🌱 Yuletide at Historic Smithfield — Smithfield and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Yuletide at Historic Smithfield — Smithfield at Historic Smithfield
• Blacksburg Master Chorale: Handel's "Messiah" at Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 32 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy, p.m. snow showers, temps: high: 35, low: 31.
• Saturday: Periods of clouds and sun, with a high of 39 and low of 22 degrees.

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Blacksburg Farmers Market
  Blacksburg Farmers Market & Market Square Park, 108 W Roanoke St, Blacksburg
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Yuletide at Historic Smithfield — Smithfield
  Historic Smithfield , 1000 Merry Oak Wy , Blacksburg
  10:00 am

Sunday December 14

• Blacksburg Master Chorale: Handel's "Messiah"
  Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech , 190 Alumni Mall , Blacksburg
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• MC 2025 December Eggs & Issues: Legislative Update
  Warm Hearth Village , 2387 Warm Hearth Dr. , Blacksburg
  8:00 am
• Tea at The Palisades — Virginia Tech Women's Club
  Blacksburg Community Center , 725 Patrick Henry Dr , Blacksburg
  11:30 am
• Beyond the Frame: Young Artists
  Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech , 190 Alumni Mall , Blacksburg
  12:00 pm
• Pick and Paint Day - December
  Montgomery County Parks & Recreation , 755 Roanoke St # 1E , Christiansburg
  1:00 pm
• MC 2025 December Business After Hours: Ed & Ethel's Fine Jewelry
  Ed & Ethel's Fine Jewelry , 40 Spradlin Farm Drive , Christiansburg
  5:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Christmas on Main
  Town of Christiansburg Calendar , Main St. , Christiansburg
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Ghost Hunt - St. Albans Sanatorium
  St Albans Sanatorium , 6248 University Park Drive , Radford
  5:30 pm
• Blacksburg Contra Dance
  YMCA at Virginia Tech , 403 Washington St SW , Blacksburg
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Paint Party at JH Bards – Boughs of Holly
  JH BARDS Spirit Co , 213 Draper Rd SW , Blacksburg
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Blacksburg

• Blacksburg Transit adjusts future routes due to electric bus recall (wfxrtv.com)
• New wrestling coach chosen at BHS (montcova.com)
• Linkous, Frederick Thomas (montcova.com)

Christiansburg

• Christiansburg sweeps Class 3 volleyball honors (wsls.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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