Community Calendar

Come enjoy a warm, cozy evening of your holiday favorites.

More details to come.

Tickets available soon.

Join the Goshen Public Library and the Council on Aging of Elkhart County for Library Social - a monthly social gathering for older adults in our community.

Each month, meet new people, enjoy coffee and conversation, and dive into engaging activities or presentations!

DECEMBER 10: Enjoy a festive holiday card-making session! Create a few cards to share with your own friends and family, or make extras that we’ll deliver to a local senior home. We’ll also take some time to highlight a couple of useful library services you may enjoy.
No library card needed.

PLEASE RSVP: https://bit.ly/Library-Social-Dec

For more information, call: Goshen Public Library: (574) 533-9531 OR
Council on Aging: (574) 295-1820

Morning Meetup - A monthly gathering just for YOU!

We welcome older adults in the community to join us on the 3rd Tuesday each month for Morning Meetup!

FOR DECEMBER: Join us for a fun, hands-on craft session where we’ll create a trio of festive decorations — a delicate quilled paper snowflake, a cheerful beaded candy cane, and a colorful acrylic ornament perfect for gift wrapping or hanging on your tree! All material provided and activity led by Loanne Harms - each project is simple enough to finish during the session! Feel the holiday spirit and cheer and enjoy sweet snacks, warm drinks, & good company!

To Register: email arush@elkhartcoa.org

For more information, call: (574) 522-5669 Council on Aging: (574) 295-1820 / arush@elkhartcoa.org

The Council on Aging and Hunny Pot Pottery Studio are teaming up to host a festive Holiday Ornament Painting Party—and you’re invited!

This event is a wonderful opportunity for older adults in Elkhart County to relax, get creative, and enjoy a warm holiday gathering with friends - old and new. Invite a friend, a neighbor, or a family member and enjoy a creative holiday afternoon.

Warm beverages, tasty snacks and a cozy holiday atmosphere await! Everyone will receive one ornament to paint (no charge) and additional (for you or a guest) may be purchased onsite.

• Date: Thursday, December 18
• Location: Hunny Pot Studio (downtown)
• Time: 2:00-4:00PM
• Cost FREE (55+)*, non-seniors/guests: $3

For more info: Contact Audrey at (574) 295-1820 or ARush@ElkhartCOA.org
RSVP: https://square.link/u/qVFvMary
*One FREE ornament per person/add’l may be purchased onsite!

Produced in partnership with WVPE.

Join us monthly on the Third Thursday from 5-7 p.m. for Martinis and Music.

Dec. 18, 2025

Music Artist TBA

Guest Bartender TBA

COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE.

Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today... and always.

Intertwining two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Performance Schedule:
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 - 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 - 2:00 p.m.

COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE.

Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today... and always.

Intertwining two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Performance Schedule:
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 - 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 - 2:00 p.m.

COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE.

Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today... and always.

Intertwining two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Performance Schedule:
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 - 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 - 2:00 p.m.

Raku Fired Clay for Experienced Potters with instructor Len Cockman

Raku Fired Pottery Workshop

Instructor: Len Cockman

Cell: 574-309-7740

Classes: Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Course Length: 8 studio sessions

Maximum of 5 students

Studio Space: This class is geared toward students who already have experience in a clay studio. Len Cockman will be able to coach you through refining hand-built and wheel thrown pieces. Students enrolled in this class are eligible to one additional open studio day per week. Studio hours are listed on the website and front door. Production of forms will take place during the first 4 weeks of this class.

Fees: $210 tuition plus $45 materials. Total $255 The supply fee includes one 25 lb. bag of Raku appropriate clay (half a box) and use of FireArts glazes. Glazes that will be used are for Raku decorative pottery and, primarily due to the firing techniques, are not kitchenware safe. Your work will be fired to various temperatures based on the specific glaze during the last four weeks of the class.

Covid 19 Consideration: There are currently no restrictions related to Covid-19.

Format: We will be working with wet clay for the first 4 classes. Classes 5 through 8 we will firing pottery based on the specific glazes. They are:

Wednesdays, March 19th, 26th, April 2nd, and April 9th: Students will use these four sessions to create work for the raku firings.

Wednesday, April 16th: Clear crackle with tape or glue resists.

Wednesday, April 23rd: Naked Raku Slip

Wednesday, April 30th : Horsehair and Feather Pottery

Wednesday, May 7th: Copper Matte and Copper Luster

Raku Fired Clay for Experienced Potters with instructor Len Cockman

Raku Fired Pottery Workshop

Instructor: Len Cockman

Cell: 574-309-7740

Classes: Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Course Length: 8 studio sessions

Maximum of 5 students

Studio Space: This class is geared toward students who already have experience in a clay studio. Len Cockman will be able to coach you through refining hand-built and wheel thrown pieces. Students enrolled in this class are eligible to one additional open studio day per week. Studio hours are listed on the website and front door. Production of forms will take place during the first 4 weeks of this class.

Fees: $210 tuition plus $45 materials. Total $255 The supply fee includes one 25 lb. bag of Raku appropriate clay (half a box) and use of FireArts glazes. Glazes that will be used are for Raku decorative pottery and, primarily due to the firing techniques, are not kitchenware safe. Your work will be fired to various temperatures based on the specific glaze during the last four weeks of the class.

Covid 19 Consideration: There are currently no restrictions related to Covid-19.

Format: We will be working with wet clay for the first 4 classes. Classes 5 through 8 we will firing pottery based on the specific glazes. They are:

Wednesdays, March 19th, 26th, April 2nd, and April 9th: Students will use these four sessions to create work for the raku firings.

Wednesday, April 16th: Clear crackle with tape or glue resists.

Wednesday, April 23rd: Naked Raku Slip

Wednesday, April 30th : Horsehair and Feather Pottery

Wednesday, May 7th: Copper Matte and Copper Luster