Whether you’re looking for holiday show or homemade crafts, a tea party or a hometown celebration, there’s plenty to do in the valley in the upcoming weeks. Here’s a round-up of what we’ve heard of so far:

Napa Valley artists are among those participating in the Celebration of Craftswomen  Nov. 24-25 and Dec. 1-2, at Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.

If you missed one of the two opportunities to hear the Napa Valley Symphony Orchestra perform last weekend, you have no one to blame but yourself.

Animal expert “Jungle Jack” Hanna brings his favorite furry, feathered and reptilian friends to the Napa Valley Opera House on Sunday, Dec. 2 for shows at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Education

Dainita Richardson of San Pablo, was awarded a $750 Yountville Veteran’s Home scholarship to continue her nursing studies.

This year the annual Worlds of Flavor conference at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone took on the seemingly impossible task of exploring “The Rise of Asia” in two days of seminars, cooking sessions — and a lot of eating. A highlight of the conference took place Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday afternoon when the CIA’s Barrel Room was transformed into a marketplace from some exotic land. This year it was several lands, and giant Chinese red dragons and paper dragonflies floated in the air above Thai dancers and Japanese drummers, while chefs anda vendors from Singapore, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea and India dispensed samples of everything from chocolate dipped vegetables to green tea ice cream. Here’s a sampling of recipes from some of the chefs.

If you go to the Republic of Georgia, be sure to take your appetite along.

Now that we’ve had our fill of the Mediterranean diet, Americans are looking to Asia to whet their appetites.

(Bubur Cha Cha)

My sister Judy is completely tone deaf. She honestly cannot tell one note from another. Her CD changer, programmed by her husband, always has the same five classical recordings in it. When you ask her what’s playing, she answers “Number three.” Years of piano lessons were wasted on her. We don’t let her sing. She couldn’t carry a tune in a backpack.

One-of-a-kind holiday trees and wreaths, sparkling with light and colorful ornaments, will once again provide year-round support for the Napa Valley Symphony when they are raffled off in the Symphony League’s fifteenth annual Festival of Trees.

Wow, it’s a great time to be a gamer and a music lover. A few weeks ago, “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” made its debut, and now along comes the series’ first competitor, “Rock Band.”

QUEEN OF THE VALLEY

Life in Napa can sometimes be described like a piece of art — whether it is a mural, sculpture or architecture.

At Copia’s Women in Wine symposium Nov. 10, an attentive, mostly-female audience learned that women buy 80 percent of the wine sold in the United States.

New wine brands are released just about every week, it seems, but one brand that made its debut last weekend is quite different from others. It’s made by a company that has four generations involved. And they’re all women.

Try this quiz: Take 2 points each time you answer “yes,” 1 point for “sometimes” and 0 points for “no.”

Newton Vineyards is holding an open house Dec. 1 from 1-5 p.m. and will offer some library wines as well as large format wines. Also featured will be a variety of gift packages, books and wine accessories. Light appetizers will be served.Cost is $20 per person, free to wine club members. RSVP to 204-7622. Newton is located at 2555 Madrona Ave., St. Helena.