A Christmas Carol
Through Dec. 26
Nineteenth-century London comes to life when your family joins the SCR family for the holidays. Recapture the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas with this timeless Dickens classic and all your favorite characters—Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family, the Fezziwigs, the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come—and, as always, Hal Landon Jr. as everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge. Tickets starting at $21. South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, Calif. Information (714) 708-5555 or http://www.scr.org/calendar/view?id=6343
A Christmas Carol
Reading to Children in Vietnamese
Saturdays through Dec. 28
Volunteer readers will read in the children’s area. Children have one-on-one interactions with the readers and choose which stories to be read. Free. 10:30 a.m. Bascom Library and Community Center, 1000 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose, Calif. Information: (408) 808-3077.
Calligraphy in Vietnamese
Mondays through Dec. 30
Learn the calligraphy technique. Students must provide class materials. Free. 3-5 p.m. Tully Community Branch Library, 880 Tully Road, San Jose, Calif. Information: (408) 808-3030.
House of Blues presents New Years Eve w/ J Boog & Los Rakas
Dec. 31
J Boog is a man of many influences. The singer of Samoan descent was born in Long Beach and raised in Compton, California. Growing up in the rough streets of Compton, the strong sense of tradition and culture that J Boog absorbed from his family was instrumental in his path to stay off the streets and begin a successful music career. Tickets $35. 8 p.m. House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, Calif. Information: 714-778-2583
Chill
Through Jan. 5
There is a chill front coming to the Queen Mary. The Ice Kingdom returns with larger than life ice sculptors, other attractions includes an outdoor ice skating rink and holiday village. Tickets: $34.95 adults and $19.95 child. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. The Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Hwy. Long Beach, Calif. Information: http://www.queenmary.com/chill/
‘Boeing, Boeing’
Jan. 10-25
This recent Broadway hit comes to WCT. A 1960’s French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancees, each beautiful airline hostesses with frequent “layovers”. He keeps “one up, one down and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris and Bernard’s apartment at the same time. Tickets: $20 adults, $18 seniors, and $10 student/children. 8 p.m. Westminster Community Theatre, 7272 Maple St. Westminster, Calif. Information: http://www.wctstage.org/Flyers/13SeasonFlyer.pdf
‘Reduce, Reuse, Re-imagine’
Through Feb. 2, 2014
In this art exhibit, viewers can see how artists transform unwanted items into a masterpiece work of art. Free. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. De Saisset Museum, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, Calif. Information: http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibitions/Reduce.cfm
Farmers Market
Sundays
Vendors sell fresh produce and other food items. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Main Street between Garden Grove Boulevard and Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, Calif. Information: Lee at (562) 498-6048 or (562) 499-9299.
