Holiday Coverage: Nov. 14 through Dec. 5

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THE VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR HAS BEEN.

Boy Wonders How a 500-year-old choir finds its way to San Diego

singing and performing since the age of Columbus. Founded in 1498, they're one of the oldest boys' singing groups not attached to a church or college (they sang for the Austrian court), and have always been a traveling band. This month, the San Diego Symphony is bringing them to the New World.

The choir members range in age from 10 to 14, and hail from 31 countries. They live in the Palais Augarten boarding school, a former Viennese imperial palace and hunting lodge, and spend about 10 weeks a year on the road in four equally talented groups.

The music program for their holiday tour combines the sacred and the secular, including Christmas carols, an Austrian folk song, a Strauss polka, "Salve Regina," "Ave Maria" (by Franz Schubert, who was once in the choir), a cantata by Mozart (who also worked ,vith the choir in his time), and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.''

Symphony CEO Martha Gilmer says, "There's no doubt they are one of the world's greatest choral ensembles, ,,vith an incredible place in musical history.''

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Must-sees onstage. on screen, and in the gallery

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Fusing classical, Latin, and jazz styles, Pink Martini takes on the California Center for the .AJ:ts, Escondido, December 3.

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The San Diego Symphony presents the CTia111bo1• lVor1ts of Bootlwvc11 at The Auditorium at The Scripps Research Institute, December 6.

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Dance into the holiday season with California Ballet's Tlw Niitcrac11or at the Civic Theatre. December 9-23.

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Sing along to Christmas and Hanukkah tunes with Tllo Girl Singers at North Coast Repertory Theatre, December 6-24.

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The Mingei International Museum displays American a11d E1wopcan FolltA1•t, through June 25, 2017.

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he great nonfiction writer Michael Lewis (Moneyba/1, The Big Short) profiles two groundbreaking psychologists to explore how human beings make decisions and trust their guts in THE UNDOING PROJECT: A FRIENDSHIP THAT CHANGED OUR MINDS. • Novelist Siri Hustvedt's new collection of philosophical essays on art. feminism, and neuroscience is elliptically titled A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN. • A fiction anthology for art lovers, IN SUNLIGHT OR

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IN SHADOW: STORIES INSPIRED BY THE PAINTINGS OF EDWARD HOPPER includes work from writers like Lee

Child and Stephen King, responding to Hopper's melancholic, noirish worlds. • Fans of this month's new Star Wars film will appreciate a gift-wrapped copy of THE ART OF ROGUE ONE:A STAR WARS STORY. It includes storyboards, sketches, and concept paintings for the film. • Another feast for the eyes is THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER, a lovely ode to the creative vision behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

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