Check out these festive events in Dekalb this December.
Avondale Estates
All About Bacon Class. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 12, $125 per person, Pine Street Market, 4A Pine St., Avondale Estates, 404-296-9672, www.pinestreetmarket.com.
Join Pine Street Market to learn all about the wonderful world of bacon. Learn how to cure and smoke your own bacon, use bacon as an ingredient, create bacon jam, and the history of this wonderful, meaty treat. This class includes a lunch of roasted pork, country sides, and beverages. Bacon Class attendees will take home 2 pounds of Applewood Smoked Bacon, a tub of Bacon Jam, and more.
Chamblee
Holiday Open House. Hours vary by store, Dec. 6-7, Chamblee's Antique Row, 3550 Broad St., Atlanta, 770-458-6316, antiquerow.com.
Chamblee's Antique Row District is a charming collection of antique stores and resale shops appealing to Atlanta residents and worldwide travelers. The community's Holiday Open House includes free refreshments, special sale pricing, and gift certificate giveaways.
Decatur
Abenaki Storytelling and Musical Performance with Joseph Bruchac. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dec. 6, free, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, 571 S. Kilgo Circle, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu.
Bruchac is a prolific writer, with many beautiful children's books to his credit. His best-selling books integrate science and folklore. Bruchac is also a Native North American scholar, collector of myths and legends, preserver of Abenaki culture, a poet, musician, educator, and an extraordinary storyteller. He will spend Sunday afternoon with families sharing his stories and traditional Abenaki songs and instruments.
Winter Wonderland Celebration Day. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 19, $16 to $18, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road NE, 404-929-6300, www.fernbankmuseum.org.
Head to the Fernbank Museum for a day of special activities, performances, and crafts presented in honor of the holiday-inspired special exhibition "Winter Wonderland." Scheduled activities include a Seek and Find throughout the exhibit, a photo-op with Santa-saurus, a Puppet Factory from the Center for Puppetry Arts, a showing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a performance from Sky Dance Academy, and more. Price of event included with museum admission.
Dave Rawlings Machine. 8 p.m., Dec. 27, $30 advance, $35 day of show, Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. NE, 404-524-7354, www.variety-playhouse.com.
Dave Rawlings Machine, including lead vocalist Gillian Welch, whose rousing live show has prompted critics and fans alike to call them "one of the hottest string bands on the planet" (SF Weekly) supports its new album, "Nashville Obsolete," with a world tour to be announced soon.
Druid Hills
Christmas at Callanwolde. Weekdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., weekends 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 1 - 15, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, 404-872-5338, callanwolde.org.
Christmas at Callanwolde is an Atlanta Christmas destination and designer showroom. Visitors can tour the 27,000-square-foot historic mansion elaborately decorated with professional holiday displays, expansive artist market, and themed events for all ages. Daily events include tours of the mansion, live entertainment, and holiday shopping.
Dunwoody
Holiday Artists Market Trunk Show Day. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 12, Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, 770-394-4019, www.spruillgallery.blogspot.com.
Meet select artists featured in the show and shop a showcase of new gift items. Avoid the mall and find something crafty for your holiday gifts.
Stone Mountain
A One Man Christmas Carol. 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m., Dec. 16 - 20, Art Station, 5384 Manor Drive, Stone Mountain, 770-469-1105, www.artstation.org.
Bill Oberst Jr.'s passionate performance of "A Christmas Carol" is as true to Dickens as can be for a version done in one hour and with only one actor in the cast. The show is a funny telling of the 1843 novella in what Oberst jokingly refers to as "slightly abridged." Even while jumping madly about and assuming different identities, Oberst speaks Dickens' original text.
