December 16th: Author Reading, at Magers & Quinn
8:00 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Twin Cities art and music icon Chris Mars signs copies of his book Tolerance: The Art Of Chris Mars.

December 17th: Charitable Holiday Event for the Domestic Abuse Project, at Covered
5:00 - 8:00 PM, 1201 Lagoon Ave.
Artifical Designer Christmas trees provided by Season Dreams will be lighting up the store! Vibrant, edgy, and luminous, these trees will last you and your family for years! The Christmas trees will be available for purchase through a silent auction with 100% of the proceeds being donated to DAP.

December 20th: Cucarachita Martina y el Raton Perez, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM and 12:00 PM, 1500 E. Lake St.

A bilingual version of the most popular folk tale from Cuba and Puerto Rico. Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.

Through December 21st: Lost Letters to Santa, at Bryant Lake Bowl
Thursdays at 7:00 PM, Sundays at 6:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
"You can lose your keys, your way, hair, mind, girlish figure, dreams, temper, panties…pretty much anything. But a LOST Letter To Santa?! What might become of you! What became of them?"

Through December 21st: La Natividad, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
6:30 PM, 1500 E. Lake St.
This moving holiday show combines street theatre, HOBT’s distinctive puppetry, and an outdoor candle-lit procession. Based on the Mexican tradition of Las Posadas, the audience moves outside the theatre and becomes part of the action.

December 27th: Kids Book Club, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 East Lake Street
This month's book is Redwall by Brian Jacques. "When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy."

Through December 28th: Souvenir, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"A wildly funny and surprisingly touching portrait of real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins - a wealthy society widow who professed to be a great opera soprano, but instead had an uncanny ability to stay consistently off-key."

December 31st: New Year's Eve Spectacular, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00 PM & 11:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
Ring in the New Year with “the Twin Cities’ Sharpest Sketch Comedy Team” Featuring “smart, manic” comedy, music, dance, special surprise guests, and more broken resolutions than you can shake a Scrimshaw at! Complimentary party favors at both shows! The late show goes all the way to 2009!

Through December 31st: Holiday Specials at Hair By Morgan
718 W. Lake St.

"Holidays" and the economy have you stressed out? Hair by Morgan is having 1/2 off color and a cut. Also $ 100.00 off hair Extensions... so you can look your best for the holiday season and also have money left over for gifts and fun.

Through January 9th: Art & Healing: Body Burden, at and Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave.
Featuring gallery exhibitions, performances, brown bag dialogues and youth workshops that take a frank and creative look at the connections between our bodies, our environment and our modern way of life.

January 16th & 17th: Spirit in the House, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Featuring: Leslie Ball with Music of the Spheres, Dean J. Seal with Backward Ecclesiastes, Theater for the Thirsty presents ’Something Priceless for Cheap’, Steven Solberg with the film "Standing On The Bones of Our Ancestors" with Dance by Ransomed Messengers, and an Original Monologue by Amy Salloway.