Week Ahead: City's Tree Lighting; Outdoor German Markets; Pioneer Park Winter Walk

Monday, Dec. 9

• Community Tree Lighting Celebration. Mountain View. 5;30 p.m.
  

• Champagne Tasting Workshop. Balsam Hill, Burlingame.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Free Holiday Concert by the Peninsula Girls Chorus Concerta Choir. Free. Balsam Hill, 1561 Adrian Road, Burlingame. 6 p.m.

• ESL Conversation Club. Mountain View Library. 5 p.m.

• Fake Food Fest: Gingerbread House. Mountain View Library. 7 p.m.

• Smuin Ballet - XXMAS. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m.
  

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 
  

• Smuin Ballet - XXMAS. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Smuin Ballet - XXMAS. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m.

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Variety of LEGO® creations made by members of the club, featuring train layouts, Bay Area landmarks, castles, miniature cities, sculptures, and more!

• CSMA Merit Scholarship Student Holiday Concert. 7 p.m. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. 

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 7 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Winter Tree Walk. 1 p.m. Rain or shine. Enjoy hot cider, baked goods, and stories from arborists as you ramble through sleeping trees of Pioneer Park. Presented by the library in partnership with Mountain View Trees. 
  All ages are welcome. Please keep pets on leash. 

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
  

• 'Weihnachtsmarkt' in Mountain View. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Civic Center Plaza. An open-air German holiday experience.

• Purdance – Dance Out Loud 2013. Mountain View Center for Performing Arts. 5 p.m.  
  

• Tree Care with Canopy. Costano Elementary School, East Palo Alto.

• "Rumpelstiltskin" Marionette Play at Linden Tree Books. 1 p.m. Los Altos.

• Run or Dye: World's Most Colorful 5k Run. Candlestick Park. 9 a.m.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Smuin Ballet - XXMAS. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

• WINTER SHOWCASE. 3 p.m. Mountain View Center for Performing Arts. Student recital featuring holiday favorites, backed by a jazz combo. 

• Smuin Ballet - XXMAS. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 2 p.m. 

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

• Holiday Concert at California Theatre, San Jose. El Camino Youth Symphony annual Holiday Concert. 2:30 p.m.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 2 p.m.