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EVENTS
Critic's picks - Events
December 4, 2008
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KIDS
FAMILY TREES: A CELEBRATION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE How would you decorate trees inspired by "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" or "Tea for Ruby"? Feast your eyes from Dec. 5-Jan. 4. $15, $10 for seniors and students, $6 ages 4-18. Concord Museum, Lexington Road and Cambridge Turnpike. 978-369-9609. www.concordmuseum.org
ANTHONY WILLIAMS' URBAN NUTCRACKER The assorted nuts in this multicultural version of the 19th-century classic include hip-hop, flamenco, swing, ballet, urban tap, Irish step, and music provided by Tchaikovsky and Ellington. Dec. 5-21. $20-$55. John Hancock Hall at Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley St., Boston. 877-548-3237. www.ticketfusion.com
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT SPELLMAN STAMP MUSEUM This place has an in with Santa who will reply to all letters sent at the open house. Kids can also have their photo made into a postage stamp. Dec. 6 noon-4 p.m. $8, $5 seniors, free 16 and under (small fee for some activities). Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, Regis College, 235 Wellesley St., Weston. 781-768-8367. www.spellman.org
HINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS IN THE SQUARE Listen for the wailing sirens to signal Santa's arrival on Friday around 6:30 p.m. Return on Saturday for music, horse-drawn hayrides (noon-3 p.m.), and more. Check the website for a complete schedule. Dec. 5 from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 6 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. www.discoverhingham.com JUNE WULFF
EVENTS
NOT! THE NUTCRACKER The title tells you what this holiday-themed concert is not, but here's what it is - jazz, theater, modern, and hip-hop dance performed by teens, adults, faculty, and Boston Youth Moves. Dec. 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. $25, $20 seniors and kids under 12. Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 617-353-8125. www.jndance.com
IT'S CHRISTMASTIME If you don't have time to visit the Boston Public Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the North Pole, or those city sidewalks, they're all in Waltham, courtesy of the Reagle Players and a cast of hundreds (including Broadway's Sarah Pfisterer). Dec. 5-14. $35-$49, $25 for ages 5-18. Robinson Theatre , 617 Lexington Street, Waltham. 781-891-5600. www.reagle players.com
SPARKLEFEST IN HARVARD SQUARE The sparkling starts Sunday and continues through Dec. 22. On Dec. 7, the Charles Hotel opens its skating rink with surprise performers, a visit from Santa, an indoor children's activity room, complimentary skating and rentals, and music. Dec. 7 from noon-8 p.m. Free. The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge. www.charleshotel.com, www.harvardsquare.com JUNE WULFF
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