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15 ways to have a wild pre-Xmas weekend

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  • Escape into an enchanted winter wonderland full of sugarplum fairies and dancing toys at Festival Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker. More info...

Friday & Saturday

  • Bundle up and join Save the Bay for an exciting one-hour Seal Watch Tour. Departing from The Wyndham Inn on Long Wharf, the tour offers expert guides and binoculars for an educational view of these cute creatures. More info...

Friday

  • It's time to get your head-banging skills in shape as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra comes to town to perform their iconic Christmas rock show. Beware the whiplash. More info...
  • Get down with Math the Band, Gymshorts, and the Providence Sax Choir at AS220. More info...

  • The Providence Ballet Theatre knows you can’t go wrong with ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. On December 19, the professional dancers as well as local children will perform an interpretation of Clement Clarke Moore’s time-honored poem, complete with sugar plum fairies, swirling snow, and old St. Nicholas himself. More info...

Saturday

  • Pleasure your ears with G.F. Handel's Messiah, performed by the Providence Singers and the Rhode Island Philharmonic. More info...
  • Make your own holiday wreath out of objects found in the wilderness at ASRI's Wildlife Wreathmaking class. More info...

  • Local artist and author Seth McCombs will be reading his children's book, Old Salty Dog at the East Greenwich location of Symposium Books at 2pm. More info...

  • Take a trip on the Polar Experss with JUMP!'s balletic interpretation. More info...

  • Hi Neighbor! Come celebrate Narragansett Beer's 124th anniversary at The Met with the Pat McGee Band, the Runaway Saints, the 'Mericans, the Sugar Honey Iced Tea. More info...

  • Meet Santa and sip on bloody marys made by the expert bartenders at Aurora in Providence during indowncity's Holiday Social. More info...

  • Peruse traditional native american arts and crafts and enjoy baked goods and delicious cider at the Narragansett Indian Tribe Holiday Market. More info...
  • Get absorbed in the hotly anticipated epic album that is Black Messiah from D'Angelo and the Vanguard during a free listening party at Fete Lounge, 8-10pm. More info...

Sunday

  • The Chorus of Westerly presents two performances of the Christmas Pops, a classic and celebratory winter treat for music lovers featuring the chorus and the Pops festival orchestra. More info...

  • You know how everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day? Well, during West Side Caroling, everyone is a West Sider, too. On the Sunday night before Christmas, gather at Loie Fuller on Westminster Street with your singing brethren in all of your holiday finery, get a lyric sheet and embark on a mostly-family friendly adventure. Friendly neighbors hand out eggnog both spiked and not. This is definitely not your grandmother’s singalong. More info...

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