Stage Musicals, Drive-Thru Holiday Lights, Amazing Athletes, All This Weekend
Noblesville High School students Cai Cook (from left), Else Miller, Hannah Ropte, Nolan Campbell, Sarah Rolinson and Hailey Kirkpatrick rehearse this week for “Chicago: Teen Edition” with two more shows, at 7 p.m. today and Saturday at NHS Auditorium. Tickets are $10-$15 for reserved seating at nhscpo.org
Westfield Playhouse winds down its current play, “Mothers & Sons,” and Noblesville High School choral department presents its fall musical, “Chicago: Teen Edition” today and Saturday, and Fishers High School presents its fall musical, “Legally Blonde,” today and Saturday.
Here are more details of my list of 20 things to do this weekend and beyond:
1. Noblesville High School presents “Chicago, The Musical,” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday at NHS Auditorium. Silent auction and tickets are $10-$15 for reserved seating at nhscpo.org
2. Main Street Productions presents “Mothers & Sons,” an Artist’s Choice Production that celebrates inclusion, diversity and new voices. The play, Rate PG-13, through Sunday at Basile Westfield Playhouse with tickets at westfieldplayhouse.org
3. Theatre Fishers proudly presents “Legally Blonde The Musical” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday at Fishers High School, with tickets at www.purplepass.com
4. Take a drive through the Magic of Lights: Drive-Through Holiday Lights Experience,” now open nightly at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville.
5. Grab your friends and head to Bingo Night at Red Bridge Park at midnight today with proceeds benefiting Cicero Parks and $15 for 15 games with prizes from local businesses.
6. Take a Cookie Decorating class at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville.
7. Amazing Athletes of Central Indiana is coming to Noblesville Parks and Recreation this winter and is offering a free “Try-It” Day at the park from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday with 20-minute classes running about every 25 minutes for ages 18 months to age 5. Join Coach Stacy and Coach Andy at the Forest Park Lodge for some cheering/ stretching/ obstacle course fun/ ball skills and more! It’s free and open to the public, with sessions at 9:30 a.m., 9:55 a.m., 10:20 a.m. and 10:55 a.m.
8. All-aboard for Reindeer Rides from Saturday through Dec. 23 on the Nickel Plate Express in Noblesville.
9. While Geist Waterfront Park in Fishers isn’t yet open to the public until spring 2023, a preview night will offer a sneak peak at the park while enjoying food trucks, Fishers Parks games and activities and music Then Kristen Timmons, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
10. A 2023 Noblesville Community Toboggan Build Organizational Meeting will be at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at Primeval Brewing Co. and will offer a grass-roots gathering to talk about how Geoff Davis can help you build a sled. Many folks have asked how they can build a toboggan and represent Noblesville at the Nationals Toboggan Championships in beautiful Camden, Maine.
11. Join the Drinksgiving with The Dead Squirrels celebration at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 at 1205 Distillery North in Westfield.
Basile Westfield Playhouse celebrates diversity, inclusion and new voices in its next play, “Mothers and Sons,” through this Sunday.
12. Enjoy the music of Jai Baker 3 at 9 p.m. Nov. 23 (pre-Thanksgiving party) at Joe’s Grille in Westfield.
13. Dress in your warm gear and join the 15th annual Michael Treinen Foundation Turkey Trot, annually at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, by registering at michaeltreinenfoundation.org
14. Partake in the sixth annual My Country Needed Me Thanksgiving Dinner at 11 a.m. for all who want to come and have a Thanksgiving meal at the Noblesville VFW Post 6246.
15. The Belfry Theatre presents “The Sound of Music” Nov. 25-Dec. 4 at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville and tickets — $20 for adults and $15 for students, ages 65 and older and military – at thebelfrytheatre.com
16. Suburban Indy Holiday Show will be open for shopping 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 26 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 27 at Grand Park in Westfield.
17. Take a stroll during A Merry Prairie Holiday, opening at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at Conner Prairie in Fishers.
18. Meet Santa’s Reindeer, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 3, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 at 14390 Clay Terrace in Carmel.
19. The Noblesville Christmas Parade is back on in 2022 but has moved to 2 p.m. Dec. 3 on the traditional parade route, starting in the Ivy Tech Hamilton County Campus parking lot in Noblesville and traveling south on 16th Street, west on Logan Street, north on Ninth Street and west on Monument Street back to the college. Nonprofits only are invited to participate in the parade, which is at 2 p.m. Another three routes will be Sunday, Dec. 4, west of the White River. Nonprofits may register for the downtown parade at cityofnoblesville.org/santaparade
20. EnPointe Indiana Ballet presents “An EnPointe Christmas” at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 and 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at Noblesville High School Auditorium, with tickets, at $10, available at enpointe.yapsody.com
Contact Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com.