Your Weekend: See The City's Christmas Lights by Trolley or by Bike
Visit The Burren's craft market, challenge fellow Pokémon players to a trading card game and listen to the stories behind old holiday traditions.
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Somerville Arts Council’s Illuminations Tour
This Saturday, hop on one of the 27 trolleys that take residents on the convivial, 45-minute Illuminations Tour of Somerville's Christmas lights. The first will leave City Hall Concourse at 4:30 p.m and return there after the tour ends.
Back at City Hall, there will be coffee, hot chocolate and cookies, as well as choral music and crafts for children.
Trolley Tour tickets will be available at the Blue Cloud Gallery, 713 Broadway, beginning Wednesday, Dec 1.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and seniors.
Illuminations Bicycle Tour
If you'd rather see Somerville's Christmas lights by bike, join the Somerville Bicycle Committee and other cyclists this Saturday.
Dress warmly, turn on your own lights and wear festive attire, if you like. The tour will depart the high school at 6:20 p.m. Afterward, there will be hot drinks at City Hall.
There is a $5 suggested donation to the Somerville Arts Council.
The Winter Solstice in Legend and Song
Listen to stories about old holiday traditions accompanied by traditional music and song at Third Life Studio this Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets are $15.
Pokémon Trading Card Game City Championship
Test your skills against those of other players within the city and vie for the title of Pokémon City Champion on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10:15 a.m. at Comicazi, in Davis Square.
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SLAM Local Artist Holiday Market
It's the last Saturday of the season to buy jewelry and other crafts from Somerville artists at The Burren, from noon to 4 p.m. There will also be $5 lunch specials and live Irish music.
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Jingle Bell Run
Registration is closed for the festive, five kilometer race, which will begin Sunday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. at The Burren and end at Highland Avenue, in Davis Square.
But feel free to watch the event and join the runners at pubs in the square afterward.
Click here for the map. And click here for photos of last year's run.
FREE
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Blue Cloud Gallery
713 Broadway, Somerville, MA -
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Third Life Studio
33 Union Sq, Somerville, MA -
2011 SOMERVILLE PLAY! POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS
December 17, 2011 at 10:15 am -
Comicazi
407 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
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SLAM Local Artist Holiday Market
December 3, 2011 / December 10, 2011 / December 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm–4:00 pm -
The Burren
247 Elm St, Somerville, MA -
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