GOV. WOLF

Governor Wolf Historical Society will present its third annual Christmas candlelight concert 7 p.m. Dec. 11 on the society’s campus, 6600 Jacksonville Road, Bath.

Keith Brintzenhoff, founder of the Lyons Fiddle Festival and the Kutztown Folk Music Society, will perform a lively repertoire of English as well as Pennsylvania-German music on autoharp, guitar, dulcimer and banjo.

Refreshments will be served.

Tickets are available by emailing govwolf@yahoo.com.

For more information, go to govwolf.org.

Hokey Tu

Hokendauqua Chapter of Trout Unlimited announces its 2017 beginner’s fly tying course.

Classes are two hours each for a total of 16 hours and will be offered beginning 9:30 a.m. Jan. 7, 2017, and run for eight consecutive Saturdays through Feb. 28, 2017.

The classes will be in the cafeteria of the Northampton Area Middle School, Laubach Avenue, Northampton.

A step-by-step video presentation on the tying of each fly is shown before students start tying.

Instructors will then help each student.

Loaner tool kits are also available at no additional cost or bring your own.

The fee for the course includes all materials and a 108-page manual for each student.

Students age 18 and under and veterans may attend for free.

Contact Dale Ott at 610-262-7598 or check the website of Hokendauqua Trout Unlimited for an application and additional details.

Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell Museum is offering a Little Shoppers Village from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 10 in historical Zion’s “Liberty Bell Museum,” 622 W. Hamilton St., Allentown.

There will be gifts for all family members.

Helpers will be on hand to assist children with purchases and to gift wrap items.

For more information, go to pipthemouse.org or call 610-435-4232.

Topton

The annual holiday Putz at The Lutheran Home at Topton, 1 S. Home Ave., will be open to the public from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 10, 11, 17 and 18.

A traditional miniature display that covers 560 square feet, the Putz is a collection of antique holiday displays, including working trains.

Ida Henry, a matron of The Lutheran Home at Topton during its years as an orphanage, assembled the Putz between the years 1909-45.

Among the 17 scenes are the story of the Holy birth, a replica of Radio City Music Hall complete with an organ and an orchestra in the pit, a circus, Toonerville trolley, and a large church complete with tiny hymnals, baptismal fonts, and a pipe organ.

The name comes from the German verb “putzen,” which means to brighten or display.

Large-group or special tours can be arranged by contacting Karen Sinkovits at 610-682-1422.

ALLENTOWN

Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton St., Allentown, is selling an appetizing cookbook called “What’s Cooking at the Library: 100 Years of Good Taste.”

The library’s centennial cookbook is priced to sell.

A navy blue canvas book bag may also be purchased to go with the book for a small fee.

The holiday deal runs through Dec. 29.

The cookbook is available to shoppers who stop by the library’s front circulation desk.

The spiral-bound book contains 344 recipes.

It contains an eclectic mix of handed-down family recipes and modern dishes.

There are tried-and-true favorites, including German potato salad, chicken divan, pork barbecue and Moravian sugar cake.

For more information about the cookbook, call the library at 610-820-2400.