Craft shop
The Hickory Ridge Community Association hosts a holiday craft shop featuring handcrafted items at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Hawthorn Center, 6175 Sunny Spring. Free. Information: 410-730-7327.
Food Addicts in Recovery
Informational and support meeting for those suffering from food addiction, food obsession, obesity, bulimia or undereating will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, and Dec. 1 at Harper House, 5495 Cedar Lane, Suite 1. Free. Information: 443-285-2603.
Chanukah service, dinner
The Columbia Jewish Congregation hosts a Chanukah service and pot luck dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, at the Oakland Mills Meeting House, 5885 Robert Oliver Place. Everyone is invited. Information: 410-730-6044.
Clothing drive
The Columbia Youth and Teen Center's Teen Outreach Committee is collecting gently used clothes for all family members during November. Donations can be brought to The Barn, 5853 Robert Oliver Place, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays or by appointment. Information: 410-992-3726.
Art exhibits
•"Season of Light," an exhibit featuring the works of Fran Abrams, Beth Kosterich, Coriolana Simon, Douglas Wolters, Lauren Kingsland and Joyce Ritter, is on view through Jan. 11 in the Meeting House Gallery, Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place. Information: 410-730-4090 or themeetinghouse.org.
•"2Artists2Views," an exhibition of watercolors by Bonita Glaser and Oriental brushwork by Jing-Jy Chen, is on view through Thursday, Dec. 19, in the lobby and Bill White Room galleries at the Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays. Information: 410-730-3987 or 301-596-4883.
•"Patterns," an exhibit of oil paintings by Diane Dunn and photographs by Joan Forester, will be on view through Friday, Dec. 6, at Artists' Gallery, American City Building, 10227 Wincopin Circle. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays. The gallery is also open by appointment. Information: 410-740-8249 or artistsgallerycolumbia.com.
•"The Sum and Its Parts: Deborah Berman Collages" will be on view through Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Columbia Art Center's Window Gallery, 6100 Foreland Garth. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Information: 410-730-0075 or columbiaartcenter.org.
Around town
Stepping out The Long Reach Community Association offers classes in Chicago-style stepping for adults from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The class offers fellowship opportunities while exercising to music. Information: 410-730-8113.
English conversation The Howard County Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway, offers Let's Get Together: English Conversation Club, an opportunity to practice speaking and understanding English in a group setting, for those who speak English as a second language. It meets at 9:30 a.m. Mondays and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Information: 410-313-7850.
Wii Club The Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks offers a Wii Club for those 55 and older from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays at the Bain Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way. The first game is free. Information: 410-313-7213.
Single Again Changing Focus: Single Again, a nonprofit program for adults who are separated, widowed or in the process of divorce, provides weekly presentations and small-group discussions in a confidential, comfortable atmosphere. The group meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at First Presbyterian Church, 9325 Presbyterian Circle. An orientation for new members is offered at 6:30 p.m. Information: changingfocus.org.
Chair yoga The East Columbia 50+ Center at the East Columbia branch of the Howard County Library, 6600 Cradlerock Way, offers chair yoga, an introduction to yoga aimed at easing the pain of arthritis, reducing fatigue and improving circulation and breathing, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Reservations: 410-313-7680.
Also at the 50+ Center
•Age Well Exercise classes with Joyce DiTomaso will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Cost for an eight-week session is $35.
•A belly dance class will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesdays. Learn hip movements, stretches, arm and hand techniques, and veil dancing. The first class is free, then a monthly fee is due.
•A yoga class will be offered at 11 a.m. Mondays and 2 p.m. Tuesdays. Cost is $24 per month.
•A chess club for novice and veteran players meets at 1 p.m. Thursdays. Free.
•View newly released DVD movies on a big screen at 7 p.m. Thursdays. Free.
Singles social group
The Phoenix Cultural Singles Group, a Columbia social group for those 50 and older, meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Sundays at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place in the Oakland Mills Village Center. Coffee, tea and a light snack are served. The group plans events and trips. Information: 410-997-0739.