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UCAAN Holiday Gift Wrapping Store
The Oaks Shopping Center – Former Yankee Candle Store, Thousand Oaks, CATimes vary. Dec. 1-24. Patrons gifts will be wrapped by gift wrapping volunteer elves of all ages at the United Cancer Advocacy Action Network (UCAAN)...
12/04/2019: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Polar Express at the Southern California Railway Museum
Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA6:10 p.m. 8 p.m. Tues.-Thur.; 4:30 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 8 p.m. Fri.; 1 p.m., 2:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 8 pm. Sat.-Sun. Nov. 30-Dec....
12/04/2019: 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Polar Express at the Fillmore & Western Railway
Fillmore & Western Railway Co., Fillmore , CA6:10 p.m. 7:50 p.m. Tues.-Fri; 1:10 p.m., 2:50 p.m. 4:30 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 7:50 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Nov. 14-Dec. 29 (no trains 11/28, 12/25). Passengers can...
12/04/2019: 1:10 pm - 8:50 pm
Torrance Memorial’s Annual Holiday Festival
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA1:30-3:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 4-5, 7. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 9. In honor of this being its 36th year, there will...
12/04/2019: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
A Christmas Carol
South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa, CA7:30 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sat.; noon, 4 p.m. Sun. Nov. 30-Dec. 24. South Coast Rep's original adaptation of this Charles Dickens classic...
12/04/2019: 2:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Skating Under the Stars
Irvine Spectrum, Irvine, CAVisit Giant Wheel Court to “skate under the stars” in Irvine’s very own winter wonderland. The Irvine Spectrum’s ice rink is a perfect destination for...
12/04/2019: 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Moonlight Forest
L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA5:30-10 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Nov. 9-Jan. 12. The Moonlight Forest rises again at the L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Bigger and brighter for its second...
12/04/2019: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA7 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Sat.; 2:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 4-8. One man wrote "A Christmas Carol," why can't one man act it...
12/04/2019 - 12/08/2019: 7:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CAThe Moscow Ballet’s version of "The Nutcracker" maintains the ballet's traditional elements in a production filled with lavish costumes in the style of the Victorian...
12/04/2019: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Peter Pan And Tinkerbell: A Pirates Christmas
Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach , CAtimes vary Dec. 4-29. John O’Hurley (Seinfeld) stars as Captain Hook in this hilarious Panto-style version of the classic Peter Pan tale. holiday extravaganza to...
12/04/2019: 7:00 pm - 6:00 pm
We Exist LGBTQ Allyship Group (SFV)
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Tarzana, CAWe Exist's LGBTQI2-S Allyship Group is a safe and confidential space for parents, caregivers, family members, and community members in the San Fernando Valley to...
12/04/2019: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A Noise Within: A Christmas Carol
A Noise Within, Pasadena, CA7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5, 12, 19, 23; 8 p.m. Dec. 6, 13, 20; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 21; 2 p.m. Dec. 14-15, 22....
12/04/2019: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
National Children's Chorus: Solstice - Illuminating the Light Within
Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, CAThe National Children's Chorus performs a stirring collection of wintry selections, including Conrad Susa’s "Carols and Lullabies" in Spanish and Catalan and Morten Lauridsen’s "Mid-Winter...
12/04/2019: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Disney's Frozen
Hollywood Pantages, Hollywood, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 4-Feb. 2. The hotly anticipated stage adaptation of “Frozen” finally surfaces...
12/04/2019: 8:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake"
Ahmanson Theatre, The Music Center, L.A., CATimes vary. Dec. 3-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-22, 24, 26-29, 31, Jan. 2-5. The world-renowned Matthew Bourne brings his convention-shattering, emotionally enthralling interpretation of Tchaikovsky's “Swan...
12/04/2019: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm