Arts & Entertainment hardic melodies, cantorial art songs and other music at 3 p.m. Dec. 14. The concert is at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, free for JCC members and $5 for nonmembers. Go to paloaltojcc.org or call 650223-8618. The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir performs a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Tickets are $33/$28. Go to oigc.org or call 510839-4361. Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto” kicks off the evening when the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra plays at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Tickets are $5-$15. Go to pacomusic.org or call 650-856-3848.
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The Aurora Singers perform their annual concert of holiday music at 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road. Suggested donation is $9 ($7 for seniors and students), with reservations recommended; jackieyee@ymail.com. Several holiday-themed dance and theater offerings are happening as well. Here’s a sampling: “A Civil War Christmas,” a musical melding old-time carols into its drama, is being presented by TheatreWorks at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, through Dec. 27. Tickets are $26-$62. Go to theatreworks.org or call 650-463-1960. Smuin Ballet brings “The Christmas Ballet” to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts at 500 Castro St. from Dec. 9 through Dec. 13, with several 2 and 8 p.m. shows. Dances are set to music including chamber works by Bach and Mozart, and Diana Krall songs; and Hanukkah klezmer. Tickets are $41/$56. Go to smuinballet.org or call 415-556-5000.
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Western Ballet dances “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. on Dec. 4, 1 and 7 p.m. on Dec. 5, and noon and 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Tickets are $25-$28. The “Nutcracker Sweet Tea” happens at the center at 3 p.m. Dec. 5; tickets are $12. Go to westernballet.org or call 650-968-4455.
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Peninsula Youth Theatre premieres a theatrical adaptation of the Elise Primavera book “Auntie Claus” with shows at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Dec. 11 and at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Tickets are $6 on Friday and $10 on Saturday. Go to pytnet.org. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre winds theater, music and dance into the “Nutcracker” tale, with afternoon and evening shows Dec. 11 through Dec. 20 at 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $5/$10; call 650-463-4970 or go to cityofpaloalto.org/childrenstheatre.
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