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Editor’s Note Celebrate the Holidays

in Vallejo!
From a friend . . . Vallejo is THE Place in Special Events straight
through the holidays!
Vallejo is THE Place in
Northern California
Northern California
to Spend the Holidays! Parades, Tree Lighting,
to Spend the Holidays!
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Tea Parties and more!
Here is a sample of the special events in 2016:
9 th Annual Holiday in the Park
November 25 - January 1 (Selected days/hours)
Well, a new year is upon us and 2016 is fading away. We have selected a 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, 707-644-4000 For more information:
7th Annual Grand Victorian Homes Tour
Sun., Dec. 11, Reception from 3-5 pm, VisitVallejo.com
new President, who most feel is quite a polarizing figure. All of us seem Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum,
734 Marin Street, Homes Open 4-7 pm,
H 7th Annual Mare Island Aglow Holiday Lighted Trail See ad on page 10
Nov 24–Jan. 1, 4-8 pm, 249-9633,
to be either sad, happy or mad about the next four years—which is always H O’Silent Fright on NightMARE Island
Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve
Fri-Sun, Dec. 9-11, 16-18, Fri. 4-7 pm, Sat/Sun. 2-7 pm
Mare Island Heritage Preserve,
1595 Railroad Ave., 241-4285
the case. We also have new laws and regulations on the books. It is an H The Empress Theatre presents...
Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. 552-2400
Sat. Dec. 10, 8:00 pm; & Sun. Dec.11, 2:00 & 7:00 pm,
David Benoit Presents A Charlie Brown Christmas
interesting time to say the least and hopefully it will not be a turbulent H 14th Annual Teddy Bear Tea & Holiday Open House GET YOUR
Sat., Dec. 17, 11 am-3 pm, 643-0077
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, 734 Marin St.
H 21st Annual Christmas Concert at St. Peter’s Chapel
Sun., Dec. 18, 2 pm, 1181 Walnut Ave., 557-1538
time as well. Regardless of how you voted, the sun will still rise, the H 30th Annual Messiah Sing-Along SKATE ON!
Sun., Dec. 18, 6:30 pm, Empress Theatre,
330 Virginia St., 653-6827
H 16th Annual Community Kwanzaa Celebration
seasons will change and the moon will stare down on us as it has for eons, Fri., Dec. 30, 6-9 pm, Vallejo Museum,
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734 Marin St., 643-0077
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amount of listings, the format of our calendar has been enhanced as well
to provide you with a better visual experience. We hope that you like it
and we welcome your feedback on how it both looks and works for you.
Remember that we do not charge to list events in our calendar—yes I The Rellik Tavern’s 8th
said that right, our listings are FREE. If you are part of an event or know Annual New Year’s Party,
of one that isn’t listed in our calendar please let us know. We want to put TAKE COVER!
Sat. Dec. 31, 9 pm
up all the events there are but sometimes we need a little help to discover See ad on page 31.
them ourselves. Go to: relliktavern.com
for more information and
Along with the end of 2016 and the start of 2017, this issue also marks complete schedule of
the end of our voting for the 2017 Local’s Choice awards, and the start events.
of our 8th year of bringing you Local Happenings Magazine! We will
also start the task of counting all of your votes for our awards. Unlike the
nation we operate as a pure democracy in our selections of our winners.
There is no electoral college to contend with, just a simple tally of all the
votes and the popular winner is selected. You will have to wait until our
February/March issue to see who our winners are. Just remember that
unlike our presidential election we select our winners every year so you
just need to wait until September of 2017 to start voting again if your
candidate did not win.
As always we wish to extend birthday greetings to our family and friends.
We will open with our brother-in-law, Ken, as well as Steven M., Marla,
Rod, Joanne, Tony, Jill, Rob, Michael, Jose, Bobby, Rosemarie, Vrej, Vijay,
Pancho, Margaret, Stacey, Gary, Momma Hand, Monique, Connie, Lucy,
Kathleen, Leslie, Jim, Elissa, Ginger, Bonnie, Linda, Bobbie, Gregory B.,
Sid, John, Rick, Stephanie, Roman, John, Adrianna, Peggy, Samantha, New Years Eve
and Steve, and to any and all who we might have missed, we are thinking VIP TICKETS OFFER: DINNER - MEET & GREET at the Empress
of you as well! Theatre!
The Empress Theatre
has a full line-up
Cheers to the Holidays and to the New Year!
of events for the
Holiday Season! For
Robert Briseño & Deanna Baillie full schedule go to:
empresstheatre.org.
See ads on page
11 and Inside Front
Cover.
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