BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visit Hillsborough, NC - ECPv6.15.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Visit Hillsborough, NC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Visit Hillsborough, NC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260107 DTSTAMP:20260503T100301 CREATED:20251113T141209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T202554Z UID:10014500-1761962400-1767664799@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Homes for the Holidays: A Hillsborough Gingerbread Tradition DESCRIPTION:Not Your Mother’s Gingerbread Competition\nHomes for the Holidays is an annual event held at participating businesses throughout Hillsborough\, NC to celebrate the creative arts and bring joy to our community this holiday season. Although it’s a contest\, the goal is to spread joy\, create a festive atmosphere…and add to your shopping experience as you explore gift options for friends and family. \nAll aspiring gingerbread artists and architects are invited to participate and have fun showcasing your creative streak and holiday spirit! \nView the Houses December 7\, 2025 – January 5\, 2026\nVoting open through December 20th\nPeople’s Choice award winners will be announced December 20th at the Solstice Lantern Walk URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/homes-for-the-holidays-a-hillsborough-gingerbread-tradition/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-HFTH-Instagram.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T100301 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014627-1765094400-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/1/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T100301 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014628-1765116000-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/2/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T180000 DTSTAMP:20260503T100301 CREATED:20251103T145758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T162447Z UID:10013822-1765123200-1765130400@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Jingle & Joy Weekend DESCRIPTION: Jingle & Joy Holiday Weekend | December 6–7\, 2025 Hillsborough invites you to unwrap the magic of the season during our Jingle & Joy Holiday Weekend! This festive two-day celebration is packed with cheer for all ages.\n\n SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6Kick off the holiday fun at the Hillsborough Visitor Center with Photos with Santa\, Reading with Mrs. Claus (3:00 PM)\, Photos with Santa (3:15 – 4:45 PM)\, a Multicultural Holidays Fair\, and Games at the North Pole! Enjoy free yard games and crafts\, plus delicious treats for sale — including cocoa\, baked goods\, and gluten-free options.\nLearn about the variety of holidays celebrated in Hillsborough with Kol Haskala and Diamante Arts and Cultural Center while you sip and snack on treats from PORCH and Oat & Co.\n\n Photos with Santa begin around 3:15 PM. Please note that the line for Santa photos will close at 4:45 PM.\nAt 5:00 PM\, join the music with the Color and Light Community Choir in a group procession to the Historic Orange County Courthouse for the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony\, where we’ll light up downtown with holiday spirit!\n\n Tinsel & Traditions Home Tour | 3–8 PMStep inside Hillsborough’s history with this reimagined take on the beloved Candlelight Home Tours. Visit six homes\, each representing a different time period\, all within the town’s historic district.\n\nPlease note: All tour stops are private residences with limited accessibility. Most feature only the first floor and may require walking up a few front steps.\n\n SUNDAY\, DECEMBER 7End the weekend with one of Hillsborough’s favorite traditions — the Holiday Parade\, filled with floats\, music\, and merry surprises for the whole family!Kick off with the afternoon with the Running of the Elves at 4:00 PM and watch the floats go by starting at 4:20 PM.\n Tickets are required only for the Tinsel & Traditions Home Tour.All other events are free and open to the public. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/jingle-joy-weekend/2025-12-07/ LOCATION:Hillsborough Visitors Center\, 150 E King Street\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Family,Festival,Food/Drink,Free,Holidays,Outdoor ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/JJ-Weekend.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce":MAILTO:officeadmin@hillsboroughchamber.com GEO:36.0750273;-79.0966848 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hillsborough Visitors Center 150 E King Street Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=150 E King Street:geo:-79.0966848,36.0750273 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR