Looking for things to do in our community? Here’s what's going on around the Greater Binghamton area over the next week.

  • The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton presents Lessons and Carols for Christmas, Saturday, November 28th at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 29, at 3:00pm in the Church of the Holy Trinity, 346 Prospect Street, Binghamton. For ticket information go to madrigal choir dot com.
  • The Hungry Ear program -- celebrating the art of the short story -- shares two holiday stories: “O’Brien’s First Christmas” and “A Christmas Client” on Monday, November 30th at 5:30pm at the Broome County Public Library.
  • The Endwell/O. L. Davis Fire Company holds a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Nov. 29, 7 am to 1 pm, at the fire station, 3508 Country Club Road.  Santa will be there from 10 am to noon to talk to kids.  Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for children 4-12, under 4 are free.
  • Literacy Volunteers of Chenango County are offering free tutoring for adults in reading, writing, math, and computer literacy skills. Call 334-7114 for more information.
  • There is a holiday gifts and crafts sale at Nimmonsburg United Methodist Church, 918 Upper Front Street, Binghamton, on Saturday, December 5th and Saturday, December 12th from 10am to 2pm.
  • Johnson City Cub Scout Pack 100 is having a Christmas Tree Sale December 5th & 6th at All Saints Episcopal Church, 475 Main Street, Johnson City. Freshly cut local trees.
  • The JCC Sports Department hosts “An Evening of Frank Sinatra” featuring Ralph Muro, Saturday, December 5th from 7 to 10pm at the JCC, 500 Clubhouse Road, Vestal. Cost is fifty dollars per person … for tickets call the JCC at 724-2417.
  • The Round Hill Masonic Center, 403 East Main Street, Endicott, is having an all you can eat Roast Beef dinner, Sunday, December 6th from 11:30 to 1:30pm. Adults nine dollars, under 12 three-fifty, kids five and under are free. Take-out available.
  • The Apalachin Lions Club has persuaded Santa to take phone calls from kids on December 7th, 8th and 9th between 6 and 8pm. To talk to Santa call 625-4646.
  • The next free Chenango County Rabies Clinic is Saturday, December 5th at the City of Norwich Fire Station from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Donations gratefully accepted. For more information call 607-337-1673.
  • VFW Post 1536 is hosting a Valley Social Dance on Friday, December 11th from 7 to 11 pm in its banquet room at 932 West Lockhart Street, Sayre, PA. Admission is free. Call 570-888-0145.
  • Broome County Office for Aging invites all caregivers to attend “Positive Coping Strategies for Caregivers,” on Thursday, December 10th from 1 to 2:30pm at the UHS Stay Healthy Center in the Oakdale Mall. Pre-register by calling 778-2411.
  • The West Windsor Baptist Church, presents “His Story: A Live Nativity Presentation of Christmas,” December 10th through 13th from 6:30 to 8pm at the church, 166 North Road, Windsor.

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