November 11, 2016
Expressions Dance Club will be holding a Ballroom Dance on Friday, Nov. 11 from 8-11 p.m. at the YWCA, Wausau. Music will be provided by a D.J. The dance is open to the public. Singles and couples are welcome; members $10, non-members $15. For additional information please call 715-297-4646.

November 12-13, 2016
Experience “The Thrill of the Hunt” at the Wausau “Park” Holiday Antique Show & Sale at Marathon Park’s E. Gate Hall, 1201 Stewart Ave., Wausau, Nov. 12-13. See the simple to the elegant at 35 booths selling a variety of antiques, vintage finds from 1880 to mid-century. The show runs Sat. 9-5 and Sun. 10-4 p.m. See thousands of treasures from Native American and primitives to furniture and advertising items, and everything in between, all with a holiday flair. There is a clock repairer on site and a $50 door prize. Enjoy a delicious lunch, a fund raiser for the Humane Society to benefit their many good works. The shelter is accepting donations of gently used pet toys at the sale. Admission is $4.50, good for both days; under 16 is free. For more information, call 715-355-5144.

Holy Name of Jesus annual All Holiday Sale will be Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; again on Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Nov. 20 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All items are bargain priced and include everything from indoor/outdoor decorations, holiday clothing, gifts and collectibles. A walking taco lunch will be served with free coffee on both Saturdays. Use the S. 10th Ave. parking lot entrance and the elevator down to Simmons Hall.

November 15, 2016
Marathon County Public Library is celebrating Game and Puzzle Week with an afternoon of board games. MCPL will offer “It’s Your Move: MCPL Game Day” on Nov. 15 from 1-4 p.m. at the Mosinee Branch Library, 123 Main St., Mosinee. Kids and adults alike can play a wide variety of new and classic board games and card games. Free and open to the public, no registration required. Call 715-693-2144 for more info.

Tweens in grades 3-5 can learn all about earthquakes during “Tween STEAM: Earthquake Science” on Nov. 15 from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Marathon County Public Library’s Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau. Kids will learn the basics of plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis and how they occur. After, they can recreate the primary and secondary waves of a quake and simulate what happens when a quake runs along a plate boundary. Free and open to all tweens, no registration required. Call 715-261-7230 for more information.

November 17, 2016
Visit the Marathon County Public Library to share your favorite songs, stories and memories. MCPL will host Phonographic Memory on Nov. 17 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau. Folks are invited to bring in a record and spend a few minutes sharing a story about a particular song of importance to them, then play the song. Anyone wishing to share a song and story must pre-register. Spectators are also encouraged to come watch and listen with no registration required. Call 715-261-7230 for more information or to register.

Attend a presentation focused on the history of the one-room schoolhouse on Nov. 17 from 6-7 p.m. at the Marathon County Public Library Mosinee Branch, 123 Main St., Mosinee. Gary Gisselman from the Marathon County Historical Society will lead the presentation, which will explore the use of one-room schoolhouses in the 19th and 20th centuries, including in Marathon County. Free and open to the public with no registration required. For more information, call 715-693-6614.

November 19, 2016
Celebrate International Games Day with the Marathon County Public Library and DC Everest’s Gaming Club on Nov. 19 from noon 4 p.m. at MCPL’s Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau. An introduction to role-playing games like “Dungeons and Dragons” will be offered, as well as cribbage boards and a variety of board and card games. Stop in any time to play and join in the fun. Free and open to the public, no registration required. Call 715-261-7230 for more info.

November 19-20, 2016
Holy Name of Jesus annual All Holiday Sale will be Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; again on Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Nov. 20 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All items are bargain priced and include everything from indoor/outdoor decorations, holiday clothing, gifts and collectibles. A walking taco lunch will be served with free coffee on both Saturdays. Use the S. 10th Ave. parking lot entrance and the elevator down to Simmons Hall.

November 26, 2016
The Shriners 21st Annual Breakfast with Santa will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Wausau Masonic Center, 130 N. 1st St. (across from the Wausau Mall). This “all you can eat breakfast” is a fundraiser for Shriners Hospitals for Children, which is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients’ ability to pay.

December 10, 2016
St. Agnes, 6101 Zinser St., Schofield, will hold a Sweet Shoppe Saturday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in Abts Hall. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Fancy cookies and candy will be available by the pound. Luncheon will include homemade chicken soup, sandwiches and pie. A raffle will offer a top prize of $500, plus additional cash and other prizes.