Week Ahead: Uglier Sweaters; Gospel Choir; Coffeehouse Quintet

Monday, Dec. 16

• Schola Cantorum - Messiah Sing 2013 "Good Tidings of Great Joy". 7:30 p.m. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

• "Toy Story" Toy Drive. Dress up as Toy Story character and play along with interactive in-movie antics and a special “Fun Pack”, guaranteed for advanced RSVPs. Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center. 6:30 p.m. $5 per person or FREE with unwrapped toy

• Randi Zuckerberg Author of "DOT." at Linden Tree Books.  4 p.m. Los Altos.

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m.

• What's Jewish About Breast Cancer? One in 40 women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent carries a gene mutation likely to cause breast cancer. Join an important conversation with internationally renowned breast health specialists, Michael Koretz, M.D. and Irene Wapnir, M.D. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m.

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m. 

• The Palm Beach Story (1942). StanfordTheatre.org. University Avenue, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m.

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto.  8 p.m.

• Care Indeed's Christmas Giving Party. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center. 7 p.m. To help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, $20.

• Downtown Los Gatos Holiday Shopping Stroll. 5 p.m.

• Arete Dance Center - Dance: An International Holiday. 8 p.m. Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.

• Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir - Gospel Holiday Concert. 7:30 p.m. Mountain View Center for Performing Arts. 

• A Night at the Opera (1935) StanfordTheatre.org. University Avenue, Palo Alto. 5:50 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.
  

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto. 8 p.m. 

• Kirk Abe Quintet @ Red Rock Coffee.  201 Castro St, Mountain View. 8 p.m.
  

• Devil’s Canyon Brewery Announces 9th Annual Holiday Hootenanny. 935 Washington St., San Carlos. 4 p.m.

• Bayer Ballet Company - A Winter Fairy Tale.  5:30 p.m. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - MainStage.

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto. Noon and 8 p.m. 

• Unplug and enjoy a Riekes Center 'Family Day in Nature' at Hidden Villa. Los Altos.
  

• Uglier Sweater. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St. 11:30 a.m.

• Winter's Gifts: Joy.  First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto. 8 p.m.

• Ragazzi Continuo presents Mary Had a Baby: A Christmas Celebration. A cappella men’s choir composed of alumni of the acclaimed Ragazzi Boys Chorus. 7:30 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverly Street, Palo Alto.

• A Night at the Opera (1935) StanfordTheatre.org. University Avenue, Palo Alto. 5:50 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.

• Bayer Ballet Company - A Winter Fairy Tale 2:30 p.m. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - MainStage.

• Trombone Choir Holiday Concert.  St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, 4111 Alma St., Palo Alto. Free. 5:30 p.m.

• A Night at the Opera (1935) StanfordTheatre.org. University Avenue, Palo Alto. 5:50 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.

• "Little Women" - Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto.  2 p.m. and 7 p.m.