ULTIMATE CALENDAR

For the week of December 9-15

TODAY (9)

HANUKKAH STARTS AT SUNDOWN

BIG BAND EXTRAVAGANZA

Sponsored by: Los Angeles Jazz Institute

Where: Balboa Pavilion, 400 Main St., Balboa Peninsula

When: 2 p.m.

Cost: $100, includes dinner

Contact: (909) 599-2912

ORANGE COUNTY HANUKKAH CONCERT

Sponsored by: Area temples

Where: Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall, 600

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 2:30 p.m., a pre-show will be held in the lobby at 2 p.m.

Cost: $9-$125

Contact: (714) 556-2787

‘A FAMILY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION’

Sponsored by: St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Choir

Where: St. Andrew’s Church, 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach

When: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 16

Cost: $8. Child care available with reservations

Contact: (949) 574-2283

MONDAY (10)

CHRISTMAS DANCE

Sponsored by: Orange County Sierra Singles

Where: Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa

When: 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $10

Contact: (714) 963-6345

TUESDAY (11)

FIESTA NAVIDAD WITH LINDA RONSTADT

Sponsored by: Philharmonic Society of Orange County

Where: Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall, 600

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 8 p.m.

Cost: $20-$65

Contact: (714) 556-2787

WEDNESDAY (12)

LIVE POETRY

Sponsored by: John Gardiner and Jana perform, with live music by Neil

Miranda

Where: Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St., Newport Beach

When: 8 p.m.

Cost: Free

Contact: (714) 564-6526

‘BEE SEASON’ AND ‘NINE STORIES’

Sponsored by: The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation’s

Manuscripts Book Discussion Series discusses “Bee Season” by Myla

Goldberg and “Nine Stories” by J.D. Salinger

Where: Newport Beach Central Library Friends Meeting Room, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach

When: 9:15 a.m. for “Bee Season” and 7 p.m. for “Nine Stories”

Cost: Free

Contact: (949) 717-3890

THURSDAY (13)

‘LA POSADA MAGICA’

Sponsored by: South Coast Repertory

Where: SCR, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 12:30

and 4:30 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 23

Cost: $14-$34

Contact: (714) 708-5555

‘CHRISTMAS IS FOR KIDS’

Sponsored by: Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre Company

Where: OCC’s Drama Lab Studio, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa

When: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.

Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday

Cost: $6 or $7

Contact: (714) 432-5640, Ext. 1

FRIDAY (14)

‘WINTER DANCE FESTIVAL’

Sponsored by: Orange Coast College’s Dance Department

Where: Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and 10 a.m. and noon Friday

Cost: Free

Contact: (714) 432-5506

‘THE NUTCRACKER’

Sponsored by: Ballet Pacifica

Where: Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine

When:

Cost: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday through Dec. 23,

with a 2:30 p.m. show Dec. 24

Contact: (949) 854-4646

SATURDAY (15)

CHORALE PERFORMANCE

Sponsored by: Orange Coast College Chorale

Where: Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa

When: 8 p.m.

Cost: $5 or $7

Contact: (714) 432-5880