Mark your calendar

DECEMBER 4 | Boston's Official Tree Lighting on Boston Common. www.cityofboston.gov

DECEMBER 5 | Boston Secession's "Chestnuts Roasting: A Secession Holiday Concert" at Old South Church. www.bostonsecession.org

Chamber Theatre Productions' "Classics!" and "Encore!!" open at several venues. www.chambertheatre.com

DECEMBER 7 | New York Theatre Ballet's "The Nutcracker" (one-hour family version) at UMass-Lowell South Campus. www.uml.edu/centerforarts

DECEMBER 10 | Bubbles and Bites With Shonda & Curt Schilling at Boston Omni Parker House Hotel. www.shadefoundation.org

DECEMBER 11 | Boston Pops Holiday Concerts open at Symphony Hall. www.bostonpops.org

DECEMBER 12 | The Christmas Revels open at Sanders Theatre. www.revels.org

Rock En Espanol Festival at Jorge Hernández Cultural Center. www.claboston.org

DECEMBER 13 | "Home Sweet Home" at Downtown Crossing. www.downtowncrossing.org

RISD Alumni Holiday Art Sale at the Rhode Island Convention Center. www.risd.edu/alumni_sale.cfm

DECEMBER 18 | "Disney High School Musical 2" opens at North Shore Music Theatre. www.nsmt.org

DECEMBER 19 | "Harry Connick Jr., A Holiday Celebration" (above) opens at Colonial Theatre. www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

Chorus pro Musica at Old South Church. www.choruspromusica.org

DECEMBER 21 | Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus at the Regis College Fine Arts Center in Weston. www.saengerfest.org

DECEMBER 24 | JBall: Rock Star Party at Revolution Rock Bar Boston. www.tjcboston.com JUNE WULFF