Wednesday, November 24
Get in the Know: Personal Safety. 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Chester Library. Program is recommended for adults aged 55 and older. Details: 717-6381.

Game On! 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ettrick-Matoaca Library. Details: 526-8087.

Bilingual Spanish-English Story Time. 7 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Meadowdale Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 318-8778.

Chester Rotary Club Meeting. 7:30 a.m. Wild Rose Café, Chester Square.

Cornerstone Business Builders Meeting. 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Salem Baptist Church. Details: 748-5533.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting/Simultaneous AA Meeting. 8 p.m. Ivey Memorial Methodist Church, 17120 Jeff Davis Hwy. Details: 861-2620.

Future Alternatives Networking Group. 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Capital Region Workforce Center, 7333 White Pine Road, Richmond. Details: 271-8510.

Thursday, November 25

Thanksgiving Day
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Closed.

Friday, November 26
Bingo. Opens 4 p.m., starts 7 p.m. Colonial Heights American Legion Post 284, 505 Springdale Rd. Details: Harold Green, 530-2811.

Beach Community Grange Bingo. Doors open 6 p.m.; games begin 7 p.m. Beach Community Grange, 11401 Bundle Rd.

Saturday, November 27
The Frog Prince Children’s Puppet Show. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Central Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 748-1603.

Southern Knights Cruisers Cruise-in. 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Hardees at Rt. 10 and Old Stage Road. Details: John Ronkartz, 586-5827, or www.southernknightscruisers.com.

Bingo. Doors open 5 p.m., games begin 7 p.m. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2239, 14705 Jefferson Davis Hwy. Details: 748-4896.

Sunday, November 28
Advent Family Event: Food, Fun and Fellowship. Noon. Grace Lutheran Church, 13028 Harrowgate Road, Chester. Details: 748-6058.

Monday, November 29
Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia’s Tavern Talk. 6:30 p.m. Howlett’s Restaurant & Tavern, 3530 Festival Park Plaza. Secretary of Administration Lisa Hicks-Thomas will speak. Reservations required. Details/reservations: 796-7121/930-1034.

Dale District Community Meeting: Preparing Residents to Thrive in a Global Society. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Meadowbrook High School, 4901 Cogbill Road.

Central Brown Bag Page Turners. 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Central Library. Details: 748-1603.

Computer Class: Microsoft Word. 11 a.m. – Noon. Enon Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 530-3403.

Story time. 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ICCS Preschool, 10900 Ironbridge Road. Details: 796-6868 or Iccspreschool.com.

Central Chesterfield Kiwanis Club Meeting. 12:30 p.m. Gulliver’s Crossflite Restaurant, 11931 Centre St. Details: 796-3221.

Kiwanis Club of Chester Meeting. 6:30 p.m. Rite Aid. Details: chesterkiwanis.org.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). 6 p.m. Cornerstone Assembly of God, 10551 Chalkley Rd. Details: 743-1353.

Chester Knights Fencing Club Meeting. 6:30 p.m. Salem Middle School. Details: 275-0539.

Chesterfield Community Band Practice. 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Brandermill Church. Details: 213-9118.

Free Seated & Standing Tai-Chi. 6:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church. Details: 366-3333 or 796-2031.

Bingo. 7 p.m. Mid-Cities Civic Association, 9010 Quinnford Blvd. Details: 275-2913.

Bingo. Opens 4 p.m., starts 7 p.m. Colonial Heights American Legion Post 284, 505 Springdale Rd. Details: Mr. Harold Green, 530-2811.

Square Dancing. Classes starting September. Colonial Heights High School, 3600 Conduit Rd. Details: Bob Henderson, 796-9760 or colonialsquares@yahoogroups.com.

Tuesday, November 30
Computer Class: Microsoft Excel. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Central Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 748-1603.

Early Literacy Story Time: Things That Go. 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. at Meadowdale Library; 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. at Ettrick-Matoaca Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov, 318-8778 (Meadowdale) or 526-8087 (Ettrick-Matoaca).

Tai Chi and Yoga Workshop. Won Buddhism of Richmond, 13821 Happy Hill Road. Free. Details: Keasung Kim, 778-4779 or 757-609-5722.

Read 2 Rover. 4:30 p.m. Central Library. Details: 748-1603 or library.chesterfield.gov.

Chester Community Chorus Meeting. 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Chester United Methodist Church, 12132 Percival St. Details: Joshua Wortham, 748-6006.

Al-Anon and Alateen. 8 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 12201 Richmond Street.

The Civil Air Patrol, Southside Composite Squadron. 6:50 p.m. Civil Air Patrol hangar at the Chesterfield Co. Airport. Details: Keith West, 644-1084 or capnhq.gov.

Wednesday, December 1
Registration deadline for Chester Kiwanis Christmas Parade.  Details:  www,chesterkiwanis.org.

Chester Choices Book Discussion Group. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Chester Library. Details: 748-6314.

Early Literacy Story Time: Things That Go. 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. at Enon Library; 11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. at Chester Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov, 530-3403 (Enon) or 748-6314 (Chester).

Bilingual Spanish-English Story Time. 7 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Meadowdale Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 318-8778.

Chester Rotary Club Meeting. 7:30 a.m. Wild Rose Café, Chester Square.

Cornerstone Business Builders Meeting. 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Salem Baptist Church. Details: 748-5533.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting/Simultaneous AA Meeting. 8 p.m. Ivey Memorial Methodist Church, 17120 Jeff Davis Hwy. Details: 861-2620.

Future Alternatives Networking Group. 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Capital Region Workforce Center, 7333 White Pine Road, Richmond. Details: 271-8510.

Thursday, December 2
Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. 7 p.m. Community Development Building, Rooms A and B.

The Civil War Soldier: A Common Man. 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Central Library. Presented by Picturing the Heart of America; program is for middle-school students. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 748-1603.

Early Literacy Story Time: Things That Go. 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Central Library. Registration recommended. Details/registration: library.chesterfield.gov or 748-1603.

Companion Supper. 6 p.m. Chester Baptist Church. Details: 790-1115 or 768-8602.

Tai Chi and Yoga Workshop. Won Buddhism of Richmond, 13821 Happy Hill Road. Free. Details: Keasung Kim, 778-4779 or 757-609-5722.

Swift Creek Cloggers Clogging Class. 6 p.m. Chester Baptist Church. Details: Charlotte Panther, 748-7913.

Al-Anon Meeting. 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 11975 Beach Rd. Details: 790-1211.

emPOWERment LUNCH for Job Seekers. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Chester United Methodist Church, 12132 Percival St. Details: associate@chesterumc.org or 748-6006.