The Georgia's Children's Chorus will perform holiday music at 2:15 p.m., followed by The Solstice Sisters at 3:15 p.m. Santa will be available to listen to children's wishes. Children will create an art project with the education staff.

Participants will see examples of intricate needlework in the exhibition “Georgia’s Girlhood Embroidery: ‘Crowned with Glory and Immortality,’” then stitch up their own embroidered holiday ornament. To include a special holiday performance by the Meridian Women’s Choir in the lobby.

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.

Sponsored by: Georgia Museum of Art

Contact: Hillary Brown 706-542-4662

The Nutcracker is the perennial favorite of generations of children and “children at heart.” The treasured holiday adventure follows a little girl’s journey through a fantasy world of fairies, princes, toy soldiers, and an army of mice. Thrill to the same authentic Russian choreography that is performed in Moscow by the famous Bolshoi Ballet. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, including “Waltz of the Flowers," "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” and “Waltz of the Snowflakes,” the annual visit of the Russian State Ballet has become a tradition of the Athens holiday season.

There will be a documentary screening of the film "Raising Resistance," a movie about the effects of GM crops on agribusiness and local farmers in Paraguay. This screening is part of the Georgia workshop on culture, power and history, an initiative featuring films and speakers on the Latin American Sustainable Agriculture. After the movie, there will be a question-and-answer session with the director.

Contact: Ashley Meadow 706-296-5674

An Athens holiday tradition continues with the UGA Holiday Concerts, held this year on Dec. 3 and 4 in Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.

The UGA Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mark Cedel, and the combined choirs of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music will perform John Rutter’s “Gloria,” the first suite of Robert Shaw’s “Many Moods of Christmas,” excerpts from Bach’s “Magnificat,” and other seasonal favorites.

The UGA Ceramic Student Organization will hold their annual holiday pottery sale Dec. 2-3.

Work on sale will include small, hand-built sculpture, as well as functional pottery: teapots, mugs, plates, vases and bowls. All work was made by ceramic students or faculty. Prices will range from $8-$100.

Proceeds from the ceramic sale will go to support upcoming student educational field trips to ceramic conferences and to bring in visiting artists.

Break for students for Thanksgiving holiday. Classes resume November 30.

This annual holiday book sale features new and used publications in all genres.  Georgia Museum of Art. Dec. 1-4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Contact: oie@uga.edu 

Photos taken by students in various locations around the world are on display. Campus community members can vote on their favorite photo at International Coffee Hour. Hosted by International Student Life and the Office of International Education.