Shop With a Cop Rotary Bingo Dec. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Highlands Community Building. Contact Caroline Cook, (828) 526-2742 for information.
Friends of the Greenway (FROG) music, Saturday, Dec. 9, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. George and Nathan James, performing Celtic and classic folk. Friends of the Greenway Quarters, 573 E. Main St., Franklin.
Cookies With Santa Sunday, Dec. 10, 2 to 4 p.m. at Holly Springs Community Development Club. Hot cocoa, Santa and more.
Intro to Fungi Tuesday, Dec. 12, 6-7 p.m. Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. Questions about mushrooms, mold, and more answered by a specialist with Mainspring Conservation Trust.
Friends of the Greenway (FROG) music, Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to noon. Stewart Family Carol Sing with musician Dave Stewart along with Rachel Bellavance, Michelle LiBasci, and Ben Stewart. From noon-2 p.m., George James will perform with a special visit from Santa Claus! Greenway Quarters, 573 E. Main St., Franklin.
DisAbility Partners: Who, What, Why, Monday, Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m., Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. Learn how DisAbility Partners helps with referrals, advocacy, independent living skills, peer counseling, transitions to community-based living and more. For more information, visit: www.disabilitypartners.org
A Rainbow of Mental Health Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Macon County Public Library Board Room. Introductory course on the most common mental health diagnoses among the aging population, and treatment options. Hosted in partnership with the Vaya Health Geriatric & Adult Mental Health Specialty Team. Credit hours available.
MammoOnTheGo Tuesday, Dec. 12, Junaluskee Masonic Lodge, 50 Church Street, Franklin. Offers by appointment, on-site, 3D breast imaging. No insurance? Options available. Contact (828) 698-7306; pre-registration required at www.MammoOnTheGo.com.
“Fun Gospel Singing” Friday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m., at West Franklin Baptist Church, Sloan Street.
AA In-Person Meetings Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. or Sundays at 1 p.m., No Wrong Door, 102 Thomas Heights Road; Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church Outreach Center, 66 Harrison Avenue; and, Mondays at noon, Tuesdays at 8 a.m., and Thursdays at noon at St. Agnes Episcopal Church on 66 Church Street. “Open Meetings” are for anyone who thinks they may have a drinking problem or for anyone interested in the A.A. recovery program. Online meeting information is available by visiting www.aawnc80.org or to speak with a member of A.A. call (828) 349-4357.
Photographer John Robert Mack’s portrait art (pictured above) is on exhibit at the Macon County Public Library through December. “Storyteller” is a personal photographic journey highlighting Mack’s friends and family.