World AIDS Day.

Alejandro Escovedo, Lynagh's, 9:30pm, $8/10.

UK Reynolds Bldg Open House, Scott St, 6-10pm.

Amahl & the Night Visitors, UK Opera, Central Christian Church, (thru 12/3).

A Christmas Concert, UK Recital Hall, 8pm.

Group Show for the Holidays, Tower Cerlan Gallery (thru 1/20).

Appalachian Christmas Arts & Crafts Market and Antique Show, KY Folk Art Center, Morehead, 9am-4pm.

Shaker Village Craft Open House, Shaker Village, 1pm, $2.50/6.50.

Lexington Christmas Parade, Main St, 10am.

Keeneland Art Fair, Keeneland, 288.2925, free (thru 12/3).

A Gift of Holiday Music featuring the Transylvania band, orchestra and choir, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Haggin Auditorium, 3pm.

Messiah: Millennial Performance, Union Church, Berea College, 7:30pm.

UK Symphony Orchestra, UK Concert Hall, 3pm, $6.

Handel's Messiah, Louisville Bach Society, Centre College, Danville, 8pm, 877/448-7469.

Jim Brancaccio & Molly Wilson Experimental Work, Artist's Attic (thru 12/31).

Empty Bowls Project, Morlan Gallery, Transy, 12-5pm (thru 12/6).

Osland Saxophone Quartet, classical music, ArtsPlace noon-1pm, free.

Rent, Lousiville Palace (thru 12/10).

Empty Bowls Project Dinner & Auction, Morlan Gallery, Transy,

5-8pm.

Masters of Bluegrass w/ Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Bryan Sutton & others, Kentucky Theatre, 8pm.

A Scottish Christmas, Phelps Stokes Chapel, Berea College, 8pm.

The Nutcracker, Lexington Ballet Company (thru 12/10).

Brass Band of Battle Creek, Singletary Center, $25/22/14.

A Christmas Carol reading, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Carrick Theater, 7:30pm, donations to Lexington Rape Crisis Center.

Ohio Valley Artists' Guild exhibit, Central Bank Gallery (thru 12/29).

Latin Soul-sa & Jazz, Lynagh's, 10pm, $5.

Tis The Season Holiday Concert, Lexington Men's Chorus, Singletary Center for the Arts.

Christmas Caroling at Shaker Village, 7pm, donation of canned good.

Tis The Season Holiday Concert, Lexington Men's Chorus, Singletary Center for the Arts.

Central Kentucky Concert Band: Winter Concert Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Haggin Auditorium, 3pm, free.

The Nutcracker, Lexington Ballet, Opera House.

The Nutcracker, Louisville Ballet, Whitney Hall, various times (thru 12/23).

The Nutcracker, Lexington Ballet, Opera House.

Directing Class Scenes Transylvania student-directed plays, Little Theater, 7:30pm, free.

The Nutcracker, Lexington Ballet, Opera House.

Suzanne Gonsalez, Rene Hales, Twyla Martins & Kate Sprengnether photos and scupture opens at ArtsPlace (thru 1/30).

Bob & Susie Hutchison, Christmas music, Artsplace, noon-1pm, free.

Kentucky Christmas Chorus at Rupp Arena, 7:30pm, free.

John Berry, Christmas Show, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, 8pm, 231-6997.

Handel's Messiah, Singletary Center, 8pm, $16-32.

A Christmas Carol, Lexington Children's Theatre, 7:30pm, (also 12/15 and 12/16 @2pm)

Natalie Cole, Louisville Palace, 8pm, $25.50-35.50.

Rockapella, Bomhard Theater, KY Center for the Arts, 8pm, $25/$20.

Peter Pan, Opera House, 8pm, 233-3535 (also 12/17).

Natalie Cole, Norton Center for the Arts, 877-488-7469.

Lexington Philharmonic Candy Cane Concert, Singletary Center for the Arts, 3pm, $7/10, 233-4226.

Riley White, Todd Clark Hall, KY Center for the Arts, 6pm, $15.

Ann Rabson, Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour, $3.

Bill Fletcher, Christmas music, ArtsPlace, noon-1pm, free.

John Berry , Christmas Show, Kentucky Theater, 8pm.

A Christmas Carol Ballet, Lexington Ballet Company, Opera House, 8pm, 252-5245 (thru 12/23).

Film: Castaway, Enemy at the Gates, Miss Congeniality & Dracula 2000.

Kentucky Arcade stays open til 3:30am Christmas morn; enjoy the fun of giving... quarters to Ms. Pac-Man.

"Merry Christmas, dammit!"

Film: Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses, Nicole Kidman stays naughty in Moulin Rouge & try to get excited for Slackers.

Keith Hubbard, jazz piano, ArtsPlace noon-1pm, free.

The Sound of Music, KY Center for the Arts, 800-294-1849 (thru 12/31).

Christmas Country Dance School, Seabury Center at Berea College, $160 (thru 1/1).

Film: Shadow of the Vampire, full of Oscar gold with Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich.

New Year's Eve. "Let's... be careful out there."

Downtown Festivities include fireworks, mob massing and more. Starts around 8pm. We defy you to find a bar/restaurant without some party. Start calling in November.



| HIGHLIGHTS | SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | AT A GLANCE |