Submitted Photo A number of events are planned at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center this month.

WILLISTON – Events are planned during December at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston.

All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time.

® Dec. 13-14: Confluence Sewing and Quilting, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All experience levels invited and instruction provided. Bring your own lunch.

® Dec. 15: Christmas at the Confluence, 1-5 p.m. The event features the Sunrise Brass Band, Jim and Cheryl Lingenfelter, and more. Santa will make an appearance at 3 p.m. Visitors can create their own craft projects with the provided materials, and refreshments will be served. Freewill donation.

® Dec. 19: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Participants can join history buffs in a discussion of this month’s selected book, “The Lost Treasures of Montana: Missouri Country” by Peter Netzel. Free refreshments.

® Dec. 25: Closed

The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is part of Fort Buford State Historic Site managed by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Center hours are, daily, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fort Buford is closed.