• Cedar Mill Winterfaire
• ISing Choir Winter Concert
• Oregon Chorale: Comfort & Joy
• Beaverton Community Band Winter Festival Concert
• Annual Fundraiser Dance at Leedy Grange Hall
• Leedy Grange New Year’s Eve Dance
• Catlin Gabel Community Arts
• Village Gallery of Arts

Cedar Mill Winterfaire

Saturday, December 13, 9-4 pm, Christ United Methodist Church, 12755 NW Dogwood St.

Join us for Winterfaire—a festive community marketplace filled with local vendors, cherished Nativity displays, kids’ activities, holiday treats, and more. Come shop, connect, and celebrate the season with neighbors as we make spirits bright in Cedar Mill!

ISing Choir Winter Concert

Saturday, December 6, 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 7, 3 pm, The Reser Center for the Arts

In celebration of its 20th anniversary ISing Choir, with orchestral accompaniment, will perform the West Coast premiere of “To Shiver the Sky,” a musical journey which captures the history of flight. The concert will continue with known holiday tunes. Tickets cost $14 and are available to purchase online.

Oregon Chorale: Comfort & Joy

Saturday, December 6, 4-7 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 3228 SW Sunset Boulevard; Sunday, December 7, 4-6 pm, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 12405 SW Butner Road, tickets here

Join the Oregon Chorale for our annual holiday tradition Comfort & Joy! Bring your family and friends and be swept away with a festive program that will fill your heart with warmth, joy, and merriment.

The Oregon Chorale will be joined by the Arts & Communication Magnet Academy Concert Choir on Saturday and the Southridge High School Concert Choir on Sunday. Our program will also feature musicians from the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Portland State University Percussion Ensemble. Learn more and get tickets here.

Beaverton Community Band Winter Festival Concert

Saturday, December 6, 2 pm, Beaverton Main Library Auditorium, 12375 SW 5^th St, free

Please join the Beaverton Community Band for our Winter Festival Concert. This concert features small ensembles from within BCB including a brass quintet, flute sextet, clarinet quartet, woodwind quintet, and saxophone quartet. Music will range from Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, to traditional Greensleeves Fantasy, to I have a Little Jingle Dreidel arranged by Villanueva with lots of festive tunes sprinkled between. Learn more about the group on their website.

Annual Fundraiser Dance at Leedy Grange Hall

Saturday, December 13, 7-10 pm, suggested donation $15/adult, $5/students, All Ages

This annual event brings elegance and fun to Leedy Grange Hall. All proceeds benefit dance programs in local elementary schools, and this year we are setting aside funds to support the Dance for Every Body program. This is the big event of the year! DJ mix of Swing, Ballroom, Latin, and Country music and instruction with Impressions Dance Club. More information online.

Leedy Grange New Year’s Eve Dance

Wednesday, December 31, 7 pm Lesson, 7:30-10 pm Open Dancing, Suggested donation $15/adults and $5/students

This is a family event—all ages welcome. We are celebrating New Year’s when the ball drops in New York at 9 pm so everyone can get home safe and sound! This is a no-alcohol event, but we will have sparkling cider to toast the New Year. Swing, Ballroom, Latin, Country dancing and more. Instruction with Impressions Dance Club. Proceeds from this event will also help fund school programs and Dance for Every Body program, helping people of all ages and abilities dance!

Catlin Gabel Community Arts

Winter term starts January 5. Sign up now for classes in printmaking, painting, and ceramics. Learn more and register here.

Village Gallery of Arts

Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am-5 pm, 1060 NW Saltzman Rd. Visit the VGA website for late-breaking classes and events!

ArtChat Holiday Potluck

Sunday, December 14, 3-5 pm

Bring a dish to share and chat with artists. As usual, there is a brief presentation from 3:30-4 pm. See the new show, meet the artists, and enjoy refreshments! The show runs December 2 through January 4.

Make-a-Kirigami Tree

Saturday, December 13, 3-5 pm, Free

Open to all, all materials provided! Gallery staff available for instruction and inspiration. Several sizes possible from hanging ornaments to tabletop. Allow about a half hour to create a tree.

“Clay Sunday” Open Studio

Sunday, December 7, 1-3 pm, all ages, $20/hr, $10 supply fee

Come and get your hands dirty! Clay and all supplies provided. Ongoing drop-in ceramics workshop. Instructor available for questions and assistance. No pressure environment for all ages.

Children’s Classes

Thursdays, December 4, 11, 18, 3:45-5:15 pm; $60 for 3 classes, Ages 7-11 years

Anyone can create art! Join the VGA Instructional Team for an exciting series of classes where your child can learn a variety of art forms! All supplies included. December featured projects include Mosaic Wreaths, Coloring Booklets, and more!

Role Playing Monster Maker

Sundays, December 14 and 28, 12-1:30 pm, $25 per class, Ages 9+

Come exercise weird monster design skills with a dice randomizer game played with fellow students! Monsters will be drawn in old-school role-playing game style with pen and ink. Adding the monsters made in this class to the tabletop games you play is a great way of shaking things up with some unpredictability!

Design-a-Critter Workshop

December 21, 12-1:30 pm and December 30, 3:30-5 pm, $25 per class, Ages 9+

Learn how to make weird critters and exercise creature design skills while playing a dice randomizer game!

Creature Bestiary

Sunday, December 21, 3:30-5 pm, $25 per class, Ages 9+

Learn how to play a game of creature design telephone with fellow students! Students will give each other descriptions of animals without revealing what they are drawing, then design a creature based on that description, just like artists did it in medieval times!

DIY Zine Class

December 23, 3:30-5 pm and December 28, 2-3:30 pm, $25 per class, Ages 9+

Learn to make folded mini comics with fellow students and take them home! Each student will draw one or more single-sheet zine, which they will learn how to cut and fold into a multi-page mini comic! Copies will be made of each student’s zines and can be exchanged with each other during the class. All students will receive printed instructions on drawing, cutting, and folding future zines as well.

Adult Classes

Needle Felted Holiday Gnomes

Thursday, December 11, 6-8 pm, $40 with $5-10 supply fee

Learn to needle felt an adorable little gnome for the holidays in this beginner friendly class! A great introductory class to needle felting, suitable for complete beginners and those with some experience. Gnomes can be finished as a hanging ornament, or a stand-up shelf piece.

Needle Felted Holiday Bauble Ornament

Friday, December 12, 6-8 pm, $40 with $10-15 supply fee

Learn to needle felt a festive wool bauble ornament for the holidays in this beginner friendly class! No experience needed. You can pick from several designs, or go freestyle, to felt onto 100% wool baubles. Design ideas include geometric lines, stars, snowflakes, holly leaves. The options are endless!

Pastel Fundamentals Workshop

January 10 and 11, 10 am-5 pm, $225 member, $245 non-member, Adult or Youth with instructor’s permission

Been wanting to learn to paint with soft pastels? Join for a two-day course with structured, easy to follow lessons. You will work from your own photos while interpreting with your own artistic voice. Demonstrations and individual instruction will be given. Soft pastels only; not oil pastels.