Book, magazine sale

Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Waterloo Public Library

Details: Sponsored by the Friends of the Waterloo Public Library.

Breakfast with Santa

Time: 9 a.m. to noon

Location: Heritage Farm, 7731 Zaneta Road, Hudson

Details: The first sleigh departs at 9 a.m. and runs every 45 minutes with the last departure at 1:30 p.m. Features include a horse-drawn sleigh ride to a cabin in the woods for hot cocoa, milk, juice or coffee and cinnamon rolls with Santa. Pictures will be taken.

Cost: $15 per person. For reservations, call Marie Brown at (319) 988-3734.

Social Justice Advent Retreat

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St.

Details: The Waterloo Catholic Worker House and the Cedar Valley Catholic Social Justice Network will co-sponsor this retreat. Frank Cordaro, co-founder of the Des Moines Catholic worker Community and Catholic peace activist, will examine the stories of Jesus' birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The retreat is based on reflections Cordaro originally composed while imprisoned for civil disobedience in 1998.

Cost: $25 per person ($15 for students); includes lunch. Registration requested, call (319) 290-2025.

Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: West Park Avenue and Washington Street, Waterloo

Details: Take the family to the new veterans museum during the long holiday weekend.

Admission: $10

Book fair

Time: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1518 Flammang Drive, Waterloo

Details: Present a voucher at the cash register at the time of purchase during the book fair and a percentage of the net sale will be donated the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony. The vouchers also are good at B. Dalton Bookseller at College Square mall in Cedar Falls from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Citizen Science on Saturdays: 'The Art and Science of Soap Bubbles'

Time: 9 to 11 a.m.

Location: Center for Energy and Environmental Education, UNI campus, Cedar Falls

Details: Examine soap bubbles through the work of 17th- and 18th-century painters, as well as the chemistry and mathematics associated with soap bubbles.

Admission: Free

Lollipop Concert 'Harmonious Handbells'

Time: 10 and 11 a.m.

Location: YWCA, 425 Lafayette St., Waterloo

Details: Friends of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony will present the concert. It is designed for children ages 4-10. It will showcase the talents of Aaron Hansen, who will use 40 different handbells to perform a variety of pieces, including some holiday favorites. Prior to each concert, Bubbles the Clown will review the basic concert etiquette in an age-appropriate manner. In addition, the symphony's instrument petting zoo will be set up between the two performances for kids to explore.

Admission: Free

Hometown Christmas

Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Fredericksburg Community Center, Fredericksburg

Details: The Fredericksburg Women of Today are hosting the event. Activities include a silent auction, items for sale by several area crafters and vendors and children's activities. Santa will visit from noon to 2 p.m.

Holiday Open House at Effigy Mounds

Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry

Details: No entry fee. Complimentary refreshments. Public can make ornaments out of natural materials between noon and 3 p.m.

Teddy Bear Roundup

Time: Today

Location: Blue Room Lounge, 201 Main St., Cedar Falls

Details: Teddy bears may be dropped off at the lounge on or before Saturday. The bears are donated to the Shriners Hospital and also the John Tracy Clinic (a hospital for hearing impaired children).

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Cedar Falls library story times

Location: Cedar Falls Public Library, 524 Main St.

DETAils: Preschool Story Time (ages 3-5)

'No Room at the Inn'Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Sunday

Location: St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 1435 E. Eagle Road, Waterloo

Details: An elaborate display of Nativity sets. Groups welcome.

Admission: $5

UNI women's basketball vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay

Time: Noon

Location: McLeod Center, UNI campus

Tickets: Call 273-4849 or go to www.unipanthers.com

Bowl-a-thon

Time: 1 to 3 p.m. today and 9 to 11:30 p.m. today

Location: Maple Lanes Bowling Center, Waterloo

Details: Bowl-a-thon will benefit Go Red for Women

Tickets: Day tickets are $10 and night tickets are $12.

African Art as Theater: 'The Bwa Masks of the Gnoumou Family of the Village of Boni'

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Location: University Museum, 3219 Hudson Road, Cedar Falls

Details: Attend a free showing of this documentary film. The film features masks of the Bwa village.

Admission: Free

Fun Bunch

Time: 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Location: College Square mall, Cedar Falls

Details: All aspiring artists are invited to the first Fun Bunch coloring contest. Children 3 to 11 will construct holiday gingerbread houses and complete an H & R Block coloring contest entry form.

Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart Look-alike Contest

TIMe: 2 p.m.

Location: Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids

DETAILS: Iowans will compete in look-alike contests from the Donna Reed Foundation in Denison and the Iowa Lottery.

UNI Varsity Men's Glee Club Christmas Variety ShowTime: 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Location: Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls

Details: Under the director of Brad Barrett. These concerts are usually sell outs.

tickets: Call 273-4849.

Old Fashioned Christmas Program

Time: 2:30 to 5 p.m.

Location: Little Yellow Country Schoolhouse on the Butler County Courthouse Square, Allison

Details: Short program will be given at intervals of a half-hour. Some of the fifth-graders from the North Butler Middle School are taking part in the program and also are helping with the decorating of the classroom.

UNI men's basketball vs. North Dakota

Time: 3 p.m.

Location: McLeod Center, UNI campus

tickets: Call 273-4849 or to go www.unipanthers.com.

Public ice skating

Time: 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Location: Young Arena, 125 Commercial St., Waterloo

Cost: $3; $3 skate rental fee

Downtown Lights the Night

TIme: 4 to 6 p.m.

Location: Masonic Event Center, 325 E. Park Ave., Waterloo

Details: Arrival of Santa on his sleigh, children's activities and treats. Watch a mini procession starting at the East Park Avenue bridge at 3:45 p.m. Fireworks will be shot off at 6 p.m. on top of the east side parking lot.

Time: 6 p.m.

UNI football vs. New Hampshire

Location: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls

Tickets: Call 273-4849 or go to www.unipanthers.com.

'The Long Christmas Dinner' and 'Jeremy Creek (or The Town Santa Forgot)'

Time: 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday

Location: First Congregational Church of Christ, 608 W. Fourth St., Waterloo

Details: Plays by the Potter's House Players.

Admission: Free

Waterloo Black Hawks vs. Omaha

Time: 7:05 p.m.

Location: Young Arena, 125 Commercial St., Waterloo

Tickets: Call 291-7680 or go to www.waterlooblackhawks.com

'Plaid Tidings'

time: 7:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday (shows through Dec. 14)

Location: Oster Regent Theatre, 103 Main St., Cedar Falls

Details: Cedar Falls Community Threatre holiday musical. The show is the Christmas version of the popular musical play "Forever Plaid" and is often described as "Do-wop meets yuletide." Four guys since harmony in popular Christmas songs and songs from the 1950s.

Tickets: $23 adults and $14 for full-time students; call 277-5283.

Comedian Steve Sabo with Josh Goguen

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Location: Joker's Comedy Club, Fourth and Main streets, Cedar Falls

Tickets: $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Call 266-1132 or go to www.barmuda.com.