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Dahmen plans

8th gift gala

The eighth annual Holiday Gift Gala at the Dahmen Barn will be Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sixteen visiting artists will join the 22 resident artists to offer unique handmade gift items for men, women and children. Visitors will enjoy an expanded gift shop where custom gift baskets may be ordered and soup, bread and sweets from recipes in the “Artisans’ Cookbook.”

This year visiting artists are offering hand printed photographs, baby quilts, winter accessory items, wooden pens, toys, birdhouses, handmade jewelry, soaps and candles, custom fishing rods an...