NOTE: Community bulletin board-type items are welcome for inclusion in the Happenings! section of the Xpress newspapers. Please allow enough lead time for publication. Email your calendar or event notice to [email protected].

• A Mother-Daughter Art Show featuring the mixed media work of Kathleen Kunkel and the pottery creations of Hanna Kunkel is taking place at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 72 E. Main St., Webster, during regular business hours. 

• The Douglas Sunshine Club is hosting its annual Beef Stew Dinner along with entertainment at the Adult Social Center, 331 Main St. Tickets are $10 per person and available by calling 508-476-4474 or 508-476-2283. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. followed by piano and vocal with Nancy Marshall.

• The Uxbridge High School Drama Club will present “The Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields in the UHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. The play is presented with permission from Dramatists Play Service Inc. In 2015 The Play That Goes Wrong won Best Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards. It has been running since 2012 in London. Forty-four UHS students are involved in this production. Tickets will be available at the door; $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. 

• The Blackstone Valley Wine & Chocolate Tasting with a live auction, raffles, prizes and vendors will be held at Blissful Meadows Golf Club, 801 Chocolog Road, Uxbridge, at 7:00 p.m. This event is offered in collaboration with Marty’s Fine Wines, The Candy Shoppe and The Afterglow Boutique. Tickets are $40, $50 at the door and may be purchased at UniBank in Whitinsville or Uxbridge or online at www.facebook.com/BVWinetasting. Proceeds benefit the Blackstone Valley Emergency Shelter and the Blackstone Valley Rotary Scholarship Fund.

• The New England Country Music Club presents live music by Kerrie Evers at the Progressive Club, 18 Whitin St., Uxbridge. Doors open at 12:30 with entertainment from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. www.facebook.com/NECountryMusicClub.

• The Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House Association is hosting a traditional nondenominational service at 9:30 a.m. the corner of Aldrich St. and Quaker Highway. A fellowship gathering in the new carriage shed will follow. The Association is a nonprofit founded in 1952. Its primary purpose is the preservation of historic buildings. The Association also urges the use of the meetinghouse for religious, educational and civic engagements. Contact [email protected] or go to UxbridgeQuakerMeeting at Facebook.com.

• Shop Small 01588 will be held in downtown Whitinsville, with dozens of businesses taking part in the passport-style event for an entire week, starting on Small Business Saturday.

• Mike Manougian, a volunteer docent at the American Heritage Museum, 568 Main St., Hudson, will discuss the history of the M1 Abrams tank from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The M1 Abrams is a 68-ton third-generation Americanmain battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense. Mr. Manougian, an Abrams tank commander, will talk about the tank’s capabilities, tactical employment, and lessons learned from recent wars.

• St. Gabriel’s Church, 151 Mendon St., Upton, will host its Christmas Fair from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with a variety of fresh balsam wreaths, cemetery baskets and table-top arrangements. Raffles for theme baskets, gift certificates and more than $450 worth of scratch tickets will be available. A new gift boutique featuring new and “like new” items, Oldye Tyme Christmas decorations, gems, jewels seasonal décor will be included along with a Bake Table where cookies, pastries, candy, jams and jellies will be presented. Face masks are encouraged. 

• The 25th anniversary of the Uxbridge First Holiday Night Celebration and Parade, a family tradition, will be held. Volunteers are welcome for the event. Stop by the Mendon Street Kitchen for more information.

• The Uxbridge PSG 2023 is hosting a Jack-a-doo Holiday Vendor Fair from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Uxbridge High School, 300 Quaker Highway. More than thirty local vendors with unique gifts for the holidays will be on hand and there will be raffle items and a concession stand. This year’s event is dedicated to Tricia Trask, who is dearly missed and remembered. Tricia’s son Jack is graduating. Contact PSG for more information at [email protected] or check Facebook, UxbridgePSG2023-ParentsforSafeGraduation. 

• The Sutton Chain of Lights will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., featuring family fun with free trolleys, boutique shops, local products, handmade gifts, specialty items and services for all the people on your Christmas list.

• The New England Country Music Club presents the Rhode Island Rednecks at the Progressive Club, 18 Whitin St., Uxbridge. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with live entertainment from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. www.facebook.com/NECountryMusicClub.

• The Webster Dudley Business Alliance’s Holday Party will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 72 E. Main St., Webster.

• The Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday Party will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Realtor Association of Central Massachusetts, 492 Washington St., Auburn. Bring an unwrapped toy and a door prize. All donations will benefit Auburn Youth & Family Services.

• The Birch Alley Brass Ensemble will present a free concert of Christmas music from around the world at 7:00 p.m. at Valley Chapel, 14 Hunter Road, Uxbridge. Directed by William Moffett, the ensemble is made up of thirty-five student and professional musicians from area towns including Uxbridge, Upton, Hopedale, Mendon and Milford. This is the 11th annual version of the concert, which is made possible by the Mendon, Milford and Hopedale Cultural Councils.