessa College. Sign up at 6:30 pm, Open Mic at 7 pm and Slam at 7:30 pm. No Cover. For more info, call 432-335-6891 or 432-349-4657, or visit www.myspace.com/wifijava or www.myspace.com/danielcramos.

Tuesdays from 7-9 pm – Open Mic Nite at Midland Donuts, 2100 W Wall, Midland, TX
Coffee House Atmosphere with ofod & beverages available. Song, Poetry, Prose, Stand-Up & More! For more info, call 432-686-7766 or 432-697-4205.

If you are not quite ready to perform, that’s ok. You are more than welcome to attend and cheer on the participants!

Jacques Offenbach’s, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, will be the next The Met: Live in HD presentation scheduled for Saturday, December 19th.

For more info, visit The Metropolitan Opera’s The Met: Live in HD site here.

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Mike Huckabee will be at Barnes and Noble in Midland on Saturday, November 28th to sign copies of his new book, A Simple Christmas.

The signing will begin at 2:30 pm.

Barnes and Noble is located at 2617 W Loop 250 North in Midland.

For more information call 432-682-8880.

Their performance will be one-night only on Tuesday, Dec 15th at the Globe Theatre.  Show starts at 7 PM.  For other dates in the surrounding West Texas area, including Lubbock and Abilene, click here.

For more info, email flyingjwranglers@hotmail.com.  To purchase tickets, call the Globe box office at 580-3177.  Tickets are $25/person.

The Globe of the Great Southwest is located on the Odessa College campus.

There will be a FREE Kids’ Matinee, featuring a sing-a-long with Santa Claus, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm. The evening concert will begin at 7 pm.

For more information, contact the MOSC at 432-563-0921, or visit their website at www.mosc.org.

Click on the image (or here) to open a pdf flier for the event with additional information, including where to obtain tickets.

When Elmo and his Sesame Street Live friends think about growing up, it’s a musical show-and-tell! As Bert dreams of becoming a forest ranger, Telly longs to be a cowboy and their newest friend, Abby Cadabby, wants to be a Fairy Godmother just like her mommy. Elmo thinks about becoming a ‘weather monster,’ but has a hard time predicting his own forecast-he wants to be anything and everything all at once! “When Elmo Grows Up” includes lessons on perseverance, teamwork and the power of imagination. Children learn that if they believe in themselves and are willing to try, the possibilities are endless.

Adults will hear music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children, such as “Home on the Range,” “Down on the Corner” and “Give a Little Love.”

You can catch “When Elmo Grows Up” at Ector County Coliseum on December 1st at 7 pm, or on December 2nd at either 10:30 am or 7 pm.

For more information, visit the Sesame Street Live website at www.sesamestreetlive.com.

To delight young and old, carolers and musicians will entertain, a Gingerbread House Exhibit will be on display, and a 20th Century Couture exhibit from Steven Porterfield of “Cat’s Meow” will fill the front Sculpture Room.  Luncheons and afternoon Teas events are held by reservation, and visiting with Santa takes place on the  weekends  between 2:30 and 4:30.

Closed only on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, and on Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day, “Christmas at the Mansion” will come to an end on December 30th.  So come out, enjoy, and bring your out- of-town visitors for a nostalgic and traditional Christmas event in a beautiful setting. More Information

For more information, contact:
Jean Hoelscher, Marketing Director
Museum of the Southwest
Phone (432) 683-2882