If you want your event listed in the Community Calendar, write to the Hurricane Breeze at PO Box 310, Hurricane, West Virginia 25526, or phone 304-562-9881. If you have email, send it to breezenews@citynet.net and mark your subject line “Community Calendar.” There is no charge for posting an event in the calendar.

SATURDAYS THROUGH FEBRUARY

• There will be a free open gym for 1st – 5th graders every Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at Zone Out Sports, located on Morris Court, just off Main Street in Hurricane.

STARTING JANUARY 9

• Tai Chi lessons will be offered at the Hometown Senior Center, 40 1st Avenue, Hometown, at 10 a.m. on Thursdays. Call 304-586-2745 to register.

JANUARY 9

• The Federated Republican Women of the Valley will be honoring law enforcement from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gateway Christian Church Teays Valley, 118 Poplar Fork, Hurricane.

JANUARY 10

• Game Grove, located in Putnam Village Shopping Center in Teays Valley, will be holding a board game night from 6 to 10 p.m.

JANUARY 11

• There will be an intermediate granny square crochet class from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bake My Day, 14 Bank Street, Nitro. The cost is $20 per person. Please bring crochet supplies. For more information and to register, call (304) 651-2584.
• SpeakEasy Singles will be holding a singles dinner at 4 p.m. at Diehl’s Restaurant, 152 Main Avenue, Nitro. To RSVP, call 304-989-0710.
• The Kanawha River Catfish Club will be holding their 2025 club meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Eleanor Volunteer Fire Department.
• There will be a food pantry from 9 a.m. to noon at the Winfield Nazarene Church, 10822 Winfield Road.
• The Putnam County Main Library in Teays Valley will be playing the children’s movie “Surf’s Up” at 10 a.m.
• The Traveling Jones Band will be performing from 8 to 11 p.m. at Putnam County Moose #2729, Putnam Village Shopping Center, Teays Valley.
• St. Timothy’s in the Valley Episcopal Church and Cross of Grace Luthern Church will be holding a retreat for the new year starting at 9 a.m. To sign up, go to https://forms.gle/n5SdttWXaNcNT5eKA
• There will be a Crush Run 5K Training Run and Trail Running Tips primer at 10 a.m. at Meeks Mountain Trails at Hurricane City Park. Meet up at the big red barn.
• Lighthouse Baptist Church, located on Route 60 in Hurricane, will be holding a food pantry from 9 to 11 a.m.
• Forrest Burdette United Methodist Church, Putnam Avenue, Hurricane, will host an American Red Cross blood drive from noon to 5:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: hurricanecom to schedule an appointment.

JANUARY 10 – 12

• Hurricane High School’s Red Hot and Heat Wave Dinner Theater will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday; noon and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday; and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Advance tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children ages 10 and under. Payment at the door will be $28 for adults and $20 for children. To purchase tickets, go to hurricaneshowchoirs.com

JANUARY 10

• Putnam County Schools Developmental Screenings will be held at the Teays Valley Baptist Church on Teays Valley Road. Call 304-586-0500 ext. 1166 to register.

JANUARY 12

• John’s Cyclery will be holding their monthly mountain bike trail ride from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ridenour Lake in Nitro. Meet up at 2 p.m. at the trailhead beside the pump track.
• The Special Olympics Putnam County will begin practicing at 2 p.m. at George Washington Middle School in Eleanor. For more information, call (304) 437-3232.
• The Kanawha Trail Club will be holding a 4-mile hike at Meeks Mountain Trails, Hurricane City Park. Meet up at 1:30 p.m. at the Sprayground.
• The West Virginia Comics and Toy Show is coming to Social Event Space, 2833 Main Street, Hurricane, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

JANUARY 14

• Every Tuesday, there is a line dancing class at 7:30 p.m. at Brookse’s Bar and Grill, 13184 Winfield Road, Winfield.
• Putnam County Library STEMuary Event: Children can learn how catapults work at 4 p.m. at the Putnam County Main Library in Teays Valley.

JANUARY 15

• Facing Hunger Foodbank Mobile Pantry will be at Red House Bible Church, 51 Warner Lane, Red House, from 11 a.m. to noon.

JANUARY 16

• Putnam County Library STEMuary Event: Learn how to create a hanging birdfeeder at the Buffalo Library during business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• The Moms With Littles Group, for expectant moms and moms with babies under 3 years old, meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Heartbeat of the Valley, 28 Mission Way, Scott Depot.