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Tuesday, December 2Saturday, December 6 Seasonal Wreath Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Ave., www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org Time: 3pm. Admission: Children (2-18) $5, Adults $7, Seniors $5. Get in the spirit of the season and make a holiday wreath. Saturday, December 6 Shop-a-Do DecemberFest DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY EVENTS Friday, December 12-Sunday, December 14 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair Sunday, December 7 Picture This! Art: Nativity Scenes Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 624-2333, www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org Time: 1pm. Admission: Free. View the nativity scenes in the Palice Pavilion and then create a 3-dimensional scene that can be symbolic of any cultural belief. Experience hands-on art making as a family at Picture This! Art for Families, a program for kids 6-12 years and their adult companions. 4th Avenue between University Blvd. and 9th St., 624-5004, www.FourthAvenue.org Time: 10am-6pm. Admission: Free. The street fair brings together 400 arts and crafts booths, 35 food vendors, 3 stages, street musicians and performers, kids entertainment, face painting, balloons, and tons of other fun activities, and packs it all into three days of celebration. Tuesday, December 2Saturday, December 20 The Holiday Bazaar WomanKraft Gallery, 388 S. Stone Ave., 629-9976, www.WomanKraft.org Times: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1pm-5pm. Admission: Free. Featuring handcrafted and affordable local art for the season of gifting. Behind Surly Wench Pub, 423 N. Hoff Ave., 622-3297, www.TucsonBanditas.com Time: 11am-5pm. Admission: Free. Approximately 20 local artists sell their wares in a small art fair setting. The Surly Wench will be open early for drinks and snacks. Las Posadas Historic Photo Exhibit Opening Event Wednesday, December 3 Wednesday, December 17 Out to Lunch Theatre Presents The Misadventures of Miss Chris Carol Beowulf Alley, 11 S. 6th Ave., 882-0555, www.BeowulfAlley.org Time: 12:15pm. Admission: BYO lunch and play, $6; bag lunch and play, $12. Dec. 3: Silent Night by Dawn Sellers. Dec. 10: Do You Hear What I Hear? by Susan Arnold. Dec. 17: Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Dawn Sellers. La Pilita Museum, 420 S. Main Ave., 882-7454, www.LaPilita.com Time: noon-3pm. Admission: Free. Las Posadas Historic Photo Exhibit features the complete photo collection of Betty Segerstrom ,the music teacher at Carrillo school in the 50s and 60s. The members of the 2008 procession will sing some of the traditional songs of Las Posadas at 1pm. Chorale and College Singers Santa Comes Downtown Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Rd., 206-6986, www.Pima.edu/cfa Time: 3pm. Admission: $6. Chorale and college singers, featuring both large and 52 W. Congress St. Time: 11am-2pm. Admission: Free. The kids can see Santa and donate a toy to the Toys for Tots Drive. Wednesday, December 10 Downtown’s Decemberfest Silent Auction Ballet Tucson’s “The Nutcracker” El Rincon Shop El Centro Cultural de Las Americas, 44 W. Broadway Blvd., 629-9536. Time: noon–5pm. Admission: Free. Nacimintos y mas! Including entertainment and traditional holiday treats. World Art Day Thursday, December 4 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Ave., www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org Time: 1pm. Admission: Children (2-18) $5, Adults $7, Seniors $5. Help the museum decorate its lobby by creating crafts from around the world as it gets ready for the Festivals of Friendship. The Tucson Girls Chorus “Ladybugs” will kick off festivities. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 623-9922. Time: 4pm-8pm. Admission: Free. Auction items include donations from Downtown businesses in a silent auction fundraiser for the Downtown Merchants and Retailers Council Decemberfest. small mixedvoice choirs performing several holiday selections. A Holiday Card to Tucson Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., 621-3341, www.UAPresents.org Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $17-$40. A genuine Christmas miracle graced World War I soldiers when a group of German troops crossed battle lines to unite with their British enemies in joyful camaraderie and song. The story is related in intimate, heartfelt letters from the muddy trenches of France and Belgium and performed by Minneapolis men’s choir Cantus and Theater Latté Da. Holiday Open House El Centro Cultural de Las Americas, 44 W. Broadway Blvd., 629-9536. Time: 6pm-8pm. Admission: Free. A community gathering for a candle lighting ceremony in the El Centro courtyard. St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave., 623-6351, www.cfa.arizona.edu/music Time: 3pm, 7:30pm. Admission: Free. Five vocal choirs with over 250 singers and one hand bell choir in some familiar seasonal traditions and featuring the Arizona Choir’s performance of Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s “O Magnum Mysterium” for a cappella choir. Written in 2007, this will be the première performance of the hauntingly beautiful motet. Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., 621-3341, www.BalletTucson.org Time: December 12, 7:30pm; December 13, 2pm & 7:30pm; December 14, 2pm. Admission: $19-$47. Join Clara on her enchanting dream through swirling snowflakes, candy confections and the realm of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Presented with live music by the Ballet Tucson Orchestra, the production boasts a cast of over 100 dancers, brilliant sets and costumes, and spectacular dancing. Friday, December 12-Sunday, December 21 A Tucson Pastorela Leo Rich Theatre @ TCC, 260 S. Church Ave., 882-7406, www.BorderlandsTheater.org Times: Vary. Admission: $10-$21. Join the Shepherds, Sheep and Dog on their trek to Bethlehem to witness the birth of Jesus. Follow the shining Estrella on a magic journey fraught with temptation and mortal danger, sneaky devils and glorious Archangels. Christmas carols sung in English and Spanish. Saturday, December 6Sunday, December 7 The 8 Reindeer Monologues Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com Time: December 6, 7:30pm; December 7, 3pm. Admission: $10. A darkly comedic look at business at the North Pole, with Santa’s reindeer as they have never been seen before. Hilarious stories about working at the North Pole in a dysfunctional business that makes a crazy boss look like a beginner. Friday, December 12 Garden of Grace - 11th Annual Solstice Performance Children of Winter – Film Screening Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., 547-3040, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org Time: 8pm. Admission: $20. Presented in High Definition, the film is a global adventure that visits Japan, Austria, Iceland and more. Zuzi’s Little Theater, 738 N. 5th Ave., 629-0237, www.ZuziMoveIt.org Time: 10:30am. Admission: $13-$15. The Zuzi Dance Company celebrates Solstice with a night of modern and aerial dance that combines the talents of its troupe, members of the Community Performance Workshop along with Zuzi’s Many Limbs Youth Aerial Company. Saturday, December 13 Holiday Express Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, 414 N. Toole Ave. , 623-2223, www.TucsonHistoricDepot.org Time: 10am-1pm. Admission: Free. Photos with Santa & the locomotive complete with sounds and steam, Polar Express at story time, stamp activities, jumping castle, train rides and more! Write a letter to Santa, presented by the Romance Writers of Tucson. Bring a new & unwrapped gift for a local children’s charity or diapers for children or adults for a Diaper Drive. Friday, December 5Saturday, December 6 Best Christmas Pageant Ever Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd., 790-7082. Time: Friday, 7:30pm; Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm. Admission: Call. The play is about the true meaning of Christmas. Santa Comes Downtown Las Posadas Procession 52 W. Congress St. Time: 11am-2pm. Admission: Free. The kids can see Santa and donate a toy to the Toys for Tots Drive. Carrillo School, 440 S. Main Ave., 882-7454, www.LaPilita.com Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. The Mexican tradition of Las Posadas is a reenactment of the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph as they traveled from house to house seeking refuge. The children in traditional costumes wind through the streets of Barrio Viejo singing traditional songs. december.08. downtown tucsonan 25 http://www.TucsonBanditas.com http://www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org http://www.FourthAvenue.org http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.LaPilita.com http://www.WomanKraft.org http://www.Pima.edu/cfa http://www.BalletTucson.org http://www.BeowulfAlley.org http://www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/music http://www.BorderlandsTheater.org http://www.UAPresents.org http://www.ZuziMoveIt.org http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.TucsonHistoricDepot.org http://www.LaPilita.com

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