TUCKER

Pottery Show & Sale

Put a plug in your present purchasing plight, and plot on procuring the perfect pottery piece, perhaps for a proud parent or that particularly pertinent person at your workplace. No matter who it is you’re trying to cross off the seasonal gift list, you’re likely to find just the right thing at the Pottery Show & Sale at Zen and Now Clay Studio this weekend. Look for an array of handcrafted and unique pottery pieces, along with pottery demonstrations and refreshments. Spend more than $30 and score a free ornament.

4-8 p.m. Nov. 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 21, noon-4 p.m. Nov. 22. Free. Zen and Now Clay Studio, 2534-D Royal Place, Tucker. 678-534-5436, zenandnowclaystudio.com.

ALPHARETTA

Incr-Edible Holiday Cookies Class

Whether you want to wow your family with variety or just upstage Aunt Ethel’s bakery-bought cookie tray, Publix Aprons School in Alpharetta offers a class to help you do both. Create several unusual and mouth-watering holiday cookies that go well beyond the basic chocolate chip: This session features lessons on double chocolate mint sandwiches, eggnog shortbreads, spiced ginger rum balls and salted caramel thumbprints. Make them all or master one, but whatever you decide, just remember that those weight loss resolutions aren’t due for another six weeks. There’s still plenty of time for cookies!

10 a.m. Nov. 21. $45. Publix Aprons Cooking School, 4305 State Bridge Road, Alpharetta. 770- 751-8560, ww2.publix.com/aprons/schools/Alpharetta/Calendar.do.

POWDER SPRINGS

Carols by Candlelight

As the weather gets cooler, take a break and warm your heart and soul with the music of the Georgia Festival Chorus. The group kicks off its annual Carols by Candlelight concert series with a holiday musicale in Powder Springs. Made up of a diverse group of singers from all across Georgia, the chorus is led by maestro Frank Boggs and accompanied by organist Phillip Allen and pianist Cathy Adams. This event features spiritual, classical, contemporary and traditional sacred choral works. Admission is free, but seating is limited.

7 p.m. Nov. 22. Free. McEachern United Methodist Church, 4075 Macland Road, Powder Springs. 404-234-3581, tgafc.org.