-AUCTION A public auction will be held December 4, 10 am, at 400 Powell Road. All bidders must be registered prior to the sale. 576-1429.

-BOOKS Richland County Public Library will host Literary Resident Howard Burnham for a celebration of English poet John Milton's 400th birthday December 9, 7 pm, in the Bostick Auditorium of the Main Library. This program is free and open to adults. www.myRCPL.com

-CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church continues with their Wednesdays and Thursdays @ First lunch services in Jackson Hall, 1324 Marion Street. Lunch available 11:30 am- 12:20 pm followed by a speaker and ending at 12:50 pm. Hot meal $6; soup and salad bar $5. Free parking.

-ENTERTAINMENT The Columbia Fil- Am Annual Christmas Party will be held December 13, 6:30 pm- 11 pm, at St. Joseph Catholic Church Parish Hall/Gym. www.filamsc.org

Harmony Care Hospice will host a free showing of the documentary Young@Heart at Nickelodeon Theater December 6 at noon. 772-8505.

Historic Columbia Foundation will present A Storybook

Holiday, tours of Columbia's historic house museums and family programs through December 31. 252-1770 ext. 24.

Drew Loeffler will direct the Capital City Big Band in a free performance Tuesday, December 2, at Cardinal Newman School. The performance will start at 7 pm. 782-2814.

-FUNDRAISER The Dickerson Center for Children will hold its 10th Annual Fundraiser "The Christmas Golf Ball" on December 6. 791-1511.

-HOLIDAY

City Center Partnership will host the Holiday Main Street

Marketplace December 5, 10 am- 2 pm, on Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art. Free admission. 779- 4005 ext. 2042.

Christmas In Cayce begins with the Tree Lighting Ceremony

December 4, 6 pm, at Cayce City Hall. 796-9020.

-MEETINGS The Lexington Chapter of SC Health Care Managers Association meets 3rd Wednesdays, 12 pm, at Lexington Auditorium. 788-5581.

The South Kilbourne Neighborhood Association will hold its next meeting December 4, 6:30 pm, at Suber- Marshall Church. www.skna.org -MUSIC The Árpád Darázs Singers Holiday Concerts will be December 7 and 14, 4 pm, at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. www.Adsingers.org

Colla Voce will present a Christmas concert December 12, 7:30 pm, at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Tickets are $10. 777-5369.

Phillip Bush will perform in the Southern Exposure New

Music Series December 3, 7:30 pm, at the University of South Carolina School of Music's recital hall. 576-5753.

The Newberry Opera House will present Christmas from

Dublin, with the Three Irish Tenors, on December 2. 276-6264.

The USC Concert Choir will present its annual Christmas Concert December 7, 6 pm, at Columbia's First Presbyterian Church. 777-5369.

-SPORTS Richland County Recreation Commission's Upper Richland

Athletic Department will host a USA Volleyball Indoor Volleyball

Tournament on December 13, 9 am, at Polo Road Park. Team registration is $90 before December 8 after which a $30 late fee will be applied until December 12. 754-6720 ext. 219.

-THEATER

The Columbia City Jazz Dance Company will present The Two

Claras, a contemporary/jazz dance twist on the original

Nu t c ra c k e r December 12, Drayton Hall, USC Campus. 252-0252.

Town Theatre will present A Tuna Christmas December 11- 12. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for Senior/ Military/College, and $11 for Youth (under 18). 799-2510.

Howard Burnham will perform his classic one- man adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol December 16, 7 pm, in the Bostick Auditorium of the Main Library. This program is free and open to ages 12 and up. www.myRCPL.com

-TRAINING/EDUCATION Write Now: For Women, a four- week series led by local writer Toni Turbeville, meets December 2, 9, 16, and 30, 6 pm- 10 pm, at Saluda Shoals Park, 5605 Bush River Road. The fee is $100 per person. 917-5395.

Richland 2 Holiday Open House for Teaching Candidates will be December 20 & 22, 10 am- 5 pm, at the Village at Sandhill in the Community Room. 738-3303.

-VOLUNTEER/NON- PROFIT Palmetto Health Cancer Center needs volunteers who play musical instruments to play their own selection of music in one- to- two hour shifts through Dec. 25, 9 am- 5:30 pm. Small musical combos and small choral groups also are invited to perform. A piano is available. 434-4752. AARP is seeking volunteers for the AARP Tax- Aide program. Volunteers will begin to receive training in tax preparation during the months of November and December. Tom Allen at 572-3257.

Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO)

is offering a webinar entitled Fundraising 101: The Basics You

Need To Know! December 3, 2 pm. www.scanpo.org

South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations will hold its 2008 South Carolina Nonprofit Legal Symposium on December 9, 8 am- 5 pm, at 8301 Parklane Rd. Register at www.scanpo.org.