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December 2009
Events
Thursday, December 3,
2009 California Event Calendar for the Holidays
COSTA MESA - Sugar Plum Festival's Arts &
Crafts Show. Gifts to warm the heart and
accessories that make a home will be sold at
this event. Time: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Cost: Free
admission, parking $5. Location: Orange County
Fairgrounds Fair & Event Center, Building 10, 88
Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA. Call: (562)
598-0857. sugarplumcrafts.com
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power Griffith Park Light Festival.
14th Annual Kick-Off Preview Bike Night held for
experienced and novice riders to come and enjoy
the festival in a vehicle free activity just for
bike riders. Enjoy the festival from 5 to 10
p.m. 5 p.m. is the official festival
launch and then all visitors can ride the
festival on their bicycles. Location: Cost:
dwplightfestival.com
OAKLAND -
Oakland
ZooLights. Lights display walking tour of
animals shapes formed by twinkling lights. Time:
5:30 to 9 p.m. Cost: $7.50 Adult; $5.50 child. Location: 9777 Golf Links Rd.,
Oakland, CA.
Call: (510) 632-9525. oaklandzoo.org
ORANGE -
Irvine Park Railroad Holiday Train. Time:
Daily. Cost: Parking Fee. Free admission, fees
charged for train rides and activities.
REDONDO BEACH -
Seaside Ice Rink is open for outdoor beach
ice skating next to the sunshine and sand.
seasideice.com
SALINAS -
Streets of Bethlehem Living Nativity. Streets of
Bethlehem is an annual event that has been held for about a decade.
Offered free to the public, thousands come to
see this nativity scene. It begins just
after dark (6 p.m. and goes to 8:30 p.m.)
A special assistance opportunity for those with disabilities and
impairments is offered. Please contact the First Baptist Church of
Salinas. Address: 1130 San Vincente Ave., Salinas, CA. Call:
(831)
422-9872.
streetsofbethlehem.com
SAN FRANCISCO -
Nutcracker Ballet - featuring San Francisco
Ballet, this time honored classic is sure to
please. One of the finest ballet companies on
the West Coast presents an award-winning stage
production of a Christmas holiday musical. Runs
nightly through December 27 (few days excluded).
Time: Hours vary. Location: War Memorial Opera
House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA.
Tickets: $18 - 236. Call:(415) 865.2000, sfballet.org
SANTA ROSA - The Facts
Behind the Funnies. Exhibit at
Charles Schulz Musuem The Facts Behind the
Funnies: Schulz's Passion for Precision. As a
cartoonist read by millions of fans, Charles
Schulz felt an obligation to get his facts
straight about the subjects he tackled in
Peanuts. This exhibition reveals Schulz's
dedication to detail in order to ensure that
sports plays and positions (from ice skating to
surfing), medical conditions, musical notes, and
even Woodstock’s shorthand were accurately
depicted. Runs through Jan. 1, 2010. Time: 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $8; $5 youth, seniors; Free
under 4 years. Location: 2301 Hardies Lane,
Santa Rosa, CA. Call: (707) 579-4452.
SchulzMuseum.org
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TEMPLETON -
Nutcracker Ballet.
12th annual event of the North County Dance and
Performing Arts Foundation presentation. Nathan Cottam, a former Principal dancer with Ballet
Theatre of Boston who studied with the famed American Ballet
Theater, and Jesus Solorio, a local celebrity who competed on the
third season of television’s So You Think You
Can Dance, will perform. Time: 7 p.m. Cost:
$15-20. Location: 1200 S. Main St., Templeton,
CA. Contact for tickets: 1-800-838-3006.
classactdance.com
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